The Confederation of African football (CAF) has announced the postponement of the TotalEnergies CAF African Nations Championship (“CHAN”) Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda 2024
The tournament which was initially scheduled for February 1-28, the tournament will now take place in August 2025, although a precise timeline is yet to be fixed.
The announcement which was made through a press release on Tuesday on X indicates that while preparations are ongoing for the tournament, it appears that, “more time is required to ensure that the infrastructure and facilities are at the levels necessary for hosting a successful tournament” as recommended by CAF’s Technical and Infrastructure experts.
The 2024 African Nations Championship is scheduled to be the eight edition of the biennial tournament. Although nineteen countries were due to participate in the tournament before Libya and Tunisia withdrew from the finals. CAF is expected to announce details of another qualifying competition to take place ahead of the rescheduled tournament.
Despite the drawback, CAF President, Dr. Patrice Motsepe praised the progress made so far by the host countries.
“I am impressed with the ongoing construction and renovations of the football infrastructure and facilities in Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda. I am confident that the stadiums, training fields, hotels, hospitals, and other infrastructure will meet the requisite CAF standards for hosting a very successful CHAN in August 2025,” Motsepe said.
In lieu of the postponement, draw for the CAF Championship will go ahead as planned in Nairobi on Wednesday 15 January 2025.
The seventeen qualified teams include: Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda (all co-hosts), Morocco, Guinea, Senegal, Mauritania, Niger, Burkina Faso, Nigeria, Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of Congo, Congo, Sudan, Zambia, Angola and Madagascar.
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