South Africa Replace Libya as Hosts of African Youth Champs.
March 17, 2011
It has been confirmed that the 2011 African Youth Championship, pills initially scheduled to be hosted in Libya, medstore has been moved to South Africa, who become the new hosts following the removal of the event due to political unrest in Libya.
The tournament was originally scheduled to commence in Tripoli on March 18, but was postponed due to the ongoing social and political unrest in the country.
Since then, the Confederation of African Football (CAF) has confirmed that the tournament will run from April 17 to May 2 with South Africa set to stage the Championship for the first time in its history.
CAF president Issa Hayatou released a statement on Wednesday, March 16, saying: “We decided to move the U20 finals to South Africa. The Executive Committee took that decision on Tuesday.”
South Africa, which had originally not qualified for the tournament, will take Libya’s place and will face Mali, Egypt and Lesotho in Group A.