The next edition of the Africa Cup of Nations has been pushed back to 2024 due to weather concerns in the hosting country Ivory Coast, which now has huge implications for all clubs.
The tournament was originally scheduled to take place in June 2023 but due to torrential rain conditions that usually occur in the Ivory Coast in June, the Confederation of African Football (Caf) plus other executive boards have had to come to an agreement to postpone the tournament until 2024. "We cannot take the risk," caf president Patrice Motsepe said in the Moroccan capital Rabat, via the BBC.
This means AFCON will now be held in the northern hemisphere's winter months for the second time in a row, following this year's tournament in Cameroon.
