African Nations Championship

Not to be confused with Africa Cup of Nations.
African Nations Championship
Founded 2009
Region Africa (CAF)
Number of teams 16
Current champions  DR Congo (2016)
Most successful team(s)  DR Congo (2 titles)
2016 African Nations Championship

The African Nations Championship (sometimes referred to as African Championship of Nations or CHAN) is a football tournament which was first announced on 11 September 2007.[1] It is administered by the Confederation of African Football (CAF) and is played between the best national teams of Africa, exclusively featuring players who are active in the national championships and qualified to play in the ongoing season. Expatriate players, regardless of where they play, even in Africa, are not qualified to take part in the African Championship of Nations.

The first tournament was held in 2009. It was hosted by Ivory Coast and won by The Democratic Republic of the Congo. The competition was expanded to 16 teams for the second tournament, held in Sudan in 2011.[2][3] The tournament was won by Tunisia, in the wake of the Tunisian Revolution.[4]

The tournament is held every two years, alternating with the Africa Cup of Nations. The qualifying phase has taken place every even year and the final every odd year. From now on it has swapped years with Africa Cup of Nations.[5]

It has been argued that, despite the fact that only national league players participate, the tournament is growing in importance.[6]

Tournament formation

The creation of the African Nations Championship was a response to the desire to revive or strengthen national competitions regularly weakened by a mass exodus of top players who leave their home countries to play for foreign teams which will pay more and get them more media coverage. Starting from the 2014 edition onwards, all of the matches are recognized by FIFA as first team matches.[7][8]

Qualifying

The eight tournament spots, for the first edition in 2009, were allocated the following way:

Since the second edition, in 2011, 16 teams qualify for the tournament, allocated this way (including host country):

Tournament format

The group stage of the African Nations Championship features pools of four teams drawn at random. The top two teams from each group advance to the knockout stage.

On 8 March 2009, Democratic Republic of the Congo defeated Ghana 2–0[11] to become the first winner of the tournament.

Results

Year Host nation Final Third Place Match
Champion Score Second Place Third Place Score Fourth Place
2009
Details		  Ivory Coast
DR Congo		 2 – 0
Ghana
Zambia		 2 – 1
Senegal
2011
Details		  Sudan
Tunisia		 3 – 0
Angola
Sudan		 1 – 0
Algeria
2014
Details		  South Africa
Libya		 0 – 0
(4–3 pen.)
Ghana
Nigeria		 1 – 0
Zimbabwe
2016
Details		  Rwanda
DR Congo		 3 – 0
Mali
Ivory Coast		 2 – 1
Guinea
2018
Details		  Kenya Future event Future event
2020
Details		  Ethiopia Future event Future event

Most successful national teams

Team Champions Runners-up Third-place Fourth-place
 DR Congo 2 (2009, 2016) - - -
 Libya 1 (2014) - - -
 Tunisia 1 (2011) - - -
 Ghana - 2 (2009, 2014) - -
 Angola - 1 (2011) - -
 Mali - 1 (2016) - -
 Ivory Coast - - 1 (2016) -
 Nigeria - - 1 (2014) -
 Sudan - - 1 (2011*) -
 Zambia - - 1 (2009) -
 Algeria - - - 1 (2011)
 Guinea - - - 1 (2016)
 Senegal - - - 1 (2009)
 Zimbabwe - - - 1 (2014)

* hosts

Participating nations

Team Ivory Coast
2009		 Sudan
2011		 South Africa
2014		 Rwanda
2016		 Kenya
2018 		Years
 Algeria 4th 1
 Angola 2nd 1
 Angola GS 1
 Burkina Faso GS 1
 Burundi GS 1
 Cameroon QF 1
 Cameroon QF 1
 Congo GS 1
 DR Congo1stQF 2
 DR CongoQF1st 2
 Ivory CoastGSGS 2
 Ivory Coast 3rd 1
 Ethiopia GSGS 2
 Gabon GS 1
 Gabon QFGS 2
 Ghana2ndGS 2
 Ghana2nd 1
 Guinea 4th 1
 Kenya q 1
 LibyaGS 1
 Libya 1st 1
 Mali GS 1
 Mali QF2nd 2
 Mauritania GS 1
 Morocco QFGS 2
 Mozambique GS 1
 Niger QF 1
 Niger GS 1
 Nigeria 3rdGS 2
 Rwanda GS 1
 Rwanda QF 1
 Senegal 4thGS 2
 South Africa QF 1
 South Africa GS 1
 Sudan 3rd 1
 TanzaniaGS 1
 Tunisia 1st 1
 Tunisia QF 1
 Uganda GS 1
 Uganda GSGS 2
 Zambia3rd 1
 Zambia QF 1
 ZimbabweGSGS 2
 Zimbabwe4thGS 2
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Legend

  • 1st – Champions
  • 2nd – Runners-up
  • 3rd – Third place
  • 4th – Fourth place
  • QF – Quarter Finals
  • GS – Group stage
  • q – Qualified
  •     — Hosts

See also

References

  1. ↑ "New tournament for Africa". BBC Sport. 11 September 2007.
  2. ↑ Sannie, Ibrahim (28 February 2009). "CAF plans to expand CHAN". BBC Sport. Retrieved 21 May 2009.
  3. ↑ "CAF Executive Committee Decisions". Cafonline. 19 September 2009. Archived from the original on 18 December 2008. Retrieved 21 July 2010.
  4. ↑ "Tunisia beat Angola in the CHAN final in Sudan". BBC Sport. 25 February 2011. Retrieved 1 March 2011.
  5. ↑ "Nations Cup switched to odd years". BBC Sport. 16 May 2010.
  6. ↑ http://www.theguardian.com/football/blog/2016/jan/15/african-nations-championship-in-rwanda-gives-domestic-talent-a-chance
  7. ↑ "African Nations Championship in Rwanda gives domestic talent a chance". The Guardian. 15 January 2016. Retrieved 19 June 2016.
  8. ↑ "Nigeria 'do not have A and B teams' says Oliseh ahead of Nations Championship". The National. 15 January 2016. Retrieved 19 June 2016.
  9. ↑ CAF Online: New Competition launched : African Championship of Nations Archived November 21, 2007, at the Wayback Machine.
  10. ↑ http://www.cafonline.com/competition/african-nations-championship_2011/qualifiers
  11. ↑ "DR Congo lift CHAN trophy". BBC Sport. 8 March 2009.

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