2016 CHAN: Cameroon names squad to face Uganda

Head coach of the Indomitable Lions of Cameroon has named his squad that will face Uganda Cranes in an international build-up game in Jinja, eastern Uganda on January 13.

Martin Felix Ndtoungou Mpile named 26 players who will play against Rwanda in another build-up game on Wednesday before heading to Uganda.

Uganda FA Chief Executive Officer Edgar Watson told Xinhua on Monday that they have already received the list of the Cameroon squad.

Before facing Cameroon, Uganda will host Gabon in Jinja in another build-up game.

"Facing Gabon and Cameroon in build-up games will be very good for us because they have similar style of play like Mali and Zimbabwe who are in our group at the tournament," said Uganda Cranes head coach Milutin Sredojevic.

Sredojevic said he has set his target for the quarter-final stage at the 2016 Africa Nations Championship (CHAN) scheduled for Jan. 16-Feb. 7 in neighboring Rwanda.

Three different towns of Kigali, Butare, Gisenyi will host the matches.

The CHAN tournament is exclusively for players who are active in the national championships and qualified to play in the on-going season. Professional players regardless of where they play, even in Africa, are not qualified to take part in the tournament.

The 2016 event will attract hosts Rwanda, Gabon, Morocco, Cote d'Ivoire, DR Congo, Angola, Cameroon, Ethiopia, Tunisia, Nigeria, Niger, Guinea, Burkina Faso, Zimbabwe, Uganda and Morocco.

Defending champions Libya and the 2014 runners-up Ghana will not be at this year's event after failing to make it through the qualifiers last year.