CAF CONFEDERATION CUP CHAN 2020 final: Kenyan referee Waweru to oversee final game

CAF has appointed Kenyan Peter Waweru to handle the final of the Total African Nations Cup Championship between Morocco and Mali.

The final of the 6th edition of the Total CHAN will be played at the Ahmadou Ahidjo Stadium in Yaounde on Sunday by 8pm. 

Africatopsports.com  gathered from cafonline.com that the Kenyan will be assisted by compatriot Gilbert Kipkoech Cheruiyot and Cameroonian Carine Atezambong Fomo whilst Alioum Alioum, also from Cameroon serve as the fourth official.

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The Video Assistant Referees (VAR) team will be led by Bamlak Tessema Weyesa of Ethiopia, and supported by Janny Sikazwe (Zambia) and Elvis Guy Noupue Nguegoue (Cameroon).

Waweru, a lecturer of the Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology, will lead the team of match officials as the curtains on the sixth edition of the tournament designed exclusively for footballers playing in their domestic leagues fold up.

Earlier, he officiated the quarter-final clash between Mali and Congo, which the former won 5-4 on penalties after a barren stalemate in regulation time.

Morocco will be hoping to equal DR Congo record of two CHAN titles.

They could also become the the first team to win two titles in a row in the history of the competition since its inception in 2009.

Their opponent,  Mali have set sights on a maiden title after losing the 2016 final to DR Congo in Kigali, Rwanda.

The Total CHAN Cameroon 2020 is the first major football competition on the continent following the Covid-19 pandemic.


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