Why CAF Postponed 2024 WAFCON, 2025 AFCON 

The 2025 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) and the 2024 Women’s Africa Cup of Nations (WAFCON) have been postponed for the players’ benefit, according to Confederation of African Football (CAF) president Patrice Motsepe.

Following back-and-forth, CAF officially announced on Friday, June 21, that Morocco will host the 2025 AFCON from December 2025 to January 2026.

The tournament was originally scheduled to take place in June and July of 2025, which would have been the perfect time frame because major European leagues would be on vacation during that time.

But due of the FIFA Club World Cup’s extended schedule, which is set to take place in, CAF was forced to shift the start date forward.

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Like the 2025 AFCON in Morocco, the 2024 WAFCON was postponed from this summer to July 2025 due to the Olympic games in Paris.

Note that nine-time African women’s champions, Nigeria, and Zambia women’s teams, are representing Africa at the 2024 Summer Olympics. Hence, the 2024 WAFCON had to be postponed.

“I am also impressed by the enormous growth of Women’s Football in Africa and I am expecting the CAF WAFCON Morocco 2024 to be immensely successful,” Motsepe told CAFonline.

“The announcement of the dates of the CAF AFCON Morocco 2025 took much longer than expected, as there were complex and at times challenging discussions with various interested parties, in the light of the extensive International and Domestic Match Calendars.

“CAF is committed to protecting and advancing the interests of African players, playing in football clubs in Europe and worldwide.”