The Confederation of African Football (CAF) has confirmed finalizing with the inspection of match venues for the highly anticipated Total 2018 CAF Champions League participants.
The group stages of the competition get underway in the first week of May with all the 16 clubs involved.
In a statement of the Caf website, the exercise was supervised by experienced CAF Instructors commenced in early April 2018 with emphasis on; Main stadium of each qualified team, Alternate match venues in the country of each club, Training pitches, Accommodation (Hotels) and Medical (Hospitals, Emergency Centres, etc)
“It is the first time such inspections have been carried out and the response has been positive,” said CAF General Secretary Amr Fahmy.
“The exercise was to ensure that the matches are hosted in venues with the basic requirements in accordance with the Club Licensing System taking into consideration broadcast needs, media and safety of fans,” he added.
In the same regard, KCCA was barred from hosting their games at the StarTimes stadium, Lugogo and will now use the Mandela National Stadium, Namboole.
In a related development, a similar inspection will be conducted for the group stage participants of the Total CAF Confederation Cup 2018 ahead of the Day One matches on Sunday, 6 May 2018.
Kenya’s Gor Mahia, Rayon Sports (Burundi), Sudan’s Al Hilal and Tanzania’s Yanga are some of the teams in the CAF Confederation Cup.
