The CHAN 2023 tournament was initially slated for 10 July to 1 August 2022, but the African Soccer governing body- CAF rescheduled it to January 2023, due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
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Uganda-Cranes team that participated in 2020 chan qualifiers
Uganda
Cranes will play the winner between Tanzania and Somalia in the second round of
the Total Energies African Nations Championship- CHAN qualifiers.
This was
confirmed on Thursday after the round one draws for the qualifiers that were
conducted in Cairo, Egypt. The draws were conducted by CAF Head of Competitions
Khaled Nassar and Algeria’s Djamal Menad.
The game will
be played in August 2022 in the second round. According to the qualifiers, the
winner will qualify automatically for the final tournament.
The CHAN
2023 tournament was initially slated for 10 July to 1 August 2022, but the
African Soccer governing body- CAF rescheduled it to January 2023, due to the
Covid-19 pandemic.
The tournament is organized after every two years and is organized by the
Confederation of African Football (CAF) exclusively featuring players from the
respective national championships.
Uganda will
be seeking to qualify for the sixth time having appeared at the previous five
editions (2011, 2014, 2016, 2018, and 2021. But, Uganda Cranes failed to
impress in the last edition of the championship.
During the
last edition, Uganda exited with only one point after suffering an embarrassing
5-2 defeat to Morocco in the last Group C match, the team drew with Rwanda and
lost to Togo respectively in the first two group games.
Morocco is
defending champions after defeating Mali in the final of the 2021 edition
staged in Cameroon.
