CHAN Qualifier: CAF Announces Dates, Increase Participating Teams

CHAN Qualifier: CAF Announces Dates, Increase Participating Teams

Sampson Adedeji

The Confederation of African Football (CAF) has announced the official dates for the 2024 Championship of African Nations qualifier, BSNSports.com.ng reports.

The president of the body Patrice Motsepe last week announced that the qualifier will take place in October, 2024. But the competition department of the body has stated that the first round of the qualifier will take place on 25-27 and November 1-3. The second round of the qualifier will be played on the 20-22 of December and 27-29 of the same month. Since the 3 hosts are already taking 3 slots, an additional slot will be awarded for the other engaged teams of CECAFA. Therefore, the total number of teams qualified to the final tournament will be increased to 19 teams. Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania will participate in the qualifiers, and they will qualify as hosts in addition to the team achieving the best result in the qualifiers of CECAFA. The final tournament shall take place from 1-28 February 2025 in the 3 countries of Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania.