The Confederation of African Football (Caf) has confirmed that the third and fourth place final of the Africa Cup of Nations in Cameroon has been rescheduled – to the 5th of February.
The federation announced the changes following consultation between its organising committee and the Cameroonian government. The change only affected the date and not the venue.
“The Caf Africa Cup of Nations Organising Committee, after discussions with the government of Cameroon and the Local Organising Committee [LOC], decided to move the Africa Cup of Nations Cameroon 2021 third and fourth place originally scheduled for Sunday 06 February 2022 to Saturday, 05 February 2022,” Caf announced.
“The match, to be played at Ahmadou Ahidjo Stadium, will kick off at 20h00.”
Meanwhile, Burkina Faso now awaits a loser between Egypt and Cameroon to contest third place in the ongoing AFCON games.
Senegal had on Wednesday night reached this year’s AFCON final after beating Burkina Faso to 3-1.
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