Soccer
SA or Egypt will host 2019 Africa Cup of Nations─── 08:55 Sun, 16 Dec 2018
The 2019 Africa Cup of Nations will take place in either Egypt or South Africa, the Confederation of African Football (CAF) confirmed on Saturday.
AFP reports they were the only two countries to announce their candidature publicly before the list closed Friday midnight.
Cameroon had originally beaten bids from Algeria and the Ivory Coast to win the right to host the tournament but, citing construction delays and question marks over security, were withdrawn as hosts by CAF last month.
South Africa has hosted the tournament twice before, in 1996, when they won, and in 2013 when they stepped in to replace Libya. They are also the only African nation to host the World Cup, in 2010.
Egypt have hosted the event three times, notably in 1986 and, most recently, 2006, when they won the finals after penalty shoot-outs.
The AFCON will be held from June 15 to July 13.
