Friday, December 9, 2016

Nigeria’s Baba among 38 referees for 2017 AFCON

Nigeria’s Abel Baba has been named as one of the Assistant Referees to officiate in the forthcoming 2017 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) in Gabon.

A statement on the website of the Confederation of African Football (CAF) on Thursday said that 17 Referees and 21 Assistant Referees would officiate in the 31st edition of the continental tournament.
The tournament will hold from Jan. 14 to Feb. 5 in the Gabonese cities of Libreville, Franceville, Port Gentil and Oyem.

Baba, who has a FIFA Badge, was among other Africa FIFA Badge referees that to take part in the CAF FIFA Referees Elite A course in Cairo, Egypt in September.
He also officiated at the 2015 Africa Youth Championship in Senegal.

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