CAF President Motsepe downplays 2027 AFCON preparation delays - Inside World Football The bidders for the 2028 AFCON are: Ethiopia Morocco Botswana and South Africa (Joint)
🔴 EARLIER TODAY 🔴DRAW FOR THE 2027 AFCON QUALIFIERS GROUPS!! pic.twitter.com/AxJdVdvY1B— robertmarawa (@robertmarawa) May 19, 2026 Afcon 2027 qualifying draw: Ghana to face Ivory Coast, Nigeria get Tanzania - BBC Sport
Lekjaa: Morocco Will No Longer Submit Bids to Host African Competitions I wonder at what point we will get that CAS decision on the AFCON title.
🚨🚨🚨ESTADAO:Advanced discussions are ongoing to host the 2028 Copa América in the USA, which would include Concacaf teams!The deal hasn't been finalized yet due to the Olympics, which will be held in LA in 2028. Organizers do not want any overlap between the schedules. pic.twitter.com/z3oNVERrrh— Brasil Football 🇧🇷 (@BrasilEdition) June 21, 2026 What a joke if it happens again.
Does it really matter what Conmebol do with their tournaments? They can hold it whereever they want and invite whoever they want.
Well it is terrible for fans who have to travel all the way to the USA from South America. Very unfair if you ask me. Meanwhile, European fans will be enjoying the EUROS in a convenient location at very reasonable costs: ticket prices have been frozen from EURO 2024 and 40% of the 3m tickets available will be in the cheapest price category.
Just a reminder that the core mandate of CONMEBOL is to lead sports entertainment in South America. Moving their biggest tournament out of South American permanently seems to go against that mandate. Another thing that people tend to forget is that, like FIFA, CONMEBOL is a non-profit organization.
I strongly disagree. We are talking about a competition organized by a South American governing body for South American fans. A diaspora population in the USA is not a like-for-like replacement. I'm open-minded to host every other Copa America in the USA (as part of a permanent deal?), but depriving the South American fan for what would be 13 years (the last non-Covid Copa was in 2019) is morally bankrupt not to mention greedy beyond belief.
Yeah, I saw that news too. Not only 3m available at the cheapest category but same ticket prices overall as the 2024 Euros. Am looking forward to this tournament already. It will be challenging to get tickets though.
UEFA will not make hydration breaks mandatory at Euro 2028 - Inside World Football Also really looking forward to the next Euros.
Looking forward to a O-O draw between Kazakstan and Romania in the “beautiful” city of Birmingham. (Or something like that quality. )
CONMEBOL fans need to suck it up. With this next cycle having 30 % of teams qualifying automatically it makes it more important to have as many official matches as possible. In the USA you can have a 16 team tournament and it will be successful. Heck, the Confederations may make it 24 teams like the Euros. Cannot do that in South America without it being less profitable. And the stands would be mostly empty in South America.
Feel free to watch Gold Cup replays instead. How much longer do they need to suck it up? 2032? 2036? Forever?
I love me some Gold Cups. Especially in beautiful American cities. How much longer? Well, when they can logically afford it and have a regular type of qualifying schedule would make sense. *shrugs* How is it supposed to work? They can make it work. I am not sure what AFCON or OFC has to do with anything.
The last time I checked Ecuador wants to host it. It's not like there is no Conmebol bidder. Fair enough. I thought you are warming up the Super Gold Cup idea again with other confederations. I actually support a permanent 24-team Copa America (with the Gold Cups taken off the calendar).
Hell yeah! Please let us have a corrupt confed like Conmebol endanger US citizens' lives again, like it did during 2024 Copa America. Also, COL fed president's son got away scot-free after assaulting stadium security staff during the 2024 CA final... Some animals are more equal than others.
One freak accident of a match out of the 64 Copa America matches played in the USA. There were no other incidents this badly. And You would think they have learned to get better security next tine. Sheesh.
Motsepe plan to add expand AFCON, crashes and burns at CAF ExCo - Inside World Football No consultation with other stakeholders? I can only wonder where Motsepe learned that approach.
🏆🌍 AHORA: SE EXPANDE LA COPA AFRICANAPatrice Motsepe acaba de anunciar que la edición 2027 del torneo pasará de 24 a 28 equipos. El plan se habla anunciado hace meses pero encontró resistencia interna. Parece que no más. pic.twitter.com/DBtNIOv01f— Nahuel Lanzón (@nahuelzn) July 22, 2026