Algeria has submitted a bid to host the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations, its football federation said Friday after Guinea was stripped of the tournament as its infrastructure is not ready.
โI am currently in Cairo and I have just officially submitted Algeriaโs applicationโ to host the tournament, Algerian Football Federation (FAF) spokesman Salah Bey Aboud told public radio station Chaine 3.
The Cairo-based Confederation of African Football (CAF) has also received bids by Algeriaโs neighbour and arch-rival Morocco, as well as a joint bid by Nigeria and Benin, he said.
Algeriaโs sports and youth minister said Tuesday that the countryโs application was โsolid and consistentโ.
โUnlike other bids, Algeria has facilities that are already operational,โ Abderezzak Sebgag told the APS official news agency.
Algeria had already said in early October that it would bid to host the cup, days after Guineaโs President Patrice Motsepe said the country had been stripped of the task.
CAF will inspect facilities in January before announcing a final decision the following month.
