South Africa say hosting 2015 will maintain World Cup momentum

The Confederation of African Football (Caf) will name the 2015 and 2017 Africa Cup of Nations hosts on Saturday.

South Africa and Morocco are the only candidates bidding to host the finals as Caf meets in DR Congo.

The meeting precedes the African Super Cup between hosts and African champions TP Mazembe and FUS Rabat, the Moroccan holders of the Confederation Cup.

Both South Africa and Morocco have made it clear they prefer the 2015 finals.

South African Football Association (Safa) president Kirsten Nematandani stated the country wanted to "sustain some of the momentum from hosting the [2010] World Cup".

Morocco says that it wants to host the Nations Cup sooner rather than later to help the country's football move towards professionalism.

Both countries will make a presentation to the Caf Executive Committee before the decision is made.

The 2012 Nations Cup will be co-hosted by Equatorial Guinea and Gabon, who will be followed by Libya in 2013 after Caf decided to switch the event from even to odd years.

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