{"id":72540,"date":"2025-01-27T18:28:28","date_gmt":"2025-01-27T18:28:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/all-news\/morocco-ready-to-set-bar-high-as-host-for-2025-african-cup-of-nations"},"modified":"2025-01-27T18:28:28","modified_gmt":"2025-01-27T18:28:28","slug":"morocco-ready-to-set-bar-high-as-host-for-2025-african-cup-of-nations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/all-news\/morocco-ready-to-set-bar-high-as-host-for-2025-african-cup-of-nations","title":{"rendered":"Morocco Ready to Set Bar High as Host for 2025 African Cup of Nations"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; South-Sudan. <\/strong><\/span>The Confederation of African Football (CAF) has expressed its full trust in Morocco\u2019s ability to host the Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) in 2025.<\/p>\n<p>The apex body for football in Africa has made a wise decision in granting the organization of this tournament to Morocco.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe choice of Morocco as the host nation for AFCON comes as no surprise, given its proven track record in hosting international football competitions,\u201d stated CAF in an official release.<\/p>\n<p>CAF highlighted Morocco\u2019s successful hosting of several major events, including the African Nations Championship for local players (CHAN-2018), the Women\u2019s AFCON 2022, and the FIFA Club Word Cup 2023.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThanks to world-class infrastructures, a passionate public and recognized experience in hosting major sporting events, Morocco is ready to organize an African Cup of Nations that will redefine the standards of this competition,\u201d reads the press release, pointing out that the announcement that Morocco had been chosen as the host country of the African Cup of Nations 2025 on 27 September 2023 had been received with \u201centhusiasm\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>The Confederation of African Football also reviewed the Kingdom\u2019s large-scale sports facilities, including the Mohammed V Sports Complex in Casablanca, the Prince Moulay Abdellah Complex in Rabat, the major stadiums in Tangiers, Agadir and Marrakech, as well as the sports complex in Fez.<\/p>\n<p>The competition is to be held from December 21, 2025 to January 18, 2026.<\/p>\n<p>The tournament\u2019s group stage draw is scheduled for next Monday at 7 p.m at Mohammed V Theatre.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">South-Sudan<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; South-Sudan. The Confederation of African Football (CAF) has expressed its full trust in Morocco\u2019s ability to host the Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) in 2025. The apex body for football in Africa has made a wise decision in granting the organization of this tournament to Morocco. \u201cThe choice of Morocco as the host [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":72539,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,17],"tags":[233],"class_list":["post-72540","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-sport","tag-south-sudan"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Morocco Ready to Set Bar High as Host for 2025 African Cup of Nations - South Sudan<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/all-news\/morocco-ready-to-set-bar-high-as-host-for-2025-african-cup-of-nations\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Morocco Ready to Set Bar High as Host for 2025 African Cup of Nations\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Africa-Press &#8211; South-Sudan. 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