The Confederation of African Football (CAF) has officially announced that the delayed 2024 African Nations Championship (CHAN) will begin on August 2, 2025.
The tournament, which Kenya, Uganda, and Tanzania will co-host, will conclude on August 30, 2025.
In a statement released on CAF’s official website, the governing body confirmed the revised schedule following a meeting of its executive committee, chaired by CAF President Patrice Motsepe in Rabat, Morocco.
“The EXCO also received an update on the CAF African Nations Championship (CHAN), Kenya-Tanzania-Uganda 2024. The competition will now kick off on Saturday, August 2, and the final will be played on August 30, 2025,” the statement read.
The meeting also reviewed the progress of preparations for the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON), which Morocco will host.
CAF approved the match calendar for the competition and confirmed that six cities—Rabat, Casablanca, Agadir, Marrakech, Fes, and Tangier—will host matches in nine stadiums. The tournament is scheduled to take place from December 21, 2025, to January 18, 2026.
The CHAN 2024 draw was, however, conducted as planned on Wednesday, January 15, in Nairobi.
The draw was conducted by the CAF Director of Competitions, Samson Adamu, assisted by East Africa football legends; Kenya’s McDonald Mariga, Mrisho Ngasa of Tanzania, and Uganda’s Hassan Wasswa.
Kenya will debut the competition, which is for domestic-based players, in group A that has Morocco and DR Congo-two of the most successful teams in CHAN. The tricky group also has in-form Angola and Zambia.
DR Congo and Morocco lead with most titles of the championship with two crowns each while Senegal, the reigning champions, won their first CHAN title in 2022.
Senegal will launch their title defence in group D that has Congo, Sudan and Nigeria.
Other co-hosts Tanzania are in pool B alongside Madagascar, Mauritania, Burkina Faso, and Central African Republic.
Uganda will face Niger, Guinea and two other opponents in group C, who will be known after the completion of the qualifying phase.
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