Organisers promise to announce dates for the Women’s Africa Cup of Nations by the end of June, but admit tournament could be delayed until 2025.
South Africa won the Women's Nations Cup title in 2022 while Ivory Coast triumphed at the 2023 Nations Cup earlier this yearOrganisers of Africa’s premier men’s and women’s international football tournaments have admitted they face a “scheduling nightmare”, but dates for forthcoming editions are closer to being agreed, the BBC has been told.
“We are talking with Uefa, because most of the players are playing in Europe, the European Club Association and also with Fifa in order to find suitable date.” “For this we need to balance different aspects and also discuss with our partners and then we complete . Scheduling is a nightmare for everybody.”Caf’s statutes say both iterations of the Nations Cup should be held once every two years - rather than once every four as is the case with most major championships organised by other confederations.
“The growth of women's football over the last couple of years has really shot through the roof, especially on the African continent. “Do we play Women's Afcon without our best players? This is something that personally I think is not good,” he said. The 32-team tournament will be played in the United States from 15 June to 13 July next year – dates which potentially could have been earmarked for the 2025 Afcon, with Caf having previously stated its aim of“We have a problem that we're still discussing now with the same stakeholders and partners: the European Club Association, Uefa and Fifa,” said Mosengo-Omba.
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