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]
| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Host countries | Kenya Tanzania Uganda |
| Dates | 2–30 August 2025 |
| Teams | 19 |
← 2022 2026 → | |
Host selection
editKenya, 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
editOn January 14, 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] The preparation of Kenyan venues to host the tournament was considered as "miles behind" by the officials.[7]
Venues
edit| City | Stadium | Capacity |
|---|---|---|
| Benjamin Mkapa National Stadium | 60,000 | |
| Namboole Stadium | 45,000 | |
| Nyayo National Stadium | 18,000 | |
| Moi International Sports Centre | 55,000 | |
| Amaan Stadium | 20,000 |
Qualification
editThe 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.[8] Libya, Morocco and Tunisia qualified for the final tournament automatically.[9] However, Libya subsequently announced its withdrawal citing a scheduling conflict.[10][11]
Qualified teams
editThe following teams qualified for the main tournament:
| Team | Zone | Date of qualification |
Appearance | First appearance |
Last appearance |
Previous best performance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Northern Zone | 9 October 2024 | 5th | 2014 | 2020 | Champions (2018, 2020) | |
| Western Zone A | 28 December 2024 | 4th | 2016 | 2020 | 3rd Place (2020) | |
| 28 December 2024 | 4th | 2009 | 2022 | Champions (2022) | ||
| 29 December 2024 | 4th | 2014 | 2022 | Quarter-finals (2022) | ||
| Western Zone B | 27 December 2024 | 5th | 2011 | 2022 | 4th Place (2022) | |
| 28 December 2024 | 4th | 2014 | 2020 | Group Stage (2014, 2018, 2020) | ||
| 28 December 2024 | 4th | 2014 | 2018 | 3rd Place (2014) | ||
| Central Zone | 28 December 2024 | 1st | None | None | Debut | |
| 28 December 2024 | 7th | 2009 | 2022 | Champions (2009, 2016) | ||
| 25 January 2025[12] | 2nd | 2018 | 2018 | Group Stage (2018) | ||
| Central Eastern Zone | 26 September 2024 | 1st | None | None | Debut | |
| 26 September 2024 | 3rd | 2009 | 2020 | Group stage (2009, 2020) | ||
| 26 September 2024 | 7th | 2011 | 2022 | Group stage (2011, 2014, 2016, 2018, 2020, 2022) | ||
| 28 December 2024 | 4th | 2011 | 2022 | 3rd Place (2011, 2018) | ||
| Southern Zone | 15 December 2024 | 5th | 2009 | 2020 | 3rd Place (2009) | |
| 28 December 2024 | 5th | 2011 | 2022 | Runner-up (2011) | ||
| 29 December 2024 | 2nd | 2022 | 2022 | 3rd Place (2022) | ||
| Second qualifying stage winner | TBC | |||||
| Second qualifying stage winner | TBC |
Draw
editThe draw was held on 15 January 2025 at the Kenyatta International Conventional Centre in Nairobi.[13]
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.[14]
| Seeded | Pot A | Pot B | Pot C |
|---|---|---|---|
Group stage
editTiebreakers
editTeams will be ranked according to the three points for a win system (3 points for a win, 1 for a draw, 0 points for a loss), and if tied on points, the following tiebreaking criteria are applied, in the order given, to determine the rankings:
- Points in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
- Goal difference in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
- Goals scored in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
- If more than two teams were tied, and after applying all head-to-head criteria above, if two teams are still tied, all head-to-head criteria above are applied exclusively to these two teams;
- Goal difference in all group matches;
- Goals scored in all group matches;
- Drawing of lots.
Group A
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| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Qualification to knockout stage | |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
Group B
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| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Qualification to knockout stage | |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
Group C
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| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Qualification to knockout stage | |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 4 | Team 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 5 | Team 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
Group D
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| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Qualification to knockout stage | |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Knockout stage
editIn 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
edit| 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
edit| A1 | Match 37 | B2 |
|---|---|---|
| B1 | Match 38 | A2 |
|---|---|---|
| C1 | Match 39 | D2 |
|---|---|---|
| D1 | Match 40 | C2 |
|---|---|---|
Semi-finals
edit| W37 | Match 41 | W40 |
|---|---|---|
| W39 | Match 42 | W38 |
|---|---|---|
Third place match
edit| L41 | Match 43 | L42 |
|---|---|---|
Final
edit| W41 | Match 44 | W42 |
|---|---|---|
References
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- ^ "Libya withdraw from African Nations Championship Qualifiers - West Africa News Agency". 22 November 2024. Archived from the original on 4 December 2024. Retrieved 26 November 2024.
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