2016 African Nations Championship

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2016 African Nations Championship
2016 Orange African Nations Championship
2016 African Nations Championship.png
Tournament details
Host country  Rwanda
Dates 16 January – 7 February 2016
Teams 16 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s) 4 (in 3 host cities)
Final positions
Champions  DR Congo (2nd title)
Runners-up  Mali
Third place  Ivory Coast
Fourth place  Guinea
Tournament statistics
Matches played 32
Goals scored 80 (2.5 per match)
Top scorer(s) Democratic Republic of the Congo Elia Meschak
Nigeria Chisom Chikatara
Tunisia Ahmed Akaïchi (4 goals each)
Best player Democratic Republic of the Congo Elia Meschak
Best goalkeeper Democratic Republic of the Congo Ley Matampi
Fair play award  DR Congo
← 2014
2018 →
All statistics correct as of 7 February 2016.
File:2016 CHAN Results.png
  Champion
  Runner-up
  Third place
  Fourth place
  Quarter-finals
  Group stage

The 2016 African Nations Championship (also referred to as CHAN 2016) was 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 was held in Rwanda between 16 January and 7 February 2016.[1] A total of 16 teams will play in the tournament.

This edition is the first time that all group runners-up made it into the semi-finals.

Qualification

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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

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Main article: 2016 African Nations Championship squads

Each squad can contain a maximum of 23 players.[5] Only national team players who are playing in their country's own domestic league are eligible to compete in the tournament. 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.[3][6] 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:[5]

  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

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16 January 2016 (2016-01-16)
15:00
Rwanda  1–0  Ivory Coast
Bayisenge Goal 16' Report
Amahoro Stadium, Kigali
Referee: Hamada Nampiandraza (Madagascar)

16 January 2016 (2016-01-16)
18:00
Gabon  0–0  Morocco
Report
Amahoro Stadium, Kigali
Referee: Joseph Lamptey (Ghana)

20 January 2016 (2016-01-20)
15:00
Rwanda  2–1  Gabon
Sugira Goal 42', 47' Report Boupendza Goal 55'
Amahoro Stadium, Kigali
Referee: Janny Sikazwe (Zambia)

20 January 2016 (2016-01-20)
18:00
Morocco  0–1  Ivory Coast
Report Zakri Goal 45+2' (pen.)
Amahoro Stadium, Kigali
Referee: Bamlak Tessema Weyesa (Ethiopia)

24 January 2016 (2016-01-24)
16:00
Morocco  4–1  Rwanda
Mouaoui Goal 15', 43'
Aziz Goal 23'
Khadrouf Goal 38'		 Report Ngomirakiza Goal 27'
Amahoro Stadium, Kigali
Referee: Mahamadou Keita (Mali)

24 January 2016 (2016-01-24)
16:00
Ivory Coast  4–1  Gabon
Aka Goal 18'
Guiza Goal 65'
Boua Goal 76'
Ble Goal 83'		 Report Obambou Goal 50'
Stade Huye, Butare
Referee: Ali Lemghaifry (Mauritania)

Group B

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17 January 2016 (2016-01-17)
15:00
DR Congo  3–0  Ethiopia
Lusadisu Goal 44'
Luvumbu Goal 47'
Meschak Goal 57'		 Report
Stade Huye, Butare
Referee: Malang Diedhiou (Senegal)

17 January 2016 (2016-01-17)
18:00
Angola  0–1  Cameroon
Report Atouba Goal 24'
Stade Huye, Butare
Referee: Mahamadou Keita (Mali)

21 January 2016 (2016-01-21)
15:00
DR Congo  4–2  Angola
Munganga Goal 8'
Meschak Goal 18'
Bolingi Goal 38'
Bokadi Goal 82'		 Report Gelson Goal 76'
Kimwaki Goal 84' (o.g.)
Stade Huye, Butare
Referee: Ali Lemghaifry (Mauritania)

21 January 2016 (2016-01-21)
18:00
Cameroon  0–0  Ethiopia
Report
Stade Huye, Butare
Referee: Denis Dembele (Ivory Coast)

25 January 2016 (2016-01-25)
16:00
Cameroon  3–1  DR Congo
Atouba Goal 40'
Ngamaleu Goal 51'
Nlend Goal 63'		 Report Mundele Goal 47'
Stade Huye, Butare
Referee: Hamada Nampiandra (Madagascar)

25 January 2016 (2016-01-25)
16:00
Ethiopia  1–2  Angola
Tesfaye Goal 74' Report Papel Goal 54', 72'
Amahoro Stadium, Kigali
Referee: Joseph Lamptey (Ghana)

Group C

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18 January 2016 (2016-01-18)
15:00
Tunisia  2–2  Guinea
Akaïchi Goal 33', 51' Report Camara Goal 40', 83'
Stade Régional Nyamirambo, Kigali
Referee: Daniel Bennett (South Africa)

18 January 2016 (2016-01-18)
18:00
Nigeria  4–1  Niger
Okoro Goal 46'
Chikatara Goal 74', 82', 90+2'		 Report Adje Goal 81'

22 January 2016 (2016-01-22)
15:00
Tunisia  1–1  Nigeria
Akaïchi Goal 69' Report Chikatara Goal 52'
Stade Régional Nyamirambo, Kigali
Referee: Joshua Bondo (Botswana)

22 January 2016 (2016-01-22)
18:00
Niger  2–2  Guinea
M. Moussa Goal 37'
A. Moussa Goal 49'		 Report Sylla Goal 38'
Bangoura Goal 78'
Stade Régional Nyamirambo, Kigali
Referee: Thierry Nkurunziza (Burundi)

26 January 2016 (2016-01-26)
16:00
Niger  0–5  Tunisia
Report Bguir Goal 5', 39'
Akaïchi Goal 78'
Ben Amor Goal 80'
Essifi Goal 90+1'
Stade Régional Nyamirambo, Kigali
Referee: Bamlak Tessema Weyasa (Ethiopia)

26 January 2016 (2016-01-26)
16:00
Guinea  1–0  Nigeria
Sankhon Goal 45' Report
Umuganda Stadium, Gisenyi
Referee: Noureddine El Jaafari (Morocco)

Group D

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19 January 2016 (2016-01-19)
15:00
Zimbabwe  0–1  Zambia
Report Chansa Goal 57'
Umuganda Stadium, Gisenyi
Referee: Hudu Munyemana (Rwanda)

19 January 2016 (2016-01-19)
18:00
Mali  2–2  Uganda
Koita Goal 22'
Sinayoko Goal 60'		 Report Ssekisambu Goal 12'
Miya Goal 41' (pen.)
Umuganda Stadium, Gisenyi
Referee: Mehdi Abid-Charef (Algeria)

23 January 2016 (2016-01-23)
15:00
Zimbabwe  0–1  Mali
Report Sissoko Goal 84'
Umuganda Stadium, Gisenyi
Referee: Davies Ogenche Omweno (Kenya)

23 January 2016 (2016-01-23)
18:00
Uganda  0–1  Zambia
Report Katongo Goal 41'
Umuganda Stadium, Gisenyi
Referee: Juste Ephrem Zio (Burkina Faso)

27 January 2016 (2016-01-27)
16:00
Uganda  1–1  Zimbabwe
Serunkuma Goal 90' Report Manondo Goal 49'
Umuganda Stadium, Gisenyi
Referee: Malang Diedhiou (Senegal)

27 January 2016 (2016-01-27)
16:00
Zambia  0–0  Mali
Report

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.[5]

Bracket

 
 Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
 
                    
 
 30 January – Kigali
 
 
  Rwanda 1
 
 3 February – Kigali
 
  DR Congo (a.e.t.) 2
 
  DR Congo (p) 1 (5)
 
 31 January – Gisenyi
 
  Guinea 1 (4)
 
  Zambia 0 (4)
 
 7 February – Kigali
 
  Guinea (p) 0 (5)
 
  DR Congo 3
 
 31 January – Kigali
 
  Mali 0
 
  Tunisia 1
 
 4 February – Kigali
 
  Mali 2
 
  Mali 1
 
 30 January – Butare
 
  Ivory Coast 0 Third Place
 
  Cameroon 0
 
 7 February – Kigali
 
  Ivory Coast (a.e.t.) 3
 
  Guinea 1
 
 
  Ivory Coast 2
 

Quarter-finals

30 January 2016 (2016-01-30)
15:00
Rwanda  1–2 (a.e.t.)  DR Congo
Sugira Goal 56' Report Gikanji Goal 11'
Bompunga Goal 114'
Amahoro Stadium, Kigali
Referee: Daniel Bennett (South Africa)

30 January 2016 (2016-01-30)
18:00
Cameroon  0–3 (a.e.t.)  Ivory Coast
Report Boua Goal 95'
Atcho Goal 102'
N'Guessan Goal 112'
Stade Huye, Butare
Referee: Joshua Bondo (Botswana)

31 January 2016 (2016-01-31)
15:00
Tunisia  1–2  Mali
Moncer Goal 14' Report Dieng Goal 70' (pen.)
Diarra Goal 81'
Stade Régional Nyamirambo, Kigali
Referee: Hamada Nampiandraza (Madagascar)

31 January 2016 (2016-01-31)
18:00
Zambia  0–0 (a.e.t.)  Guinea
Report
  Penalties  
Katongo Penalty missed
Mfune Penalty scored
Sautu Penalty scored
Kabamba Penalty missed
C.C. Chama Penalty scored
A. Chama Penalty scored
Musekwa Penalty missed		 4–5 Bangoura Penalty scored
Sankoh Penalty missed
Thiam Penalty scored
Youla Penalty missed
Camara Penalty scored
Soumah Penalty scored
Keita Penalty scored
Umuganda Stadium, Gisenyi
Referee: Bamlak Tessema Weyesa (Ethiopia)

Semi-finals

3 February 2016 (2016-02-03)
16:00
DR Congo  1–1 (a.e.t.)  Guinea
Bolingi Goal 102' Report Sankhon Goal 120+1'
  Penalties  
Kimwaki Penalty scored
Tulengi Penalty missed
Miche Penalty scored
Bolingi Penalty scored
Lomalisa Penalty missed
Gikanji Penalty scored
Meschak Penalty scored		 5–4 S. Bangoura Penalty missed
Sankhon Penalty scored
A. Camara Penalty scored
Thiam Penalty missed
Bangoura Penalty scored
D. Camara Penalty scored
Youla Penalty missed
Amahoro Stadium, Kigali
Referee: Davies Ogenche Omweno (Kenya)

4 February 2016 (2016-02-04)
16:00
Mali  1–0  Ivory Coast
Bissouma Goal 88' Report

Third place play-off

7 February 2016 (2016-02-07)
15:00
Guinea  1–2  Ivory Coast
Sylla Goal 85' Report Youla Goal 31' (o.g.)
Badie Goal 35'
Amahoro Stadium, Kigali
Referee: Hudu Munyemana (Rwanda)

Final

7 February 2016 (2016-02-07)
18:30
DR Congo  3–0  Mali
Meschak Goal 29', 62'
Bolingi Goal 73'		 Report
Amahoro Stadium, Kigali
Referee: Daniel Bennett (South Africa)

Goalscorers

Below the list of goalscorers.[10]

4 goals

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3 goals

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2 goals

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1 goal

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1 own goal

References

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