Confederation
of African Football (Caf) has announced the dates of the 2016 African
Nations Championship (Chan) that will be hosted in Rwanda from January
16-February 7.
Rwanda
Football Federation (Ferwafa) Chief Executive Officer Olivier
Mulindahabi told Times Sport that, “We welcome this news and we are
excited that we shall be hosting Chan next year. Preparations are going
on according to plan. Caf will send a delegation to evaluate the
preparations at a date they will communicate soon.”
Mulindahabi
also said that the official website will be launched on March 15 as
well as the advertising will go up on the same day across several
platforms like billboards and social media. Ferwafa will send a
delegation to South Africa, hosts of the 2014 edition to learn from
their experience.
Morocco
is expected to send a draft contract that will provide a working frame
with Ferwafa, an agreement that will help Rwanda organize a remarkable
tournament. The North Africans were set to host the 2015 Africa Cup of
Nations until they pulled out following the Ebola outbreak.
The
biennial event will attract 16 teams from Africa and games will played
at four stadiums across the country including the Umuganda stadium in
Rubavu, Huye stadium and the Amahoro stadium and Kigali regional stadium
in Kigali.
This
will be the biggest football tournament hosted by Rwanda which also
hosted the 2009 African Youth Championships for U-20 players as well as
the 2011 Africa U-17 championships, eventually qualifying the Junior
Wasps to the 2011 Fifa U-17 World Cup in Mexico.
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