The Confederation of African Football has increased the number of countries for the African Cup of Nations to 24.
Rising from its meeting on Thursday in Rabat, Morocco, the Executive Committee of the continental body increased the competition to 24 teams as of the 2019 edition, just as it will now hold in the months of June and July.
The competition will however remain a biennial event (every two years), odd years and exclusively held on African soil with African national teams.
The Committee also advocated the establishment of a working group to work on the implementation of the resolutions and propose short, medium and long term implementation timetables.
It can be recalled that three-time African champions, Nigeria, failed to qualify for last two editions of the tournament.
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