CHAN QUALIFIERS
Kwesi Appiah glad to guide Sudan to CHAN 2024
The head coach of Sudan’s national team, Kwesi Appiah has said he is very happy for guiding his team to book a slot in the TotalEnergies African Nations Championship (CHAN) 20224.
After winning the first leg 2-0 against Ethiopia, Sudan registered a 2-1 win in the second leg played on December 25th, 2024 in Benghazi, Libya.
Musa Kanti and Mohamed Abdelrahman netted for Sudan, while Birhanu Bekele scored for Ethiopia.
“I am very happy that my team has worked really hard. After qualifying for AFCON 2025, we have now made it to the CHA 2024 tournament,” said a happy Appiah, also a former Ghana Black Stars head coach.
Appiah made it clear that it has been a lot of hard work playing away from home and preparing the team to be able to get positive results and qualify for both AFCON 2025 and CHAN 2024.
Action in the final phase of the CHAN qualifiers in the CECAFA Zone returns on Saturday when Rwanda host South Sudan at the Amahoro Stadium in Kigali. South Sudan picked a 3-2 win in the first leg played in Juba.
Uganda who picked a 1-0 win against Burundi in the first leg on December 26th will return to action in the second leg on December 29th.
Hosts of the CHAN 2024 Uganda, Kenya and Tanzania automatically qualified for the tournament slated for February 1-28th, 2025.