The Confederation of African Football (CAF), has confirmed that Total will become the official sponsor of African football for the next eight years.
The multi-national oil company, who has operations in over 40 countries will replace Orange as title sponsor of the women’s AFCON, U-20 and U-23 AFCONs, African Nations Championship, CAF Champions League, Confederation Cup and Super Cup.
“The Confederation of African Football (CAF) and Total reached an agreement today under which the Group will become the official sponsor of African football for the next eight years,” CAF announced on their website.
“Total will support Caf’s ten principal competitions, starting with the upcoming Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON), which has a global audience. Renamed the Total Africa Cup of Nations, the tournament will be held in Gabon from January 14th to February 5th, 2017.”
The sponsorship deal starts with next year’s AFCON in Gabon.
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