The Confederation of African Football (CAF) president, Patrice Motsepe, announced the hosts of the 2025 and 2027 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON).
Members of Caf’s executive committee cast their votes on Wednesday after studying independent appraisals of each bidder.
Morocco has been voted as the 2025 host, replacing Guinea, who were stripped of the hosting rights of the tournament in October last year due to concerns about infrastructure and facilities.
The North Africans polled 22 votes, while everyone else got nothing.
Zambia and a joint bid by Nigeria and Benin were the other candidates in the race, while Algeria withdrew.
Meanwhile, Kenya, Uganda, and Tanzania have also won their joint bid to host the 2027 AFCON.
They have beaten Senegal, Egypt, and a late joint bid by Botswana and Zambia.
The voting of the three African countries to host the 2027 AFCON backs Caf’s intentions to implement a policy of regional rotation of the continent’s biggest football showpiece.
This follows the recent dominance of North and West African countries in terms of hosting CAF tournaments.
Zambia’s unsuccessful ninth bid to host AFCON
Nine attempts by Zambia to host the AFCON have failed so far. They were successful in their first attempt in 1988, but after the country’s economic constraints, they lost the hosting rights.
The most recent attempt was for the 2025 AFCON, for which the Football Association of Zambia said they u-turned and “opted to stake a claim for the 2027 bid,” joining Botswana.
The joint bid came after Namibia, which agreed to bid with Botswana, pulled out, citing budgetary constraints.
