2016 African Nations Championship

2016 African Nations Championship

2016 Orange African Nations Championship Championnat d'Afrique des nations de football 2016 2016 CHAN / CHAN 2016
Tournament details
Host country	Rwanda
Dates	16 January – 7 February
Teams	16 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	4 (in 3 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	DR Congo (2nd title)
Runners-up	Mali
Third place	Ivory Coast
Fourth place	Guinea
Tournament statistics
Matches played	32
Goals scored	80 (2.5 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Elia Meschak Chisom Chikatara Ahmed Akaïchi (4 goals each)
Best player(s)	Elia Meschak
Best goalkeeper	Ley Matampi
Fair play award	DR Congo
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  Quarter-finals

  Group stage

The 2016 African Nations Championship , also known for short as the 2016 CHAN and for sponsorship purposes as the Orange African Nations Championship, was the 4th edition of the biennial African association football tournament organized by CAF featuring national teams consisting of players playing in their respective national leagues. It was held in Rwanda from 16 January to 7 February 2016. ^[1]

The defending champions Libya failed to qualify for this edition. It was the first edition which featured the semi-final stage consisting of the runners-up from all 4 groups and the last to be sponsored by Orange as French energy and petroleum giant Total was set to take over from the following edition onward. ^[2]

Qualification

Main article: 2016 African Nations Championship qualification

Rwanda qualified automatically as hosts with the remaining spots being determined by the qualifying rounds which took place between June and October 2015. ^[3]

Qualified teams

Team	Zone	Appearance	Previous best performance
Morocco	Northern Zone	2nd	Quarter-finals (2014)
Tunisia		2nd	Champions (2011)
Guinea	Zone West A	1st	Debut
Mali		3rd	Quarter-finals (2014)
Ivory Coast	Zone West B	3rd	Group stage (2009, 2011)
Niger		2nd	Quarter-finals (2011)
Nigeria		2nd	Third place (2014)
Cameroon	Central Zone	2nd	Quarter-finals (2011)
DR Congo		4th	Champions (2009)
Gabon		3rd	Quarter-finals (2014)
Ethiopia	Central-East Zone	2nd	Group stage (2014)
Rwanda (hosts)		2nd	Group stage (2011)
Uganda		3rd	Group stage (2011, 2014)
Angola	Southern Zone	2nd	Runners-up (2011)
Zambia		2nd	Third place (2009)
Zimbabwe		4th	Fourth place (2014)

Venues

CAF approved 4 stadiums provided by the Rwanda Football Federation. ^[4]

Kigali	Kigali Butare Gisenyi	Kigali
Amahoro Stadium		Stade Régional Nyamirambo
Capacity: 30,000		Capacity: 22,000
Butare		Gisenyi
Stade Huye		Umuganda Stadium
Capacity: 20,000		Capacity: 5,000

Squads

Main article: 2016 African Nations Championship squads

All teams consisted of a maximum of 23 players. ^[5]

Draw

The draw for this edition of the tournament took place on 15 November 2015, 72 hours earlier than planned, at 18:30 CAT (UTC+2), in Kigali. ^{[6] [7]} The 16 teams were drawn into four groups of four. ^[8]

The teams were seeded based on their results in the previous 3 editions: 2009 (multiplied by 1), 2011 (multiplied by 2) and 2014 (multiplied by 3): ^[9]

• 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:

Pot 1	Pot 2	Pot 3	Pot 4
Rwanda (hosts; position A1)   DR Congo   Tunisia   Zimbabwe	Angola   Nigeria   Gabon   Mali	Morocco   Uganda   Cameroon   Niger	Ethiopia   Ivory Coast   Zambia   Guinea

Group stage

The top two teams of each group advanced to the knockout stage.

Tiebreakers

The teams were ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss). If tied on points, tiebreakers would be applied in the following order: ^[5]

1. Number of points obtained in games between the teams concerned;
2. Goal difference in games between the teams concerned;
3. Goals scored in games between the teams concerned;
4. If, after applying criteria 1 to 3 to several teams, two teams still have an equal ranking, criteria 1 to 3 are reapplied exclusively to the matches between the two teams in question to determine their final rankings. If this procedure does not lead to a decision, criteria 5 to 7 apply;
5. Goal difference in all games;
6. Goals scored in all games;
7. Drawing of lots.

All times were local; CAT (UTC+2). ^[10]

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Rwanda (H)	3	2	0	1	4	5	−1	6	Knockout stage
2	Ivory Coast	3	2	0	1	5	2	+3	6
3	Morocco	3	1	1	1	4	2	+2	4
4	Gabon	3	0	1	2	2	6	−4	1

Source: CAFOnline.com (Archived)
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
(H) Hosts

16 January 2016 (2016-01-16)

15:00

Rwanda	1–0	Ivory Coast
Bayisenge 15'	Report (Archived)

Amahoro Stadium, Kigali

Referee: Hamada Nampiandraza (Madagascar)

16 January 2016 (2016-01-16)

18:00

Gabon	0–0	Morocco
	Report (Archived)

Amahoro Stadium, Kigali

Referee: Joseph Lamptey (Ghana)

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20 January 2016 (2016-01-20)

15:00

Rwanda	2–1	Gabon
Sugira 42', 47'	Report (Archived)	Boupendza 54'

Amahoro Stadium, Kigali

Referee: Janny Sikazwe (Zambia)

20 January 2016 (2016-01-20)

18:00

Morocco	0–1	Ivory Coast
	Report (Archived)	Zakri 45' (pen.)

Amahoro Stadium, Kigali

Referee: Bamlak Tessema Weyesa (Ethiopia)

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24 January 2016 (2016-01-24)

16:00

Morocco	4–1	Rwanda
Mouaoui 15', 43' Aziz 23' Khadrouf 38'	Report (Archived)	Ngomirakiza 27'

Amahoro Stadium, Kigali

Referee: Mahamadou Keita (Mali)

24 January 2016 (2016-01-24)

16:00

Ivory Coast	4–1	Gabon
Aka 18' Djédjé 65' Boua 76' Blé 83'	Report (Archived)	Obambou 50'

Stade Huye, Butare

Referee: Ali Lemghaifry (Mauritania)

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Cameroon	3	2	1	0	4	1	+3	7	Knockout stage
2	DR Congo	3	2	0	1	8	5	+3	6
3	Angola	3	1	0	2	4	6	−2	3
4	Ethiopia	3	0	1	2	1	5	−4	1

Source: CAFOnline.com (Archived)
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

17 January 2016 (2016-01-17)

15:00

DR Congo	3–0	Ethiopia
Lusadisu 44' Luvumbu 46' Meschak 57'	Report (Archived)

Stade Huye, Butare

Referee: Malang Diedhiou (Senegal)

17 January 2016 (2016-01-17)

18:00

Angola	0–1	Cameroon
	Report (Archived)	Atouba 23'

Stade Huye, Butare

Referee: Mahamadou Keita (Mali)

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21 January 2016 (2016-01-21)

15:00

DR Congo	4–2	Angola
Munganga 8' Meschak 18' Bolingi 38' Bokadi 82'	Report (Archived)	Gelson 75' Kimwaki 84' (o.g.)

Stade Huye, Butare

Referee: Ali Lemghaifry (Mauritania)

21 January 2016 (2016-01-21)

18:00

Cameroon	0–0	Ethiopia
	Report (Archived)

Stade Huye, Butare

Referee: Denis Dembele (Ivory Coast)

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25 January 2016 (2016-01-25)

16:00

Cameroon	3–1	DR Congo
Atouba 40' Ngamaleu 51' Nlend 63'	Report (Archived)	Mundele 47'

Stade Huye, Butare

Referee: Hamada Nampiandra (Madagascar)

25 January 2016 (2016-01-25)

16:00

Ethiopia	1–2	Angola
Tesfaye 74'	Report (Archived)	Papel 54', 72'

Amahoro Stadium, Kigali

Referee: Joseph Lamptey (Ghana)

Group C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Tunisia	3	1	2	0	8	3	+5	5	Knockout stage
2	Guinea	3	1	2	0	5	4	+1	5
3	Nigeria	3	1	1	1	5	3	+2	4
4	Niger	3	0	1	2	3	11	−8	1

Source: CAFOnline.com (archived)
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

18 January 2016 (2016-01-18)

15:00

Tunisia	2–2	Guinea
Akaïchi 33', 50'	Report (Archived)	Al. Camara 40', 87'

Stade Régional Nyamirambo, Kigali

Referee: Daniel Bennett (South Africa)

18 January 2016 (2016-01-18)

18:00

Nigeria	4–1	Niger
Okoro 46' Chikatara 75', 81', 90'	Report (Archived)	Adebayor 80'

Stade Régional Nyamirambo, Kigali

Referee: Ibrahim Nour El Din (Egypt)

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22 January 2016 (2016-01-22)

15:00

Tunisia	1–1	Nigeria
Akaïchi 69'	Report (Archived)	Chikatara 52'

Stade Régional Nyamirambo, Kigali

Referee: Joshua Bondo (Botswana)

22 January 2016 (2016-01-22)

18:00

Niger	2–2	Guinea
M. Moussa 37' A. Moussa 49'	Report (Archived)	Sylla 38' K. Bangoura 78'

Stade Régional Nyamirambo, Kigali

Referee: Thierry Nkurunziza (Burundi)

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26 January 2016 (2016-01-26)

16:00

Niger	0–5	Tunisia
	Report	Bguir 5', 39' Akaïchi 78' Ben Amor 80' Essifi 90+1'

Stade Régional Nyamirambo, Kigali

Referee: Bamlak Tessema Weyasa (Ethiopia)

26 January 2016 (2016-01-26)

16:00

Guinea	1–0	Nigeria
Sankhon 45'	Report

Umuganda Stadium, Gisenyi

Referee: Noureddine El Jaafari (Morocco)

Group D

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Zambia	3	2	1	0	2	0	+2	7	Knockout stage
2	Mali	3	1	2	0	3	2	+1	5
3	Uganda	3	0	2	1	3	4	−1	2
4	Zimbabwe	3	0	1	2	1	3	−2	1

Source: CAFOnline.com (Archived)
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

19 January 2016 (2016-01-19)

15:00

Zimbabwe	0–1	Zambia
	Report (Archived)	Chansa 57'

Umuganda Stadium, Gisenyi

Referee: Hudu Munyemana (Rwanda)

19 January 2016 (2016-01-19)

18:00

Mali	2–2	Uganda
Koïta 23' Sinayoko 60'	Report (Archived)	Ochaya 11' Miya 40' (pen.)

Umuganda Stadium, Gisenyi

Referee: Mehdi Abid Charef (Algeria)

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23 January 2016 (2016-01-23)

15:00

Zimbabwe	0–1	Mali
	Report	Moussa Sissoko 82'

Umuganda Stadium, Gisenyi

Referee: Davies Ogenche Omweno (Kenya)

23 January 2016 (2016-01-23)

18:00

Uganda	0–1	Zambia
	Report	Katongo 41'

Umuganda Stadium, Gisenyi

Referee: Juste Ephrem Zio (Burkina Faso)

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27 January 2016 (2016-01-27)

16:00

Uganda	1–1	Zimbabwe
Sserunkuma 90+3'	Report	Manondo 49'

Umuganda Stadium, Gisenyi

Referee: Malang Diedhiou (Senegal)

27 January 2016 (2016-01-27)

16:00

Zambia	0–0	Mali
	Report

Stade Régional Nyamirambo, Kigali

Referee: Ibrahim Nour El Din (Egypt)

Knockout stage

In the knockout stage, if a match was level at the end of normal playing time, extra time would be played (two periods of 15 minutes each) and followed, if necessary, by kicks from the penalty mark to determine the winner, except for the third place match where no extra time would be played. ^[5]

Bracket

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	30 January – Kigali
	Rwanda	1
					3 February – Kigali
	DR Congo (a.e.t.)	2
					DR Congo (p)	1 (5)
	31 January – Gisenyi
					Guinea	1 (4)
	Zambia	0 (4)
									7 February – Kigali
	Guinea (p)	0 (5)
									DR Congo	3
	31 January – Kigali
									Mali	0
	Tunisia	1
					4 February – Kigali
	Mali	2
					Mali	1
	30 January – Butare
					Ivory Coast	0			Third place
	Cameroon	0
									7 February – Kigali
	Ivory Coast (a.e.t.)	3
									Guinea	1
									Ivory Coast	2

Quarter-finals

30 January 2016 (2016-01-30)

15:00

Rwanda	1–2 (a.e.t.)	DR Congo
Sugira 57'	Report	Gikanji 11' Bompunga 114'

Amahoro Stadium, Kigali

Referee: Daniel Bennett (South Africa)

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30 January 2016 (2016-01-30)

18:00

Cameroon	0–3 (a.e.t.)	Ivory Coast
	Report	Boua 95' Atcho 102' N'Guessan 112'

Stade Huye, Butare

Referee: Joshua Bondo (Botswana)

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31 January 2016 (2016-01-31)

15:00

Tunisia	1–2	Mali
Moncer 14'	Report	Dieng 70' (pen.) Diarra 80'

Stade Régional Nyamirambo, Kigali

Referee: Hamada Nampiandraza (Madagascar)

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31 January 2016 (2016-01-31)

18:00

Zambia	0–0 (a.e.t.)	Guinea
	Report (Archived)
Penalties
Katongo Mfune Sautu Kabamba C. Chama A. Chama Musekwa	4–5	I.S. Bangoura Sankhon Thiam Youla I. Camara Soumah Keita

Umuganda Stadium, Gisenyi

Referee: Bamlak Tessema Weyesa (Ethiopia)

Semi-finals

3 February 2016 (2016-02-03)

16:00

DR Congo	1–1 (a.e.t.)	Guinea
Bolingi 102'	Report	Sankhon 120+1'
Penalties
Kimwaki Tulengi Miche Bolingi Lomalisa Gikanji Meschak	5–4	I.S. Bangoura Sankhon Ab. Camara Thiam K. Bangoura D. Camara Youla

Amahoro Stadium, Kigali

Referee: Davies Ogenche Omweno (Kenya)

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4 February 2016 (2016-02-04)

16:00

Mali	1–0	Ivory Coast
Bissouma 88'	Report

Stade Régional Nyamirambo, Kigali

Referee: Ibrahim Nour El Din (Egypt)

Third place play-off

7 February 2016 (2016-02-07)

15:00

Guinea	1–2	Ivory Coast
Ab. Camara 85'	Report	Youla 31' (o.g.) Badie 35'

Amahoro Stadium, Kigali

Referee: Hudu Munyemana (Rwanda)

Final

Main article: 2016 African Nations Championship final

7 February 2016 (2016-02-07)

18:30

DR Congo	3–0	Mali
Meschak 29', 61' Bolingi 73'	Report (Archived)

Amahoro Stadium, Kigali

Referee: Daniel Bennett (South Africa)

Goalscorers

Below is the list of goalscorers. ^[11]

4 goals

• Elia Meschak
• Chisom Chikatara
• Ahmed Akaïchi

3 goals

• Jonathan Bolingi
• Ernest Sugira

2 goals

• Ary Papel
• Yazid Atouba
• Alsény Camara Agogo
• Ibrahima Sory Sankhon
• Koffi Boua
• Abdelghani Mouaoui
• Saad Bguir

1 goal

• Gelson Dala
• Moumi Ngamaleu
• Samuel Nlend
• Merveille Bokadi
• Botuli Bompunga
• Doxa Gikanji
• Guy Lusadisu
• Héritier Luvumbu
• Jean-Marc Makusu Mundele
• Nelson Munganga
• Seyoum Tesfaye
• Aaron Boupendza
• Franck Obambou
• Kilé Bangoura
• Aboubacar Leo Camara
• Aboubacar Iyanga Sylla
• Essis Aka
• Djobo Atcho
• Gbagnon Badie
• Treika Blé
• Guiza Djédjé
• Serge N'Guessan
• Yannick Zakri
• Yves Bissouma
• Abdoulaye Diarra
• Aliou Dieng
• Sékou Koïta
• Hamidou Sinayoko
• Moussa Sissoko
• Mohamed Aziz
• Abdeladim Khadrouf
• Victorien Adebayor
• Adamou Moussa
• Mossi Issa Moussa
• Osas Okoro
• Emery Bayisenge
• Hegman Ngomirakiza
• Mohamed Ben Amor
• Hichem Essifi
• Mohamed Ali Moncer
• Farouk Miya
• Joseph Ochaya
• Geofrey Serunkuma
• Isaac Chansa
• Christopher Katongo
• William Manondo

1 own goal

• Joël Kimwaki (against Angola)
• Mohamed Youla (against Ivory Coast)

Awards

Below is the list of awards. ^[12]

• Best Player: Elia Meschak (DR Congo)
• Top scorer: Elia Meschak (DR Congo): 4 goals and two assist
• Goal of the Tournament: Serge N'Guessan (Côte d’Ivoire) against Cameroon
• Fair Play Trophy: DR Congo
• Best XI
  • Goalkeeper: Ley Matampi (DR Congo)
  • Defenders: Abdoul Karim Danté (Mali), Joël Kimwaki (DR Congo), Cheick Ibrahim Comara (Côte d’Ivoire), Mohamed Youla (Guinea)
  • Midfielders: Ibrahima Sory Sankhon (Guinea), Mechack Elia (DR Congo), N’Guessan Serge (Côte d’Ivoire), Hamidou Sinayoko (Mali)
  • Forwards: Jonathan Bolingi (DR Congo), Sekou Koïta (Mali)
  • Substitutes: Badra Ali Sangaré (Côte d’Ivoire), Djigui Diarra (Mali), Lomalisa Mutambala (DR Congo), Heritier Luvumbu (DR Congo), Daouda Camara (Guinea), Aka Essis (Côte d’Ivoire), Ernest Sugira (Rwanda), Ahmed Akaïchi (Tunisia), Elvis Chisom Chikataba (Nigeria), Christopher Katongo (Zambia)

Final ranking

Below is the final ranking. ^[13]

1.   DR Congo
2.   Mali
3.   Ivory Coast
4.   Guinea
5.   Zambia
6.   Cameroon
7.   Rwanda
8.   Tunisia
9.   Nigeria
10.   Morocco
11.   Angola
12.   Uganda
13.   Zimbabwe
14.   Gabon
15.   Ethiopia
16.   Niger

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External links

• Official website (archived) at CAFOnline.com