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CAF shortlists Nigerian referee for CHAN 2020

CAF shortlists Nigerian referee for CHAN 2020

by Niyi Busari,
Jan 02, 2020
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Confederation of African Football has announced a list of 39 referees expected to officiate in the 2020 African Nations Championship preparation course ahead of the competition scheduled for April in Cameroun.

The CHAN is an equivalent of the Africa Cup of Nations restricted to home-based players from the participating national teams.

Samuel Pwadutakam is the only Nigerian referee shortlisted among the Assistant Referees. He was licensed by FIFA in 2019.

He assisted fellow countryman Adebimpe Quadri Ololade to officiate a 2022 FIFA World Cup preliminary qualifying match between Gambia and Angola in September 2019.

In 2018, no Nigerian referee made the cut as Ferdinand Udoh was dropped from the initial Forty-four referees and assistant referees.

Nigeria’s home-based Eagles failed to pick a ticket for the biennial championship at the expense of Togo. Also, Ivory Coast, Senegal, and Ghana will be absent.

The following countries will partake in the finals: Cameroon (hosts), Tanzania, Uganda, Rwanda, Zambia, Namibia, Togo (debut), Morocco, Zimbabwe, DR Congo, Congo, Tunisia, Burkina Faso, Guinea, Niger, Mali.

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Award winning journalist, Niyi Busari, the Publisher and CEO of BSN Sports Concepts is one of the most celebrated Nigerian sports journalist of his generation. A"cross-over" professional, he combines the talents and abilities of a print and electronic journalist in a manner that is rare, even though his specialization is print. A graduate of Economics from the University of Abuja where he obtained his Bachelor Degree in 2015.

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