2024 African Nations Championship
| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Host countries | Kenya Tanzania Uganda |
| Dates | 1–28 February 2025 |
| Teams | 18 (from 1 confederation) |
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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
[edit]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
[edit]| City | Stadium | Capacity |
|---|---|---|
 Dar es Salaam
|
Benjamin Mkapa National Stadium | 60,000 |
 Kampala
|
Namboole Stadium | 45,000 |
 Nairobi
|
Nyayo National Stadium | 18,000 |
| Moi International Sports Centre | 55,000 | |
| Zanzibar City
|
Amaan Stadium | 20,000 |
Qualification
[edit]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
[edit]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 | None | N/A | N/A | 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
[edit]The draw was scheduled take place on 31 December 2024 at CAF Headquarters in Cairo, Egypt [8], however no draw was made on that day.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
|
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References
[edit]- ^ GNA (17 September 2024). "CAF announces date for 2024 African Nations Championship". Ghana News Agency. Retrieved 17 September 2024.
- ^ "2024 Africa Cup of Nations Schedule". ESPN. Retrieved 17 September 2024.
- ^ "Revealed: East Africa ready to host CHAN 2024 as dress rehearsal for AFCON 2027". 28 September 2023.
- ^ "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.
- ^ MASAITI, Amira EL (9 October 2024). "CHAN 2024: Morocco, Tunisia, Libya Automatically Qualify for Finals". HESPRESS English - Morocco News. Retrieved 15 October 2024.
- ^ "Libya withdraw from African Nations Championship Qualifiers - West Africa News Agency". 22 November 2024.
- ^ "سبب اعتذار ليبيا عن عدم المشاركة في كأس أمم أفريقيا للمحليين". 22 November 2024.
- ^ Isabirye, David (30 December 2024). "Pots allocation ahead of the Chan 2024 tournament draw". Kawowo Sports. Retrieved 30 December 2024.