The 2024 African Nations Championship (CHAN) has been postponed till August – simply 18 days earlier than the event was as a consequence of kick off in Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda.
A Confederation of African Soccer (Caf) statement, external mentioned its consultants had suggested that “extra time is required” to make sure the infrastructure and services for the finals are “on the ranges mandatory”.
Final month Kenya’s then-sports minister moved to allay considerations that the nation would possibly lose internet hosting rights for the competitors, which is for domestic-based gamers.
The 2024 CHAN was set to happen between 1 and 28 February, with some international locations having already introduced their squads and begun coaching camps.
Caf will announce the precise dates of the rescheduled event “sooner or later”.
“I’m assured that the stadiums, different infrastructure and services might be on the requisite Caf requirements for internet hosting, in August 2025, a really profitable CHAN,” Caf president Patrice Motsepe mentioned.
CHAN 2024 internet hosting rights have been awarded in December 2023, and the second-tier competitors is taken into account as a costume rehearsal earlier than Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda turn out to be the primary three-way hosts of the Africa Cup of Nations in 2027.