2024 African Nations Championship

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2024 African Nations Championship
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Tournament details
Host countriesKenya
Tanzania
Uganda
Dates2–30 August 2025
Teams19
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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 was to be hosted by Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda from 1 to 28 February 2025, [1] however on 14 January 2025 it was postponed to August 2025 in the same 3 countries. [2] This will be the first edition to be hosted by three countries. [3]

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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. [4]

Postponement

On January 14th 2025, the day before the Final Draw took place, CAF announced that the tournament would be postponed to August 2025 to allow more time for preparations and for another qualifying round to take place to decide the final two participants. [5] [6]

Venues

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

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. [7] Libya, Morocco and Tunisia qualified for the final tournament automatically. [8] However, Libya subsequently announced its withdrawal citing a scheduling conflict. [9] [10]

Qualified teams

The following teams qualified for the main tournament:

TeamZoneDate of
qualification		AppearanceFirst
appearance		Last
appearance		Previous best performance
Flag of Morocco.svg  Morocco Northern Zone 9 October 20245th 2014 2020 Champions (2018, 2020)
Flag of Guinea.svg  Guinea Western Zone A 28 December 20244th 2016 2020 3rd Place (2020)
Flag of Senegal.svg  Senegal 28 December 20244th 2009 2022 Champions (2022)
Flag of Mauritania.svg  Mauritania 29 December 20244th 2014 2022 Quarter-finals (2022)
Flag of Niger.svg  Niger Western Zone B 27 December 20245th 2011 2022 4th Place (2022)
Flag of Burkina Faso.svg  Burkina Faso 28 December 20244th 2014 2020 Group Stage (2014, 2018, 2020)
Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria 28 December 20244th 2014 2018 3rd Place (2014)
Flag of the Central African Republic.svg  Central African Republic Central Zone 28 December 20241stNoneNoneDebut
Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.svg  DR Congo 28 December 20247th 2009 2022 Champions (2009, 2016)
Flag of Equatorial Guinea.svg  Equatorial Guinea 21 January 2025 [11] 2nd 2018 2018 Group Stage (2018)
Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya (co-hosts) Central Eastern Zone 26 September 20241stNoneNoneDebut
Flag of Tanzania.svg  Tanzania (co-hosts)26 September 20243rd 2009 2020 Group stage (2009, 2020)
Flag of Uganda.svg  Uganda (co-hosts)26 September 20247th 2011 2022 Group stage (2011, 2014, 2016, 2018, 2020, 2022)
Flag of Sudan.svg  Sudan 28 December 20244th 2011 2022 3rd Place (2011, 2018)
Flag of Zambia.svg  Zambia Southern Zone 15 December 20245th 2009 2020 3rd Place (2009)
Flag of Angola.svg  Angola 28 December 20245th 2011 2022 Runner-up (2011)
Flag of Madagascar.svg  Madagascar 29 December 20242nd 2022 2022 3rd Place (2022)
Flag of None.svg  To be confirmed Repêchage winnerTBC
Flag of None.svg  To be confirmed Repêchage winnerTBC

Draw

The draw was held on 15 January 2025 at the Kenyatta International Conventional Centre in Nairobi. [12]

On the morning of the draw, CAF announced the draw pots and procedure, however no formula for the seeding system was provided other than that it took into account performances in the last three editions. [13]

SeededPot APot BPot C

Group Stage

Tiebreakers

The following tiebreakers will be applied to determine rankings in the groups:

Group A

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya (H)00000000Qualification to knockout stage
2Flag of Morocco.svg  Morocco 00000000
3Flag of Angola.svg  Angola 00000000
4Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.svg  DR Congo 00000000
5Flag of Zambia.svg  Zambia 00000000
First match(es) will be played: August 2025. Source: CAF
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(H) Hosts

Group B

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1Flag of Tanzania.svg  Tanzania (H)00000000Qualification to knockout stage
2Flag of Madagascar.svg  Madagascar 00000000
3Flag of Mauritania.svg  Mauritania 00000000
4Flag of Burkina Faso.svg  Burkina Faso 00000000
5Flag of the Central African Republic.svg  Central African Republic 00000000
First match(es) will be played: August 2025. Source: CAF
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(H) Hosts

Group C

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1Flag of Uganda.svg  Uganda (H)00000000Qualification to knockout stage
2Flag of Niger.svg  Niger 00000000
3Flag of Guinea.svg  Guinea 00000000
4Team 400000000
5Team 500000000
First match(es) will be played: August 2025. Source: CAF
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(H) Hosts

Group D

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1Flag of Senegal.svg  Senegal 00000000Qualification to knockout stage
2Flag of Equatorial Guinea.svg  Equatorial Guinea 00000000
3Flag of Sudan.svg  Sudan 00000000
4Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria 00000000
First match(es) will be played: August 2025. Source: CAF
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers

Knockout stage

In the knockout stage, extra time and penalty shoot-out are used to decide the winner if necessary, except for the third place match where penalty shoot-out (no extra time) is used to decide the winner if necessary (Regulations Article 75).

Bracket

 
 Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
 
          
 
August 2025
 
 
Winners Group A
 
August 2025
 
Runners-up Group B
 
W37
 
August 2025
 
W40
 
Winners Group D
 
August 2025
 
Runners-up Group C
 
W41
 
August 2025
 
W42
 
Winners Group C
 
August 2025
 
Runners-up Group D
 
W39
 
August 2025
 
W38 Third place match
 
Winners Group B
 
August 2025
 
Runners-up Group A
 
L41
 
 
L42
 

Quarter-finals

A1Match 37B2
B1Match 38A2
C1Match 39D2
D1Match 40C2

Semi-finals

W37Match 41W40
W39Match 42W38

Third place match

L41Match 43L42

Final

W41Match 44W42

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