Uganda will not host the Algerian national team in Morocco – The New Algeria

Uganda has chosen a neighboring country to host the Algerian national football team, next June, for the 2026 World Cup qualifiers. This is in case its favorite stadium is not ready to host the event.

Uganda is rushing time to prepare the preferred stadium for its national football team, Nelson Mandela, in the eastern suburb of the capital, Kampala, before it is scheduled to host the Algerian and Botswana national teams, next June, for the seventh group of the African qualifiers for the 2026 World Cup.

This historic stadium was closed in 2019, to be rehabilitated, but the work was halted for several months due to the Corona pandemic, before it was resumed and the preparation is expected to be completed in the near future.

And move the site FOOT AFRIQUE Yesterday, Sunday, the President of the Uganda Football Association, Moses Magogo Hasyim, made statements to the local press, in which he said that his body wants to play the next two matches of the Ugandan national team, in the World Cup qualifiers, against the national teams of Botswana and Algeria, at the “Nelson Mandela Stadium.”

The same official explained that the local Football Association decided to officially reopen the stadium next Wednesday to host two matches in the local league. These are the two meetings that will serve as a test of the stadium’s readiness. This is awaiting its official approval by the Confederation of African Football (CAF) to host international matches of category “A”.

The Ugandan national team is scheduled to host its Botswana counterpart, in the 2026 World Cup qualifiers, on June 3. And that was before he hosted Algeria national team On the 10th of the same month.

The Ugandan national team hosted the Guinea national team, for the first round of qualifiers, on November 17 last in the Moroccan city of Marrakesh. But according to the website Finnick FootballThe French-speaking Algerian said that even if CAF refuses to adopt the Nelson Mandela Stadium, the Ugandan Football Association will not choose Morocco to host the Botswana and Algeria national teams, but rather will play the two matches in Dar es Salaam, the capital of the neighboring country, Tanzania.

It is worth noting that the Ugandan national team hosted its Algerian counterpart, on June 18, 2023, at the “Jaboma” Stadium in Cameroon. This is for the Cannes 2023 qualifiers. The victory in that confrontation was returned to the “Greens” team, with a score of two goals to one.