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African Nations Championship: Why CHAN 2024 Has Been Postponed To August
The African Nations Championship -CHAN 2024 has been postponed until August – just 18 days before the tournament was due to kick off in Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda.
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The African Nations Championship -CHAN 2024 has been postponed until August – just 18 days before the tournament was due to kick off in Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda.
The postponement has been made due to poor infrastructure which includes stadiums, training facilities, and hospitals.
A Confederation of African Football (CAF), therefore, have pushed the dates to ensure the infrastructure and facilities for the finals are “at the levels necessary”.
The 2024 CHAN, featuring 19 teams, was set to take place between 1 and 28 February, with some countries having already announced their squads and begun training camps.
CAF will announce the exact dates of the rescheduled tournament “in due course”.
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“I am confident that the stadiums, other infrastructure and facilities will be at the requisite Caf standards for hosting, in August 2025, a very successful CHAN,” Caf president Patrice Motsepe said.
CHAN 2024 hosting rights were awarded in December 2023 to Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda who are also to host the Africa Cup of Nations in 2027.
CHAN was first played in 2009 and the 2022 edition, which was played in early 2023 in Algeria featuring 17 teams was won by Senegal.
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Group draw to be held on schedule
Despite the postponement, the group draw for CHAN 2024 will go ahead as per its schedule in Nairobi on Wednesday (January 15) – even though the final line-up of teams is yet to be decided.
Nineteen nations were supposed to take part in the tournament before Libya and Tunisia withdrew from the finals.
CAF is expected to fill the vacant slot by announcing another qualifying competition.
Last week the football body increased prize money for the winners by 75% to $3.5m (£2.8m), while the total prize money on offer at the finals is $10.4m (£8.5m).
CHAN 2024: Qualified teams
Kenya (co-hosts), Tanzania (co-hosts), Uganda (co-hosts), Angola, Burkina Faso, Central African Republic, Congo-Brazzaville, DR Congo, Guinea, Madagascar, Mauritania, Morocco, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sudan, Zambia.
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