There will therefore have been no miracle. Like the Euro, Copa America or even the Olympic Games, the 2021 African Cup of Nations could not escape a postponement. The decision was taken Tuesday, June 30, by the Confederation of African Football (CAF). 

The CAF executive committee, meeting in videoconference due to the Covid-19 pandemic, was invited to decide on the resumption of African competitions in the coming weeks. The continent's flagship tournament, the CAN-2021 was finally postponed by one year. It will therefore be held in January 2022, still in Cameroon. 

Qualifications still in progress

A decision generally expected since the qualification of the next CAN could not even have been completed due to the health crisis. The option of a conclusion in October-November had been discussed for a time.

Algeria, the title holder after its triumph in Egypt in the summer of 2019, will symbolically retain the continental crown for one more year. 

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