BERLIN - Cameroon will host the final of the African Champions
League in May when the trophy is decided in a one-off tie after
chaotic scenes marred the end of last season's competition.
"The newly-built Japoma Stadium in the Cameroonian city of Douala
will stage the final of the premier continental club championship on
May 29, 2020," the African confederation (CAF) said Monday.
Contested since the 1964/65 season, the African club showpiece has
nearly always concluded with a two-legged final.
But the 2019 edition ended in farce when Morocco's Wydad Casablanca
walked off in the second leg against Tunisian club Esperance when a
technical fault prevented the video review of a goal which was
disallowed.
Esperance were awarded the title but Wydad's appeal to the Court
of Arbitration for Sport remains open.
Wydad face Al-Ahly of Egypt in this year's semi-finals and their city
rivals Raja Casablanca take on Zamalek, another Egyptian side, in the
other tie.
The Japoma Stadium will host matches in the 2021 Africa Cup of
Nations in January. Cameroon was due to host the 2019 edition but
delays in construction and trouble in the country saw it moved to
Egypt.