CHAN 2024: The draw for the qualifiers revealed

On Wednesday, September 9, 2024, the Confederation of African Football (CAF) held the qualifying draw for the 2024 African Nations Championship (CHAN) in Cairo. The competition will take place from February 1 to 28, 2025 and will be jointly hosted by Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania.

The draw for the CHAN 2024 qualifications

A total of 40 African national teams will participate in this knockout phase, which will determine the teams that qualify for the final tournament. Here is a look at the combinations of the different regional zones.

UFOA Zone A

1st round:

• Sierra Leone vs Liberia (V1)

2nd round:

• V1 vs Senegal
• Mauritania vs Mali
• Guinea vs Guinea-Bissau

UFOA B Zone

1st round:

• Togo vs Benin (V1)

2nd round:

• V1 vs Niger
• Ivory Coast vs Burkina Faso
• Ghana vs Nigeria

Zone UNIFFAC

• Equatorial Guinea vs Congo
• Central African Republic vs Cameroon
• Chad vs DR Congo

CECAFA Zone

1st round:

• Burundi vs Somalia (V1)
• Ethiopie vs Erythrée (V2)
• Sudan vs Tanzania (V3)
• South Sudan vs Kenya (V4)
• Djibouti vs Rwanda (V5)

2nd round:

• V1 vs Uganda
• V2 vs V3
• V4 vs V5

COSAFA Zone

1st round:

• Zimbabwe vs Eswatini (W1)
• Lesotho vs Namibia (V2)

2nd round:

• V1 vs Madagascar
• V2 vs Angola
• Mozambique vs Zambia

Conclusion

The draw for the CHAN 2024 qualifiers marks the start of an intense competition for the 40 African teams involved. Each of them will be looking to secure a place in the final tournament, which will be held in February 2025 in Uganda, Tanzania and Kenya. The clashes promise to be exciting, with many regional rivalries to watch closely.