Kenya to Co-Host 2024 edition of CHAN finals with Tanzania and Uganda

Kenya is set to co-host the 2024 African Nations Championship (CHAN) alongside Tanzania and Uganda, as announced by the Council of East and Central African Football Associations (CECAFA) chief Wallace Karia, who also serves as the Tanzanian Football Federation president.

In October, the Kenyan government approved plans to host the 16-team tournament, which is exclusively for players participating in their domestic leagues. However, Karia revealed that the event will now be distributed across the broader East African region.

“Next year in September, we’ve been given the CHAN hosting rights in Tanzania, Kenya, and Uganda, and each nation, along with Zanzibar, will provide one venue for the competition,” stated Karia at an annual general meeting of the TFF in the southern Tanzanian town of Iringa on Saturday. “We will ask CAF to group all the four teams of CECAFA in the draw to create the competition between us.”

In September, CAF designated the three East African countries as joint hosts for the 2027 Africa Cup of Nations, marking the tournament’s return to the region for the first time since Ethiopia hosted the 1976 finals.

The last CHAN tournament took place in Algeria in January and February 2023, with Senegal emerging as champions by defeating the host nation on penalties in the final.