The 2021 Africa Cup of Nations had originally been scheduled to take place during the northern hemisphere summer next year, part of a move by the Confederation of African Football to align the tournament dates with European league off-seasons for their stars who largely ply their trade there.
However, citing the difficulties of playing in Cameroon in June and July, when much of the country is in the midst of its rainy season, the CAF choose to shift the tournament back to its more traditional January to February window earlier this year. Then, coronavirus struck. And today, officially, the AFCoN has been moved again.
The CAF had been delaying making an official announcement, hoping that the global situation might allow the tournament to go ahead as planned, but as of today they have officially chosen to push the tournament back a year to 2022. As it will remain in Cameroon, a January start will remain.
