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The 2024 African Nations Championship, known as the 2024 CHAN for short and the TotalEnergies African Nations Championship for sponsorship purposes, is scheduled to be the 8th edition of the biennial association football tournament organized by the Confederation of African Football (CAF), featuring national teams consisting of players currently playing in their respective local leagues.
The Africa Cup of Nations, commonly abbreviated as AFCON and officially known as the TotalEnergies Africa Cup of Nations for sponsorship reasons, [1] [2] is the main biennial international men's association football competition in Africa. It is sanctioned by the Confederation of African Football (CAF) and was first held in 1957. [3]
Previous appearances in African Nations Championship Kenya (co-hosts) Central Eastern Zone: 26 September 2024: 0 (debut) Tanzania (co-hosts) 26 September 2024: 2 (2009, 2020) Uganda (co-hosts) 26 September 2024: 6 (2011, 2014, 2016, 2018, 2020, 2022) Morocco: Northern Zone: 9 October 2024: 4 (2014, 2016, 2018, 2020) Guinea: Western Zone A: 28 ...
The preliminary round draw was held on 20 February 2024, 14:00 CAT at the CAF headquarters in Cairo, Egypt. [1] The eight involved national teams were seeded into two pots of four based on the FIFA World Rankings from 15 February 2024 (shown in parentheses). [3] Seychelles (199) and Eritrea (unranked) were excluded from the qualifiers.
The group consisted of four teams: finals hosts Morocco, Gabon, Central African Republic and Lesotho. [2] The teams played against each other in a home-and-away round-robin format between September and November 2024. [3] Gabon, the group runners-up, joined Morocco, the group winners and tournament hosts, in qualifying for the 2025 Africa Cup of ...
The group stage draw took place on 4 July 2024 at 2:30 pm in Johannesburg, South Africa. The 48 national teams involved were divided into twelve groups of four each, which consisted of the 44 teams that entered directly, in addition to the four winners of the preliminary round, and were seeded into four pots of twelve each based on the June ...
The Africa Cup of Nations final is the last match of the competition, and the result determines which team will be declared African champion. As of the 2021 edition, if the score is tied after 90 minutes of regular play, an additional 30-minute period of play, called overtime, is added.
The African Nations Championship, known for sponsorship purposes as the TotalEnergies African Nations Championship and commonly abbreviated as CHAN, [a] is a biennial African association football tournament organized by the Confederation of African Football (CAF) since 2009 and first announced in September 2007. [1]