Egypt to host 2019 Africa Cup of Mations
Cairo -The Confederation of African Football (CAF) has announced that Egypt will host the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations.
Egypt beat South Africa, the only other nation to bid, by 16 votes to one with one abstention at a Caf executive committee vote in Senegal.
Original host nation Cameroon was stripped of staging duties in November because of slow preparations.
Egypt has just six months to prepare for the expanded 24-team finals, which kick off in June.
It will be the fifth time Egypt, which won the tournament when it last hosted in 2006, has staged the tournament.
Egypt will use eight stadiums during the tournament, hosting in five different cities: Alexandria, Ismailia, Port Said, Suez and the capital Cairo.
