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7th edition of CHAN

2024 African Nations Championship
Tournament details
Host countriesKenya
Tanzania
Uganda
Dates1–28 February 2025
Teams18 (from 1 confederation)
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International football competition

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. This will be the first edition to be hosted by three countries.

Host selection

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.

Venues

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

Main article: 2024 African Nations Championship qualification

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. Libya, Morocco and Tunisia qualified for the final tournament automatically. However, Libya subsequently announced its withdrawal citing a scheduling conflict.

Qualified teams

The following teams qualified for the main tournament:

Team Zone Date of
qualification 		Appearance First
appearance 		Last
appearance 		Previous best performance
 Morocco Northern Zone 9 October 2024 5th 2014 2020 Champions (2018, 2020)
 Guinea Western Zone A 28 December 2024 4th 2016 2020 3rd Place (2020)
 Senegal 28 December 2024 4th 2009 2022 Champions (2022)
 Mauritania 29 December 2024 4th 2014 2022 Quarter-finals (2022)
 Niger Western Zone B 27 December 2024 5th 2011 2022 4th Place (2022)
 Burkina Faso 28 December 2024 4th 2014 2020 Group Stage (2014, 2018, 2020)
 Nigeria 28 December 2024 4th 2014 2018 3rd Place (2014)
 Central African Republic Central Zone 28 December 2024 1st None None Debut
 DR Congo 28 December 2024 7th 2009 2022 Champions (2009, 2016)
 Congo 29 December 2024 5th 2014 2022 Quarter-finals (2018, 2020)
 Kenya (co-hosts) Central Eastern Zone 26 September 2024 1st None None Debut
 Tanzania (co-hosts) 26 September 2024 3rd 2009 2020 Group stage (2009, 2020)
 Uganda (co-hosts) 26 September 2024 7th 2011 2022 Group stage (2011, 2014, 2016, 2018, 2020, 2022)
 Sudan 28 December 2024 4th 2011 2022 3rd Place (2011, 2018)
 Zambia Southern Zone 15 December 2024 5th 2009 2020 3rd Place (2009)
 Angola 28 December 2024 5th 2011 2022 Runner-up (2011)
 Madagascar 29 December 2024 2nd 2022 2022 3rd Place (2022)
 To be confirmed Wild card
 To be confirmed

Draw

The draw will take place on 15 January 2025 at the Kenyatta International Conventional Centre in Nairobi.

Teams will be seeded based on results in the last 3 editions of CHAN (2022, 2020 and 2018) weighted 3:2:1.

The seeding system was as follows:

  • 7 points for winner
  • 5 points for runner-up
  • 3 points for semi-finalists
  • 2 points for quarter-finalists
  • 1 point for group stage

Based on the formula above, the pots were allocated as follows:

Seeded Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3
  1.  Kenya (0 pts) (A1 - Host)
  2.  Uganda (6 pts) (B1 - Host)
  3.  Tanzania (0 pts) (C1 - Host)
  1.  Morocco (21 pts)
  2.  Senegal (21 pts)
  1.  Guinea (15 pts)
  2.  Zambia (10 pts)
  3.  Madagascar (9 pts)
  4.  Rwanda (9 pts)
  5.  Sudan (8 pts)
  1.  Mauritania (6 pts)
  2.  Niger (6 pts)
  3.  Congo (6 pts)
  4.  Angola (3 pts)
  5.  Burkina Faso (0 pts)
  6.  Nigeria (0 pts)
  7.  Central African Republic (0 pts)
  8.  DR Congo (0 pts)

References

  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.
  8. "TotalEnergies CAF African Nations Championship (CHAN) 2024 Draw to be conducted on 15 January in Nairobi, Kenya". TotalEnergies CAF African Nations Championship (CHAN) 2024 Draw to be conducted on 15 January in Nairobi, Kenya. Retrieved 6 January 2025.

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