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Chan poised to be an East African affair...on the pitch
Kenyan fans cheer their team during the 2024 African Nations Championship Group 'A' match against Morocco at Moi Internationals Sports Centre, Kasarani in Nairobi on August 10, 2025.
Photo credit: Sila Kiplagat | Nation Media Group
What you need to know:
- Harambee Stars will take on Madagascar in the first quarter-final on Friday evening at Moi international Sports Centre, Nairobi.
- While Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda are strangers at this stage, Sudan finished third in 2011 on home soil and in Morocco in 2018.
The 2024 African Nations Championship could become an East African affair, on the playing pitch, if the quarter-final results favour the three co-hosts.
Kenya will take on Indian Ocean islanders Madagascar in the first quarter-final on Friday evening at Moi international Sports Centre, Nairobi, before Tanzania hosts two-time championships Morocco in a tough looking encounter at the Benjamin Mkapa National Stadium in Dar es Salaam later in the night.
