By Obaloluwa Joshua, LAGOS
The Confederation of African Football, CAF, has announced venues for the 2024 Women’s Africa Cup of Nations, Prompt News reports.
Six venues will be used for the competition – the first time more than three venues are used for the event.
The venues are: Olympic Stadium (Rabat) Larbi Zaouli Stadium (Casablanca) Père Jégo Stadium (Casablanca) El Bachir Stadium (Mohammédia) Honor Stadium (Oujda) Berkane Stadium (Berkane)
The brand new Olympic Stadium in Rabat was constructed to host 21,000 fans and is a state-of-the-art venue near the historic Prince Moulay Abdellah Stadium.
It will be one of the host stadiums for the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations, Morocco 2025 that kicks-off in December.
The Larbi Zaouli Stadium in Casablanca is currently the temporary home of Raja and Wydad Casablanca while their Mohammed V Stadium is being renovated ahead of Morocco 2025.
It had its own renovations in 2019 and recently played host to matches at Africa U-17 Africa Cup of Nations.
The 10,000-seater Père Jégo Stadium, also in Casablanca, is named after former Morocco manager Père Jégo, who is considered one of the finest football tacticians in the country’s history.
He managed both Raja and Wydad Casablanca, as well as the Morocco national team.
The El Bachir Stadium in Mohammédia was built in 1954 but renovated in 2019 and is home to local side SCC Mohammédia.
The stadium hosted matches at the recent Africa U-17 Cup of Nations, including the final.
The Honor Stadium is Oujda has a capacity of 35,000 and has played host to several international matches of late, involving the Morocco national team or as a home venue for other nations to complete their international fixtures.
Finally, the Berkane Stadium is the home venue of RS Berkane and has a capacity of 12,000. It received renovations in 2017 and has hosted both international fixtures and matches in CAF’s Interclub competitions.
