South Africa: Nation to Host 2013 Championship Tournament

30 August 2011

Pretoria — South Africa will host the 2013 Championship of African Nations (CHAN) tournament that was initially scheduled to be played in Libya, which is currently ravaged by civil war.

This follows after the South African Football Association (Safa) and the Football Federation of Libya signed an agreement regarding the hosting of the 2013 and the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations (Afcon) tournaments.

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