Details of African Nations Championship 2018

This is the biggest football platform for domestic league players in Africa. Thousands of fans are eagerly waiting for the new games in 2018. Let's take a closer look at all the details of the famous championship.

The Championship, known as CHAN, was first held in 2009. The Competition is organized by CAF. This is a national football battle between the best football teams in Africa. This cup is held every two years. The competition was organized in order to find and support new talented national players. The groups consist of four teams, which is selected arbitrarily.

African Nations Championship 2018

New football competition will be held between 12th of January and 4th of February 2018. Morocco is the host of Championship this year. One of the main rules requires teams to be composed of domestic league players.

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The Championship will be held in Marrakesh, Casablanca, Agadir, and Tangier. There should be maximum of 23 players in the team. The 16 teams were divided into groups. The leader of two teams in every group qualifies for the quarter-finals.

African Nations Championship qualification

Qualifiers were held from April to August of 2017.

African nations championship table of groups

1. Group A

• Sudan
• Mauritania
• Morocco
• Guinea

2. Group B

• Uganda
• Namibia
• Ivory Coast
• Zambia

3. Group C

• Rwanda
• Equatorial Guinea
• Libya
• Nigeria

4. Group D

• Congo
• Burkina Faso
• Angola
• Cameroon

Qualifiying matches were full of unexpected turns. Each new round brought us new winners and losers. Therefore, the championship itself is going to be very delighting.

African Nations Championship predictions

It is not easy to predict African Nations Championship results for this year. Experts singled out several strongest teams of the championship: The first leader is Morocco team with their main player Khalid Boutaïb. The team showed good results during qualifying matches. The next likely predictable leader is Nigerian team.

This Championship is very important for the development of football in Africa. African Nations Championship Cup allows the continent showcase and raise the quality of home-based players.

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Source: Naija.ng