Football: the CHAN 2020 postponed

Moroccan Jawad El Yamiq (l) defends against Nigerian Ibrahim Mustapha (d) during the last match of the 2018 African Nations Championship in Casablanca, Morocco. Fadel SENNA / AFP

Text by: Farid Achache Follow

After the postponement of the next two days of the CAN 2021 qualifiers initially scheduled for the end of March, it is the turn of the African Nations Championship to fall through the cracks, due to the epidemic of coronavirus.

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The competition was to take place in Cameroon from April 4 to 25, 2020. In a press release from the CHAN Organizing Committee, which met in an extraordinary session on Tuesday, March 17, it is stated that the event is postponed " to a more favorable period ”.

" The next dates will be decided according to the evolution of the situation and communicated in due time ", can also be read there. The meeting took stock of the coronavirus pandemic which affects the African continent like the rest of the world.

National championships postponed

Indeed, a large part of the sports planet is at a standstill, and the football championships have not been spared - Euro 2020 has also been unscheduled on Tuesday by UEFA.

In Africa, Algeria postponed its national championships as did several other countries on the continent, which followed suit.

Among these nations, some were to participate in the next CHAN. Morocco, the title holder, has suspended its activities and the players have not yet started the preparation camp scheduled for Monday, March 16.

Rwanda was the first qualified to want to withdraw . Its Minister of Sports has canceled the participation of Rwandan athletes in international sporting events.

Until now, Cameroon , host country, required a negative result for the coronavirus test to enter its territory, if the competition was held. But the Organizing Committee finally took into account the " confinement of populations in many countries " and the difficulty of moving on the continent for the players, supervisors and supporters.

► Also read: CAN 2021 qualifiers: the third and fourth days postponed

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