2024 African Nations Championship


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, 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, however on 14 January 2025 it was postponed to August 2025 in the same three countries. This was the first edition to be hosted by three countries.
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.
Four months after the end of the tournament on 20 December 2025 the Confederation of African Football announced the cancellation of the competition, to be replaced by the African Nations League in 2029.

Host selection

, Tanzania, and Uganda were named as co-hosts of the 2024 edition on 17 December 2023 as a dress rehearsal of the 2027 [Africa Cup of Nations].

Postponement

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. The preparation of Kenyan venues to host the tournament was considered as "miles behind" by the officials.

Venues

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.

Qualification

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. Libya, Morocco and Tunisia qualified for the final tournament automatically. However, Libya subsequently announced its withdrawal citing a scheduling conflict.

Qualified teams

Teams in bold qualified after winning in the second qualifying stage.
TeamZoneDate of
qualification		AppearanceFirst
appearance		Last
appearance		Previous best performance
Northern Zone9 10 20245th20142020'
'Northern Zone9 5 20253rd20112022Runners-up
Western Zone A28.12.20244th201620203rd Place
Western Zone A28.12.20244th20092022'
Western Zone A29.12.20244th20142022Quarter-finals
Western Zone B27.12.20245th201120224th Place
Western Zone B28.12.20244th20142020Group Stage
Western Zone B28.12.20244th20142018Runners-up
Central Zone28.12.20241st--
Central Zone28.12.20247th20092022Champions
Central Zone25 1 20252nd20182018Group Stage
Central Zone17 6 20255th20142022Quarter-finals
'Central Eastern Zone26.09.20241st--
'Central Eastern Zone3rd20092020
Central Eastern Zone7th20112022
Central Eastern Zone28.12.20244th201120223rd Place
Southern Zone15.12.20245th200920203rd Place
Southern Zone28.12.20245th20112022Runners-up
Southern Zone29.12.20242nd202220223rd Place
'Southern Zone11 5 20253rd20112014Quarter-finals

Draw

The draw was held on 15 January 2025 at the Kenyatta International Conventional Centre in Nairobi.
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.
SeededPot APot BPot C

Squads

Each squad could contain a maximum of 28 players.

Group stage

CAF announced the tournament schedule on 27 June 2025.
The top two teams of each group will advance to the quarter finals.

Tiebreakers

Teams will be ranked according to the three points for a win system, and if tied on points, the following tiebreaking criteria are applied, in the order given, to determine the rankings:
  1. Points in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
  2. Goal difference in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
  3. Goals scored in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
  4. 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;
  5. Goal difference in all group matches;
  6. Goals scored in all group matches;
  7. Drawing of lots.

Group A


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Group B


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Group C


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Group D


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Knockout stage

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 is used to decide the winner if necessary.

Quarter-finals

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Semi-finals

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Awards

Man of the match

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.