CECAFA representatives Tanzania will learn their opponents for the CAF Beach Soccer Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) 2024 on September 19^th, 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 1-28^th in Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania. It was also confirmed that the qualifiers for CHAN will kick start between October 25-27^th 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 1^st Vice President), Souleiman Hassan Waberi (CAF 3rd Vice President), Seidou Mbombo Njoya (CAF 4^th Vice President), Kanizat Ibrahim (CAF 5^th Vice President), and the CAF General Secretary Veron Mosengo-Omba.

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 21^st, 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

Sudan’s Al Hilal have earned a vital 2-2 away draw against FC San Pedro in a first leg tie of the 2024/2025 TotalEnergies CAF Champions League second preliminary round.

Handled by Florent Ibenge, the Al Hilal team battled from 2-1 down to level matters and improve their chances of making it to the group stage.

The Ivorian team took the lead after 32 minutes through Guy Bedi, but Mohamed Abdel Raman made it 1-1 after 42 minutes. After the interval San Pedro defender Goudouss Bamba restored their lead after 65 minutes, but Raman made sure he netted his second with six minutes to the end of the tie to keep the Sudan team with hopes of making it to the group stage.

In another match played on Sunday involving a team from the CECAFA Zone, Kenyan giants Gor Mahia FC suffered a 3-0 defeat to African giants Al Ahly from Egypt in a match played at the Nyayo Stadium in Nairobi.

Rami Rabia and Percy Tau scored for the Egyptian side in the first 15 minutes, and the South African International Tau netted his second goal of the day after 74 minutes.

In Tunis, Somalia’s Dekedeha FC lost 4-1 to Esperance de Tunis.  The Tunisian champions took a 27th minute lead through Yan Sasse, but Nigerian import Adepoji Oluwasen leveled matters for Somali Premier League reigning champions Dekedaha FC two minutes into added time of the first half.

After recess Youcef Belaili scored a brace and Yassine Meriah also scored one goal to help Esperance de Tunis register a comfortable win.

In the matches played on Saturday, Tanzania’s Young Africans SC picked a slim 1-0 win away to Commercial Bank of Ethiopia FC 1-0 in a match played at the Abebe Bikila Stadium. New signing Zimbabwe International Prince Dube netted the lone goal after 45 minutes.

At the Amahoro Stadium in Kigali, APR FC settled for a 1-1 draw against Pyramids FC from Egypt. The Rwanda army side took a first half lead through an own goal by Mohamed Chibi, but DR Congo International Fiston Mayele Kalala leveled matters late in the match.

Sudan’s Al Merriekh who hosted AS FAR (Morocco) at the Juba National Stadium in South Sudan could only manage a 2-2 draw. Elsamani Elsawi and Mohamed Gbane scored for the hosts, while Mohamed Hrimat and Abdelfettah Hadraf got their names on the scoring sheet for the visitors.

The return legs of the second preliminary round to determine the 16 teams that will qualify for the group stage will be played between September 20-21st, 2024.

Collected results

Dekedeha FC 1 Esperance de Tunis 4

FC San Pedro 2 Al Hilal 2

Gor Mahia 0 Al Ahly 3

APR FC 1 Pryamids 1

Al Merriekh 2 AS FAR 2

 CBE 0 Young Africans 1