{"id":145535,"date":"2026-07-02T11:03:54","date_gmt":"2026-07-02T11:03:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/kenya-qualifies-for-the-fifae-continental-championship-ft-efootball-console\/"},"modified":"2026-07-02T11:03:54","modified_gmt":"2026-07-02T11:03:54","slug":"kenya-qualifies-for-the-fifae-continental-championship-ft-efootball-console","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/kenya-qualifies-for-the-fifae-continental-championship-ft-efootball-console\/","title":{"rendered":"Kenya qualifies for the FIFAe Continental Championship ft eFootball&#x2122; Console."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Kenya has booked its place at the FIFAe Continental Championship ft eFootball Console after securing a top 8 finish in the FIFAe Nations League, Africa region.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Kenya has booked its place at the FIFAe Continental Championship ft eFootball Console after securing a top 8 finish in the FIFAe Nations League, Africa region.<\/p>\n<p>Competing in Group C, Kenya opened with a narrow 2-1 defeat to eventual group winners Senegal, before battling to a 2-2 draw against Tanzania. The team closed out the group stage in style, beating Ivory Coast 3-1 to secure second place behind Senegal and a spot in the knockout rounds.<\/p>\n<p>In the knockouts, Kenya faced off against higher-ranked opposition and delivered a\u00a0statement performance, defeating Libya 2-0 to advance. The run was eventually ended by\u00a0a 2-0 loss to Ghana, but by then Kenya had already done enough to secure a ticket to the\u00a0continental finals. Representing Kenya on the virtual pitch of the 2v2 competition were\u00a0Daniel Kibiwott and Elvis Kibet, under the tutelage of coach Timothy Kiarie.<\/p>\n<p>The FIFAe Continental Championship will be held in Casablanca, Morocco, from August 19-22, bringing together\u00a0the top 8 nations in Africa. Joining Kenya at the tournament are hosts\u00a0Morocco, Egypt, Tunisia, Madagascar, Libya, Ghana, and Senegal.<\/p>\n<p>The top 2 finishers in Casablanca will earn qualification to the FIFAe World Cup 2026 in\u00a0Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, set for September 2026. The team\u2019s preparation was made possible through a\u00a0collaboration between the Esports Kenya Federation (ESKF) and the Football Kenya\u00a0Federation (FKF).<\/p>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kbc.co.ke\/kenya-qualifies-for-the-fifae-continental-championship-ft-efootball-console\/\">Kenya qualifies for the FIFAe Continental Championship ft eFootball&#x2122; Console.<\/a> appeared first on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kbc.co.ke\/\">KBC Digital<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kenya has booked its place at the FIFAe Continental Championship ft eFootball Console after securing a top 8 finish in the FIFAe Nations League, Africa region. Kenya has booked its place at the FIFAe Continental Championship ft eFootball Console after securing a top 8 finish in the FIFAe Nations League, Africa region. Competing in Group [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-145535","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","entry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/145535","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=145535"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/145535\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=145535"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=145535"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=145535"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}