The 2011 African Nations Championship was the second edition of the African Nations Championship tournament. Each participating nation was represented mostly by players who play in their respective local divisions. The competition was hosted in Sudan from February 4 to 25, 2011. Tunisia won their first title by defeating Angola in the final 3–0.
Qualified nations
TeamQualification Central Eastern Zone Hosts Northern Zone Winner Play-off Winner Play-off Western Zone A Winner 1st Round Winner 1st Round Western Zone B Winner Play-off Winner Play-off Winner Play-off Central Zone Winner 1st Round (holders) Winner 1st Round Winner Play-off Central Eastern Zone Winner 2nd Round Winner 2nd Round Southern Zone Winner 2nd Round South Africa Winner 2nd Round Winner 2nd Round
Venues OmdurmanPort SudanKhartoumAl Merreikh StadiumPort Sudan StadiumKhartoum StadiumCapacity: 42,000Capacity: 13,000Capacity: 23,000OmdurmanWad MadaniAlHilal StadiumWad Madani StadiumCapacity: 15,000Capacity: 15,000
Squads
Draw
The Final draw for the Groups was held on Saturday November 27, 2010 in Khartoum. The 16 teams were split into four pots, with Pot 1 containing the top four seeded nations. Sudan are seeded as hosts and Congo DR as reigning holders. Ghana and Senegal have the two strongest records and so they complete the top seeded for Pot 1. A draw will then be done to determine which of these two countries shall be awarded the letter B1 and which one will have the letter D1 . The remaining twelve countries was categorized into three hats according to the following criteria in order of priority: Results in the 1st Edition CHAN 2009 Zonal Separation as determined by CAF statutes
Pot 1Pot 2Pot 3Pot 4 (Assigned to A1) (Assigned to C1) South Africa
Group stage
Tie-breaking criteria Where two or more teams end the group stage with the same number of points, their ranking is determined by the following criteria:Article 66, paragraph 5 in the Regulations of the African Nations Championship. points earned in the matches between the teams concerned; goal difference in the matches between the teams concerned; number of goals scored in the group matches between the teams concerned; number of away goals scored in the matches between the teams concerned; goal difference in all group matches; number of goals scored in all group matches; Yellow and red cards drawing of lots by the organizing committee.
Key to colors in group tablesTeams that advanced to the quarter-finals
All times are in local, East Africa Time (UTC+03:00).
Group A TeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts321020+27312042+2531114404300315−40
Group B TeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts South Africa 330062+4932012206310223−13300314−30
Group C TeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts330050+59311134−14310224−23301213−21
Group D TeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts321062+47312032+1531112204300327-50
Knockout phase
All times are in local, East Africa Time (UTC+03:00).
Quarter-finals
Semi-finals
Third Place Playoff
Final
Scorers 3 goals
El Arbi Hillel Soudani Myron Shongwe Mudather Karika Zouheir Dhaouadi Salema Gasdaoui
2 goals
Abdelmoumene Djabou Love Jerry Nelson Pitty Djoué Bheki Leonard Shabangu Oussama Darragi
1 goal
Adel Maïza Hocine Metref Kali Osório Carvalho Ousmaïla Baba Jean Paul Ekane Ngah Joseph Julien Momasso Arnaud Monkam Guekam Geremi Sagong Mulota Kabangu Dioko Kaluyituka Matondo Salakiaku Zoumana Koné Kesse Jean-Paul Mangoua Jean Ulrich Bembangoye Johan Diderot Lengoualama Coomson Daniel Larbi Alou Bagayoko Abdelkader Adamou Tiemou Tukur Gambo Sidibe Issa Modibo Jean Baptiste Mugiraneza Jacques Tuyisenge Mohamed Niang Diop Moustapha Kassé Nhlakanipho Already Mkhwanazi Bakri Al-Madina Saif Eldin Ali Idris Farah Khaled Korbi Youssef Msakni Mejdi Traoui Juma Sadam Ibrahim Archford Gutu Norman Maroto
References
External links African Championship of Nations Schedule & Results