The Confederation of African football, CAF have moved forward by three days the date for the 2016 CHAN championship in Rwanda.
The date earlier scheduled for November 18 will now be staged on November15 in Kigali.
Ivory Coast and Cameroon joined the 14 countries already qualified after Ivory Coast displaced Ghana and Cameroon outscored Congo on aggregate on Saturday.
The other qualifiers for the 2016 CHAN are hosts Rwanda, Angola, DR Congo, Gabon, Ethiopia, Guinea, Cote d’Ivoire, Mali, Morocco, Niger, Nigeria, Tunisia, Uganda, Zambia and Zimbabwe.
Both defending champions Libya and last year’s runners-up Ghana failed to qualify for the 2016 CHAN.
The tournament reserved for players featuring in their home leagues will be played from January 16 to February 7 in three Rwandan cities of Kigali, Gisenyi and Butare.
