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The Confederation of African Football [a] (CAF) is the administrative and controlling body for association football, beach soccer, and futsal in Africa.It was established on 8 February 1957 at the Grand Hotel [2] in Khartoum, Sudan [3] by the national football associations of: Algeria, Egypt, Ethiopia, Nigeria, and South Africa.
The Africa Cup of Nations, commonly abbreviated as AFCON and officially known as the TotalEnergies Africa Cup of Nations for sponsorship reasons, [1] [2] is the main biennial international men's association football competition in Africa. It is sanctioned by the Confederation of African Football (CAF) and was first held in 1957. [3]
The Confederation of African Football (CAF) is the governing body for association football in Africa. It organizes three club competitions: the CAF Champions League (formerly African Cup of Champions Clubs), the CAF Confederation Cup and the CAF Super Cup.
The CAF Champions League, known for sponsorship purposes as the TotalEnergies CAF Champions League [1] and formerly the African Cup of Champions Clubs, is an annual club football competition organized by the Confederation of African Football (CAF) and contested by top-division African clubs, deciding the competition winners through a round robin group stage to qualify for a double-legged ...
The Confederation of African Football launched the competition on 10 August 2022 in Arusha, Tanzania, where more information about the competition was released. CAF initially wanted to start the competition in August 2023, with reports suggest that 24 clubs would feature in three groups of eight teams, ahead of a knockout stage starting at the ...
The 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification (CAF) is the African section of the qualification tournament for the 2026 FIFA World Cup, to be held in the United States of America, Canada and Mexico. A total of nine slots in the final tournament and one inter-confederation play-off slot are reserved for CAF teams. [1]
Football at the African Games; Organising body: ANOCA: Founded: 1965; 59 years ago () Region: Africa: Number of teams: 8 (from 1 confederation) Current champions: M: Ghana (2nd title) W: Ghana (2nd title) Most successful team(s) M: Cameroon (4 titles) W: Nigeria (3 titles) Football at the 2023 African Games
It opened in 1972 and served as the main stadium of the 1975 Mediterranean Games, the 1978 All-Africa Games, the 2004 Pan Arab Games, and the 2007 All-Africa Games. The stadium was one of two venues of the 1990 African Cup of Nations (the other venue was the 19 May 1956 Stadium in Annaba).