Not to be confused with Africa Cup of Nations. African Nations Championship Founded 2009 Region Africa (CAF) Number of teams 16 Current champions Libya (2014) Most successful team(s) Congo DR Tunisia Libya (all 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] Contents [hide] 1 Tournament formation 2 Qualifying 3 Tournament format 4 Results 5 Most successful national teams 6 Participating nations 7 See also 8 External links 9 References Tournament formation[edit] 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[edit] 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[edit] 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[edit] Year Host nation Final Third Place Match Champion Score Second Place Third Place Score Fourth Place 2009 Details Ivory Coast Congo DR 2 – 0 Ghana Zambia 2 – 1 Senegal 2011 Details Sudan Tunisia 3 – 0 Angola Sudan 1 – 0 Algeria 2014 Details South Africa Libya 0 – 0 (4–3 pen.) Ghana Nigeria 1 – 0 Zimbabwe 2016 Details Rwanda – – Most successful national teams[edit] Team Champions Runners-up Third-place Fourth-place Congo DR 1 (2009) - - - Tunisia 1 (2011) - - - Libya 1 (2014) - - - Ghana - 2 (2009, 2014) - - Angola - 1 (2011) - - Zambia - - 1 (2009) - Sudan - - 1 (2011) - Nigeria - - 1 (2014) - Senegal - - - 1 (2009) Algeria - - - 1 (2011) Zimbabwe - - - 1 (2014) Participating nations[edit] Team 2009 2011 2014 2016 Years 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 2nd 3 Libya GS 1st 2 Mali GS q 2 Mauritania GS 1 Morocco q 1 Mozambique GS 1 Nigeria QF 3rd 2 Rwanda GS q 2 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 4th 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 See also[edit] List of association football competitions Africa Cup of Nations External links[edit] Confédération Africaine de Football Explanation of format (French) References[edit] Jump up ^ New tournament for Africa. BBC Sport. 11 September 2007. Jump up ^ Sannie, Ibrahim (28 February 2009). CAF plans to expand CHAN. BBC Sport. Retrieved 21 May 2009. Jump up ^ Tunisia beat Angola in the CHAN final in Sudan. BBC Sport. 25 February 2011. Retrieved 1 March 2011. Jump up ^ Nations Cup switched to odd years. BBC Sport. 16 May 2010. Jump up ^ CAF Online: New Competition launched : African Championship of Nations Jump up ^ cafonline/competition/african-nations-championship_2011/qualifiers Jump up ^ DR Congo lift CHAN trophy. BBC Sport. 8 March 2009. [show] v t e African Nations Championship [show] v t e Football in Africa (CAF) [show] v t e International association football [show] v t e Africa topics
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