The Confederation of African Football (CAF) has announced that Kenya, Uganda, and Tanzania will co-host the 2025 TotalEnergies African Nations Championship (CHAN).

CAF confirmed this in a statement on its website on Thursday.

“The Confédération Africaine de Football (“CAF”) has confirmed that Kenya, Uganda, and Tanzania as co-host Nations of the TotalEnergies CAF African Nations Championship (“CHAN”),” the statement read.

The competition which features local based players in respective participating teams, will hold from February 1 to 28, 2025, and will witness an increase in the number of participating teams to 19.

However, the continent’s football ruling body is yet to confirm the host stadia and training venues.

CAF in the statement also stated, “The qualification slots for the tournament have been allocated as follows: Zones WAFU A, WAFU B, UNAF, UNIFFAC, and COSAFA will each have three qualifying teams.”

“The CECAFA zone, which includes the three host countries, will receive an additional slot due to their automatic qualification as hosts. As a result, the total number of teams qualifying for the final tournament will be increased to 19 teams.”

The first round of qualifiers will be played between October 25 and 27, 2024 and 1-13 November 1 and 13, 2024 while the second round of qualifiers will be played between December 20 and 22, 2024 and December 27 and 29 2024.

Despite their automatic qualification as hosts, Kenya, Uganda, and Tanzania will participate in the qualifiers.

CAF has already awarded the hosting rights for the 2027 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) to the three countries.