Algeria, Morocco bid to host 2025 Africa Cup of Nations

Regional rivals Algeria and Morocco plan to host the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) after Guinea was stripped of the right to organise the football tournament.

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Algerian Minister of Youth and Sports, Abderrazak Sebgag, said the North African country will apply to host the prestigious continental competition, which only Algeria hosted once in 1990.

Meanwhile, Morocco’s state news agency MAP said, citing a source in the Moroccan Football Federation, that Rabat is set to submit a bid to host the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations.

The move came shortly after the president of the Confederation of African Football (CAF), Patrice Motsepe, said Guinea will be unable to host the 2025 edition of AFCON.