Will South Africa apply to host the Afcon 2025 finals? – Comments from Safa President Jordaan.

• South Africa has hosted two successful Afcon tournaments
• Jordaan insists that SA is not interested in hosting the 2025 event
• The southern African country is eager to host the Women’s World Cup

WHAT HAPPENED? Guinea were the original hosts of the continental tournament but have since been dispossessed after Caf claimed the West African nation was not adequately prepared to host.
South Africa is one of six nations, including Senegal, Algeria and Morocco, that have officially applied to host the competition according to recent reports.
However, Jordaan has refuted the reports and made it clear that they are not interested in hosting the masterpiece.

WHAT DID JORDAN SAY?: “It is not true that we are planning to host Afcon 2025 and we have never done it [made an official bid]Jordaan said to Isolezwe.
“If you look carefully at the dates set by Caf by which applications to host Afcon 2025 must be submitted, it will become clear to you that Safa is not seeking the rights to host the event.”

THE LARGEST PHOTOGRAPH: SA have hosted the Afcon final twice: they won the tournament in 1996 as hosts before being knocked out in the quarterfinals at home in the 2013 edition.
Jordaan has already confirmed that South Africa is interested in hosting the final of the 2027 FIFA Women’s World Cup.
Earlier this month, Safa officially launched its bid to host the world tournament after receiving guarantees from the government and Sascoc.
The Netherlands, Chile, Italy, the United States of America, Mexico and the Nordic countries have also shown interest in hosting the event.

WHAT’S NEXT FOR SAFA? The local soccer governing body will now wait to find out if they will be awarded the rights to host the masterpiece.
The bidding process has begun and will be determined by the FIFA Council before the organization’s congress votes on the host country in 2024.