CAF African Nations Championship
Kenya to host TotalEnergies CAF African Nations Championship draw
The Confederation of African Football (CAF) has announced that the draw for the TotalEnergies CAF African Nations Championship 2024 will take place in Kenya.
According to CAF the draw will be conducted at Kenyatta International Conventional Centre in Nairobi on January 15th, 2025 at 20h00 local time.
The CHAN 2024 will be hosted by Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania between February 1-28th.
It will be third time that the CHAN tournament uniquely reserved for African footballers plying their trade in their domestic leagues comes to the Council of East and Central African Football Associations (CECAFA) Zone. Sudan and Rwanda hosted the CHAN tournament before in 2011 and 2016 respectively.
Besides the hosts Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania, the other teams that have so far qualified for the CHAN 2024 include; Sudan, Morocco, Central African Republic, Congo Brazzaville, DR Congo, Niger, Burkina Faso, Nigeria, Angola, Zambia, Madagascar, Guinea, Mauritania and defending champions Senegal.
Among the teams that have qualified for the CHAN 2024 two teams DR Congo and Morocco have lifted the trophy twice. DR Congo emerged champions in the inaugural Championship in 2009, while Tunisia came top in 2011.
In the third edition held 2014 in Cape Town, South Africa, Libya edged Ghana in the final, while DR Congo returned to win their second trophy in 2016 in Kigali, Rwanda. Morocco made it back-to-back wins in 2018 and 2020, while Senegal emerged champions in 2022.