The SportsNation
BY BRIAN KAWALYA
Friday May 27, 2022
Uganda Cranes have learnt their opponent for the Qualifiers
of the 2022 African Nations Championship (CHAN).
Uganda have got a bye at the first round which is to be
played in July this year. They be in action in August to face winner between
Tanzania and Somalia.
Uganda will host the second leg.
If Uganda progress past that round, they will qualify for
CHAN finals for the seventh time in a row.
The tournament will be held in Algeria due 8-13 January
2023.
For the first time in the history of the competition, 18
teams will participate in the next final tournament set to take place in
Algeria in January and February 2023.
The CHAN is the competition which brings together players
who compete in their respective domestic leagues.
The previous edition took place in January/February 2021 in
Cameroon and saw Morocco being crowned as champions.
Then, Morocco had earlier beaten Uganda 5-2 to reach the quarter-finals
in Douala.
Uganda is among the three countries in the CECAFA region to
receive a bye at the first round.
The other two are Rwanda and Sudan. Three of the nine teams
from CECAFA region (beside Kenya and Eritrea who are not involved) will qualify
to the finals in Morocco.