OFFICIAL: Full CHAN prelim draw revealed by CAF!

The draw for the 2024 African Nations Championship preliminary phase has now been revealed, with a handsome $2 million up for grabs!

The competition, which only allows locally-based players from respective nations to participate, will be played between 1 and 28 February 2025. with Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania set to host it. 

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However, before the official tournament, qualification rounds are set to take place, with the first set to be played in October and November. 

The second round of qualifiers will then take place in December. 

Zones WAFU A, WAFU B, UNAF, UNIFFAC, and COSAFA will each have three qualifying teams.

Meanwhile, the CECAFA zone, which includes the three host countries, will receive an additional slot due to their automatic qualification as hosts.

Kenya, Uganda, and Tanzania will participate in the qualifiers, and in addition to their automatic qualification as hosts, the team achieving the best result in the CECAFA qualifiers will also advance to the final tournament.

Now, with the official draw having taken place, nations have discovered who they need to play – and beat – in order to qualify for the competition. 

There are some mouthwatering fixtures to look forward to, including clashes between Ivory Coast and Burkina Faso, as well as an encounter between continental giants Ghana and Nigeria. 

Check out the rest of the qualifying fixtures here: 

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/ Rwanda  

COSAFA 1st Round: 

Zimbabwe vs Eswatini 

Lesotho vs Namibia 

2nd Round: 

Zimbabwe/Eswatini vs Madagascar 

Lesotho/Namibia vs Angola 

Mozambique vs Zambia 

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Due to CAF's 60% increase in the tournament's prize money, the winner of the competition is set to walk away with handsome $2 million (R35 million). 

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