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March 14, 2020
The Confederation of AfricanFootball, CAF has postponed all the AFCON 2021 qualifiers for match days 3 and4 due to growing concerns of the COVID-19 virus.
CAF after an emergency committeemeeting, said the decision followed the latest declaration of the World HealthOrganisation, WHO describing the coronavirus as a pandemic.
According to the continentalfootball ruling body, the match days 3 and 4 AFCON 2021 qualifiers initiallyscheduled from March 25 to 31, including thedouble-header between Nigeria and Sierra Leone, have been postponedindefinitely.
Also postponed is the FIFA WomenUnder-20 World Cup qualifiers initially scheduled to hold from March 20-22 aswell as the Total Women AFCON 2020 qualifiers initially scheduled to hold fromApril 8 to 14.
CAF said it will announce new datesfor the matches in due time