The Confederation of Africa Football(CAF )has announced a brand-new date to play the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations, AFCON, third-place final match.

CAF, in a statement on Wednesday, stated the AFCON third-place final, which was initially set up for Sunday 6 February 2022, is now moved to Saturday, 5 February 2022.

The third-place last will be dipped into Ahmadou Ahidjo Stadium and will start at 20: 00 hrs.

CAF decided after conversations with the Government of Cameroon and the Local Organising Committee (LOC).

The declaration read, “The CAF TotalEnergies Africa Cup of Nations Organising Committee, after discussions with the Government of Cameroon and the Local Organising Committee (LOC), decided to move the TotalEnergies Africa Cup of Nations Cameroon 2021 third and 4th place originally scheduled for Sunday 06 February 2022 to Saturday, 05 February 2022.

“The match, to be dipped into Ahmadou Ahidjo Stadium, will kick-off at 20h00.”

Senegal are through to the AFCON last after beating Burkina Faso.

The Teranga Lions will now play the winner between Cameroon and Egypt in Sunday’s last.

Burkina Faso, on the other hand, will deal with the loser in between Cameroon and Egypt in the third-place final.