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AFCON organisers allow free entry after kickoff to fill under-capacity stadiums, with ticketing showing many seats available and some crowds doubling during matches, CAF said.
- On December 25, 2025, organisers at the Africa Cup of Nations in Morocco allowed supporters in for free after kick-off, a CAF source told AFP, as the Group F game in Agadir started with almost empty stands.
- CAF's official ticketing platform showed seats available for almost all remaining group matches with prices starting at 100 dirhams , while only hosts Morocco's matches against Mali and Zambia, and Algeria v Burkina Faso and Algeria v Equatorial Guinea were sell-outs.
- At Rabat's Al Medina Stadium, the Group D crowd was first announced as 6,703 then corrected to 13,073, and organisers opened stands about 20 minutes into games to admit fans gathered outside without paying, a CAF source told AFP.
- Confusion over attendance figures has emerged, with an official attendance figure of 35,200 inside a venue with a capacity of over 45,000 and similar scenes at numerous matches across the opening days.
- Filling stadiums is important for Morocco as a successful AFCON helps build toward the 2030 World Cup bid, and AFP reported organisers allowed free entry after kick-off during AFCON opening days, a CAF source told AFP.
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Afcon organisers allowing fans in for free to fill empty stands – source
Organisers at the Africa Cup of Nations in Morocco are allowing supporters in for free after kick-off in matches where stadiums are not full, a Confederation of African Football source said. The Group F game between Cameroon and Gabon on Wednesday in Agadir kicked off in front of almost empty stands but the ground filled up significantly over the course of the first half despite incessant rain. Sparse starts and swelling crowds The official atte…
AFCON organisers allowing fans to enter for free in empty stadiums: source
A Confederation of African Football (CAF) source indicated that organisers, in agreement with African football’s governing body, were opening stands around 20 minutes into games to allow fans outside to enter without paying.
Africa Cup of Nations to avoid crowd fiasco – now people are allowed in for free The organizers of the Africa Cup of Nations are reportedly opening the stadium gates and letting fans in for free in the middle of the first half to avoid crowded stands. A source in the Confederation of African Football told AFP. The match between Cameroon and Gabon in Group F on Christmas Eve reportedly started in front of almost empty stands. However, during the…
AFCON: Organiser allowing fans in for free to fill empty stands – CAF
Organisers at the Africa Cup of Nations in Morocco are allowing supporters in for free after kick-off in matches where stadiums are not full, a Confederation of African Football source told AFP.The Group F game between Cameroon and Gabon on Wednesday in Agadir kicked off in front of almost empty stands but the ground filled up significantly over the course of the first half despite incessant rain.The official attendance was later announced as 35…
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