The Pitch: AFCON doesn't make major business splash
Egypt's Mohamed Salah vies for the ball with Cape Verde's Joao Paulo Fernandes during the 2025 CAF Africa Cup of Nations. Pic: KHALED DESOUKI/AFP via Getty Images
Amid all of the reaction and debate which greeted the Jamie Carragher comments that AFCON was not a major tournament, were a lack of hard facts from critics.
Compared to the Euros, the African competition is not even close through the key measurements of Revenue, Rights and Ticketing - but it does track favourably in certain areas over Copa America across some financial markers.
