{"id":452922,"date":"2025-12-20T18:52:21","date_gmt":"2025-12-20T18:52:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2025\/12\/20\/africa-cup-of-nations-springs-surprise-move-to-every-four-years-africa-cup-of-nations\/"},"modified":"2025-12-20T18:52:21","modified_gmt":"2025-12-20T18:52:21","slug":"africa-cup-of-nations-springs-surprise-move-to-every-four-years-africa-cup-of-nations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2025\/12\/20\/africa-cup-of-nations-springs-surprise-move-to-every-four-years-africa-cup-of-nations\/","title":{"rendered":"Africa Cup of Nations springs surprise move to every four years | Africa Cup of Nations"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">The Africa Cup of Nations will be held every four years instead of every two from 2028, the Confederation of African Football (Caf) has announced. The tournament, which brings in an estimated 80% of Caf\u2019s revenue, has been held every two years since its inception in 1957. Sunday marks the start of the 35th edition, hosted in Morocco with the home team taking on Comoros.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">The Caf president, Patrice Motsepe, said the next finals, scheduled for 2027 in Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda, will go ahead and another tournament would be held in 2028, but after that it will be hosted every four years.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"3bd44206-863a-4808-b297-2d0fb81aa864\" data-spacefinder-role=\"richLink\" data-spacefinder-type=\"model.dotcomrendering.pageElements.RichLinkBlockElement\" class=\"dcr-47fhrn\"><gu-island name=\"RichLinkComponent\" priority=\"feature\" deferuntil=\"idle\" props=\"{&quot;richLinkIndex&quot;:2,&quot;element&quot;:{&quot;_type&quot;:&quot;model.dotcomrendering.pageElements.RichLinkBlockElement&quot;,&quot;prefix&quot;:&quot;Related: &quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Anger spreads over Afcon schedule as Morocco seek to end half-century wait&quot;,&quot;elementId&quot;:&quot;3bd44206-863a-4808-b297-2d0fb81aa864&quot;,&quot;role&quot;:&quot;richLink&quot;,&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/football\/2025\/dec\/19\/anger-spreads-over-afcon-schedule-as-morocco-seek-to-end-half-century-wait&quot;},&quot;ajaxUrl&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/api.nextgen.guardianapps.co.uk&quot;,&quot;format&quot;:{&quot;design&quot;:0,&quot;display&quot;:0,&quot;theme&quot;:2}}\"\/><\/figure>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">Motsepe announced the launch of an annual African Nations League from 2029 to fill the gap, following the example of Europe that holds its championship every four years. \u201cHistorically the Nations Cup was the prime resource for us but now we will get financial resources every year,\u201d he said. \u201cIt is an exciting new structure which will contribute to sustainable financial independence and ensure more synchronisation with the Fifa calendar.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">Holding Afcon every four years had been proposed by the Fifa president, Gianni Infantino, but this had been rebuffed by Caf because of its reliance on the revenues the tournament generates.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">The timing of Afcon has long courted controversy because it has usually been hosted in the middle of the European season, forcing clubs to release players. 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