The African Cup might be going out of Africa.
The United States, China or Qatar could be asked to host the African Cup of Nations in radical changes proposed Wednesday to give the continent’s biggest soccer tournament the global exposure it craves. The proposals were set out in a presentation to the Confederation of African Football by Philippe Antoine, as the spokesman for the Marketing and TV working group.
Antoine told delegates that ”the idea of inviting three or four teams from other continents, in addition to 20 or 21 African teams taking part, was also seen favorably … as was the hypothesis of a final tournament being staged, exceptionally, in a country of another continent.