African Nations Championship

The African Nations Championship, commonly abbreviated as CHAN, was a biennial African association football tournament organised by the Confederation of African Football (CAF). It was first announced in September 2007 and held from 2009. The participating teams consisted of players who were playing in their national league competitions. The tournament was held biennially and alternated with the Africa Cup of Nations, and was commonly referred to as the Africa Cup of Nations for locally based players.

Morocco was the most successful team in this tournament with three titles, followed by DR Congo with two titles, and Tunisia, Libya and Senegal with one title each. The tournament began life in 2009 with 8 teams, which was doubled for the second edition up until the sixth and was contested by 18 teams since the 2022 edition.

From the 2014 edition onward, matches from qualification to the final were computed to determine the FIFA World Rankings after each tournament, a move CAF described at the time as an important step in the competition’s development.

On 20 December 2025, CAF president Patrice Motsepe announced the abolition of the African Nations Championship in a press conference, with the African Nations League introduced as its replacement.