2024 African Nations Championship

2024 African Nations Championship
Tournament details
Host countriesKenya
Tanzania
Uganda
Dates2–30 August 2025
Teams19 (from 1 confederation)
Venue5 (in 4 host cities)
Final positions
Champions Morocco (3rd title)
Runners-up Madagascar
Third place Senegal
Fourth place Sudan
Tournament statistics
Matches played44
Goals scored90 (2.05 per match)
Top scorer
(6 goals)
Best player
Best goalkeeper
  • Senegal Marc Diouf
Fair play award Senegal
← 2022

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 (CAF), 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,[1] however on 14 January 2025 it was postponed to August 2025 in the same three countries.[2] This was the first edition to be hosted by three countries.[3]

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.[4]

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.[5]

Host selection

Kenya, 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.[6]

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.[7][8] The preparation of Kenyan venues to host the tournament was considered as "miles behind" by the officials.[9]

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.

Uganda
Kampala
Mandela National Stadium
Capacity: 45,000
Mandela National Stadium Uganda
Kenya
Nairobi
Moi International Sports Centre Nyayo National Stadium
Capacity: 55,000 Capacity: 18,000
Tanzania
Dar es Salaam Zanzibar City
Benjamin Mkapa National Stadium Amaan Stadium
Capacity: 60,000 Capacity: 15,000

Qualification

Main article: 2024 African Nations Championship 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.[10] Libya, Morocco and Tunisia qualified for the final tournament automatically.[11] However, Libya subsequently announced its withdrawal citing a scheduling conflict.[12][13]

Qualified teams

Teams in bold qualified after winning in the second qualifying stage.

Team Zone Date of
qualification 		Appearance First
appearance 		Last
appearance 		Previous best performance
 Morocco Northern Zone 9 October 2024 5th 2014 2020 Champions (2018, 2020)
 Algeria 9 May 2025 3rd 2011 2022 Runners-up (2022)
 Guinea Western Zone A 28 December 2024 4th 2016 2020 3rd Place (2020)
 Senegal 28 December 2024 4th 2009 2022 Champions (2022)
 Mauritania 29 December 2024 4th 2014 2022 Quarter-finals (2022)
 Niger Western Zone B 27 December 2024 5th 2011 2022 4th Place (2022)
 Burkina Faso 28 December 2024 4th 2014 2020 Group Stage (2014, 2018, 2020)
 Nigeria 28 December 2024 4th 2014 2018 Runners-up (2018)
 Central African Republic Central Zone 28 December 2024 1st None None Debut
 DR Congo 28 December 2024 7th 2009 2022 Champions (2009, 2016)
 Equatorial Guinea 25 January 2025[14] 2nd 2018 2018 Group Stage (2018)
 Congo 17 June 2025[a] 5th 2014 2022 Quarter-finals (2018, 2022)
 Kenya (co-hosts) Central Eastern Zone 26 September 2024 1st None None Debut
 Tanzania (co-hosts) 26 September 2024 3rd 2009 2020 Group stage (2009, 2020)
 Uganda (co-hosts) 26 September 2024 7th 2011 2022 Group stage (2011, 2014, 2016, 2018, 2020, 2022)
 Sudan 28 December 2024 4th 2011 2022 3rd Place (2011, 2018)
 Zambia Southern Zone 15 December 2024 5th 2009 2020 3rd Place (2009)
 Angola 28 December 2024 5th 2011 2022 Runners-up (2011)
 Madagascar 29 December 2024 2nd 2022 2022 3rd Place (2022)
 South Africa 11 May 2025 3rd 2011 2014 Quarter-finals (2011)

Draw

The draw was held on 15 January 2025 at the Kenyatta International Conventional Centre in Nairobi.[16]

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.[17]

Seeded Pot A Pot B Pot C
  •  Kenya (A1 - Host)
  •  Tanzania (B1 - Host)
  •  Uganda (C1 - Host)
  •  Senegal (D1 - Holders)
  •  Morocco
  •  Niger
  •  Equatorial Guinea
  •  Madagascar

Squads

Main article: 2024 African Nations Championship squads

Each squad could contain a maximum of 28 players (Regulations Article 72).[18]

Group stage

All times are local, EAT (UTC+3).

CAF announced the tournament schedule on 27 June 2025.[19][20]

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 (3 points for a win, 1 for a draw, 0 points for a loss), 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

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Kenya (H) 4 3 1 0 4 1 +3 10 Qualification to knockout stage
2  Morocco 4 3 0 1 8 3 +5 9
3  DR Congo 4 2 0 2 5 4 +1 6
4  Angola 4 1 1 2 3 6 −3 4
5  Zambia 4 0 0 4 2 8 −6 0
Source: CAF
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
Kenya 1–0 DR Congo
A. Odhiambo 45+2' Report
Referee: Jelly Chavani (South Africa)
Morocco 2–0 Angola
 Report
Referee: Abdou Abdel Mefire (Cameroon)
DR Congo 2–0 Zambia
  • Matobo 51'
  • Mwaku 71'
 Report
Referee: Houssam Benyahia (Algeria)
Angola 1–1 Kenya
  • Paciência 7'
 Report
Referee: Sadou Ali Brahamou (Niger)
Kenya 1–0 Morocco
 Report
Referee: Vincent Kabore (Ghana)
Zambia 1–2 Angola
 Report
Referee: Adissa Abdul Raphiou Ligali (Benin)
Morocco 3–1 Zambia
 Report
Referee: Adalbert Diouf (Senegal)
Angola 0–2 DR Congo
Report
  • Kitambala 58'
  • Katumbwe 70'
Referee: Mahmoud Nagy (Egypt)
DR Congo 1–3 Morocco
  • Kitambala 58'
 Report
Referee: Ousmane Diakate (Mali)
Zambia 0–1 Kenya
Report
Referee: Lamin Jammeh (The Gambia)

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Tanzania (H) 4 3 1 0 5 1 +4 10 Qualification to knockout stage
2  Madagascar 4 2 1 1 5 3 +2 7
3  Mauritania 4 2 1 1 2 1 +1 7
4  Burkina Faso 4 1 0 3 5 7 −2 3
5  Central African Republic 4 0 1 3 2 7 −5 1
Source: CAF
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
Tanzania 2–0 Burkina Faso
 Report
Referee: Lotfi Bekouassa (Algeria)
Madagascar 0–0 Mauritania
Report
Burkina Faso 4–2 Central African Republic
 Report
  • Tchibinda 15'
  • Zoumara 90+5'
Mauritania 0–1 Tanzania
Report
Referee: Patrice Milazare (Mauritius)
Central African Republic 0–1 Mauritania
Report
Referee: Dickens Nyagrowa (Kenya)
Tanzania 2–1 Madagascar
 Report
  • Razafimahatana 34'
Referee: Lamin Jammeh (The Gambia)
Madagascar 2–0 Central African Republic
 Report
Referee: Mehrez Melki (Tunisia)
Mauritania 1–0 Burkina Faso
  • Alassane Diop 45+9'
 Report
Referee: Jelly Chavani (South Africa)
Burkina Faso 1–2 Madagascar
 Report
Referee: Houssam Benyahia (Algeria)
Central African Republic 0–0 Tanzania
Report
Referee: Yannick Malala (DR Congo)

Group C

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Uganda (H) 4 2 1 1 8 6 +2 7 Qualification to knockout stage
2  Algeria 4 1 3 0 5 2 +3 6
3  South Africa 4 1 3 0 6 5 +1 6
4  Guinea 4 1 1 2 3 6 −3 4
5  Niger 4 0 2 2 0 3 −3 2
Source: CAF
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
Niger 0–1 Guinea
Report
  • Cantona 47'
Referee: Mehrez Melki (Tunisia)
Uganda 0–3 Algeria
Report
Referee: Adalbert Diouf (Senegal)
Algeria 1–1 South Africa
 Report
Referee: Clement Franklin Kpan (Ivory Coast)
Guinea 0–3 Uganda
Report
Attendance: 34,175
Referee: Abdulrazg Ahmed (Libya)
South Africa 2–1 Guinea
 Report
  • Moussa Camara 37'
Referee: Kech Chaf Mustapha (Morocco)
Uganda 2–0 Niger
 Report
Referee: Ousmane Diakate (Mali)
Guinea 1–1 Algeria
  • Camara 62'
 Report
Referee: Abdou Abdel Mefire (Cameroon)
Niger 0–0 South Africa
Report
Algeria 0–0 Niger
Report
South Africa 3–3 Uganda
 Report
Referee: Vincent Kabore (Ghana)

Group D

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Sudan 3 1 2 0 5 1 +4 5 Qualification to knockout stage
2  Senegal 3 1 2 0 2 1 +1 5
3  Nigeria 3 1 0 2 2 5 −3 3
4  Congo 3 0 2 1 2 4 −2 2
Source: CAF
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
Congo 1–1 Sudan
Ekongo 86' Report Kanti 29'
Referee: Brighton Chimene (Zimbabwe)
Senegal 1–0 Nigeria
Gomis 75' Report
Referee: Mahmoud Nagy (Egypt)
Senegal 1–1 Congo
  • Layousse 82'
 Report
  • Moussavou 19'
Referee: Clement Franklin Kpan (Ivory Coast)
Sudan 4–0 Nigeria
 Report
Referee: Lotfi Bekouassa (Algeria)
Nigeria 2–0 Congo
 Report
Referee: Kech Chaf Mustapha (Morocco)
Sudan 0–0 Senegal
Report
Referee: Brighton Chimene (Zimbabwe)

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 (no extra time) is used to decide the winner if necessary (Regulations Article 75).

Bracket

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
August 22 – Nairobi
 
 
 Kenya1 (3)
 
August 26 – Dar es Salaam
 
 Madagascar (p)1 (4)
 
 Madagascar (a.e.t.)1
 
August 23 – Zanzibar City
 
 Sudan0
 
 Sudan (p)1 (4)
 
August 30 – Nairobi
 
 Algeria1 (2)
 
 Madagascar2
 
August 22 – Dar es Salaam
 
 Morocco3
 
 Tanzania0
 
August 26 – Kampala
 
 Morocco1
 
 Morocco (p)1 (5)
 
August 23 – Kampala
 
 Senegal1 (3) Third place match
 
 Uganda0
 
August 29 – Kampala
 
 Senegal1
 
 Sudan1 (2)
 
 
 Senegal (p)1 (4)
 

Quarter-finals

Kenya 1–1 (a.e.t.) Madagascar
 Report
  • Razafimaro 69' (pen.)
Penalties
 3–4
Referee: Adalbert Diouf (Senegal)
Tanzania 0–1 Morocco
Report
Referee: Abdou Abdel Mefire (Cameroon)
Uganda 0–1 Senegal
Report
  • Ba 62'
Referee: Mahmoud Nagy Ahmed Nagy Mosa (Egypt)
Sudan 1–1 (a.e.t.) Algeria
 Report
Penalties
 4–2
Referee: Clement Franklin Kpan (Ivory Coast)

Semi-finals

Madagascar 1–0 (a.e.t.) Sudan
  • Rakotondraibe 116'
 Report
Referee: Mehrez Melki (Tunisia)
Morocco 1–1 (a.e.t.) Senegal
 Report
  • Layousse 16'
Penalties
 5–3
  • Ndiaye soccer ball with red X
  • Vieux soccer ball with check mark
  • Ciss soccer ball with check mark
  • Ba soccer ball with check mark
Referee: Jelly Chavani (South Africa)

Third place match

Sudan 1–1 Senegal
  • Asad 6'
 Report
  • Ndiaye 58'
Penalties
 2–4
  • Layousse soccer ball with check mark
  • Kane soccer ball with check mark
  • Vieux soccer ball with check mark
  • Gueye soccer ball with check mark

Final

Madagascar 2–3 Morocco
  • Mantasoa 9'
  • Rakotondraibe 68'
 Report
Referee: Abdou Abdel Mefire (Cameroon)

Goalscorers

There have been 90 goals scored in 44 matches, for an average of 2.05 goals per match (as of 30 August 2025).

6 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

1 own goal

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.[21]

Stage Team 1 Result Team 2 Man of the Match
Group stage matches
Group A Kenya  1–0  DR Congo Kenya Alpha Onyango
Morocco  2–0  Angola Morocco Mohamed Rabie Hrimat
Group B Tanzania  2–0  Burkina Faso Tanzania Fei Toto
Madagascar  0–0  Mauritania Madagascar Michel Ramandimbisoa
Group C Niger  0–1  Guinea Guinea Lass Bangoura
Uganda  0–3  Algeria Algeria Abderrahmane Meziane
Group D Congo  1–1  Sudan Sudan Abdel Raouf
Senegal  1–0  Nigeria Senegal Libasse Gueye
Group A DR Congo  2–0  Zambia Democratic Republic of the Congo Ibrahim Matobo
Angola  1–1  Kenya Angola Gilberto
Group B Burkina Faso  4–2  Central African Republic Burkina Faso Josaphat Ouattara
Mauritania  0–1  Tanzania Tanzania Mudathir Yahya
Group C Algeria  1–1  South Africa South Africa Malibongwe Khoza
Guinea  0–3  Uganda Uganda Allan Okello
Group A Kenya  1–0  Morocco Kenya Bryne Odhiambo
Zambia  1–2  Angola Angola Kaporal
Group B Central African Republic  0–1  Mauritania Mauritania Ahmed El Moctar
Tanzania  2–1  Madagascar Tanzania Clement Mzize
Group C South Africa  2–1  Guinea South Africa Thabiso Kutumela
Uganda  2–0  Niger Uganda Joel Mutakubwa
Group D Senegal  1–1  Congo Republic of the Congo Dechan Moussavou
Sudan  4–0  Nigeria Sudan Abdel Raouf
Group A Morocco  3–1  Zambia Morocco Youssef Mehri
Angola  0–2  DR Congo Democratic Republic of the Congo Brudel Efonge
Group B Madagascar  2–0  Central African Republic Madagascar Michel Ramandimbisoa
Mauritania  1–0  Burkina Faso Mauritania El Mami Tetah
Group C Guinea  1–1  Algeria Guinea Lass Bangoura
Niger  0–0  South Africa Niger Mahamadou Tanja
Group A DR Congo  1–3  Morocco Morocco Oussama Lamlioui
Zambia  0–1  Kenya Kenya Ryan Ogam
Group B Burkina Faso  1–2  Madagascar Madagascar Ramandimbisoa Michel Toldo
Central African Republic  0–0  Tanzania Tanzania Feisal Salum Abdallah
Group C Algeria  0–0  Niger Algeria Naoufel Khacef
South Africa  3–3  Uganda South Africa Ndabayithethwa Ndlondlo
Group D Nigeria  2–0  Congo Nigeria Alex Young Oyowah
Sudan  0–0  Senegal Sudan Salah Eldin Adil Ahmed Al Hassan
Knock-out stage matches
Quarter-finals Kenya  1–1 (a.e.t)
(3-4 pen.)		  Madagascar Kenya Alpha Onyango
Tanzania  0–1  Morocco Morocco Mohamed Rabie Hrimat
Sudan  1–1 (a.e.t)
(4-2 pen.)		  Algeria Sudan Mohamed Abooja
Uganda  0–1  Senegal Senegal Seyni Mbaye Ndiaye
Semi-finals Madagascar  1–0  Sudan Madagascar Rijaniaina Randriamanampisoa
Morocco  1–1 (a.e.t)
(5-3 pen.)		  Senegal Morocco Youssef Belammari
Third place play-off Sudan  1–1
(2-4 pen.)		  Senegal Senegal Daouda Ba
Final Madagascar  2–3  Morocco Morocco Oussama Lamlioui

Notes

  1. ^ The Republic of the Congo initially qualified for the tournament on 29 December 2024. However, the Confederation of African Football subsequently disqualified the team and allocated their place to Equatorial Guinea. In response, the Congolese Football Federation lodged a formal appeal against the ruling. Upon review, the CAF Appeals Jury overturned the original decision, thereby reinstating Congo to the tournament.[15]

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