2020 African Nations Championship

[Giresse]

Hello dear forum members, I'm opening this thread for those of us who are interested in the African Leagues and tournaments. I've been following african teams for a while now and consider betting on events from that part of the world. Below are some basic information on the above mentioned league.

The 2020 African Nations Championship, known as the Total African Nations Championship (also referred to as CHAN 2020) will be the 6th edition of the African Nations Championship, a biennial football tournament organized by the Confederation of Afican Football (CAF) exclusively featuring players from the respective national championships. It will be hosted from 4 to 25 April 2020 in Cameroon. Ethiopia were formerly awarded as host, but the EFF admitted it was not ready to host this competition.

Unlike the African Cup of Nations, the competing national teams must be composed of players playing in their domestic league. For example, an Cameroonian player is only eligible to play for the Cameroon national team if he is playing for a Cameroonian club.

Morocco are the defending champions.

Looking forward to reading your different thougths on this competition.

 

[ken]

I don't follow african games but I've heard a lot of good things about the Egyptian national team. Will be good if you can share this type of competitions here more often.

 

[Giresse]

The Egyptians are good, but this competition is mainly for the local players, I'll explain. Take for example a UEFA EURO Competition involving solely players who are playing in the domestic leagues (Serie A, La Liga, Bundesliga, etc), excluding all players playing in foreign leagues. I don't know if this example is clear but this in essence is what the CHAN is all about from what I know. They claim it's a way to promote their local leagues. I'm following such competitions as it's within such that the next big african players and talents often get to immerge.