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==External links==
==External links==
*[http://www.cafonline.com/en-us/competitions/chan2016/home Orange African Nations Championship, Rwanda 2016], CAFonline.com
*[http://www.cafonline.com/en-us/competitions/chan2016/home Orange African Nations Championship, Rwanda 2016], CAFonline.com
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Revision as of 13:22, 7 January 2016

2016 African Nations Championship
2016 Orange African Nations Championship
Tournament details
Host country Rwanda
Dates16 January – 7 February 2016
Teams16 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)4 (in 3 host cities)
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The 2016 African Nations Championship (also referred to as CHAN 2016) will be the 4th edition of the African Nations Championship, the biennial international football championship organised by the Confederation of African Football (CAF) for the men's national teams of Africa featuring exclusively players from their respective national leagues. The tournament will be held in Rwanda between 16 January and 7 February 2016.[1] A total of 16 teams will play in the tournament.

Qualification

Main article: 2016 African Nations Championship qualification

Rwanda qualified automatically as hosts, while the remaining 15 spots were determined by the qualifying rounds, which took place from June to October 2015.[2]

Qualified teams

The following 16 teams qualified for the final tournament.[3] Defending champions Libya failed to qualify.

Team Zone Appearance Previous best performance
 Morocco Northern Zone 2nd Quarter-finals (2014)
 Tunisia 2nd Champions (2011)
 Guinea Zone West A 1st Debut
 Mali 3rd Quarter-finals (2014)
 Ivory Coast Zone West B 3rd Group stage (2009, 2011)
 Niger 2nd Quarter-finals (2011)
 Nigeria 2nd Third place (2014)
 Cameroon Central Zone 2nd Quarter-finals (2011)
 DR Congo 4th Champions (2009)
 Gabon 3rd Quarter-finals (2014)
 Ethiopia Central-East Zone 2nd Group stage (2014)
 Rwanda (hosts) 2nd Group stage (2011)
 Uganda 3rd Group stage (2011, 2014)
 Angola Southern Zone 2nd Runners-up (2011)
 Zambia 2nd Third place (2009)
 Zimbabwe 4th Fourth place (2014)

Venues

Four stadiums were approved by the CAF.[4]

Kigali
Kigali
Amahoro Stadium Stade Régional Nyamirambo
Capacity: 30,000 Capacity: 22,000
Butare Gisenyi
Stade Huye Umuganda Stadium
Capacity: 20,000 Capacity: 5,000

Squads

Main article: 2016 African Nations Championship squads

Only national team players who were playing in their country's own domestic league were eligible to compete in the tournament.[5] For example, a Rwandan player is only eligible to play for the Rwanda national team if he is playing for a Rwandan club.

Draw

The draw for the final tournament of the competition took place on 15 November 2015 (brought forward from 18 November), 18:30 CAT (UTC+2), in Kigali, Rwanda.[6][3] The 16 teams were drawn into four groups of four.[7]

The teams were seeded based on their results in the three most recent final tournaments: 2009 (multiplied by 1), 2011 (multiplied by 2), and 2014 (multiplied by 3):[8]

  • 7 points for winner
  • 5 points for runner-up
  • 3 points for semi-finalists
  • 2 points for quarter-finalists
  • 1 point for group stage

Based on the formula above, the four pots were allocated as follows:

Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3 Pot 4

Group stage

The top two teams of each group advance to the quarter-finals.

Tiebreakers

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

  1. Number of points obtained in games between the teams concerned;
  2. Goal difference in games between the teams concerned;
  3. Goals scored in games between the teams concerned;
  4. If, after applying criteria 1 to 3 to several teams, two teams still have an equal ranking, criteria 1 to 3 are reapplied exclusively to the matches between the two teams in question to determine their final rankings. If this procedure does not lead to a decision, criteria 5 to 7 apply;
  5. Goal difference in all games;
  6. Goals scored in all games;
  7. Drawing of lots.

All times are local, CAT (UTC+2).[9]

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Rwanda (H) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Knockout stage
2  Gabon 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3  Morocco 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4  Ivory Coast 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
First match(es) will be played: 16 January 2016. Source: CAF
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
Rwanda Match 1 Ivory Coast
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Gabon Match 2 Morocco
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Rwanda Match 9 Gabon
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Morocco Match 10 Ivory Coast
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Morocco Match 17 Rwanda
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Ivory Coast Match 18 Gabon
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Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  DR Congo 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Knockout stage
2  Angola 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3  Cameroon 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4  Ethiopia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
First match(es) will be played: 17 January 2016. Source: CAF
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
DR Congo Match 3 Ethiopia
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Angola Match 4 Cameroon
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DR Congo Match 11 Angola
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Cameroon Match 12 Ethiopia
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Cameroon Match 19 DR Congo
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Ethiopia Match 20 Angola
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Group C

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Tunisia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Knockout stage
2  Nigeria 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3  Niger 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4  Guinea 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
First match(es) will be played: 18 January 2016. Source: CAF
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Tunisia Match 5 Guinea
Report
Nigeria Match 6 Niger
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Tunisia Match 13 Nigeria
Report
Niger Match 14 Guinea
Report
Niger Match 21 Tunisia
Report
Guinea Match 22 Nigeria
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Group D

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Zimbabwe 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Knockout stage
2  Mali 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3  Uganda 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4  Zambia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
First match(es) will be played: 19 January 2016. Source: CAF
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Zimbabwe Match 7 Zambia
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Mali Match 8 Uganda
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Zimbabwe Match 15 Mali
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Uganda Match 16 Zambia
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Uganda Match 23 Zimbabwe
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Zambia Match 24 Mali
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Knockout stage

In the knockout stage, if a match is level at the end of normal playing time, extra time is played (two periods of 15 minutes each) and followed, if necessary, by kicks from the penalty mark to determine the winner, except for the third place match where no extra time is played.

Bracket

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
30 January – Kigali
 
 
Winner Group A
 
3 February – Kigali
 
Runner-up Group B
 
Winner Match 25
 
31 January – Gisenyi
 
Winner Match 28
 
Winner Group D
 
7 February – Kigali
 
Runner-up Group C
 
Winner Match 29
 
31 January – Kigali
 
Winner Match 30
 
Winner Group C
 
4 February – Kigali
 
Runner-up Group D
 
Winner Match 27
 
30 January – Butare
 
Winner Match 26Third place
 
Winner Group B
 
7 February – Kigali
 
Runner-up Group A
 
Loser Match 29
 
 
Loser Match 30
 

Quarter-finals

Winner Group AMatch 25Runner-up Group B
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Winner Group BMatch 26Runner-up Group A
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Winner Group CMatch 27Runner-up Group D
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Winner Group DMatch 28Runner-up Group C
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Semi-finals

Winner Match 25Match 29Winner Match 28
Report
Winner Match 27Match 30Winner Match 26
Report

Third place play-off

Loser Match 29Match 31Loser Match 30
Report

Final

Winner Match 29Match 32Winner Match 30
Report

References

  1. ^ Komugisha, Usher (17 February 2015). "CAF sets dates for CHAN 2016". SuperSport. Retrieved 28 February 2015.
  2. ^ "CAF Full Calendar". CAFonline.com. 28 February 2015. Retrieved 28 February 2015.
  3. ^ a b "CHAN draw advanced on 15th November". CAF. 1 November 2015.
  4. ^ "CAF approves four stadiums for 2016 CHAN". African Football. 10 April 2014.
  5. ^ "Regulations of the African Nations Championship" (PDF). CAF.
  6. ^ "Decisions of CAF Executive Committee on 6 August 2015". CAF. 9 August 2015.
  7. ^ "Tricky draw for host Rwanda". CAF. 15 November 2015.
  8. ^ "Procedure for the final tournament draw". CAF. 14 November 2015.
  9. ^ "Fixtures of the final tournament" (PDF). CAF.
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