Morocco enter race to host youth CAN

Morocco has emerged as a possible candidate to stage the 2011 African Youth Championship after original hosts Libya were dropped due to political unrest.<br>

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الإثنين، 14 مارس 2011 - 10:22

Morocco has emerged as a possible candidate to stage the 2011 African Youth Championship after original hosts Libya were dropped due to political unrest.

The public turmoil in Libya have become vicious recently, which forced CAF to consider a number of alternatives for the North African nation.

As the tournament was supposed to kick off on March 18, the African football ruling body looks likely to announce a further date.

“We are considering postponing the tournament,” CAF technical director Abdul-Monem Mostafa ‘Shatta’ told FilGoal.com.

“There are three possible candidates to host the tournament. We have South Africa, Algeria and Morocco. CAF will come to a decision this week regarding the kickoff date and the host nation.”

South Africa and Algeria were initially cited to replace Libya, who lie in Group A along with Egypt, Mali and Lesotho.