2022 African Nations Championship final

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2022 African Nations Championship final
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Event 2022 African Nations Championship
Algeria Senegal
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Date4 February 2023
Venue Nelson Mandela Stadium, Algiers
Referee Pierre Ghislain Atcho (Gabon)
Attendance39,120
Weather
  • Clear with a few clouds
  • 12 °C (54 °F)
  • 78% humidity
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The 2022 African Nations Championship final was a football match played between Senegal and Algeria at the Nelson Mandela Stadium in Algiers, Algeria, on 4 February 2023. It determine the winners of the 2022 African Nations Championship, the seventh edition of the biennial African international football tournament reserved for players playing in their local leagues. [1]

Contents

Senegal defeated Algeria 5–4 on penalties to win the Championship. [2]

Venue

The local CHAN organizing committee in Algeria chose the newly-built and newly-inaugurated Nelson Mandela Stadium in the nation's capital city Algiers as the venue for both the opening match and the final. Inaugurated a week before the start of this edition of the tournament, this 40,784-seater stadium primarily hosts football matches and is named after anti-apartheid hero and former South African president, Nelson Mandela. [3]

Background

The African Nations Championship or the Championship of African Nations, abbreviated as CHAN, is the biennial African international football tournament reserved for players playing in the league of their birth nations. The 2022 edition or 7th edition of this tournament, colloquially referred to for short as the 2023 CHAN, was staged in Algeria with this concluding match of this edition.

Route to the final

AlgeriaRoundSenegal
OpponentsResult Group stage OpponentsResult
Flag of Libya.svg  Libya 1–0 Match 1Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg  Ivory Coast 0–1
Flag of Ethiopia.svg  Ethiopia 1–0 Match 2Flag of Uganda.svg  Uganda 0–1
Flag of Mozambique.svg  Mozambique 0–1 Match 3Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.svg  DR Congo 3–0
Group A winner
PosTeamPldPts
1Flag of Algeria.svg  Algeria (H)39
2Flag of Mozambique.svg  Mozambique 34
3Flag of Libya.svg  Libya 33
4Flag of Ethiopia.svg  Ethiopia 31
Source: CAF
(H) Hosts
Final standingsGroup B winner
PosTeamPldPts
1Flag of Senegal.svg  Senegal 36
2Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg  Ivory Coast 34
3Flag of Uganda.svg  Uganda 34
4Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.svg  DR Congo 32
Source: CAF
OpponentsResult Knockout stage OpponentsResult
Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg  Ivory Coast 1–0 Quarter-finalsFlag of Mauritania.svg  Mauritania 1–0
Flag of Niger.svg  Niger 5–0 Semi-finalsFlag of Madagascar.svg  Madagascar 1–0

Match

Summary

Details

Algeria  Flag of Algeria.svg0–0 (a.e.t.)Flag of Senegal.svg  Senegal
Report
Penalties
4–5
Nelson Mandela Stadium, Algiers
Attendance: 39,120
Referee: Pierre Ghislain Atcho (Gabon)
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Algeria
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Senegal
Formation: 4–3–3
GK16 Alexis Guendouz
DF22 Mokhtar Belkhiter
DF5 Ayoub Abdellaoui (c)
DF2 Chouaib Keddad
DF15 Zineddine Belaïd
MF8 Zakaria Draoui
MF12 Mohamed Islam Bakir Sub off.svg 68'
MF14 Houssem Eddine Mrezigue Yellow card.svg 111'Sub off.svg 120+2'
FW21 Youcef Laouafi
FW7 Abderrahmane Meziane Yellow card.svg 23'Sub off.svg 114'
FW18 Aymen Mahious Yellow card.svg 108'
Substitutions:
GK1 Farid Chaâl
MF11 Oussama Chita
FW10Féth-Allah Tahar
DF3Hocine Dehiri
MF4 Akram Djahnit Sub on.svg 120+2'
MF27 Mohamed Ait El Hadj
DF24 Saâdi Radouani
FW20 Sofiane Bayazid Sub on.svg 114'
MF6 Ahmed Kendouci Yellow card.svg 75'Sub on.svg 68'
FW9 Karim Aribi
DF19Ayoub Ghezala
DF28 Houari Baouche
Coach:
Flag of Algeria.svg Madjid Bougherra
Formation: 4–3–3
GK23Pape Mamadou Sy
DF4Mamadou SanéYellow card.svg 31'
DF3Ousmane Diouf
DF22Cheikhou Ndiaye (c)
DF12Cheikh SidibéYellow card.svg 15'
MF14Moussa Ndiaye
MF6Ousmane Kané
MF5 Lamine Camara Yellow card.svg 23'
FW11 Malick Mbaye Sub off.svg 113'
FW17Serigne KoïtéSub off.svg 83'
FW10Pape DialloSub off.svg 113'
Substitutions:
DF18 El Hadji Baldé Sub on.svg 113'
MF13Libasse NgomYellow card.svg 120'Sub on.svg 83'
GK16 Alioune Badara Faty
FW7 Cheikh Diouf
MF20 Elimane Oumar Cissé
DF2Abdoulaye Diedhiou
GK1Pape Abdoulaye Dieng
FW9Raymond Ndour
MF21Moussa KantéSub on.svg 113'
DF15Melo Ndiaye
DF8Moussa Sogue
MF19Djibril Diarra
Coach:
Flag of Senegal.svg Pape Thiaw

Man of the Match: L. Camara (Senegal) [4]

Assistant referees:

Fourth official: Mahmood Ali Ismail (Sudan)

Video assistant referee: Haythem Guirat (Tunisia)

Assistant video assistant referee:

Match rules

  • 90 minutes.
  • 30 minutes of extra time if necessary.
  • Penalty shoot-out if scores still level.
  • Maximum of twelve named substitutes.
  • Maximum of five substitutions, with a sixth allowed in extra time. [note 1]

Statistics

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ Each team was given only three opportunities to make substitutions, with a fourth opportunity in extra time, excluding substitutions made at half-time, before the start of extra time and at half-time in extra time.

References

  1. ↑ "CAF announces 60% increase in TotalEnergies CHAN prize money". CAFOnline.com . 27 January 2023. Retrieved 6 February 2023.
  2. ↑ "Senegal win penalty shootout against Algeria to become CHAN champions". Cafonline.com. 4 February 2023. Retrieved 22 February 2023.
  3. ↑ "President Tebboune inaugurates new Nelson Mandela Stadium in Baraki". Algeria Press Service . 12 January 2023. Retrieved 6 February 2023.
  4. ↑ "Senegal's Camara exalts Algeria after Man of the Match award". CAFOnline.com . 5 February 2023. Retrieved 8 February 2023.
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