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David GOMBE
CAF president Patrice Motsepe has confirmed the growth of AFCON 2027 from 24 groups to twenty-eight groups. The match is slated to be collectively hosted by Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania.
The expanded 28 crew match would see the 28 certified nations break up into seven teams of 4 groups apiece.
“We’ve got elevated the variety of individuals for the subsequent version of the AFCON,” Motsepe confirmed, making the growth official.
Throughout the group stage every crew will play three matches. The Group winners and runners-up, totalling 14 groups, would advance routinely to the Spherical of 16.
The remaining two spots within the 16-team knockout bracket would probably go to the 2 greatest third-placed finishers throughout all seven teams, with factors, objective distinction and targets scored serving as tiebreakers the place obligatory, because it has been within the 24-team format.
CAF beforehand raised the variety of finalists from 16 to 24 forward of the 2019 match through the continental showpiece hosted in Egypt.
