The Executive Office of the African Football Confederation "CAF" discusses several files before presenting their results at a conference by Patrice Motsepe, President of the Union.
The African Football Confederation announced that "CAF" President Patrice Motsepe will hold a press conference next Wednesday.
The African Confederation revealed in an official statement today, Monday, that Motsepe will hold a press conference on Wednesday at 1:00 p.m. Cairo time.
A source from CAF told FilGoal.com: "There will be a meeting of the Executive Office before Motsepe's conference to discuss several files, and the President of the African Confederation will announce the decisions afterwards".
He added, "The mechanism of some submitted proposals will be discussed, including the Egyptian Football Association's request to increase the number of clubs in continental tournaments, so that every scenario will be studied, whether by increasing for all federations or only the highest-ranked federations or postponing the matter".
He continued, "A proposal to increase the number of teams in the 2028 Africa Cup of Nations will also be discussed based on a request from more than one federation and the mechanism for implementing that".
The source concluded his statements, "Finally, discussing the mechanism for developing African football after evaluating the performance of the continental participation in the World Cup".
CAF indicated that Motsepe will speak to the media about many developments in the African Confederation and African football.
CAF also clarified in its statement that Motsepe will talk about his assessment of the performance of the African teams in the last World Cup tournament.
10 African teams participated in the 2026 World Cup, which was held in the United States of America, Canada, and Mexico.
9 teams qualified for the round of 32, while only the Tunisian national team bid farewell to the World Cup from the group stage.
The Egyptian and Moroccan teams continued their journey in the World Cup, before the Pharaohs bid farewell to Argentina in the round of 16, and the Atlas Lions followed them from the quarter-finals against France.
Egypt had submitted a request to CAF to increase the number of clubs participating in the African Champions League and the Confederation Cup.
A statement from the Egyptian Football Association revealed, "The share of some federations may rise, according to the applicable classification criteria, to 3 clubs in the African Champions League, and 3 clubs in the African Confederation Cup, provided that the participation of the additional clubs begins from the preliminary rounds."
