Africa Cup of Nations returns to January-February slot for Cameroon 2021

Algeria won the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations in Egypt, held in June and July. Next year's tournament in Cameroon will revert to a January-February time slot. [Courtesy]

The Africa Cup of Nations will revert to its former time slot of January and February for the next edition in 2021, hosts Cameroon said on Wednesday.

The tournament's organising committee, as well as the Cameroon Football Federation (Fecafoot), revealed that the tournament will be played from January 9 to February 6, 2021, after a meeting with the Confederation of African Football (CAF) chief Ahmad Ahmad in Yaounde.