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Qatar ready to help organize Africa Cup
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QATAR has not received an official request to host the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations but it is “ready” to help in organizing it, the president of the Gulf country’s Football Association has said.
Qatar was not “officially asked to host” the continental tournament after Morocco was stripped of the right to stage the event, Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa bin Ahmed al-Thani said in a statement yesterday.
“If officially asked, Qatar is ready to offer any help in hosting the African Cup due to its strong relation with Issa Hayatou, president of the Confederation of African Football,” he added.
The decision “concerns CAF which all world football authorities are expected to support,” al-Thani said.
He recalled that his country had already organized the 1995 World Youth Championship after it was moved from Nigeria due to an outbreak of cholera.
French sports newspaper L’Equipe said on Wednesday that Qatar, host to the 2022 World Cup, might be the solution if the CAF fails to find a replacement for Morocco on the continent. But Saud al-Muhannadi, vice president of the Qatar Football Association, denied the reports which he described as “illogical”.
Morocco had said since early October that its call for a postponement was due to the deadly Ebola pandemic, but CAF lost patience with the North Africans and threw them out as hosts and participants with a heavy fine likely to follow.
Meanwhile, Angola announced on Wednesday it was not interested in replacing Morocco as the 11th-hour host.
Angola’s decision left three potential candidates — Egypt, Gabon and Nigeria — to put on the continental showcase.
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