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CAF to announce 2017 African Cup host in April

Xinhua, January 23, 2015 Adjust font size:

The Confederation of African Football (CAF) said on Thursday that the hosts for the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations will be announced on April 8 in Cairo, Egypt.

According to the continental football body's statement, Algeria, Egypt, Gabon and Ghana are competing to replace strife-riven Libya who will not go ahead with their hosting of the finals for security concerns.

The CAF also announced that the host nation will play games in the qualifiers, but its matches will be friendlies and won't have points on offer.

The qualifiers will begin in June, and the 52 competing countries and regions will go straight into 13 groups of four teams each. The top team in each group and the two best second-place teams will reach the final tournament.

The CAF also said that the African qualifiers for the 2018 FIFA World Cup will begin in October. Endi