Own Correspondent|The Confederation of African Football has confirmed the dates for its continental national team showpiece event for 2019.

The Africa Cup of Nations will be held from 15 June until the 13th of July.

The host of the tournament has not been confirmed after Cameroon were stripped of the rights. South Africa in December confirmed that they had handed in a bid to come in as hosts. The other team is Egypt with the winning bid to be announced on 9 January in Senegal.

Zimbabwe sit on top of their group as they go into the final day fixture against Congo knowing a draw will be enough to book their place in the finals. That match will be played in Harare on 22 March as the 24 teams for the finals will be decided then.