CAF confirms dates for 2025 African Nations Championships
The eighth African Nations Championships
will be held from February 1 to 28 in Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda, Confederation
of African Football (CAF) president Patrice Motsepe said Monday.
The biennial African Nations
Championships (CHAN) is restricted to locally-based players, ruling out big
name footballers who move to Europe.
It will be the first time East Africa
hosts a continental football competition for national teams, and will serve as
a precursor to the three nations hosting the 2027 African Cup of Nations.
Motsepe toured three Kenyan national
stadiums which are earmarked to host the event, with two currently under
renovation.
"I'm impressed with the commitment
shown by the three countries which gives each of them the opportunity to
enhance their football infrastructure and attract thousands of visitors and
boost their tourism," said Motsepe after chairing a CAF Executive
committee meeting.
Qualifying matches for the 19-team
tournament will start on October 25 and end in December.
Senegal won the last edition of the
tournament in 2023 beating hosts Algeria 5-4 on penalties in the final.
Morocco and DR Congo have each won the
CHAN title twice since its inception in 2009.
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