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Kenya will face South Sudan in the first round of the 2025 African Nations Championship (CHAN) qualifiers.

Kenya and other countries set to participate learned their opponents after the Confederation of African Football (CAF) conducted the draw on Wednesday, October 9, 2024, in Cairo, Egypt.

Harambee Stars as well as Uganda and Tanzania have, however, are guaranteed automatic positions in the finals given that they are the co-hosts.

The Union of North African Football (UNAF) have been exempted from the qualifiers given that Morocco, Libya, and Tunisia are also enjoying direct tickets to the showpiece.

Meanwhile, the first CHAN round of qualifiers will be played on the weekend of Friday 25-Sunday 27 October and Friday 1-Sunday 3 November 2024, with the second round confirmed for Friday 20-Sunday 22 December and Friday 27-Sunday 29 December 2024.

CHAN qualifiers:

WAFU A

1st Round

Match 1 & 2: Sierra Leone vs Liberia

2nd Round

Match 3 & 4: Sierra Leone/Liberia vs Senegal

Match 5 & 6: Mauritania vs Mali

Match 7 & 8: Guinea vs Guinea-Bissau

WAFU B

1st Round

Match 1 & 2: Togo vs Benin

2nd Round

Match 3 & 4: Togo/Benin vs Niger

Match 5 & 6: Cote d’Ivoire vs Burkina Faso

Match 7 & 8: Ghana vs Nigeria

UNIFFAC

Match 1 & 2: Equatorial Guinea vs Congo

Match 3 & 4: Central Africa vs Cameroon

Match 5 & 6: Chad vs DR Congo

CECAFA

1st Round:

Burundi vs Somalia

Ethiopia vs Eretria

Sudan vs Tanzania

South Sudan vs Kenya

Djibouti vs Rwanda

2nd Round:

Burundi/Somalia vs Uganda

Ethiopia/Eretria vs Sudan/ Tanzania

South Sudan/Kenya vs Djibouti/Rwandan

COSAFA 1st Round:

Zimbabwe vs Eswatini

Lesotho vs Namibia

2nd Round:

Zimbabwe/Eswatini vs Madagascar

Lesotho/Namibia vs Angola

Mozambique vs Zambia