2014 African Nations Championship

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2014 African Nations Championship
2014 CHAN
2014 African Nations Championship.png
Tournament details
Host countrySouth Africa
Dates11 January — 1 February 2014
Teams16 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)4 (in 3 host cities)
Final positions
Champions Libya (1st title)
Runners-up Ghana
Third place Nigeria
Fourth place Zimbabwe
Tournament statistics
Matches played32
Goals scored73 (2.28 per match)
Attendance296,440 (9,264 per match)
Top scorer(s)South Africa Bernard Parker (4 goals)
Best player(s)Nigeria Ejike Uzoenyi
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The 2014 African Nations Championship was the third African Nations Championship football tournament. The 16 national teams featured players from the respective national championships. The tournament took place between 11 January and 1 February 2014 in South Africa.[1] Originally, the tournament was to be hosted in Libya.[2] This was the first African Nations Championship tournament where all matches were considered full international matches.[3][4]

Hosts South Africa were knocked out in the group stages, which has been attributed to the national league not pausing during the tournament. Many clubs would not release their players. CAF announced a rule change for future versions of the tournament.[5]

Qualified nations[]

Main article: 2014 African Nations Championship qualification
Team Qualification
North Zone
 Libya Automatic
 Morocco Defeated Tunisia
Zone West A
 Mauritania Defeated Senegal
 Mali Defeated Guinea
Zone West B
 Ghana Automatic
 Nigeria Defeated Ivory Coast
 Burkina Faso Defeated Niger
Central Zone
 Congo Defeated DR Congo
 Gabon Defeated Cameroon
 DR Congo Defeated Cameroon
Central-East Zone
 Burundi Defeated Sudan
 Ethiopia Defeated Rwanda
 Uganda Defeated Tanzania
Southern Zone
 South Africa Hosts
 Zimbabwe Defeated Zambia
 Mozambique Defeated Angola

Draw[]

The CHAN 2014 official draw was conducted at the CAF Headquarters on 18 September 2013 in Egypt.[6]

Venues[]

The host cities were announced on 4 May 2012. Polokwane, Bloemfontein, and Cape Town hosted the tournament. As the CEO of the LOC said: "We are not going to let the success of Orange AFCON 2013 get into our heads and we are not taking anything for granted. We are applying the same formula we used during AFCON as well as the lessons learnt to make sure that Orange CHAN 2014 delivers in accordance with our objectives as well as CAF expectations. We are still going to return to the host cities for another round of visits as the LOC, at the end of August and again in November, together with CAF again. This is how serious we take this competition. We also share the same sentiments expressed by the CAF Vice President and Deputy Secretary General of CAF and we are pleased with what we have seen so far."[7]

Cape Town
Polokwane
Cape Town Stadium Peter Mokaba Stadium
Capacity: 64,100 Capacity: 41,733
The Cape Town Stadium from Table Mountain Cape Town 066.jpg
Mangaung
(Bloemfontein)		 Cape Town
Free State Stadium Athlone Stadium
Capacity: 40,911 Capacity: 34,000

Squads[]

Main article: 2014 African Nations Championship squads

Group stage[]

All times are local (UTC+02:00).

Tiebreakers

The teams are ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a tie, 0 points for a loss). If tied on points, tiebreakers are applied in the following order:[8]

  1. Greater number of points obtained in the matches between the concerned teams;
  2. Best Goal difference resulting from the matches between the concerned teams;
  3. Goal difference in all group matches;
  4. Greatest number of goals scored in all group matches;
  5. Fair Play point system in which the number of yellow and red cards are evaluated;
  6. Drawing of lots by CAF Organising Committee.

Group A[]

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Status
 Mali 3 2 1 0 5 3 +2 7 Advanced to the quarter-finals
 Nigeria 3 2 0 1 8 5 +3 6
 South Africa 3 1 1 1 5 5 0 4 Eliminated
 Mozambique 3 0 0 3 4 9 −5 0
South Africa 3–1 Mozambique
Parker Goal 30' (pen.), 82'
Kekana Goal 58'		 Report Diogo Goal 11'
Attendance: 26,328
Referee: Gehad Grisha (Egypt)
Mali 2–1 Nigeria
Sissoko Goal 18'
Traoré Goal 50'		 Report Salami Goal 54'
Attendance: 14,000
Referee: Bernard Camille (Seychelles)
South Africa 1–1 Mali
Parker Goal 25' Report Sidibé Goal 54'
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Mal Souley Mohamadou (Cameroon)
Nigeria 4–2 Mozambique
Edeh Goal 11'
Ali Goal 13', 54' (pen.)
Imenger Goal 88'		 Report Khan Goal 10'
Diogo Goal 20'
Attendance: 18,407
Referee: Aboubacar Mario Bangoura (Guinea)
Nigeria 3–1 South Africa
Uzoenyi Goal 22', 64'
Edeh Goal 32' (pen.)		 Report Parker Goal 81' (pen.)
Attendance: 35,000
Referee: Mohamed Benouza (Algeria)
Mozambique 1–2 Mali
Josemar Goal 38' Report Sidibé Goal 48'
Traoré Goal 90+3' (pen.)
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Mutaz Abdelbasit Khairalla (Sudan)

Group B[]

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Status
 Morocco 3 1 2 0 4 2 +2 5 Advanced to the quarter-finals
 Zimbabwe 3 1 2 0 1 0 +1 5
 Uganda 3 1 1 1 3 4 −1 4 Eliminated
 Burkina Faso 3 0 1 2 2 4 −2 1
Zimbabwe 0–0 Morocco
Report
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Bamlak Tessema Weyesa (Ethiopia)
Uganda 2–1 Burkina Faso
Sentamu Goal 15', 73' Report Bayala Goal 87'
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Ali Lemghaifry (Mauritania)
Zimbabwe 0–0 Uganda
Report
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Malang Diedhiou (Sénégal)
Burkina Faso 1–1 Morocco
Ouédraogo Goal 88' Report El Bahri Goal 1'
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Mahamadou Keita (Mali)
Burkina Faso 0–1 Zimbabwe
Report Mambare Goal 56'
Attendance: 7,200
Referee: Mohamed Said Kordi (Tunisia)
Morocco 3–1 Uganda
Rafik Goal 29'
Iajour Goal 77'
El Ouadi Goal 90+3'		 Report Sentamu Goal 59'
Attendance: 2,500
Referee: Janny Sikazwe (Zambia)

Group C[]

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Status
 Ghana 3 2 1 0 3 1 +2 7 Advanced to the quarter-finals
 Libya 3 1 2 0 5 3 +2 5
 Congo 3 1 1 1 3 3 0 4 Eliminated
 Ethiopia 3 0 0 3 0 4 −4 0
Ghana 1–0 Congo
Annorbaah Goal 34' Report
Attendance: 3,500
Referee: Sylvester Kirwa (Kenya)
Libya 2–0 Ethiopia
Abushnaf Goal 4'
Omar Goal 83'		 Report
Attendance: 16,000
Referee: Janny Sikazwe (Zambia)
Ghana 1–1 Libya
Yahaya Goal 6' Report Al Badri Goal 73' (pen.)
Attendance: 7,000
Referee: Redouane Jiyed (Morocco) replaced by Victor Gomes (South Africa) - 62'
Ethiopia 0–1 Congo
Report Ndey Goal 78'
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Juste Zio (Burkina Faso)
Ethiopia 0–1 Ghana
Report Adusei Goal 76' (pen.)
Attendance: 6,500
Referee: Gehad Grisha (Egypt)
Congo 2–2 Libya
Nkounkou Goal 36'
Binguila Goal 54'		 Report Omar Goal 75'
Fetori Goal 90+3'
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Mahamadou Keita (Mali)

Group D[]

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Status
 Gabon 3 2 1 0 5 2 +3 7 Advanced to the quarter-finals
 DR Congo 3 2 0 1 3 2 +1 6
 Burundi 3 1 1 1 4 4 0 4 Eliminated
 Mauritania 3 0 0 3 4 8 −4 0
DR Congo 1–0 Mauritania
Ngoyi Goal 51' Report
Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Mohamed Benouza (Algeria)
Gabon 0–0 Burundi
Report
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Victor Gomes (South Africa)
DR Congo 0–1 Gabon
Report N'Guema Goal 2'
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Joseph Lamptey (Ghana)
Burundi 3–2 Mauritania
Fiston Goal 11'
Nduwarugira Goal 61'
Ndikumana Goal 90+3'		 Report El Voulany Goal 2'
Denna Goal 70'
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Wiish Hagi Yabarow (Somalia)
Burundi 1–2 DR Congo
Ndikumana Goal 14' Report Mundele Goal 24', 37'
Attendance: 3,500
Referee: Bamlak Tessema Weyesa (Ethiopia)
Mauritania 2–4 Gabon
Moulaye Ahmed Goal 4', 65' Report N'Zembi Goal 7'
Appindangoyé Goal 85'
Goal 90+2', 90+4'
Attendance: 7,000
Referee: Bernard Camille (Seychelles)

Knockout stage[]

In the knockout stage, if a match was level at the end of normal playing time, extra time was played (two periods of fifteen minutes each) and followed, if necessary, by a penalty shoot-out to determine the winner, except for the third place match, where no extra time was played.[8]

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
 
 
 
 Mali1
 
 
 
 Zimbabwe2
 
 Zimbabwe0 (4)
 
 
 
 Libya (p)0 (5)
 
 Gabon1 (2)
 
 
 
 Libya (p)1 (4)
 
 Libya (p)0 (4)
 
 
 
 Ghana0 (3)
 
 Ghana1
 
 
 
 DR Congo0
 
 Ghana (p)0 (4)
 
 
 
 Nigeria0 (1) Third place
 
 Morocco3
 
 
 
 Nigeria (aet)4
 
 Zimbabwe0
 
 
 Nigeria1
 

Quarter-finals[]

Morocco 3–4 (a.e.t.) Nigeria
Moutouali Goal 33', 40'
Iajour Goal 37'		 Report Uzochukwu Goal 49'
Ali Goal 56'
Uzoenyi Goal 90'
Ibrahim Goal 111'
Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Bernard Camille (Seychelles)
Mali 1–2 Zimbabwe
Sinayoko Goal 89' Report Sithole Goal 11'
Mahachi Goal 56'
Attendance: 13,000
Referee: Aboubacar Mario Bangoura (Guinea)
Gabon 1–1 (a.e.t.) Libya
Cousin Goal 73' (pen.) Report Omar Goal 50'
Penalties
Penalty scored
Djissikadié Penalty missed
Cousin Penalty scored
Sokambi Penalty missed		 2–4 Penalty scored Saleh
Penalty scored Ghanodi
Penalty scored Abushnaf
Penalty scored
Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Juste Zio (Burkina Faso)
Ghana 1–0 DR Congo
Adusei Goal 68' (pen.) Report
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Ali Lemghaifry (Mauritania)

Semi-finals[]

Zimbabwe 0–0 (a.e.t.) Libya
Report
Penalties
Penalty scored
Phiri Penalty scored
Sithole Penalty missed
Moyo Penalty missed
Zvirekwi Penalty scored
Ncube Penalty missed
Penalty scored
Ali Penalty missed		 4–5 Penalty scored Abushnaf
Penalty scored Al Ghanodi
Penalty missed
Penalty scored Fetori
Penalty missed Salama
Penalty missed Sabbou
Penalty scored
Penalty scored Nashnoush
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Bamlak Tessema Weyesa (Ethiopia)
Ghana 0–0 (a.e.t.) Nigeria
Report
Penalties
Akuffu Penalty scored
Annorbaah Penalty scored
Ainooson Penalty scored
Attobrah Penalty scored		 4–1 Penalty scored Uzoenyi
Penalty missed Kwambe
Penalty missed Uzochukwu
Attendance: 13,000
Referee: Janny Sikazwe (Zambia)

Third place match[]

Zimbabwe 0–1 Nigeria
Report Obiozor Goal 85'
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Victor Gomes (South Africa)

Final[]

Main article: 2014 African Nations Championship Final
 Libya0–0 (a.e.t.) Ghana
Report
Penalties
Al Badri Penalty scored
Penalty scored
Penalty scored
Al-Gadi Penalty missed
Omar Penalty missed
El Trbi Penalty scored		 4–3 Penalty missed Akuffu
Penalty missed Ainooson
Penalty scored Attobrah
Penalty scored Saka
Penalty scored Owusu
Penalty missed Joshua
Attendance: 16,505
Referee: Mohamed Benouza (Algeria)

Player awards[]

Golden boot
Player of the tournament

Goalscorers[]

4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal

Prize money[]

The winner of the 3rd Edition of Orange African Nations Championship in South Africa pocketed USD 750, 000 while the runner-up got USD 400,000. The Confederation of African Football (CAF) revealed the prize money ahead of the knock-out phase of CHAN 2014 tournament which took place in South Africa from 11- January till 1 February.

A total of 16 national shared $3.2 million, the rest of the prizes are as follows.[9]

Description USD Total
Winner 750,000 750,000
Runner-up 400,000 400,000
Losing semi-finalists 250,000 500,000
Losing quarter-finalists 175,000 700,000
3rd in group 125,000 500,000
4th in group 100,000 400,000
Total 3,250,000

References[]

  1. ^ "Decisions of CAF Executive Committee on hosting of Junior and Senior CAF Competitions". Confederation of African Football. 27 September 2011. Archived from the original on 1 January 2012. Retrieved 27 September 2011.
  2. ^ "South Africa replace Libya as 2013 Nations Cup hosts". BBC. 28 September 2011. Retrieved 2 February 2012.
  3. ^ "FIFA upgrades status of CHAN tournament, CAF moves 2015 AFCON draw to April". ionigeria.com. 11 January 2014. Archived from the original on 17 February 2015. Retrieved 16 February 2015.
  4. ^ Mosala, Thabiso (11 January 2014). "Hayatou all but confirms Fifa's A-level decision". Goal.com. South Africa. Retrieved 16 February 2015.
  5. ^ "CHAN 2014: Caf to look at regulation changes". BBC. 24 January 2014. Retrieved 26 January 2014.
  6. ^ "Final 16 Concluded For CHAN". Cafonline. 9 September 2013. Archived from the original on 4 February 2014. Retrieved 9 September 2013.
  7. ^ "Cabinet names Afcon host cities". Supersport. 4 May 2012. Retrieved 4 May 2012.
  8. ^ a b "Regulations of the African Nations Championship" (PDF). Cafonline.com.
  9. ^ http://www.cafonline.com/competition/african-nations-championship_2014/news/19247-32-million-dollars-prize-money-for-orange-chan-2014.html[bare URL]

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