Breaking News: CAF Cancels Morocco 2021 U17 AfCON Tournament

The Confederation of African Football CAF has cancelled the Morocco 2021 U17 Africa Cup of Nations tournament that was scheduled to kick off this weekend on the 13th of March, 2021.

The decision comes after an emergency meeting on Monday that concluded in the evening in Morocco, the ZamFoot Crew understands.

The meeting analysed the current Covid-19 situation in the host country and resolved to cancel the tournament with immediate effect.

This is despite five of the 12 qualified teams having already arrived in Morocco for the games. Zambia, Uganda, Senegal and Ivory Coast are already in Morocco shaping up for the tournament.

CAF last week successfully concluded the U20 Africa Cup of Nations tournament that was hosted by Mauritania and won by Ghana.

Morocco in 2014 pulled out of hosting the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations tournament at the last minute amid fears of the spread of the Ebola virus.

The Zambia national team will now be out of Morocco on the next flight out as they wait for news on the way forward.