Why do we talk about CHAN 2024 when it’s actually 2025?
Many fans are asking the same question: why is the tournament called CHAN 2024 when it’s actually taking place in August 2025?
In reality, the African Nations Championship (CHAN) was originally scheduled for September 2024. But due to an overloaded calendar, CAF was forced to postpone it. First rescheduled for February 2025, the tournament was eventually pushed back to August to give the host nations—Kenya, Uganda, and Tanzania—more time to complete their preparations.
Today 2nd Aug till 30th the Confederation of African Football CAF CHAN 2024 for players of local leagues across Africa begins in East Africa – #Kenya 🇰🇪, #Tanzania 🇹🇿 & #Uganda 🇺🇬!!
A great opportunity for sports Evangelism to visiting fans! #Jesus is Lord!#chan#CHAN2024pic.twitter.com/07ZXGdArfq
— Maina Mungai (@MainaMungai) August 2, 2025
Despite this change in date, the name has remained the same: CHAN 2024. This isn’t a mistake. It’s actually a common practice in sports. Euro 2020 was held in 2021, just like the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games. AFCON 2023, for its part, was played at the start of 2024. The name doesn’t change even if the schedule does.
Les statistiques INCROYABLES de la CAN 2023. 🏆🤩
La Côte d’Ivoire a vraiment organisé la meilleure CAN de l’histoire. 🇨🇮😍 pic.twitter.com/FElSg7CZLg
— Séléphanto Football 🇨🇮 (@Selephanto) March 16, 2024
So CAF decided to stick with the original name for consistency in its communication and promotion. The takeaway? CHAN 2024 is the official name, even though the tournament will be played in 2025. What really matters is that African football will be there on the big stage.