{"id":26895,"date":"2026-01-17T14:33:42","date_gmt":"2026-01-17T14:33:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kick442.com\/?p=26895"},"modified":"2026-01-17T14:33:42","modified_gmt":"2026-01-17T14:33:42","slug":"caf-president-motsepe-signals-the-end-of-chan-eyes-african-nations-league-as-replacement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kick442.com\/fr\/caf-president-motsepe-signals-the-end-of-chan-eyes-african-nations-league-as-replacement\/","title":{"rendered":"CAF President Motsepe signals the end of CHAN, eyes African Nations League as replacement"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Neilley Claude EBESSA<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Journalist kick442.com &#8211; Cameroon<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>CAF President Dr Patrice Motsepe has confirmed that the African Nations Championship (CHAN) will be discontinued, with the African Nations League set to take its place as the continent\u2019s premier domestic-focused competition.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>In candid remarks, Motsepe described CHAN as a \u201cspectacular money loser\u201d and said he was advised to scrap the tournament upon taking office. While CAF previously allocated resources to CHAN in response to requests from some member associations, Motsepe insists the competition no longer fits the organization\u2019s strategic vision.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>I can tell you for certain there is no CHAN anymore. The African Nations League will more than replace that. We will restructure our competitions,\u201d he said.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The CHAN, first held in 2009 and staged every two years, was designed to showcase Africa\u2019s best home-based talent. Morocco won the last edition in Kenya in 2024 and became the most successful nation in CHAN history with three titles.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Motsepe also addressed international scheduling and cooperation:<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Europe doesn\u2019t dictate the calendar. We also have to stop the nonsense that \u2018these people are enemies of those people.\u2019 We are going to have the best mutually beneficial relationship with Europe, Asia, South America, North America and the rest of the world.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The CAF president\u2019s comments signal a major restructuring of African competitions, prioritizing financial sustainability, global collaboration, and elevating the African Nations League as the new flagship tournament for domestic players.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Neilley Claude EBESSA Journalist kick442.com &#8211; Cameroon &nbsp; CAF President Dr Patrice Motsepe&hellip;<\/p>","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":26896,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[140,39,213,225,5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-26895","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-afcon","category-african-football","category-athletes","category-caf","category-football"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.1.1 - 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