According to<\/a> the Libyan newspaper Alwasat, Libyan Football Federation president Abdelmoula Al-Maghribi confirmed that the letter marks the first official step in the country\u2019s bid process. He said the federation will now begin preparing a comprehensive hosting dossier that meets CAF\u2019s organizational requirements, including stadium readiness, training facilities, transport, accommodation, and other logistical standards.<\/p>\nThe decision\u2019s roots\u00a0<\/p>\n
Al-Maghribi explained that Libya\u2019s decision was encouraged by the successful organization of the UNAF U-20 Championship in Benghazi earlier this year. He described the tournament as proof that the country is capable of hosting major football events while highlighting the development of Libya\u2019s sports infrastructure and the government\u2019s support for staging international competitions.<\/p>\n
According to sources within CAF cited by the same Libyan media, around 17 national associations have expressed interest in hosting one of the next three AFCON editions, setting up what is expected to be a highly competitive bidding process. While some countries are preparing joint bids, Libya plans to compete with an individual candidacy.<\/p>\n
The Libyan bid is built around the modernization of key venues, including Tripoli International Stadium and Benghazi International Stadium, alongside ongoing sports infrastructure projects across the country.<\/p>\n
If successful, Libya would host the Africa Cup of Nations for the second time in its history, having previously staged the tournament in 1982. The bid also represents the country\u2019s ambition to restore its place on the African football map by welcoming one of the continent\u2019s biggest sporting events.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Rabat \u2013 Libya has officially launched its bid to host a future edition of the Africa Cup of…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":336323,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[34],"tags":[411,483,15695],"class_list":["post-336322","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-libya","tag-afcon","tag-caf","tag-libya"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@africa\/116938325614456339","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/336322","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=336322"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/336322\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/336323"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=336322"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=336322"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=336322"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}