2014 African Nations Championship

2014 African Nations Championship

Orange African Nations Championship 2014 CHAN
Tournament details
Host country	South Africa
Dates	11 January – 1 February
Teams	16 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	4 (in 3 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Libya (1st title)
Runners-up	Ghana
Third place	Nigeria
Fourth place	Zimbabwe
Tournament statistics
Matches played	32
Goals scored	73 (2.28 per match)
Attendance	296,440 (9,264 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Bernard Parker (4 goals)
Best player(s)	Ejike Uzoenyi
← 2011 2016 →

The 2014 African Nations Championship , known as the 2014 CHAN for short and as the Orange African Nations Championship for sponsorship purposes, was the 3rd edition of the biennial association football tournament organized by CAF, featuring national teams consisting players playing in their respective national leagues. Originally supposed to be hosted in Libya, ^[1] it was held in South Africa from 11 January to 1 February 2014. ^[2]

Since this edition, all results of the compositions of this competition was computed to calculate the forthcoming FIFA World Rankings. ^{[3] [4] [5]}

Hosts South Africa were knocked out of the group stages owing to their national league not pausing during the tournament, as most of their clubs would not release their players. This caused CAF to alter the rules for future editions of the tournament. ^[6]

Qualified nations

Main article: 2014 African Nations Championship qualification

Team	Qualification
North Zone
Libya	Automatic
Morocco	Defeated Tunisia
Zone West A
Mauritania	Defeated Senegal
Mali	Defeated Guinea
Zone West B
Ghana	Automatic
Nigeria	Defeated Ivory Coast
Burkina Faso	Defeated Niger
Central Zone
Congo	Defeated DR Congo
Gabon	Defeated Cameroon
DR Congo	Defeated Cameroon
Central-East Zone
Burundi	Defeated Sudan
Ethiopia	Defeated Rwanda
Uganda	Defeated Tanzania
Southern Zone
South Africa	Hosts
Zimbabwe	Defeated Zambia
Mozambique	Defeated Angola

Draw

The CHAN 2014 official draw was conducted at the CAF Headquarters on 18 September 2013 in Egypt. ^[7]

Venues

The host cities were announced on 4 May 2012. Polokwane, Bloemfontein, and Cape Town hosted the tournament. As the CEO of the LOC said: "We are not going to let the success of Orange AFCON 2013 get into our heads and we are not taking anything for granted. We are applying the same formula we used during AFCON as well as the lessons learnt to make sure that Orange CHAN 2014 delivers in accordance with our objectives as well as CAF expectations. We are still going to return to the host cities for another round of visits as the LOC, at the end of August and again in November, together with CAF again. This is how serious we take this competition. We also share the same sentiments expressed by the CAF Vice President and Deputy Secretary General of CAF and we are pleased with what we have seen so far." ^[8]

Cape Town	Cape Town Polokwane Bloemfontein Athlone, Cape Town	Polokwane
Cape Town Stadium		Peter Mokaba Stadium
Capacity: 64,100		Capacity: 41,733
Mangaung (Bloemfontein)		Cape Town
Free State Stadium		Athlone Stadium
Capacity: 40,911		Capacity: 34,000

Squads

Main article: 2014 African Nations Championship squads

Group stage

All times are local (UTC+02:00).

Tiebreakers

The teams are ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a tie, 0 points for a loss). If tied on points, tiebreakers are applied in the following order: ^[9]

1. Greater number of points obtained in the matches between the concerned teams;
2. Best Goal difference resulting from the matches between the concerned teams;
3. Goal difference in all group matches;
4. Greatest number of goals scored in all group matches;
5. Fair Play point system in which the number of yellow and red cards are evaluated;
6. Drawing of lots by CAF Organising Committee.

Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Status
Mali	3	2	1	0	5	3	+2	7	Advanced to the quarter-finals
Nigeria	3	2	0	1	8	5	+3	6
South Africa	3	1	1	1	5	5	0	4	Eliminated
Mozambique	3	0	0	3	4	9	−5	0

11 January 2014 (2014-01-11)

18:00

South Africa	3–1	Mozambique
Parker 30' (pen.), 82' Kekana 58'	Report	Diogo 11'

Cape Town Stadium, Cape Town

Attendance: 26,328

Referee: Gehad Grisha (Egypt)

11 January 2014 (2014-01-11)

21:00

Mali	2–1	Nigeria
Sissoko 18' Traoré 50'	Report	Salami 54'

Cape Town Stadium, Cape Town

Attendance: 14,000

Referee: Bernard Camille (Seychelles)

---

15 January 2014 (2014-01-15)

17:00

South Africa	1–1	Mali
Parker 25'	Report	Sidibé 54'

Cape Town Stadium, Cape Town

Attendance: 20,000

Referee: Mal Souley Mohamadou (Cameroon)

15 January 2014 (2014-01-15)

20:00

Nigeria	4–2	Mozambique
Edeh 11' Ali 13', 54' (pen.) Imenger 88'	Report	Khan 10' Diogo 20'

Cape Town Stadium, Cape Town

Attendance: 18,407

Referee: Aboubacar Mario Bangoura (Guinea)

---

19 January 2014 (2014-01-19)

19:00

Nigeria	3–1	South Africa
Uzoenyi 22', 64' Edeh 32' (pen.)	Report	Parker 81' (pen.)

Cape Town Stadium, Cape Town

Attendance: 35,000

Referee: Mohamed Benouza (Algeria)

19 January 2014 (2014-01-19)

19:00

Mozambique	1–2	Mali
Josemar 38'	Report	Sidibé 48' Traoré 90+3' (pen.)

Athlone Stadium, Cape Town

Attendance: 1,000

Referee: Mutaz Abdelbasit Khairalla (Sudan)

Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Status
Morocco	3	1	2	0	4	2	+2	5	Advanced to the quarter-finals
Zimbabwe	3	1	2	0	1	0	+1	5
Uganda	3	1	1	1	3	4	−1	4	Eliminated
Burkina Faso	3	0	1	2	2	4	−2	1

12 January 2014 (2014-01-12)

17:00

Zimbabwe	0–0	Morocco
	Report

Athlone Stadium, Cape Town

Attendance: 4,000

Referee: Bamlak Tessema Weyesa (Ethiopia)

12 January 2014 (2014-01-12)

20:00

Uganda	2–1	Burkina Faso
Sentamu 15', 73'	Report	Bayala 87'

Athlone Stadium, Cape Town

Attendance: 2,000

Referee: Ali Lemghaifry (Mauritania)

---

16 January 2014 (2014-01-16)

17:00

Zimbabwe	0–0	Uganda
	Report

Athlone Stadium, Cape Town

Attendance: 5,000

Referee: Malang Diedhiou (Sénégal)

16 January 2014 (2014-01-16)

20:00

Burkina Faso	1–1	Morocco
Ouédraogo 88'	Report	El Bahri 1'

Athlone Stadium, Cape Town

Attendance: 3,000

Referee: Mahamadou Keita (Mali)

---

20 January 2014 (2014-01-20)

19:00

Burkina Faso	0–1	Zimbabwe
	Report	Mambare 56'

Athlone Stadium, Cape Town

Attendance: 7,200

Referee: Mohamed Said Kordi (Tunisia)

20 January 2014 (2014-01-20)

19:00

Morocco	3–1	Uganda
Rafik 29' Iajour 77' El Ouadi 90+3'	Report	Sentamu 59'

Cape Town Stadium, Cape Town

Attendance: 2,500

Referee: Janny Sikazwe (Zambia)

Group C

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Status
Ghana	3	2	1	0	3	1	+2	7	Advanced to the quarter-finals
Libya	3	1	2	0	5	3	+2	5
Congo	3	1	1	1	3	3	0	4	Eliminated
Ethiopia	3	0	0	3	0	4	−4	0

13 January 2014 (2014-01-13)

17:00

Ghana	1–0	Congo
Annorbaah 34'	Report

Free State Stadium, Mangaung

Attendance: 3,500

Referee: Sylvester Kirwa (Kenya)

13 January 2014 (2014-01-13)

20:00

Libya	2–0	Ethiopia
Abushnaf 4' Omar 83'	Report

Free State Stadium, Mangaung

Attendance: 16,000

Referee: Janny Sikazwe (Zambia)

---

17 January 2014 (2014-01-17)

17:00

Ghana	1–1	Libya
Yahaya 6'	Report	Al Badri 73' (pen.)

Free State Stadium, Mangaung

Attendance: 7,000

Referee: Redouane Jiyed (Morocco) replaced by Victor Gomes (South Africa) - 62'

17 January 2014 (2014-01-17)

20:00

Ethiopia	0–1	Congo
	Report	Ndey 78'

Free State Stadium, Mangaung

Attendance: 10,000

Referee: Juste Zio (Burkina Faso)

---

21 January 2014 (2014-01-21)

19:00

Ethiopia	0–1	Ghana
	Report	Adusei 76' (pen.)

Free State Stadium, Mangaung

Attendance: 6,500

Referee: Gehad Grisha (Egypt)

21 January 2014 (2014-01-21)

19:00

Congo	2–2	Libya
Nkounkou 36' Binguila 54'	Report	Omar 75' Omami 90+3'

Peter Mokaba Stadium, Polokwane

Attendance: 5,000

Referee: Mahamadou Keita (Mali)

Group D

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Status
Gabon	3	2	1	0	5	2	+3	7	Advanced to the quarter-finals
DR Congo	3	2	0	1	3	2	+1	6
Burundi	3	1	1	1	4	4	0	4	Eliminated
Mauritania	3	0	0	3	4	8	−4	0

14 January 2014 (2014-01-14)

17:00

DR Congo	1–0	Mauritania
Ngoyi 51'	Report

Peter Mokaba Stadium, Polokwane

Attendance: 6,000

Referee: Mohamed Benouza (Algeria)

14 January 2014 (2014-01-14)

20:00

Gabon	0–0	Burundi
	Report

Peter Mokaba Stadium, Polokwane

Attendance: 5,000

Referee: Victor Gomes (South Africa)

---

18 January 2014 (2014-01-18)

17:00

DR Congo	0–1	Gabon
	Report	N'Guema 2'

Peter Mokaba Stadium, Polokwane

Attendance: 2,000

Referee: Joseph Lamptey (Ghana)

18 January 2014 (2014-01-18)

20:00

Burundi	3–2	Mauritania
Fiston 11' Nduwarugira 61' Ndikumana 90+3'	Report	El Voulany 2' Denna 70'

Peter Mokaba Stadium, Polokwane

Attendance: 3,000

Referee: Wiish Hagi Yabarow (Somalia)

---

22 January 2014 (2014-01-22)

19:00

Burundi	1–2	DR Congo
Ndikumana 14'	Report	Mundele 24', 37'

Peter Mokaba Stadium, Polokwane

Attendance: 3,500

Referee: Bamlak Tessema Weyesa (Ethiopia)

22 January 2014 (2014-01-22)

19:00

Mauritania	2–4	Gabon
Bessam 4', 65'	Report	N'Zembi 7' Appindangoyé 85' Sokambi 90+2', 90+4'

Free State Stadium, Mangaung

Attendance: 7,000

Referee: Bernard Camille (Seychelles)

Knockout stage

In the knockout stage, if a match was level at the end of normal playing time, extra time was played (two periods of fifteen minutes each) and followed, if necessary, by a penalty shoot-out to determine the winner, except for the third place match, where no extra time was played. ^[9]

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	Mali	1
	Zimbabwe	2
					Zimbabwe	0 (4)
					Libya (p)	0 (5)
	Gabon	1 (2)
	Libya (p)	1 (4)
									Libya (p)	0 (4)
									Ghana	0 (3)
	Ghana	1
	DR Congo	0
					Ghana (p)	0 (4)
					Nigeria	0 (1)			Third place
	Morocco	3
	Nigeria (aet)	4
									Zimbabwe	0
									Nigeria	1

Quarter-finals

25 January 2014 (2014-01-25)

17:00

Morocco	3–4 (a.e.t.)	Nigeria
Moutouali 33', 40' Iajour 37'	Report	Uzochukwu 49' Ali 56' Uzoenyi 90' Pyagbara 111'

Cape Town Stadium, Cape Town

Attendance: 8,000

Referee: Bernard Camille (Seychelles)

---

25 January 2014 (2014-01-25)

20:30

Mali	1–2	Zimbabwe
Sinayoko 89'	Report	Sithole 11' Mahachi 56'

Cape Town Stadium, Cape Town

Attendance: 13,000

Referee: Aboubacar Mario Bangoura (Guinea)

---

26 January 2014 (2014-01-26)

17:00

Gabon	1–1 (a.e.t.)	Libya
Cousin 73' (pen.)	Report	Omar 50'
Penalties
Engozo'o Avebe Djissikadié Cousin Sokambi	2–4	Saleh Ghanodi Abushnaf Fadel

Peter Mokaba Stadium, Polokwane

Attendance: 6,000

Referee: Juste Zio (Burkina Faso)

---

26 January 2014 (2014-01-26)

20:30

Ghana	1–0	DR Congo
Adusei 68' (pen.)	Report

Free State Stadium, Mangaung

Attendance: 12,000

Referee: Ali Lemghaifry (Mauritania)

Semi-finals

29 January 2014 (2014-01-29)

17:00

Zimbabwe	0–0 (a.e.t.)	Libya
	Report
Penalties
Chipeta Phiri Sithole Moyo Zvirekwi Ncube Jaure Ali	4–5	Abushnaf Al Ghanodi Mahfud Omami Salama Sabbou Elgadi Nashnoush

Free State Stadium, Mangaung

Attendance: 5,000

Referee: Bamlak Tessema Weyesa (Ethiopia)

---

29 January 2014 (2014-01-29)

20:30

Ghana	0–0 (a.e.t.)	Nigeria
	Report
Penalties
Akuffu Annorbaah Ainooson Attobrah	4–1	Uzoenyi Kwambe Uzochukwu

Free State Stadium, Mangaung

Attendance: 13,000

Referee: Janny Sikazwe (Zambia)

Third place match

1 February 2014 (2014-02-01)

17:00

Zimbabwe	0–1	Nigeria
	Report	Obiozor 85'

Cape Town Stadium, Cape Town

Attendance: 10,000

Referee: Victor Gomes (South Africa)

Final

Main article: 2014 African Nations Championship final

1 February 2014 (2014-02-01)

20:00

Libya	0–0 (a.e.t.)	Ghana
	Report
Penalties
Al Badri Al Mehdi Al Maghasi Al-Gadi Omar El Trbi	4–3	Akuffu Ainooson Attobrah Saka Owusu Joshua

Cape Town Stadium, Cape Town

Attendance: 16,505

Referee: Mohamed Benouza (Algeria)

Awards

Golden Boot

• Bernard Parker (4 goals)

Player of the Tournament

• Ejike Uzoenyi

Goalscorers

4 goals

• Bernard Parker

3 goals

• Abdelsalam Omar
• Rabiu Ali
• Ejike Uzoenyi
• Yunus Sentamu

2 goals

• Bessam
• Selemani Ndikumana
• Jean-Marc Makusu Mundele
• Bonaventure Sokambi
• Kwabena Adusei
• Ibourahima Sidibé
• Mouhcine Iajour
• Mouhcine Moutouali
• Diogo António Alberto
• Ifeanyi Edeh
• Theophilus Annorbaah

1 goal

• Cyrille Bayala
• Bassirou Ouédraogo
• Fiston Abdul Razak
• Christophe Nduwarugira
• Hardy Binguila
• Rudy Ndey
• Moise Nkounkou
• Emomo Eddy Ngoyi
• Aaron Appindangoyé
• Erwin N'Guema
• Duval N'Zembi
• Daniel Cousin
• Mustapha Yahaya
• Elmutasem Abushnaf
• Faisal Al Badri
• Abdelrahman Ramadan Fetori
• Abdoulaye Sissoko
• Adama Traore
• Idrissa Traoré
• Hamidou Sinayoko
• Taghiyoulla Denna
• Ely Samba Voulany
• Brahim El Bahri
• Abdessamad Rafik
• Abdelkabir El Ouadi
• Dario Khan
• Josemar Tiago Machaisse
• Christian Pyagbara
• Barnabas Imenger Jr.
• Chinonso Christian Obiozor
• Gbolahan Salami
• Uzochukwu Ugonna
• Hlompho Kekana
• Masimba Mambare
• Simba Sithole
• Kudakwashe Mahachi

Prize money

The winner of the 3rd Edition of Orange African Nations Championship in South Africa pocketed USD 750, 000 while the runner-up got USD 400,000. The Confederation of African Football (CAF) revealed the prize money ahead of the knock-out phase of CHAN 2014 tournament which took place in South Africa from 11- January till 1 February.

A total of 16 national shared $3.2 million, the rest of the prizes are as follows. ^[10]

Description	USD	Total
Winner	750,000	750,000
Runner-up	400,000	400,000
Losing semi-finalists	250,000	500,000
Losing quarter-finalists	175,000	700,000
3rd in group	125,000	500,000
4th in group	100,000	400,000
Total		3,250,000

References

1. "South Africa replace Libya as 2013 Nations Cup hosts". BBC Sport . 28 September 2011. Retrieved 2 February 2012.
2. "Decisions of CAF Executive Committee on hosting of Junior and Senior CAF Competitions". CAFOnline.com . 27 September 2011. Archived from the original on 1 January 2012. Retrieved 27 September 2011. South Africa will also organise the 2014 edition of the African Nations Championship (CHAN) instead of Libya.
3. "CHAN Henceforth Taken into Account in FIFA Rankings". Confederation of African Football . 14 January 2014. Retrieved 14 January 2022.
4. "FIFA upgrades status of CHAN tournament, CAF moves 2015 AFCON draw to April". IONigeria. 11 January 2014. Archived from the original on 17 February 2015. Retrieved 16 February 2015.
5. Mosala, Thabiso (11 January 2014). "Hayatou all but confirms Fifa's A-level decision". Goal.com South Africa . South Africa . Retrieved 16 February 2015.
6. "CHAN 2014: Caf to look at regulation changes". BBC Sport . 24 January 2014. Retrieved 26 January 2014.
7. "Final 16 Concluded For CHAN". Cafonline. 9 September 2013. Archived from the original on 4 February 2014. Retrieved 9 September 2013.
8. "Cabinet names Afcon host cities". Supersport. 4 May 2012. Retrieved 4 May 2012.
9. "Regulations of the African Nations Championship" (PDF). Cafonline.com.
10. "3.2 Million Dollars Prize Money for Orange CHAN 2014 - Orange African Nations Championship 2014 - CAF". Archived from the original on 26 January 2014.

External links

• Orange African Nations Championship, CAFonline.com