The executive committee of the Confederation of African Football (CAF) decided to switch the tournament, which was due to be played June-July 2023, to January and February of 2024.
It will be the second successive finals to take place in January and February following this year´s event in Cameroon, which was rescheduled for similar reasons.
“We don´t want to run the risk of having a competition that´s going to be washed out,” CAF president Patrice Motsepe said Sunday at a news conference in Rabat, Morocco, which is currently hosting the Women´s African Cup. “It´s not good for African football, for our image and we have to work on that basis.”
In 2017, CAF announced its decision to move the finals to a summer slot to appease European clubs reluctant to release African players during their domestic seasons.