The 2022 African Nations Championship (), known as the 2022 CHAN for short and the TotalEnergies African Nations Championship for sponsorship purposes, was the 7th edition of the biennial association football tournament organized by the Confederation of African Football (CAF), featuring national teams consisting of players currently playing in their respective local leagues. It was held in Algeria from 13 January to 4 February 2023.
Originally scheduled from 10 July to 1 August 2022, CAF rescheduled the tournament to January 2023 following an announcement at an executive committee meeting held on 10 September 2020 via video conferencing, citing the postponement of the 2020 edition to 2021 and the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations to 2022 due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Africa as well as the already-scheduled 2022 FIFA World Cup in November – December 2022.
Eighteen teams were supposed to be contesting in this edition, which would have been an increase of 2 teams from the previous edition in 2020; but defending champions Morocco were unable to defend their title due to political tensions with Algerian authorities which began with Algeria's unilaterally decision in 2021 to close its airspace to Moroccan flights, including and especially its official carrier Royal Air Maroc.
Senegal won their first title, following on from their inaugural Africa Cup of Nations title win a year earlier, 5–4 on penalties against host nation Algeria in the final.
Host selection Algeria were officially named as hosts of the 2022 edition on 29 September 2018 at an executive committee meeting held at Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt.
Qualification
The qualification procedures were unveiled at the CAF headquarters in Cairo, Egypt on 26 May 2022 with the qualification itself running from 22 July to 4 September 2022.
Qualified teams The following teams qualified for the main tournament:
Morocco was originally set to take part in the tournament with their under-23 national team after their local national team was officially disbanded by the FRMF on 31 August 2022. However, the team announced their withdrawal from the tournament on 12 January 2023, after hosts Algeria refused to allow the squad to take a direct flight from Rabat to Constantine via their flag carrier sponsor, Royal Air Maroc.
Team ZoneAppearance Previous best performance FIFA rankingat start of event (hosts) Northern Zone 2nd (2011) 40 5th (2018, 2020) 11 5th (2014) 120 Western Zone A 3rd (2009) 19 3rd (2014, 2018) 103 5th (2016, 2020) 45 Western Zone B 4th (2011) 122 4th (2009, 2014) 58 5th (2016) 47 Central Zone 6th (2009, 2016) 73 4th (2018, 2020) 99 5th (2020) 33 Central Eastern Zone 3rd (2011, 2018) 128 3rd (2014, 2016) 138 6th (2011, 2014, 2016, 2018, 2020) 89 Southern Zone 1st Debut 102 4th (2011) 117 2nd (2014) 114
Mascot Algeria took the fennec fox as a mascot for the championship and named it "COBTAN". And the slogan of the edition was "CHAN fi bled a chène" (CHAN in the country of glory).
Venues This edition of the tournament was confirmed by the Algerian Football Federation 1 August 2020 to be held in four venues at four cities across host nation Algeria: Algiers, Oran, Constantine and Annaba.
Algiers Oran Nelson Mandela Stadium Miloud Hadefi Stadium Capacity: 40,784 Capacity: 40,143 Constantine Annaba Chahid Hamlaoui Stadium 19 May 1956 Stadium Capacity: 22,986 Capacity: 58,100
Team base camps
CityTeamHotelTraining siteAlgiers (hosts) CTN Sidi Moussa CTN Sidi Moussa Golden Tulip Royaume Alger ANNEXE - Nelson Mandela Stadium Hotel Bay Diab ANNEXE - Nelson Mandela Stadium Mercure Hotel Aéroport Salem Mabrouki StadiumAnnaba Complexe Touristique Sabri ANNEXE - 19 May 1956 Stadium Hotel Royal Elisa Annaba ANNEXE - Colonel Abdelkader Chabou Stadium Hôtel Rym El Djamil ANNEXE - 19 May 1956 Stadium Hotel militaire annaba ANNEXE - Colonel Abdelkader Chabou StadiumConstantine Novotel Constantine ANNEXE - Mohamed Hamlaoui Stadium Golden Tulip Hotel Alexandre ANNEXE - Mohamed Hamlaoui Stadium Golden Tulip Hotel Alexandre EBRC Hotel El Khayem EBRCOran Rodina Hotel Oran Stade des Castors Rodina Hotel Oran Stade des Castors Hotel Oran Bay ANNEXE 1 - Miloud Hadefi Stadium Hotel Vent Dôme Khaled ANNEXE 1 - Miloud Hadefi Stadium Hotel Oran Bay ANNEXE 2 - Miloud Hadefi Stadium Pacha Hotel ANNEXE 2 - Miloud Hadefi Stadium
Draw The draw for this edition was held at Boualem Bessaiah Opera House in the host nation's capital, Algiers, on 1 October 2022 at 18:00 WET (UTC±0).
The 18 teams were drawn into three groups of four teams and two groups of three. Hosts Algeria were seeded in Group A (A1) and defending champions Morocco were seeded in Group C (C1), with the remaining teams were seeded based on their results the four previous editions of the tournament: 2014 (multiplied by 1), 2016 (by 2), 2018 (by 3) and 2020 (by 4): 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:
SeededPot 1Pot 2Pot 3
Squads
Each squad could contain a maximum of 28 players (Regulations Article 72).
Match officials The following 52 match officials officiated during the 2022 African Nations Championship.
Referees
Lotfi Bekouassa Patrice Milazare Alhadi Allaou Mahamat Kalilou Ibrahim Traoré Mohamed Adel Abdelaziz Bouh Mutaz Ibrahim Karim Sabry Pierre Ghislain Atcho Celso Armindo Alvação Samuel Uwikunda Vincentia Amédomé Mahmood Ali Ismail Messie Nkounkou Mehrez Melki Djindo Louis Hougnandande Daouda Gueye Abongile Tom Blaise Yuven Ngwa Emery Niyongabo
Assistant referees
Akram Abbes Zerhouni Sid Ali Brahim El Hamlaoui Clemence Kanduku Eric Ayimavo Ulrich Ayamr Kwasi Brobbey Hamedine Diba Adou Hermann Desire Ngoh Hamza Hagi Abdi Modibo Samake Dos Reis Abelmiro Montenegro Ditsoga Boris Marlaise Rodrigue Menye Mpele Nouha Bangoura Sanou Habib Judicael Dieudonne Mutuyimana Ivanildo Meirelles De O Sanche Lopes Hensley Petrousse Abdul Aziz Bollel Jawo
Video assistant referees
Haythem Guirat Lahlou Benbraham Daniel Laryea Mahmoud Ashor Samir Guezzaz Dahane Beida Issa Sy Pacifique Ndabihawenimana Bamlak Tessema Weyesa Peter Waweru Kamaku Zakaria Brinsi Mohammed Abdallah Ibrahim
Group stage The top two teams of each group of 4 and the top team of each group of 3 advanced to the knockout stages.
Group A
Group B
Group C
Group D
Group E
Knockout stage
In the knockout stage, extra time and a penalty shoot-out were used to decide the winners if necessary.
Bracket
Quarter-finals
Semi-finals
Third place play-off
Final
Goalscorers
Awards The following awards were given at the conclusion of the tournament: Total Man of the Competition Houssem Eddine MrezigueTop Scorer Aymen MahiousBest Goalkeeper Pape SyBest Coach Pape Thiaw ()CAF Fair Play Team
Team of the Tournament
Goalkeeper Defenders Midfielders Forwards Pape Sy
Broadcasting rights In Africa:
Regional Broadcasters Territory Broadcaster Ref. SuperSport Canal+Sport Afrique beIN Sports
Broadcasters by country Territory Broadcaster Ref. EPTV ORTB RTB CRTV RTC Télé Congo RTI Télévision Malagasy MBC ORTM TVM RTS Azam TV TVT SABC
Rest of the world: Territory Broadcaster Ref. beIN Sports beIN Sports beIN Sports beIN Sports beIN SportsbeIN Sports
Notes
References
External links Official home of the 2022 edition at CAFOnline.com