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CHAN will take place from February 1 to 28, 2025. CAFOnline presents some interesting facts about the tournament which will take place next year.
The competition is contested by players who play in their national leagues, making it a truly innovative competition that showcases African football. Ivory Coast was the first nation to host the tournament during its inaugural edition in 2009. DR Congo were crowned the inaugural champions after a 2-0 victory over Ghana in Abidjan, Ivory Coast. The Leopards, along with Morocco, are the only two nations to have won the title twice. The Leopards won the inaugural edition in 2009 before winning it back in Rwanda during the 2016 edition. The tournament returns to East Africa for the first time after the 2016 edition which was held in Rwanda . This will be the first time the competition will be hosted by more than one nation, with Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda serving as hosts for the continental competition. North African teams have won the most titles, with Morocco winning it twice, while Tunisia and Libya have won it once each. En route to their 2014 title, Libya won only one match in regulation time, and that was in the group stage against Ethiopia. They drew their other two group matches against Ghana and Congo. Before winning on penalties in the quarter-final against Gabon, in the semi-final against Zimbabwe as well as in the final against Ghana. Ivory Coast (2009) and South Africa (2014) remain the only two nations to have been eliminated from the group stage as tournament hosts. Morocco (2018) is the only nation to have won the tournament as host country. The Atlas Lions are also the only nation to have won the tournament twice in a row (2018, 2020). During its seven editions, the tournament has had five different winners (DR Congo: 2009, 2016), (Tunisia: 2011), (Libya: 2014), (Morocco: 2018, 2020), (Senegal: 2022).
