Over 5,000 accreditation requests received for AFCON 2023: CAF
The Confederation of African Football (CAF) said it has received over 5,000 media accreditation applications for the TotalEnergies CAF Africa Cup of Nations.
CAF said on its official website on Saturday that the applications are 90 per cent more than that revived for Cameroon in 2021.
Media accreditation closed on Nov. 24.
It said that more than 70 nationalities have applied to cover Africa’s biggest event.
“The high demand has necessitated that CAF implement quotas for all the countries due to space demands.
“CAF remains committed to ensuring that fairness is applied across the board in allocation and implementation of quotas.
“CAF believes in creating access for media and promoting media freedom,” it said.
It said that it will introduce new guidelines for non-rigths holders and enforce restrictions on filming and other activities to protect media (TV) rights holders.
It said that priority will be given to the host nation at 30 per cent, participating countries at 35 per cent, regional (neighbouring) countries at 10 and the rest of the world (countries) at 25 per cent.
“CAF is currently working closely with all the participating member associations to ensure that there is a fair representation in allocating the quotas of each country,” it said.
It said that priority would also be given to agencies.
The 2023 AFCON will kick off on Jan. 13 2024, to Feb. 11 in Cote d’Ivoire, with 24 nations participating.
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