CAF reveals kick-off date for CHAN
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The Confederation of African Football (CAF) has confirmed that the African Nations Championship (CHAN) will begin on Saturday, August 2, 2025.
The delayed 2024 finals will then end on August 30, 2025, as Kenya, Uganda, and Tanzania are preparing to host the continental bonanza.
“The EXCO also received an update on the CAF African Nations Championship (CHAN), Kenya-Tanzania-Uganda 2024. The competition will now kick off on Saturday, August 2, and the final will be played on August 30, 2025,” a statement shared on CAFOnline read.
The announcement came following an executive committee meeting chaired by CAF President Patrice Motsepe in Rabat, Morocco.
The meeting also touched on the 2025 AFCON that will be hosted by Morocco.
“The executive committee received a detailed update on the preparations of the TotalEnergies CAF Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON), Morocco 2025.
“The Executive Committee approved the match calendar for the competition.
“Six cities and nine stadiums have been selected for Africa’s flagship football tournament, which will run from 21 December 2025 to 18 January 2026. They are Rabat, Casablanca, Agadir, Marrakech, Fes, and Tangier,” it added.
Mvurya’s assurance
Meanwhile, the confirmation of CHAN‘s key dates has been made after the competition was rescheduled following the ongoing renovation and construction works in various stadiums in the country.
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However, Kenya’s Sports Cabinet Secretary, Salim Mvurya, is hopeful that the stadiums will be ready in time to host the highly anticipated event.
“The projects we are doing to improve sports infrastructure in this country are very, very important. From what I have seen, we are in good shape to achieve completion by December this year so that we can be ready for the Africa Cup of Nations.
“I am happy with the progress here, as well as the other stadia being prepared for the African Nations Championships this August. This is good work, and we will be able to monitor the construction of this facility.
“We are happy, and we will keep piling the pressure to make sure work is done by December. I understand Kenyans are closely following because we will host CHAN in August and AFCON in 2027, so I want to assure them to keep following and piling the pressure to make sure that football in Kenya develops,” Mvurya said in a recent interview with the press.