{"id":92548,"date":"2025-01-31T16:13:48","date_gmt":"2025-01-31T16:13:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/uncategorized\/caf-announces-new-dates-for-chan-2025"},"modified":"2025-02-20T08:29:32","modified_gmt":"2025-02-20T08:29:32","slug":"caf-announces-new-dates-for-chan-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/all-news\/caf-announces-new-dates-for-chan-2025","title":{"rendered":"CAF Announces New Dates for CHAN 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Ghana. <\/strong><\/span><b>The Confederation of African Football (CAF) has released the new dates for this year&#8217;s African Nations Championship (CHAN).<\/b><\/p>\n<p>According to CAF which will be co-hosted by Uganda, Kenya, and Tanzania, will now take place from August 2 until August 30, 2025.<\/p>\n<p>The CHAN is a tournament started by CAF to promote home-based talents. It features only players based in their domestic leagues.<\/p>\n<p>The tournament which was initially set to begin on February 1, was earlier this month postponed due to infrastructural and technical gaps.<\/p>\n<p>However, following an Executive Committee meeting held on 27 January 2025 in Rabat, Morocco, it has been decided that the tournament will be played in August.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The EXCO also received an update on the TotalEnergies CAF African Nations Championship (\u201cCHAN\u201d), Kenya Tanzania Uganda 2024. The Competition will now kick-off on Saturday, 02 August and the Final will be played on 30 August 2025,&#8221; CAF said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>The EXCO also approved the dates for the Women Futsal Africa Cup of Nations, Morocco 2025.<\/p>\n<p>According to the EXCO, the opening match will be on Tuesday, April 22, 2025 and final match will be played on Wednesday, 30 April 2025.<\/p>\n<p>Two finalists in the competition will qualify for the FIFA Futsal Women\u2019s World Cup in Philippines in November\/December 2025.<\/p>\n<p>Also approved was the new format of the TotalEnergies CAF U-17 Africa Cup of Nations (\u201cU-17 AFCON\u201d) Morocco 2025 qualifiers increasing the number of participating teams from 12 to 16.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Ghana<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Ghana. The Confederation of African Football (CAF) has released the new dates for this year&#8217;s African Nations Championship (CHAN). According to CAF which will be co-hosted by Uganda, Kenya, and Tanzania, will now take place from August 2 until August 30, 2025. 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