The 2022 African Nations Championship final was a football match played between Senegal and Algeria at the Nelson Mandela Stadium in Algiers, Algeria, on 4 February 2023. It determined the winners of the 2022 African Nations Championship, the seventh edition of the biennial African international football tournament reserved for players playing in their local leagues.
Senegal defeated Algeria 5–4 on penalties to win the Championship.
Venue
The local CHAN organizing committee in Algeria chose the newly-built and newly-inaugurated Nelson Mandela Stadium in the nation's capital city Algiers as the venue for both the opening match and the final. Inaugurated a week before the start of this edition of the tournament, this 40,784-seater stadium primarily hosts football matches and is named after anti-apartheid hero and former South African president, Nelson Mandela.
Background The African Nations Championship or the Championship of African Nations, abbreviated as CHAN, is the biennial African international football tournament reserved for players playing in the league of their birth nations. The 2022 edition or 7th edition of this tournament, colloquially referred to for short as the 2023 CHAN, was staged in Algeria with this concluding match of this edition.
Route to the final
AlgeriaRound Senegal Opponents Result Group stage Opponents Result 1–0 Match 1 0–1 1–0 Match 2 0–1 0–1 Match 3 3–0Group A winner Final standingsGroup B winner Opponents Result Knockout stage Opponents Result 1–0 Quarter-finals 1–0 5–0 Semi-finals 1–0
Match Summary Details
Formation: 4–3–3 GK16Alexis GuendouzDF22Mokhtar BelkhiterDF5Ayoub Abdellaoui (c)DF2Chouaib KeddadDF15Zineddine BelaïdMF8Zakaria Draoui MF12Mohamed Islam Bakir MF14Houssem Eddine Mrezigue FW21Youcef Laouafi FW7Abderrahmane Meziane FW18Aymen Mahious Substitutions:GK1Farid ChaâlMF11Oussama ChitaFW10Féth-Allah TaharDF3Hocine DehiriMF4Akram Djahnit MF27Mohamed Ait El Hadj DF24Saâdi RadouaniFW20Sofiane Bayazid MF6Ahmed Kendouci FW9Karim AribiDF19Ayoub GhezalaDF28Houari BaoucheCoach: Madjid BougherraFormation: 4–3–3 GK23Pape Mamadou SyDF4Mamadou Sané DF3Ousmane DioufDF22Cheikhou Ndiaye (c)DF12Cheikh Sidibé MF14Moussa NdiayeMF6Ousmane KanéMF5Lamine Camara FW11Malick Mbaye FW17Serigne Koïté FW10Pape Diallo Substitutions:DF18El Hadji Baldé MF13Libasse Ngom GK16Alioune Badara Faty FW7Cheikh DioufMF20Elimane Oumar CisséDF2Abdoulaye DiedhiouGK1Pape Abdoulaye DiengFW9Raymond Ndour MF21Moussa Kanté DF15Melo NdiayeDF8Moussa Sogue MF19Djibril DiarraCoach: Pape Thiaw
Man of the Match: L. Camara (Senegal)
Assistant referees:
Fourth official: Mahmood Ali Ismail (Sudan)
Video assistant referee: Haythem Guirat (Tunisia)
Assistant video assistant referee: |}Match rules 90 minutes. 30 minutes of extra time if necessary. Penalty shoot-out if scores still level. Maximum of twelve named substitutes. Maximum of five substitutions, with a sixth allowed in extra time.
Statistics
+First half Statistic Algeria SenegalGoals scored00Total shots33Shots on target10Saves01Ball possession46.2%53.8%Corner kicks34Fouls committed105Offsides00Yellow cards13Red cards00
+Second half Statistic Algeria SenegalGoals scored00Total shots24Shots on target01Saves10Ball possession54.5%45.5%Corner kicks93Fouls committed49Offsides00Yellow cards10Red cards00
+Extra time Statistic Algeria SenegalGoals scored00Total shots52Shots on target20Saves00Ball possession0%0%Corner kicks30Fouls committed55Offsides00Yellow cards21Red cards00
+Overall Statistic Algeria SenegalGoals scored00Total shots2319Shots on target86Saves63Ball possession52.9%47.1%Corner kicks157Fouls committed1917Offsides00Yellow cards44Red cards00
See also 2022 African Nations Championship
Notes
References
External links Detailed report of the final at CAFOnline.com