{"id":3490,"date":"2019-01-28T19:52:21","date_gmt":"2019-01-28T19:52:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\/nigeria\/?p=3490"},"modified":"2019-01-28T19:52:21","modified_gmt":"2019-01-28T19:52:21","slug":"afcon-boss-confident-egypt-2019-would-be-a-success%ef%bb%bf","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/afcon-boss-confident-egypt-2019-would-be-a-success%ef%bb%bf","title":{"rendered":"AFCON boss confident Egypt 2019 would be a success\ufeff"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>The 1<sup>st<\/sup>\u00a0Vice President of the Confederation of African Football, who is also the President of AFCON Organizing Committee, Nigeria\u2019s Amaju Melvin Pinnick has assured that the continental football \u2013ruling body is doing everything within its power to ensure that the 32<sup>nd<\/sup>\u00a0Africa Cup finals holding in Egypt this summer is a huge success.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Speaking in Lagos on Monday, Pinnick, who is also President of the Nigeria Football Federation, said CAF is aware of the apprehension of the African football stakeholders, and is putting measures in place to tackle those fears and guarantee a seamless continental houseparty that everyone would be proud of.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u201cCAF is not unmindful of the reservations being harboured in some quarters, and feelings of anxiety being expressed in several fora by some individuals and groups. What is important is that we are taking note of all these and putting measures in place to tackle these genuine fears.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u201cAt the end of the day, football would be the winner. We are very positive that those measures we have put in place and those we have lined up will culminate in an occasion that every African would be proud of, and which will leave the average football follower elsewhere enthralled.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>There has been widespread anxiety within the African football community over the hosting of the first \u2013ever 24 \u2013nation AFCON, following CAF\u2019s decision to strip Cameroon of the hosting right at the end of November last year, with new host Egypt announced only early this month.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>On Saturday, CAF\u2019s Emergency Committee announced that the draw ceremony for the championship, scheduled for 21<sup>st<\/sup>\u00a0June \u2013 19<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0July in eight Egyptian venues, would hold in Cairo on 12<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0April. That is exactly 10 weeks to the opening match of the championship.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>In previous years and decades, host nations of Africa\u2019s flagship tournament had been privileged to have more time to prepare for the various obligations involved in staging the competition, with the exception of Equatorial Guinea and Gabon (the last two host nations) who had few months to step in after originally \u2013designated hosts balked late in the day.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u201cWe are assured that Egypt would be ready and would put up a good show. CAF is also monitoring preparations on all fronts to ensure that nothing goes wrong.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Nigeria\u2019s Super Eagles, three \u2013time champions, have already booked their place at the 24 \u2013nation fiesta.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>DOWN THE AFCON HISTORY LANE<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>1957: Three participating countries, hosted by Sudan, won by Egypt<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>1959: Three participating countries, hosted by Egypt, won by Egypt<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>1962: Four participating countries, hosted by Ethiopia, won by Ethiopia<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>1963: Six participating countries, hosted by Ghana, won by Ghana<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>1965: Six participating countries, hosted by Tunisia, won by Ghana<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>1968: Eight participating countries, hosted by Ethiopia, won by Congo Kinshasa (now DR Congo)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>1970: Eight participating countries, hosted by Sudan, won by Sudan<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>1972: Eight participating countries, hosted by Cameroon, won by Congo<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>1974: Eight participating countries, hosted by Egypt, won by Zaire (now DR Congo)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>1976: Eight participating countries, hosted by Ethiopia, won by Morocco<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>1978: Eight participating countries, hosted by Ghana, won by Ghana<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>1980: Eight participating countries, hosted by Nigeria, won by Nigeria<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>1982: Eight participating countries, hosted by Libya, won by Ghana<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>1984: Eight participating countries, hosted by Cote d\u2019Ivoire, won by Cameroon<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>1986: Eight participating countries, hosted by Egypt, won by Egypt<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>1988: Eight participating countries, hosted by Morocco, won by Cameroon<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>1990: Eight participating countries, hosted by Algeria, won by Algeria<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>1992: Twelve participating countries, hosted by Senegal, won by Cote d\u2019Ivoire<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>1994: Twelve participating countries, hosted by Tunisia, won by Nigeria<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>1996: Sixteen participating countries, hosted by South Africa, won by South Africa<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>1998: Sixteen participating countries, hosted by Burkina Faso, won by Egypt<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>2000: Sixteen participating countries, co-hosted by Ghana and Nigeria, won by Cameroon<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>2002: Sixteen participating countries, hosted by Mali, won by Cameroon<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>2004: Sixteen participating countries, hosted by Tunisia, won by Tunisia<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>2006: Sixteen participating countries, hosted by Egypt, won by Egypt<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>2008: Sixteen participating countries, hosted by Ghana, won by Egypt<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>2010: Sixteen participating countries, hosted by Angola, won by Egypt<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>2012: Sixteen participating countries, co-hosted by Equatorial Guinea and Gabon, won by Zambia<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>2013: Sixteen participating countries, hosted by South Africa, won by Nigeria<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>2015: Sixteen participating countries, hosted by Equatorial Guinea, won by Cote d\u2019Ivoire<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>2017: Sixteen participating countries, hosted by Gabon, won by Cameroon<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>2019: Twenty-Four participating countries, hosted by Egypt, won by ?<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"at-below-post addthis_tool\" data-url=\"http:\/\/www.thenff.com\/2019\/01\/afcon-boss-confident-egypt-2019-would-be-a-success%ef%bb%bf\/\" data-title=\"AFCON boss confident Egypt 2019 would be a success\" data-description=\"The 1st\u00a0Vice President of the Confederation of African Football, who is also the President of AFCON Organizing Committee, Nigeria\u2019s Amaju Melvin Pinnick has assured that the continental football \u2013ruling body is doing everything within its power to ensure that the 32nd\u00a0Africa Cup finals holding in Egypt this summer is a huge success. 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