CAF to support members technically and financially before and during the 2026 world cup
FILE: Patrice Motsepe. Picture: GovernmentZA/Flickr
By Rasheed Adewuyi
Plans are in top gear by the Confederation of African Football (CAF) to support all its affiliates technically and financially before and during the 2026 world cup in the United States of America, Canada, and Mexico.
CAF president Dr. Patrice Motsepe who dropped this hint on Thursday in Cairo while reflecting on Morocco’s achievement at the recently concluded 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar, said that it is very important to assist all the 54 African nations for any of the continent’s representatives to equal or surpass Morocco’s record at the Mundial in the nearest future.
According to Motsepe: “These are proud moments for football on the African continent taking into account the performance of all the five national teams that represented Africa at the world cup in Qatar and in particular the historic achievement of the Atlas Lions of Morocco that has made us proud.”
Motsepe believes that approximately ten African nations can now compete in the world cup and win laurels for the continent.
“Still, the best way to achieve this is to help encourage and give them all the technical support that will make them achieve this goal,” he added.
“These countries may increase to fifteen anytime soon because CAF will relentlessly assist affiliated members in tapping budding talents at the grass-root level.
“The 2022 world cup is an eye opener for our governing body, and we will act on all the lessons learned from the Mundial.”
Caf board members are expected to meet in February 2023 to deliberate on these plans and set up sub-committees that will take care of countries that qualify to represent Africa in the 2026 world cup.
Morocco is the first African country to qualify for the semifinal of the world cup. They ended the 2022 world cup in Qatar by losing 2-1 to Croatia in the third-place match.
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