The Confederation of African Football (CAF) has announced the postponement of the 2022 Africa Cup of Nations draw due to ‘logistical relations related to the coronavirus’.
The draw for the continental showpiece that was to be held next year was initially scheduled to be held in the host country, Cameroon on June 25.
The qualified teams will now have to wait for a new date to know their fate in the competition after the Cameroon Local Organising Committee accepted CAF's request for rescheduling.
CAF through their website released a statement explaining their reason for postponing the AFCON draws.
“At the request of CAF, the Cameroon Local Organizing Committee (LOC) has agreed to postpone the TotalEnergies Africa Cup of Nations Cameroon 2021 final draw for logistical reasons related to the Covid-19 pandemic,” the statement read on CAF's website.
The 2022 Africa Cup of Nations will begin from January 9 to February 6 with six stadiums set to host the games across five cities in Cameroon.
The biennial competition has been moved two times before CAF decided to hold it in January 2022 because of the coronavirus pandemic.
Cameroon were initially tasked to host the competition between June and July in 2021 but it was later changed to the January/February slot two years ago because of climatic conditions.
Algeria are the reigning African champions of the continental competition after they beat Senegal 1-0 in the 2019 Afcon final in Egypt.