{"id":16868,"date":"2018-12-16T13:39:34","date_gmt":"2018-12-16T13:39:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.saharafootball.net\/?p=16868"},"modified":"2018-12-16T13:39:34","modified_gmt":"2018-12-16T13:39:34","slug":"caf-confirms-receiving-bids-egypt-south-africa-host-2019-afcon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saharafootball.net\/caf-confirms-receiving-bids-egypt-south-africa-host-2019-afcon\/","title":{"rendered":"CAF confirms receiving bids from Egypt and South Africa to host 2019 AFCON"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Confederation of African football have confirmed that Egypt and South Africa are the two countries in contention of hosting the 2019 African Cup Nations after the two countries submitted their bids.<\/h3>\n<p>CAF released a statement on Friday, the statement reads:<\/p>\n<p>&#8221;Formal applications have been received from the Egyptian and South African football associations to host the AFCON 2019.&#8221;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"lIsCRWkLWu\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.saharafootball.net\/reason-caf-stripped-cameroon-2019-afcon-rights\/\">Reason why CAF stripped Cameroon of 2019 AFCON rights<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\" title=\"&#8220;Reason why CAF stripped Cameroon of 2019 AFCON rights&#8221; &#8212; Sahara Football\" src=\"https:\/\/www.saharafootball.net\/reason-caf-stripped-cameroon-2019-afcon-rights\/embed\/#?secret=jSbp71Ys4P#?secret=lIsCRWkLWu\" data-secret=\"lIsCRWkLWu\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&#8221;The international consulting firm Roland Berger will now review the bids and seek additional materials and conduct inspection visits where required.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The winner will be announced at CAF Extraordinary meeting scheduled for January 9 in Dakar, Senegal.<\/p>\n<p>&#8221;A CAF Extraordinary Executive Committee Meeting will take place in Dakar, Senegal on 9th January 2019 to agree on the new AFCON 2019 Host Nation. An announcement will be made by CAF after that meeting,&#8221; the statement added.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Confederation of African football have confirmed that Egypt and South Africa are the two countries in contention of hosting the 2019 African Cup Nations after the two countries submitted their bids. CAF released a statement on Friday, the statement reads: &#8221;Formal applications have been received from the Egyptian and South African football associations to host<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":16873,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,8417],"tags":[3045,8633,254,5336],"class_list":{"0":"post-16868","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-african-football","8":"category-featured","9":"tag-afcon-2019","10":"tag-caf-confederations-cup","11":"tag-egypt","12":"tag-south-africa"},"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.saharafootball.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/africa-cup-of-nations.jpg?fit=600%2C400&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8jzHl-4o4","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":17413,"url":"https:\/\/www.saharafootball.net\/caf-announce-host-2019-afcon-today\/","url_meta":{"origin":16868,"position":0},"title":"CAF to announce host of 2019 AFCON today","author":"Clinton Eleto","date":"January 8, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"The host of the 2019 AFCON will be announced on Tuesday by The Confederation of African Football at the Senegalese capital in Dakar. 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