Championnat d'Afrique des Nations 2020 2020 CHAN / CHAN 2020 | |
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Tournament details | |
Host country | Cameroon |
Dates | 16 January – 7 February 2021 |
Teams | 16 (from 1 confederation) |
Venue(s) | 4 (in 3 host cities) |
Final positions | |
Champions | Morocco (2nd title) |
Runners-up | Mali |
Third place | Guinea |
Fourth place | Cameroon |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 32 |
Goals scored | 62 (1.94 per match) |
Top scorer(s) | Soufiane Rahimi (5 goals) |
Best player(s) | Soufiane Rahimi |
Best young player | Morlaye Sylla |
Best goalkeeper | Anas Zniti |
Fair play award | Mali |
The 2020 African Nations Championship , known as CHAN 2020 for short and the Total African Nations Championship for sponsorship purposes, was the 6th edition of the biennial association football tournament organized by the Confederation of African Football (CAF), featuring national teams consisting of players from their respective national leagues. It was held in Cameroon from 16 January to 7 February 2021. [1]
Originally scheduled from 4 to 25 April 2020, [2] CAF announced its postponement on 17 March 2020 to a later date due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Africa, [3] eventually rescheduling it to January 2021 on 30 June that year. [4]
Morocco defeated Mali in the final to successfully defend their title, thus joining DR Congo as the tournament's most successful nations as well as being the first team to win it back-to-back or twice in a row.
Ethiopia were originally officially appointed to host the tournament on 4 February 2018 after the final of the previous edition in Morocco, [5] but the country's football federation admitted it wasn't ready [6] so it was handed over to Cameroon instead. [7] [8] Originally scheduled for January and February 2020, [9] it was postponed to April 2020 [10] and then to January and February 2021.
After inspecting all stadia and infrastructure, CAF delivered a satisfactory certificate to Cameroon in which they indicated the percentage of attendance in line with health exigencies outlined by FIFA. Twenty five percent of spectators were admitted in the different stadia during the group stage of the competition and about 50% spectator increament the knock-out phases. [11]
The qualification rounds took place in 2019. Djibouti and Gabon were banned as they withdrew during the qualification for the previous edition. [12] The former, along with original hosts Ethiopia were later reinstated. [13]
The following 16 teams qualified for the final tournament: [14]
Tunisia withdrew from the tournament despite qualification. CAF invited Libya, whom Tunisia defeated to qualify, and gave them a deadline of 28 January 2020 to decide whether or not to participate in place of Tunisia. [15] Libya accepted the invitation [16] and Tunisia were fined $75,000 and banned from participating in the qualification rounds of the next edition. [17]
Team | Zone | Appearance | Previous best performance | FIFA ranking at start of event |
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Cameroon (hosts) | Central Zone | 4th | Quarter-finals (2011, 2016) | 50 |
Congo | 3rd | Quarter-finals (2018) | 91 | |
DR Congo | 5th | Champions (2009, 2016) | 60 | |
Rwanda | Central Eastern Zone | 4th | Quarter-finals (2016) | 133 |
Tanzania | 2nd | Group stage (2009) | 135 | |
Uganda | 5th | Group stage (2011, 2014, 2016, 2018) | 79 | |
Libya | Northern Zone | 4th | Champions (2014) | 111 |
Morocco | 4th | Champions (2018) | 35 | |
Namibia | Southern Zone | 2nd | Quarter-finals (2018) | 119 |
Zambia | 4th | Third place (2009) | 90 | |
Zimbabwe | 5th | Fourth place (2014) | 108 | |
Guinea | Western Zone A | 3rd | Fourth place (2016) | 73 |
Mali | 4th | Runners-up (2016) | 57 | |
Burkina Faso | Western Zone B | 3rd | Group stage (2014, 2018) | 58 |
Niger | 3rd | Quarter-finals (2011) | 113 | |
Togo | 1st | Debut | 128 |
Matches were held in 4 venues across 3 cities: Yaoundé, Limbe and Douala. The fixtures were announced on 24 February 2020. [18]
Douala | |||
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Japoma Stadium | Reunification Stadium | ||
Capacity: 50,000 | Capacity: 30,000 | ||
Yaounde | Limbe | ||
Ahmadou Ahidjo Stadium | Limbe Stadium | ||
Capacity: 42,500 | Capacity: 20,000 | ||
Each squad can contain a maximum of 23 players (Regulations Article 72). [19]
The following 43 match officials officiated during the 2020 African Nations Championship. [20] [21]
The draw of this edition of the tournament was held at the Polyvalent Sports Center of Yaoundé in Yaoundé on 17 February 2020 at 19:00 WAT (UTC+1). [22] [23] [24] The 16 teams were drawn into 4 groups of 4 and were allocated into 4 pots, with the hosts Cameroon seeded in position A1 of Group A1 and the defending champions Morocco seeded in position C1 of Group C. [25]
Pot 1 | Pot 2 | Pot 3 | Pot 4 |
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The top two teams of each group advance to the quarter-finals.
Teams are ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss), and if tied on points, the following tiebreaking criteria are applied, in the order given, to determine the rankings (Regulations Article 74): [19]
All times are local, WAT (UTC+1). [26]
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | Mali | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | +2 | 7 | Knockout stage |
2 | Cameroon (H) | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | +1 | 5 | |
3 | Burkina Faso | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | +1 | 4 | |
4 | Zimbabwe | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5 | −4 | 0 |
Mali | 1–0 | Burkina Faso |
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Burkina Faso | 3–1 | Zimbabwe |
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Burkina Faso | 0–0 | Cameroon |
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Zimbabwe | 0–1 | Mali |
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Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | DR Congo | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | +2 | 7 | Knockout stage |
2 | Congo | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | |
3 | Niger | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 2 | |
4 | Libya | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 2 |
Congo | 1–0 | Libya |
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Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | Morocco | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | +4 | 7 | Knockout stage |
2 | Rwanda | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | +1 | 5 | |
3 | Togo | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | −1 | 3 | |
4 | Uganda | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | −4 | 1 |
Morocco | 1–0 | Togo |
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Rwanda | 0–0 | Uganda |
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Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | Guinea | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 3 | +3 | 5 | Knockout stage |
2 | Zambia | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | +2 | 5 | |
3 | Tanzania | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 4 | |
4 | Namibia | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | −4 | 1 |
Namibia | 0–0 | Zambia |
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In the knockout stages, extra time and penalty shoot-out are used to decide the winner if necessary, except for the third place match where penalty shoot-out (no extra time) is used to decide the winner if necessary (Regulations Article 75). [19]
Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
30 January – Yaoundé | ||||||||||
Mali (p) | 0 (5) | |||||||||
3 February – Douala (Japoma) | ||||||||||
Congo | 0 (4) | |||||||||
Mali (p) | 0 (5) | |||||||||
31 January – Limbe | ||||||||||
Guinea | 0 (4) | |||||||||
Guinea | 1 | |||||||||
7 February – Yaoundé | ||||||||||
Rwanda | 0 | |||||||||
Mali | 0 | |||||||||
31 January – Douala (Réunification) | ||||||||||
Morocco | 2 | |||||||||
Morocco | 3 | |||||||||
3 February – Limbe | ||||||||||
Zambia | 1 | |||||||||
Morocco | 4 | |||||||||
30 January – Douala (Japoma) | ||||||||||
Cameroon | 0 | Third place match | ||||||||
DR Congo | 1 | |||||||||
6 February – Douala (Réunification) | ||||||||||
Cameroon | 2 | |||||||||
Guinea | 2 | |||||||||
Cameroon | 0 | |||||||||
Morocco | 3–1 | Zambia |
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There were 62 goals scored in 32 matches, for an average of 1.94 goals per match.
5 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
1 own goal
The following awards were given at the conclusion of the tournament:
Total Man of the Competition |
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Soufiane Rahimi [27] |
Top Scorer |
Soufiane Rahimi (5 goals) [27] |
Best Goalkeeper |
Anas Zniti |
Best Young Player |
Morlaye Sylla [28] |
Best Coach |
Hussein Ammouta ( Morocco ) [28] |
CAF Fair Play Team |
Mali |
Goalkeeper | Defenders | Midfielders | Forwards |
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Anas Zniti |
As per statistical convention in football, matches decided in extra time are counted as wins and losses, while matches decided by penalty shoot-outs are counted as draws.
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Final result |
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1 | Morocco | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 3 | +12 | 16 | Champions |
2 | Mali | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 9 | Runners-up |
3 | Guinea | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 3 | +6 | 12 | Third place |
4 | Cameroon (H) | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | −4 | 8 | Fourth place |
5 | DR Congo | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 7 | Eliminated in quarter-finals |
6 | Zambia | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 5 | |
7 | Rwanda | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 5 | |
8 | Congo | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | |
9 | Burkina Faso | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | +1 | 4 | Eliminated in group stage |
10 | Tanzania | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 4 | |
11 | Togo | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | −1 | 3 | |
12 | Niger | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 2 | |
13 | Libya | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 2 | |
14 | Uganda | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | −4 | 1 | |
15 | Namibia | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | −4 | 1 | |
16 | Zimbabwe | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5 | −4 | 0 |
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