Rijaniaina Randriamanampisoa

2024 African Nations Championship

Tournament details
Host countries	Kenya Tanzania Uganda
Dates	2–30 August 2025
Teams	19 (from 1 confederation)
Venues	5 (in 4 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Morocco (3rd title)
Runners-up	Madagascar
Third place	Senegal
Fourth place	Sudan
Tournament statistics
Matches played	44
Goals scored	90 (2.05 per match)
Top scorer	Oussama Lamlioui (6 goals)
Best player	Mohamed Hrimat
Best goalkeeper	Marc Diouf
Fair play award	Senegal
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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, however on 14 January 2025 it was postponed to August 2025 in the same three countries. This was the first edition to be hosted by three countries.

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.

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.

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.

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. The preparation of Kenyan venues to host the tournament was considered as "miles behind" by the officials.

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

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. Libya, Morocco and Tunisia qualified for the final tournament automatically. However, Libya subsequently announced its withdrawal citing a scheduling conflict.

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	2nd	2018	2018	Group Stage (2018)
Congo		17 June 2025	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)

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

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.

Seeded	Pot A	Pot B	Pot C
Kenya (A1 - Host)  Tanzania (B1 - Host)  Uganda (C1 - Host)  Senegal (D1 - Holders)	Morocco  Niger  Equatorial Guinea  Madagascar	Mauritania  Guinea  Sudan  Angola	DR Congo  Zambia  Burkina Faso  Nigeria  Central African Republic  Algeria  South Africa

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

CAF announced the tournament schedule on 27 June 2025.

The top two teams of each group will advance to the quarter finals.

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.

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

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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

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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

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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

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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).

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	August 22 – Nairobi
	Kenya	1 (3)
					August 26 – Dar es Salaam
	Madagascar (p)	1 (4)
					Madagascar (a.e.t.)	1
	August 23 – Zanzibar City
					Sudan	0
	Sudan (p)	1 (4)
									August 30 – Nairobi
	Algeria	1 (2)
									Madagascar	2
	August 22 – Dar es Salaam
									Morocco	3
	Tanzania	0
					August 26 – Kampala
	Morocco	1
					Morocco (p)	1 (5)
	August 23 – Kampala
					Senegal	1 (3)			Third place match
	Uganda	0
									August 29 – Kampala
	Senegal	1
									Sudan	1 (2)
									Senegal (p)	1 (4)

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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

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.

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

• Official home of the 2024 edition at CAFOnline.com