The photograph published by Jeune Afrique. Nice stadium right?
APPLICATION FILED TO CAF
DRC wants to organize the AFCON 2019
February 16, 2013
Jeune Afrique drew the first on Thursday. Then RFI and L’équipe continued before Radio Okapi retransmits on its does turn. Among others, onthese websites, you can read that the Democratic Republic of Congo has officially submitted its application to theConfederation of African Football (CAF) to host the African Cup of Nations (AFCON) 2019. The competition will take place mainly in the capital Kinshasa and Lubumbashi (southeast part of the country), the country's second city.
But "by then we will have already arranged the stadium of Matadi" (west) and "we can also add Kisangani (East) so that people see the profound Congo," said Baudouin BANZA MUKALAY NSUNGU, Sports Minister , who added: "I know there is a problem of infrastructure, but we'll get started. It is an ambition of the government. It really wants to organize this AFCON. "
For now, the Congolese government has not provided any figures on the budget that it intends to assign to the file if the file is used.
DRC had wanted to host the competition in 2015, before with drawal. For the edition of 2019, the application will rival a great competition: that of Algeria. And that's not all. Zambia and Senegal would also like to organize the great mass of African Football said Jeune Afrique, illustrating his article with joy aerial view of a Congolese Stadium, that of TP Mazembe in Kamalondo...
We wonder how CAF will appreciate the fact that the Congolese championship day one of Division 1 has been fully postponed because of the issue of stadiums. Not terrible in terms of image ...