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The Confederation of African Football (CAF) has moved the 2023 African Cup of Nations to 2024, Megasportsarena.com reports.
The competition was expected to hold between June – July 2023 in Ivory Coast but due to the rainy season, the continent’s football ruling body were forced to shift the competition to January and February 2024.
The football showpiece was initially shifted from the traditional January-February schedule to June-July to avoid clashing with the European club football.
Meanwhile, CAF has also announced that African Super League will commence in August 2023 and the Champions League final will be back to the home and away format.
In a landmark decision to boost women’s football on the continent, an increase of 150% in prize money has been approved for the Women’s Africa Cup of Nations, Morocco 2022.
The tournament which kicked off on Saturday night at the Prince Moulay Abdellah Stadium, in Rabat will now have an overall prize money increased from USD 975,000 to USD 2,400,000 – an increase of almost USD 1.5 million.
The winner of this year’s edition of the Women’s Africa Cup of Nations, Morocco 2022 will pocket USD 500,000 – a 150% increase of USD 300,000. Previous winners of this competition received USD 200,000.
The prize money for runners-up has almost doubled from USD 175,000 to USD 300,000 and the semi-finalists will get USD 225,000 each which has increased from USD 125,000.
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