CAF Executive Committee decisions of 26 May 2015

At its meeting in Zurich, Switzerland on Tuesday, 26 May 2015, the CAF Executive Committee reached many decisions concerning CAF competitions, below;

• African U-23 Championship, Senegal 2015

The competition will take place from the 28 November - 12 December 2015 in the cities of Dakar and M’Bour. The venues are the Léopold Sedar Senghor stadium in Dakar and the Caroline Faye stadium of M’Bour.

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• African Women Championship, Cameroon 2016

A delegation comprised of the President of the Normalization Committee of the Cameroon Football Federation, Minister of Sports and Physical Education and the Cameroon Ambassador to Switzerland, presented to the CAF Executive Committee the reason for the request of a shift in the date of the start of the African Women Championship, Cameroon 2016. The reason is mainly weather-related considerations, notably the forecast of heavy rains during the initial period, 8-22 October 2016. The CAF Executive Committee unanimously approved this request and the tournament will take place from 19 November – 3 December 2016 in Yaounde and Limbe.

 

Furthermore, the CAF Executive Committee ruled favourably on the request of the Tanzanian Football Association to host the 2019 African U-17 Championship, same for the request of Niger for the CAF U-20 Championship the same year.

 

The CAF Executive Committee also directed the Secretariat to open tenders for the organisation of the 2017 Africa Beach Soccer Championship, 2018 African Women Championship, 2020 African Nations Championship (CHAN) and the 2020 African Futsal championship. It was decided that the latter competition (Futsal) will take place every four years to respect the cycle of the World Cup category of which it serves as a qualifier.

 

The Committee gave a go ahead to the CAF Secretariat to implement CAF's competitions calendar for 2016 and 2017, subject to its approval.  

 

In addition, during this CAF Executive Committee session, Messrs Suketu Patel (Seychelles) and Almamy Kabele Camara (Guinea) were reappointed by acclamation as the 1st and 2nd Vice Presidents of CAF respectively.

 

Finally, the Executive Committee proceeded with the nomination of the members for the permanent committees and judicial bodies of CAF for the 2015 - 2017 cycle. The list of these committees shall be published later.

By: Cafonline.com