Africa cup of Nations 2019

The TOTAL 2019 Africa cup of Nations is the 32nd edition of the biennial competition. The tournament will hold in Egypt from June 21st-July 19th. Cameroon was chosen to host but CAF later stripped them of hosting rights. This was because of non-compliance to proposed standards by CAF. Confederation of African Football (CAF) headquartered in the city of Cairo, Egypt is the organiser of the tournament.

Cairo, Alexandria, Suez and Port Said are the four host cities for this competition. Six stadium venues have been chosen from amongst them. The venues include Cairo International Stadium, Alexandria Stadium, Al Salam Stadium. Haras El Hodoud stadium, Egyptian Army Stadium and Suez stadium complete the set. Egypt will kick off the tournament against Zimbabwe at the Cairo international stadium on Friday.

Groups

A: Egypt, Zimbabwe, Uganda, DR Congo

B: Madagascar, Burundi, Guinea, Nigeria

C: Kenya, Tanzania, Algeria, Senegal

D: Namibia, South Africa, Ivory Coast, Morocco

E: Angola, Mauritania, Mali, Tunisia

F: Guinea-Bissau, Benin,Ghana, Cameroon

Africa cup of nations:players to watch

Players to watch out for in this year’s AFCON tournament include Mohamed Salah, Naby Keita, Riyad Mahrez and Sadio Mane. Hakim Ziyech, Andre Onana, John Obi Mikel, Wilfried Zaha and Samuel Chukwueze will also be there. All play for European clubs with varying degrees of success. Both on an individual and collective level respectively in the past season. These are players who could go on and win the golden ball, awarded to the best player of the tournament. The golden boot, however, allows more players with Odion Ighalo and Asamoah Gyan in with a chance.

Favourites

Favourites for the Africa cup of nations include the likes of host Egypt, Senegal, holders Cameroon. Other contenders include Morocco, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Tunisia and Nigeria. The atmosphere will be at fever-pitch in most of Africa’s major cities. For the duration of the entire tournament, football reigns supreme. The tournament commences this summer for the first time since its 62 years history. This came about to avoid clashing with the European club football calendar. This is as a result of players called up by African nations for the tournament. Which usually leaves European clubs shorthanded at a vital point in a season.

Many players’ aspirations to become the best player on the continent will add extra motivation for them to play at their best. The Africa cup of nations has proven vital to the Awarding of the said award in the year it is held. That wasn’t the case though in 2013 when Nigeria won but Ivorian Yaya Toure won the award with John Obi Mikel in second place. The award ceremony, then held in Nigeria, left many Nigerians with a bad taste in their mouth. The front runners for the award this year should include Liverpool duo, Sadio Mane and Mohamed Salah. This puts their exploits in club football into viewpoint.

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