Ivory Coast dethroned Morocco in the race to become the capital of African football.
In fact, the country from West Africa will host 7 matches in this October international break as part of the qualifiers for the African Cup of Nations “CAN Morocco 2025”.
For his part, Morocco will be content to host only 5 matches in the qualifiers, while it was used to organizing the majority of matches of African national teams which do not have stadiums that meet the standards required by the Confederation of African Football.
The program of matches in Ivory Coast (source afrik-foot)
3rd day
- Burkina Faso – Burundi, Thursday October 10, 7 p.m. GMT, in Abidjan (Ebimpé)
- Benin – Rwanda, Friday October 11, 4 p.m. GMT, Abidjan (Felicia)
- Ivory Coast – Sierra Leone, Friday October 11, 7 p.m. GMT, San Pedro
- Guinea – Ethiopia, Saturday October 12, 4 p.m. GMT, Yamoussoukro
4th day
- Burundi – Burkina Faso, Sunday October 13, 4 p.m. GMT, Abidjan (Felicia)
- Ethiopia – Guinea, Monday October 14, 7 p.m. GMT, Abidjan (Ebimpé)
- Comoros – Tunisia, Tuesday October 15, 7 p.m. GMT, Abidjan (Felicia)
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Ivory Coast has taken Morocco's place as the preferred destination for the CAN 2025 Qualifiers matches, the stadiums of which are not approved by CAF.
For these days 3 and 4, several countries opted for Ivory Coast which… pic.twitter.com/t4DqZWlqj2
— Cap'Ivoire Info (@CapIvoire_Info) October 9, 2024