Morocco will replace Kenya as hosts of the 2018 African Nations
Championship (Chan), organisers announced on Sunday.
The
emergency committee of the African Football Confederation (Caf) met on Saturday
in Lagos and unanimously decided to give Morocco the green light ahead of
Equatorial Guinea.
A
third candidate, Ethiopia, was not considered because it did not provide a
letter of guarantee from its government.
Original
hosts Kenya fell behind with five-venue preparations for the biennial 16-team
tournament, which runs from January 12-February 4, leading them to be stripped
of the hosting rights last month.
Morocco
have not hosted a senior Caf competition since the 1988 Africa Cup of Nations.