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2024 African Nations Championship

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2024 African Nations Championship
Tournament details
Host countriesKenya
Tanzania
Uganda
Dates1–28 February 2025
Teams19 (from 1 confederation)
2022
2026

The 2024 African Nations Championship, known as the 2024 CHAN for short and the TotalEnergies African Nations Championship for sponsorship purposes, is scheduled to be the 8th edition of the biennial association football tournament organized by the Confederation of African Football (CAF), featuring national teams consisting of players currently playing in their respective local leagues. It will be hosted by Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda from 1 to 28 February 2025.[1] This will be the first edition to be hosted by three countries.[2]

Host selection

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Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda were named as co-hosts of the 2024 edition on 17 December 2023 as a dress rehearsal of the 2027 Africa Cup of Nations.[3]

Venues

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City Stadium Capacity
Tanzania Dar es Salaam Benjamin Mkapa National Stadium 60,000
Uganda Kampala Namboole Stadium 45,000
Kenya Nairobi Nyayo National Stadium 18,000
Moi International Sports Centre 55,000
Tanzania Zanzibar City Amaan Stadium 20,000

Qualification

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The qualification procedures were unveiled at the CAF headquarters in Cairo, Egypt on 9 September 2024 with the qualification itself running from 25 October to 29 December 2024.[4] Libya, Morocco and Tunisia qualified for the final tournament automatically.[5] However, Libya subsequently announced its withdrawal citing a scheduling conflict.[6][7]

Qualified teams

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The following teams qualified for the main tournament:

Team Zone Date of
qualification
Finals
appearance
First
appearance
Last
appearance
Previous best performance FIFA ranking
at start of event
 Kenya (co-hosts) Central Eastern Zone 26 September 2024 1st None None Debut TBD
 Tanzania (co-hosts) 26 September 2024 3rd 2009 2020 Group stage (2009, 2020) TBD
 Uganda (co-hosts) 26 September 2024 7th 2011 2022 Group stage (2011, 2014, 2016, 2018, 2020, 2022) TBD
 Morocco Northern Zone 9 October 2024 5th 2014 2020 Champions (2018, 2020) TBD

References

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  1. ^ GNA (17 September 2024). "CAF announces date for 2024 African Nations Championship". Ghana News Agency. Retrieved 17 September 2024.
  2. ^ "2024 Africa Cup of Nations Schedule". ESPN. Retrieved 17 September 2024.
  3. ^ "Revealed: East Africa ready to host CHAN 2024 as dress rehearsal for AFCON 2027". 28 September 2023.
  4. ^ "TotalEnergies CAF CHAN 2024 Draw to be conducted on Wednesday, 09 October 2024". TotalEnergies CAF CHAN 2024 Draw to be conducted on Wednesday, 09 October 2024. Retrieved 2 October 2024.
  5. ^ MASAITI, Amira EL (9 October 2024). "CHAN 2024: Morocco, Tunisia, Libya Automatically Qualify for Finals". HESPRESS English - Morocco News. Retrieved 15 October 2024.
  6. ^ "Libya withdraw from African Nations Championship Qualifiers - West Africa News Agency". 22 November 2024.
  7. ^ "سبب اعتذار ليبيا عن عدم المشاركة في كأس أمم أفريقيا للمحليين". 22 November 2024.
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