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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, is scheduled to be the 8th edition of the 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.
On 22 November 2024, Libya withdrew from the tournament due to fixture congestion and concerns that the national team's participation would halt the league, hence the Libyan Football Federation prioritized the league schedule over the CHAN. [4]
Afcon schedule, fixtures, results and start times. Lawrence Ostlere. January 22, 2024 at 8:33 AM. ... The tournament is officially Afcon 2023, despite taking place in 2024, after it was pushed ...
The Africa Cup of Nations, commonly abbreviated as AFCON and officially known as the TotalEnergies Africa Cup of Nations for sponsorship reasons, [1] [2] is the main biennial international men's association football competition in Africa. It is sanctioned by the Confederation of African Football (CAF) and was first held in 1957. [3]
It was the first AFCON meeting between two since 2004, where Guinea won 2–1. However, their most recent competitive fixture happened at the 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification, where DR Congo triumphed 3–1 though DR Congo ended up failing to qualify for the 2018 FIFA World Cup.
The teams played against each other in a home-and-away round-robin format between September and November 2024. [3] Algeria and Equatorial Guinea, the group winners and runners-up respectively, qualified for the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations.
The last final hosted in Abidjan in 2024 was won by the Ivory Coast, defeating Nigeria 2–1. [2] The Africa Cup of Nations final is the last match of the competition, and the result determines which team will be declared African champion.
The NFL playoffs for the following the 2024 regular season will once again feature 14 teams total in a single-elimination format, with seven teams qualifying for the AFC bracket and seven teams ...