Kenya to host 2024 CHAN final at Kasarani as CAF confirms full match schedule
Kenya will host the final of the 2024 CHAN at Kasarani Stadium on 30 August 2025, as CAF confirmed venues and group allocations for the East Africa-led tournament.
Kenya will host the final of the 2024 TotalEnergies African Nations Championship (CHAN) at Nairobi’s Kasarani Stadium on 30 August 2025, the Confederation of African Football (CAF) announced on Thursday following consultations with co-hosts Uganda and Tanzania.
The tournament, scheduled for 2 to 30 August 2025, marks CHAN’s return to East Africa for the first time since Rwanda staged the event in 2016.
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Tanzania will host the opening match at the Benjamin Mkapa Stadium in Dar es Salaam on 2 August, while Uganda will stage the third-place playoff at Mandela Stadium in Kampala.
CAF also confirmed that Zanzibar will be one of the official host venues. “Zanzibar’s Amaan Stadium recently staged a successful TotalEnergies CAF Confederation Cup 2024/25 final in May this year,” read a statement on the official CAF portal.
Group stage matches will be spread across four cities in the host nations.
Group A fixtures will be held in Nairobi, where hosts Kenya are grouped with Morocco, Angola, DR Congo, and Zambia.
Dar es Salaam will host Group B, which features Tanzania, Madagascar, Mauritania, Burkina Faso, and the Central African Republic.
Group C matches will take place in Kampala, with Uganda drawn alongside Niger, Guinea, South Africa, and Algeria. Zanzibar’s Amaan Stadium will host Group D, made up of Senegal, Congo, Sudan, and Nigeria.
In late May, Youth Affairs, Creative Economy and Sports Cabinet Secretary (CS) Salim Mvurya dismissed concerns over Kenya’s readiness to co-host the tournament.
“We had a meeting with CAF officials because it is standard procedure for CAF to conduct periodic inspections up until the final day in July. In our discussions, we affirmed Kenya's full readiness to host CHAN,” Mvurya said during the official handover of the Raila Odinga Stadium for the Madaraka Day celebrations.
“We have invested heavily in upgrading infrastructure, including Kasarani and Nyayo stadiums, and have already paid the hosting fee amounting to Sh 1.6 billion.”
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