{"id":52588,"date":"2025-01-12T10:19:58","date_gmt":"2025-01-12T10:19:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/caf-prize-money-sparks-egypt-and-algeria-to-reconsider-chan-participation\/"},"modified":"2025-01-12T12:08:54","modified_gmt":"2025-01-12T12:08:54","slug":"caf-prize-money-sparks-egypt-and-algeria-to-reconsider-chan-participation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/caf-prize-money-sparks-egypt-and-algeria-to-reconsider-chan-participation\/","title":{"rendered":"CAF prize money sparks Egypt and Algeria to reconsider CHAN participation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>CAF President Patrice Motsepe announced last week that the winner\u2019s prize money had been raised to $3.5 million, sparking discussions in both nations.<\/p>\n<p>Initially, Egypt and Algeria had pulled out of the tournament, citing scheduling conflicts. However, the substantial prize boost has led both countries to call emergency meetings to reassess their decisions.<\/p>\n<p>The Egyptian Football Association (EFA) is reportedly considering sending its U23 team to participate in the tournament, which will be hosted by Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda. <\/p>\n<p>Similarly, Algeria is also revisiting its stance and evaluating the possibility of rejoining the competition.<br \/>\nIf both countries confirm their participation, the total number of teams in the tournament will rise to 21, promising an even more competitive and dynamic CHAN finals.<\/p>\n<p>CAF\u2019s prize increase has reinvigorated interest in the tournament, demonstrating its commitment to enhancing the profile of African football on the global stage.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-80099 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/41_2023-638330499103158522-315.jpg\" alt=\"Algeria and Egypt meet during a FIFA Arab Cup in 2021. Both teams have renewed their interest in participating in the 2024 CHAN tournament.\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Egypt and Algeria are rethinking their withdrawal from the 2024 African Nations Championship (CHAN) following the Confederation of African Football&#8217;s (CAF) decision to increase the total prize money by 75%.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":135,"featured_media":2000080098,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[75],"byline":[3135],"hashtag":[],"class_list":["post-52588","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports","tag-homenews","byline-sam-k-nkurunziza-2"],"bylines":[{"id":3135,"name":"Sam K Nkurunziza","slug":"sam-k-nkurunziza-2","description":"","image":{"id":0,"url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&f=y&r=g","alt":"Default avatar","title":"Default avatar","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","sizes":[]},"user_id":null}],"contributors":[{"id":3135,"name":"Sam K Nkurunziza","slug":"sam-k-nkurunziza-2","description":"","image":{"id":0,"url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&f=y&r=g","alt":"Default avatar","title":"Default avatar","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","sizes":[]},"user_id":null}],"featured_image":{"id":2000080098,"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/profile-218.jpg","alt":"","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","width":0,"height":0,"sizes":{"thumbnail":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/profile-218.jpg","width":1,"height":1},"medium":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/profile-218.jpg","width":1,"height":1},"medium_large":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/profile-218.jpg","width":1,"height":1},"large":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/profile-218.jpg","width":1,"height":1},"full":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/profile-218.jpg","width":0,"height":0}}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52588","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/135"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=52588"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52588\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2000080098"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=52588"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=52588"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=52588"},{"taxonomy":"byline","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/byline?post=52588"},{"taxonomy":"hashtag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/hashtag?post=52588"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}