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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, was the eighth and final edition of the African Nations Championship, a 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. It was to be hosted by Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda from 1 to 28 February 2025,[1] however on 14 January 2025 it was postponed to August 2025 in the same three countries.[2] This was the first edition to be hosted by three countries.[3]
Morocco beat Madagascar 3–2 in the final, claiming their third CHAN title in six years. This also made them the most successful team in the history of the tournament, one better than DR Congo's two titles.[4]
On 14 January 2025, the day before the Final Draw took place, CAF announced that the tournament would be postponed to August 2025 to allow more time for preparations and for another qualifying round to take place to decide the final two participants.[7][8] The preparation of Kenyan venues to host the tournament was considered as "miles behind" by the officials.[9]
This edition of the tournament was confirmed to be held in five venues in four cities spread across three co-hosting nations: Kenya: Nairobi, Tanzania: Dar es Salaam and Zanzibar City, and Uganda: Kampala.
The qualification procedures were unveiled at the CAF headquarters in Cairo, Egypt on 9 September 2024 with the qualification itself running from 25 October to 29 December 2024.[10]Libya, Morocco and Tunisia qualified for the final tournament automatically.[11] However, Libya subsequently announced its withdrawal citing a scheduling conflict.[12][13]
The draw was held on 15 January 2025 at the Kenyatta International Conventional Centre in Nairobi.[16]
On the morning of the draw, CAF announced the draw pots and procedure, however no formula for the seeding system was provided other than that it took into account performances in the last three editions.[17]
Teams will be ranked according to the three points for a win system (3 points for a win, 1 for a draw, 0 points for a loss), and if tied on points, the following tiebreaking criteria are applied, in the order given, to determine the rankings:
Goals scored in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
If more than two teams were tied, and after applying all head-to-head criteria above, if two teams are still tied, all head-to-head criteria above are applied exclusively to these two teams;
In the knockout stage, extra time and penalty shoot-out are used to decide the winner if necessary, except for the third place match where penalty shoot-out (no extra time) is used to decide the winner if necessary (Regulations Article 75).
The Man of the Match award is presented after each game during the tournament. Beyond direct goal contributions, the selection also values attributes such as tactical intelligence, mental composure, and leadership on the pitch.
The eventual winner is selected by CAF's Technical Study Group. The award, presented by TotalEnergies, includes an official trophy handed to the player at the end of the match.[21]
↑The Republic of the Congo initially qualified for the tournament on 29 December 2024. However, the Confederation of African Football subsequently disqualified the team and allocated their place to Equatorial Guinea. In response, the Congolese Football Federation lodged a formal appeal against the ruling. Upon review, the CAF Appeals Jury overturned the original decision, thereby reinstating Congo to the tournament.[15]
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Morocco (3rd title)
Madagascar
Senegal
Sudan
Algeria
Guinea
Mauritania
Niger
Burkina Faso
Nigeria
Central African Republic
DR Congo
Equatorial Guinea
Congo
Kenya (co-hosts)
Tanzania (co-hosts)
Uganda (co-hosts)
Zambia
Angola
South Africa
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