Dakar, Jan 14 (APS) – The Confederation of African Football (CAF) announced on Tuesday the postponement of the African Nations Championship (CHAN) to next August.
CHAN 2024 was initially scheduled to be held from February 1 to 28 in Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania.
In a press release, CAF notes “significant progress” has certainly been made by the three organizing countries. Despite this, it indicates that its technical and infrastructure experts have required additional time to ensure that infrastructure and facilities are at the necessary level to successfully host the eighth edition of the African Nations Championship.
Quoted from the text, CAF President Patrice Motsepe expressed his deep gratitude to President William Ruto of Kenya, President Samia Suluhu Hassan of Tanzania and President Yoweri Museveni of Uganda.
He expressed his gratitude to them for their leadership, commitment and the significant progress made in the construction and upgrading of stadiums, training grounds, hotels, hospitals and other infrastructure and facilities to successfully host CHAN .
He said he was ”impressed by the ongoing construction and renovation of football infrastructure and facilities in Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda”. ”I am confident that stadiums, training grounds, hotels, hospitals and other infrastructure and facilities will meet the standards required by CAF to host, in August 2025, an African Nations Championship Kenya, Tanzania , Uganda 2024 very successful,” added the CAF president.
The local national team of Senegal, defending champion, will know its opponents at the 2024 African Nations Championship (CHAN), following the draw for this eighth edition scheduled for Wednesday evening at the Kenyatta International Convention Center from Nairobi (Kenya).
-The Confederation of African Football (CAF) announced on Monday that three legends of African football will carry out the draw. They are the Ugandan Hassan Wasswa, the Tanzanian Mrisho Ngasa and the Kenyan McDonald Mariga.
Senegal, defending champion, is qualified for this edition of CHAN, which will coincide with the fourth participation of the Lions in this competition bringing together players playing in Africa.
-Here are the qualified teams:
Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda (all host countries), Morocco, Guinea, Senegal, Mauritania, Niger, Burkina Faso, Nigeria, Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of Congo, Congo, Sudan, Zambia, Angola and Madagascar.
Two other teams will be confirmed later by CAF.
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