CHAN 2025: Harambee Stars learn qualifying opponents
By Kiplagat Sang, October 9, 2024
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