The CAF (Confédération Africaine de Football) announced in the evening of the January 14 the postponement of the TotalEnergies CAF African Nations Championship (“CHAN”) Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda 2024 to August 2025.
The exact date in August 2025 of the commencement of the «African Nations Championship 2024» will be announced «in due course», emphasized the CAF.
According to CAF Executive Committee, «good progress has been made in Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda with the construction and upgrading of stadiums, training fields, hotels, hospitals and other infrastructure and facilities for the hosting of a successful African Nations Championship (“CHAN”)».
However the CAF Technical and Infrastructure experts some of whom have been based in Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda, have underscored and «advised CAF that more time is required to ensure that the infrastructure and facilities are at the levels, necessary for hosting a successful TotalEnergies African Nations Championship (“CHAN”)».
Seizing the occasion of this postponement, the President of CAF Dr Patrice Motsepe «expressed his deep gratitude to President William Ruto of Kenya, President Samia Suluhu Hassan of Tanzania and President Yoweri Museveni of Uganda for their leadership, commitment and the good progress that has been made in building and upgrading the stadiums, training fields, hotels, hospitals and other infrastructure and facilities in Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda for hosting a successful African Nations Championship».
He assured that «he is confident that the stadiums, training fields, hotels, hospitals and other infrastructure and facilities will be at the requisite CAF standards for hosting, in August 2025, a very successful “CHAN” Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda 2024».
The Draw for the finals of the CAF African Nations Championship (CHAN) Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania 2024 was staged in Nairobi, Kenya on Wednesday, 15 January. It has delivered some exciting encounters for the tournament.