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AFCON QUALIFIERS: Tricky home ties for Uganda, Rwanda
Five teams from the Council of East and Central African Football (CECAFA) region will be in action later today in the Total Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) qualifiers.
Regional giants Uganda Cranes will host Burkina Faso in a Group B match at the St. Marys Stadium, Kitende in what promises to be a thriller.
Uganda are second in the group with 7 points, and victory for them against Burkina Faso who lead with 8 points will see them qualify for their third straight AFCON. “We need to focus and to get a good result against Burkina Faso because the game is very important before we even travel to face Malawi next week,” said Uganda Cranes assistant coach Abdallah Mubiru.
The Bright Star of South Sudan who picked their first three points in the 1-0 win against Uganda will host Malawi in another Group B match at the Al Hilal Stadium in Khartoum Sudan. The South Sudan team play all their away matches away from home because the Juba National Stadium is still under renovation.
Rwanda who are bottom of Group F will host second placed Mozambique in Kigali is a game they must win if they hope to turn their campaign round. The Amavubi are riding on the motivation picked from the Africa Nations Championship (CHAN) where they reached the quarter final stage.
Cameroon lead Group F with 10 points, while Mozambique and Cape Verde have 4 points each, and Rwanda only 2 points.
Sudan who play away to bottom placed Sao Tome & Principe in Group C will have to be at their best to collect maximum points to brighten their chances of qualification.
The Sudan team are third in the Group with 6 points, but both table leaders Ghana and South Africa are tied on 9 points.
Ethiopia under new coach Wubetu Abate will also be hungry to collect maximum points at home when they host Madagascar in a Group K match. “We have prepared well and we must play with caution and take our chances,” said Abate.
Ethiopia are third in the Group with 6 points, while Ivory Coast and Madagascar have 7 points each, and Niger bottom of the log with 3 points.
Two other teams from the CECAFA region Kenya and Tanzania will be in action on Thursday against Egypt and Equatorial Guinea respectively. On Friday Burundi will host the Central African Republic in a Group E match in Bujumbura.
CECAFA representatives Tanzania will learn their opponents for the CAF Beach Soccer Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) 2024 on September 19th, 2024 when the draw is conducted.
The sixth edition of the CAF Beach Soccer Africa Cup of Nations will take place October 19-26th, 2024 in Hurghada, Egypt.
According to the Confederation of African Football (CAF), the official draw for the competition will take place at 17h00 local time (14h00 GMT) in Cairo.
Tanzania qualified after their opponents in the last round of the qualifiers Uganda pulled out.
The other participating teams in the CAF Beach Soccer Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) 2024 include, Egypt (hosts), Ghana, Morocco, Mauritania, Mozambique, Malawi and reigning champions Senegal.
The tournament will see the eight (8) nations divided into two groups of four.
The Confederation of African Football (CAF) has finally announced the dates for the TotalEnergies African Nations Championship (CHAN) 2025 to take place in Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania.
CAF 4th Vice President Seidou Mbombo Njoya, who also serves as the Chairperson of the African Nations Championship (CHAN) organizing committee made the announcement on Monday afternoon during the press conference after the CAF Executive Committee meeting at Kempinski Hotel in Nairobi.
Njoya confirmed that the CHAN 2025 will take place February 1-28th in Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania. It was also confirmed that the qualifiers for CHAN will kick start between October 25-27th and end in December 2024.
The participating nations in CHAN must consist of players playing in their national Leagues competitions.
Dr. Patrice Motsepe, the CAF President said the CHAN in Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania will be the most successful. “CHAN for us is an incredible foundation for the Africa Cup of Nations,” added the President.
Dr. Motsepe on behalf of CAF also said he was impressed by the progress and commitment of President Ruto to Kenyan football in terms of resource allocation towards infrastructure readiness for CHAN and AFCON.
He highlighted the positivisim by most African Presidents to improve infrastructure that will help develop Football. “There is nothing that frustrates me more than a country’s national team going to play outside their country. You cannot build Football when the national teams cannot play in-front of their fans,” reasoned the CAF President.
The Press conference was also attended by Augustin Senghor (CAF 1st Vice President), Souleiman Hassan Waberi (CAF 3rd Vice President), Seidou Mbombo Njoya (CAF 4th Vice President), Kanizat Ibrahim (CAF 5th Vice President), and the CAF General Secretary Veron Mosengo-Omba.
The President of Kenya, William Samoei Ruto has thanked the Confederation of African Football (CAF) for giving East Africa the opportunity to host the 2027 TotalEnergies CAF Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON).
Ruto was speaking before the start of the CAF Executive Committee meeting at the Kempinski Hotel in Nairobi on Monday morning.
Few months ago CAF announced that the PAMOJA bid of Tanzania, Uganda and Kenya had won the bid to host the 2027 AFCON.
The Kenyan President made it clear that as East Africans they are happy that CAF has given them the opportunity to host the Africa Cup of Nations in 2027. Ruto assured the CAF Exco that for starters the Kasarani Stadium and Nyayo Stadium will be ready by the end of this year for TotalEnergies African Nations Championships 2025,
“By allowing us Kenya to hosts AFCON, you have given us a brand new Stadium without knowing. This will help us create more jobs and many other opportunities. Dr Patrice and your team let me assure you that I will always be available when needed,” added President Ruto.
He also made it clear that there are things that we Africans can do better as Africans inorder to elevate each other.
Dr. Patrice Moptsepe on behalf of CAF thanked the President of Kenya for hosting them in Nairobi. On Sunday the CAF President also had the opportunity to inspect Kasarani, Nyayo and Talanta Stadiums to check on the construction progress ahead of CHAN 2025 and AFCON 2027 finals that East Africa will host.
Tanzania’s Simba SC have settled for a goalless draw against Al Ahli Tripoli (Libya) in their first leg second preliminary round of the 2024/2025 TotalEnergies CAF Confederation Cup.
Simba SC created some good scoring chances in the match played at the Tripoli International Stadium in Libya on Sunday, but failed to make them count.
In another match involving a team from the CECAFA Zone played today, Burundi’s Rukinzo FC lost 1-0 to CS Sfaxien in a match played at the Tareb Mhiri Stadium in Sfax.
Mohamed Dhaoui netted the lone goal in the first half of the match hosted by Rukinzo FC. The Burundian champions opted to host the match in Tunisia because they do not have a Stadium approved by the Confederation of African Football (CAF) to host International matches.
On Saturday Kenya Police suffered a 1-0 defeat to Zamalek (Egypt) in a match played in Nairobi.
The three teams will now hope to make the return legs count when Kenya Police battle Zamalek on September 20th in Cairo, Rukinzo battle CS Sfaxien on September 21st, while Simba SC host Al Ahly Tripoli the next day at the Benjamin Mkapa Stadium in Dar es Salaam.
Teams that win over two legs will automatically qualify for the group stage of the TotalEnergies CAF Confederation Cup
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