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 Tunisia (2011) Most successful team (s) Congo DR Tunisia (1 title) 2014 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, may not qualify to take part in the African Championship of Nations. The first tournament was held in 2009. It was hosted by Côte dIvoire 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] The tournament was won by Tunisia , in the wake of the Tunisian Revolution .[3] 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. [4] 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. CAF hopes that the players in the national competitions can experience the joy of the selection, and to one day integrate the selection with that of the Cup of African Nations. Qualifying The eight tournament spots, for the first edition in 2009, were allocated the following way: One each for North Zone, Zone West A, Zone West B, Centre Zone and Central-East Zone Two for the Southern Zone One for the host country of the final tournament [5] Since the second edition, in 2011, 16 teams qualify for the tournament, allocated this way (including host country): 2 each for North Zone and Zone West A 3 each for Zone West B, Central Zone, Central-East Zone and Southern Zone [6] Tournament format Only one team can qualify for the tournament from each group, the exception being South Zone which is allowed two teams. The competition hosts automatically qualify. In total, eight nations will compete in the full tournament. Once qualified for the competition, there are two Pools — A and B — drawn at random; each pool consists of four nations. The third- and fourth-placed teams in each pool are eliminated. The winner of group A plays the runner up of group B, and the winner of group B plays the runner up of group A. A third place playoff is played between the two nations who lost the semifinal games. The final match is played between the winners of the semifinal games. On 8 March 2009, Democratic Republic of the Congo defeated Ghana 2–0 [7] to become the first winner of the tournament. Results Year Host nation Final Champion Score Seco Pla 2009 Details Ivory Coast Congo DR 2 – 0 Gha 2011 Details Sudan Tunisia 3 – 0 Ang 2014 Details South Africa – 2016 Details Rwanda – Most successful national teams Team Champions Runners- up Third- place F Congo DR 1 (2009) - - - Tunisia 1 (2011) - - - Ghana - 1 2009) - - Angola - 1 (2011) - - Zambia - - 1 (2009) - Sudan - - 1 (2011) - Senegal - - - 1 ( Algeria - - - 1 ( Participating nations Team 2009 2011 2014 2016 Ye Algeria 4th 1 Angola 2nd 1 Burkina Faso GS 1 Burundi GS 1 Cameroon QF 1 Congo GS 1 Congo DR 1st QF q 3 Ivory Coast GS GS 2 Ethiopia GS 1 Gabon GS q 2 Ghana 2nd GS q 3 Libya GS q 2 Mali GS q 2 Mauritania GS 1 Morocco q 1 Mozambique GS 1 Nigeria QF q 2 Rwanda GS q Senegal 4th GS 2 South Africa QF GS 2 Sudan 3rd 1 Tanzania GS 1 Tunisia 1st 1 Uganda GS GS 2 Zambia 3rd 1 Zimbabwe GS GS SM 3 Total 8 16 16 Legend 1st – Champions 2nd – Runners-up 3rd – Third place 4th – Fourth place SM - Semi Finals QF – Quarter Finals GS – Group stage q – Qualified — Hosts
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