African Cup of Nations Football - Cameroon 2021
The African Cup of Nations, known as (CAN) and sponsored by the TotalEnergies group, will experience its 33rd edition from January 9 to February 6, 2022, since its creation in 1957 by the African Football Confederation.
Scheduled for 2021, the edition that Cameroon will host, for the second time after that of 1972, was postponed to 2022 due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
The risk of a second postponement has once again loomed, during the last few weeks under pressure from major European clubs, refusing to release their African players, before the State of Cameroon and the new President of the Cameroonian Football Federation (FECAFOOT), the former star Samuel Eto'o, with the support of the President of the CAF, the South African Patrice Motsepe, imposed their decision and the holding of this competition eagerly awaited by ball enthusiasts. African round.
Six (06) Cameroonian cities will host the largest footballing event on the continent and seven (07) stadiums will be made available to the 24 participating selections, the same number as in 2019 in Egypt which brought together this number for the first time in history.
For its part, Algeria, holder of the title in 2019 (after that of 1990 in Algiers), will travel to Cameroon to defend a crown that it brilliantly won under the leadership of coach Djamel BELMADI and an exceptional generation of footballers.
CAN rankings:
Egypt 07 titles, Cameroon 05 titles, Ghana 04 titles, Nigeria 03 titles, Ivory Coast 02 titles, DR Congo 02 titles, Algeria 02 titles, Congo 01 title, Souda n 01 title, Ethiopia 01 title, Morocco 01 title, Tunisia 01 title, South Africa 01 title, Zambia 01 title.
Scheduled for 2021, the edition that Cameroon will host, for the second time after that of 1972, was postponed to 2022 due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
The risk of a second postponement has once again loomed, during the last few weeks under pressure from major European clubs, refusing to release their African players, before the State of Cameroon and the new President of the Cameroonian Football Federation (FECAFOOT), the former star Samuel Eto'o, with the support of the President of the CAF, the South African Patrice Motsepe, imposed their decision and the holding of this competition eagerly awaited by ball enthusiasts. African round.
Six (06) Cameroonian cities will host the largest footballing event on the continent and seven (07) stadiums will be made available to the 24 participating selections, the same number as in 2019 in Egypt which brought together this number for the first time in history.
For its part, Algeria, holder of the title in 2019 (after that of 1990 in Algiers), will travel to Cameroon to defend a crown that it brilliantly won under the leadership of coach Djamel BELMADI and an exceptional generation of footballers.
CAN rankings:
Egypt 07 titles, Cameroon 05 titles, Ghana 04 titles, Nigeria 03 titles, Ivory Coast 02 titles, DR Congo 02 titles, Algeria 02 titles, Congo 01 title, Souda n 01 title, Ethiopia 01 title, Morocco 01 title, Tunisia 01 title, South Africa 01 title, Zambia 01 title.