2022 African Nations Championship

2022 African Nations Championship
بطولة أمم إفريقيا للمحليين 2022
Championnat d'Afrique des nations de football 2022
Tournament details
Host countryAlgeria
Dates13 January – 4 February 2023
Teams17 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)4 (in 4 host cities)
Final positions
Champions Senegal (1st title)
Runners-up Algeria
Third place Madagascar
Fourth place Niger
Tournament statistics
Matches played29
Goals scored55 (1.9 per match)
Top scorer(s)
Best player(s)Algeria Houssem Eddine Mrezigue
Best goalkeeperSenegal Pape Mamadou Sy
Fair play award Senegal
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The 2022 African Nations Championship, known as the 2022 CHAN for short and the TotalEnergies African Nations Championship for sponsorship purposes, was the 7th edition of the biennial association football tournament organized by the Confederation of African Football (CAF), featuring national teams consisting of players currently playing in their respective local leagues. It was held in Algeria from 13 January to 4 February 2023.

Originally scheduled from 10 July to 1 August 2022,[1] CAF rescheduled the tournament to January 2023 following an announcement at an executive committee meeting held on 10 September 2020 via video conferencing, citing the postponement of the 2020 edition to 2021 and the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations to 2022 due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Africa as well as the already-scheduled 2022 FIFA World Cup in November – December 2022.[2][3]

Eighteen teams were supposed to be contesting in this edition, which would have been an increase of 2 teams from the previous edition in 2020;[4][5][6] but defending champions Morocco were unable to defend their title due to political tensions with Algerian authorities which began with Algeria's unilaterally decision in 2021 to close its airspace to Moroccan flights, including and especially its official carrier Royal Air Maroc.

Senegal won their first title, following on from their inaugural Africa Cup of Nations title win a year earlier, 5–4 on penalties against host nation Algeria in the final.[7]

Host selection

Algeria were officially named as hosts of the 2022 edition on 29 September 2018 at an executive committee meeting held at Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt.[8]

Qualification

Main article: 2022 African Nations Championship qualification

The qualification procedures were unveiled at the CAF headquarters in Cairo, Egypt on 26 May 2022[9] with the qualification itself running from 22 July to 4 September 2022.[10][11][12]

Qualified teams

The following teams qualified for the main tournament:

Morocco was originally set to take part in the tournament with their under-23 national team after their local national team was officially disbanded by the FRMF on 31 August 2022.[13] However, the team announced their withdrawal from the tournament on 12 January 2023, after hosts Algeria refused to allow the squad to take a direct flight from Rabat to Constantine via their flag carrier sponsor, Royal Air Maroc.[14][15][16]

Team Zone Appearance Previous best performance FIFA ranking
at start of event
 Algeria (hosts) Northern Zone 2nd Fourth place (2011) 40
 Morocco 5th Champions (2018, 2020) 11
 Libya 5th Champions (2014) 120
 Senegal Western Zone A 3rd Fourth place (2009) 19
 Mauritania 3rd Group stage (2014, 2018) 103
 Mali 5th Runners-up (2016, 2020) 45
 Niger Western Zone B 4th Quarter-finals (2011) 122
 Ghana 4th Runners-up (2009, 2014) 58
 Ivory Coast 5th Third place (2016) 47
 DR Congo Central Zone 6th Champions (2009, 2016) 73
 Congo 4th Quarter-finals (2018, 2020) 99
 Cameroon 5th Fourth place (2020) 33
 Sudan Central Eastern Zone 3rd Third place (2011, 2018) 128
 Ethiopia 3rd Group stage (2014, 2016) 138
 Uganda 6th Group stage (2011, 2014, 2016, 2018, 2020) 89
 Madagascar Southern Zone 1st Debut 102
 Angola 4th Runners-up (2011) 117
 Mozambique 2nd Group stage (2014) 114

Mascot

Algeria took the fennec fox as a mascot for the championship and named it "COBTAN". And the slogan of the edition was "CHAN fi bled a chène" (CHAN in the country of glory). [17]

Venues

This edition of the tournament was confirmed by the Algerian Football Federation 1 August 2020 to be held in four venues at four cities across host nation Algeria: Algiers, Oran, Constantine and Annaba.[18]

Algiers
Oran
Nelson Mandela Stadium Miloud Hadefi Stadium
Capacity: 40,784 Capacity: 40,143
Constantine Annaba
Chahid Hamlaoui Stadium 19 May 1956 Stadium
Capacity: 22,986 Capacity: 58,100

Team base camps

City Team Hotel Training site
Algiers  Algeria (hosts) CTN Sidi Moussa CTN Sidi Moussa
 Libya Golden Tulip Royaume Alger ANNEXE - Nelson Mandela Stadium
 Ethiopia Hotel Bay Diab ANNEXE - Nelson Mandela Stadium
 Mozambique Mercure Hotel Aéroport Salem Mabrouki Stadium
Annaba  DR Congo Complexe Touristique Sabri ANNEXE - 19 May 1956 Stadium
 Ivory Coast Hotel Royal Elisa Annaba ANNEXE - Colonel Abdelkader Chabou Stadium
 Senegal Hôtel Rym El Djamil ANNEXE - 19 May 1956 Stadium
 Uganda Hotel militaire annaba ANNEXE - Colonel Abdelkader Chabou Stadium
Constantine  Morocco Novotel Constantine ANNEXE - Mohamed Hamlaoui Stadium
 Sudan Golden Tulip Hotel Alexandre ANNEXE - Mohamed Hamlaoui Stadium
 Madagascar Golden Tulip Hotel Alexandre EBRC
 Ghana Hotel El Khayem EBRC
Oran  Mali Rodina Hotel Oran Stade des Castors
 Angola Rodina Hotel Oran Stade des Castors
 Mauritania Hotel Oran Bay ANNEXE 1 - Miloud Hadefi Stadium
 Cameroon Hotel Vent Dôme Khaled ANNEXE 1 - Miloud Hadefi Stadium
 Congo Hotel Oran Bay ANNEXE 2 - Miloud Hadefi Stadium
 Niger Pacha Hotel ANNEXE 2 - Miloud Hadefi Stadium

Draw

The draw for this edition was held at Boualem Bessaiah Opera House in the host nation's capital, Algiers, on 1 October 2022 at 18:00 WET (UTC±0).[19][20]

The 18 teams were drawn into three groups of four teams and two groups of three. Hosts Algeria were seeded in Group A (A1) and defending champions Morocco were seeded in Group C (C1), with the remaining teams were seeded based on their results the four previous editions of the tournament: 2014 (multiplied by 1), 2016 (by 2), 2018 (by 3) and 2020 (by 4):

  • 7 points for winner
  • 5 points for runner-up
  • 3 points for semi-finalists
  • 2 points for quarter-finalists
  • 1 point for group stage

Based on the formula above, the four pots were allocated as follows:

Seeded Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3
  1.  Algeria (hosts) (0 pts) (A1)
  2.  Morocco (53 pts) (C1)
  1.  Mali (32 pts)
  2.  Cameroon (24 pts)
  3.  DR Congo (20 pts)
  1.  Congo (19 pts)
  2.  Libya (15 pts)
  3.  Uganda (12 pts)
  4.  Angola (10 pts)
  5.  Sudan (9 pts)
  1.  Niger (8 pts)
  2.  Ivory Coast (6 pts)
  3.  Mauritania (5 pts)
  4.  Ethiopia (4 pts)
  5.  Senegal (3 pts)
  6.  Ghana (1 pts)
  7.  Mozambique (0 pts)
  8.  Madagascar (0 pts)

Squads

Main article: 2022 African Nations Championship squads

Each squad could contain a maximum of 28 players (Regulations Article 72).[21]

Match officials

The following 52 match officials officiated during the 2022 African Nations Championship.[22]

Referees
  • Algeria Lotfi Bekouassa
  • Mauritius Patrice Milazare
  • Chad Alhadi Allaou Mahamat
  • Ivory Coast Kalilou Ibrahim Traoré
  • Egypt Mohamed Adel
  • Mauritania Abdelaziz Bouh
  • Libya Ibrahim Mutaz
  • Morocco Karim Sabry
  • Gabon Pierre Ghislain Atcho
  • Mozambique Celso Armindo Alvação
  • Rwanda Samuel Uwikunda
  • Togo Vincentia Amédomé
  • Sudan Mahmood Ali Ismail
  • Republic of the Congo Messie Nkounkou
  • Tunisia Mehrez Melki
  • Benin Djindo Louis Hougnandande
  • Senegal Daouda Gueye
  • South AfricaAbongile Tom
  • Cameroon Blaise Yuven Ngwa
  • Burundi Emery Niyongabo
Assistant referees
  • Algeria Akram Abbes Zerhouni
  • Algeria Sid Ali Brahim El Hamlaoui
  • Malawi Clemence Kanduku
  • Benin Eric Ayimavo Ulrich Ayamr
  • Ghana Kwasi Brobbey
  • Morocco Hamedine Diba
  • Ivory Coast Adou Hermann Desire Ngoh
  • Somalia Hamza Hagi Abdi
  • Mali Modibo Samake
  • São Tomé and Príncipe Dos Reis Abelmiro Montenegro
  • Gabon Ditsoga Boris Marlaise
  • Cameroon Rodrigue Menye Mpele
  • Senegal Nouha Bangoura
  • Burkina Faso Sanou Habib Judicael
  • Rwanda Dieudonne Mutuyimana
  • Angola Ivanildo Meirelles De O Sanche Lopes
  • Seychelles Hensley Petrousse
  • The Gambia Abdul Aziz Bollel Jawo
Video assistant referees
  • Tunisia Haythem Guirat
  • Algeria Lahlou Benbraham
  • Ghana Daniel Laryea
  • Egypt Mahmoud Ashor
  • Morocco Samir Guezzaz
  • Mauritania Dahane Beida
  • Senegal Issa Sy
  • Burundi Pacifique Ndabihawenimana
  • Ethiopia Bamlak Tessema Weyesa
  • Kenya Peter Waweru Kamaku
  • Morocco Zakaria Brinsi
  • Sudan Mohammed Abdallah Ibrahim

Group stage

The top two teams of each group of 4 and the top team of each group of 3 advanced to the knockout stages.

All match times are local, WAT and CET (UTC+1).

Group A

Main article: 2022 African Nations Championship Group A
Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Algeria (H) 3 3 0 0 3 0 +3 9 Knockout stage
2  Mozambique 3 1 1 1 3 3 0 4
3  Libya 3 1 0 2 5 5 0 3
4  Ethiopia 3 0 1 2 1 4 −3 1
Source: CAF
(H) Hosts
Algeria 1–0 Libya
 Report
Attendance: 41,000
Referee: Tom Abongile (South Africa)
Ethiopia 0–0 Mozambique
Report
Referee: Vincentia Amédomé (Togo)
Mozambique 3–2 Libya
 Report
Referee: Samuel Uwikunda (Rwanda)
Algeria 1–0 Ethiopia
 Report
Attendance: 34,987
Referee: Pierre Ghislain Atcho (Gabon)
Mozambique 0–1 Algeria
Report
Attendance: 37,279
Referee: Mahmood Ali Ismail (Sudan)
Libya 3–1 Ethiopia
 Report
Referee: Messie Nkounkou (Congo)

Group B

Main article: 2022 African Nations Championship Group B

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Senegal 3 2 0 1 4 1 +3 6 Knockout stage
2  Ivory Coast 3 1 1 1 3 2 +1 4
3  Uganda 3 1 1 1 2 3 −1 4
4  DR Congo 3 0 2 1 0 3 −3 2
Source: CAF
DR Congo 0–0 Uganda
Report
Attendance: 16,000
Referee: Patrice Milazare (Mauritius)
Ivory Coast 0–1 Senegal
Report
Attendance: 16,000
Referee: Lotfi Bekouassa (Algeria)
DR Congo 0–0 Ivory Coast
Report
Referee: Mohamed Adel (Egypt)
Senegal 0–1 Uganda
Report
Referee: Mehrez Melki (Tunisia)
Senegal 3–0 DR Congo
 Report
Referee: Tom Abongile (South Africa)
Uganda 1–3 Ivory Coast
 Report
Referee: Blaise Yuven Ngwa (Cameroon)

Group C

Main article: 2022 African Nations Championship Group C

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Madagascar 3 3 0 0 8 1 +7 9 Knockout stage
2  Ghana 3 2 0 1 7 3 +4 6
3  Sudan 3 1 0 2 4 6 −2 3
4  Morocco 3 0 0 3 0 9 −9 0[a] Withdrew
Source: CAF
Notes:
  1. ^ Morocco withdrew from the tournament due to travel problems. Group C became a three-team group.
Morocco (0–3) Cancelled Sudan
Report
Madagascar 2–1 Ghana
 Report
Referee: Ibrahim Mutaz (Libya)
Morocco (0–3) Cancelled Madagascar
Report
Ghana 3–1 Sudan
 Report
Referee: Alhadi Allaou Mahamat (Chad)
Ghana (3–0) Cancelled Morocco
Report
Sudan 0–3 Madagascar
Report
Referee: Kalilou Ibrahim Traoré (Ivory Coast)

Group D

Main article: 2022 African Nations Championship Group D

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Mauritania 2 1 1 0 1 0 +1 4 Knockout stage
2  Angola 2 0 2 0 3 3 0 2
3  Mali 2 0 1 1 3 4 −1 1
Source: CAF
Mali 3–3 Angola
 Report
Referee: Karim Sabry (Morocco)
Angola 0–0 Mauritania
Report
Referee: Djindo Louis Hougnandande (Benin)
Mauritania 1–0 Mali
 Report
Attendance: 4,389
Referee: Mohamed Adel (Egypt)

Group E

Main article: 2022 African Nations Championship Group E

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Niger 2 1 1 0 1 0 +1 4 Knockout stage
2  Cameroon 2 1 0 1 1 1 0 3
3  Congo 2 0 1 1 0 1 −1 1
Source: CAF
Cameroon 1–0 Congo
Mbekeli 63' Report
Referee: Abdelaziz Bouh (Mauritania)
Congo 0–0 Niger
Report
Referee: Daouda Gueye (Senegal)
Niger 1–0 Cameroon
 Report
Referee: Celso Armindo Alvação (Mozambique)

Knockout stage

Main article: 2022 African Nations Championship knockout stage

In the knockout stage, extra time and a penalty shoot-out were used to decide the winners if necessary.

Bracket

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
27 January – Algiers
 
 
 Algeria1
 
31 January – Oran
 
 Ivory Coast0
 
 Algeria5
 
28 January – Oran
 
 Niger0
 
 Niger2
 
4 February – Algiers
 
 Ghana0
 
 Algeria0 (4)
 
27 January – Annaba
 
 Senegal (p)0 (5)
 
 Senegal1
 
31 January – Algiers
 
 Mauritania0
 
 Senegal1
 
28 January – Constantine
 
 Madagascar0 Third place play-off
 
 Madagascar3
 
3 February – Oran
 
 Mozambique1
 
 Niger0
 
 
 Madagascar1
 

Quarter-finals

Algeria 1–0 Ivory Coast
 Report
Attendance: 37,853
Referee: Abdelaziz Bouh (Mauritania)
Senegal 1–0 Mauritania
 Report
Referee: Lotfi Bekouassa (Algeria)
Madagascar 3–1 Mozambique
 Report
Referee: Pierre Ghislain Atcho (Gabon)
Niger 2–0 Ghana
 Report
Referee: Samuel Uwikunda (Rwanda)

Semi-finals

Algeria 5–0 Niger
 Report
Attendance: 39,000
Referee: Tom Abongile (South Africa)
Senegal 1–0 Madagascar
 Report
Referee: Alhadi Allaou Mahamat (Chad)

Third place play-off

Niger 0–1 Madagascar
Report
Referee: Mohamed Adel (Egypt)

Final

Main article: 2022 African Nations Championship final
Algeria 0–0 (a.e.t.) Senegal
Report
Penalties
 4–5
Attendance: 39,120
Referee: Pierre Ghislain Atcho (Gabon)

Goalscorers

There were 55 goals scored in 29 matches, for an average of 1.9 goals per match.

5 goals

3 goals

  • Madagascar Koloina Razafindranaivo

2 goals

1 goal

1 own goal

Awards

The following awards were given at the conclusion of the tournament:

Total Man of the Competition
Algeria Houssem Eddine Mrezigue[23]
Top Scorer
Algeria Aymen Mahious[24]
(5 goals)
Best Goalkeeper
Senegal Pape Mamadou Sy[25]
Best Coach
Senegal Pape Thiaw ( Senegal)[26]
CAF Fair Play Team
 Senegal

Team of the Tournament

[27]

Goalkeeper Defenders Midfielders Forwards
Senegal Pape Sy

Broadcasting rights

In Africa:

Regional Broadcasters

Territory Broadcaster Ref.
 Anglophone and Lusophone Sub-Saharan Africa SuperSport
 Francophone Sub-Saharan Africa Canal+Sport Afrique
 North Africa beIN Sports

Broadcasters by country

Territory Broadcaster Ref.
 Algeria EPTV [28]
 Benin ORTB
 Burkina Faso RTB
 Cameroon CRTV
 Cape Verde RTC
 Republic of Congo Télé Congo
 Côte d'Ivoire RTI
 Ghana
[29]
 Kenya
[28]
 Madagascar Télévision Malagasy
 Malawi MBC
 Mali ORTM
 Mozambique TVM
 Senegal RTS
 Tanzania Azam TV
 Togo TVT
 Uganda
 South Africa SABC

Rest of the world:

Territory Broadcaster Ref.
 Australia beIN Sports [30]
 Canada beIN Sports
 France beIN Sports
 Hong Kong beIN Sports
 Middle East beIN Sports
 United States beIN Sports

Notes

  1. ^ The third match day between Sudan and Madagascar, originally scheduled at Miloud Hadefi Stadium in Oran was transferred to Mohamed Hamlaoui Stadium after Morocco withdrew.

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