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2016 African Nations Championship

The 2016 African Nations Championship, also known for short as the 2016 CHAN and for sponsorship purposes as the Orange African Nations Championship, was the 4th edition of the biennial African association football tournament organized by CAF featuring national teams consisting of players playing in their respective national leagues. It was held in Rwanda from 16 January to 7 February 2016.[1]

2016 African Nations Championship
  • 2016 Orange African Nations Championship
  • Championnat d'Afrique des nations de football 2016
  • 2016 CHAN / CHAN 2016
Tournament details
Host countryRwanda
Dates16 January – 7 February
Teams16 (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 played32
Goals scored80 (2.5 per match)
Top scorer(s)
Best player(s)Democratic Republic of the Congo Elia Meschak
Best goalkeeperDemocratic Republic of the Congo Ley Matampi
Fair play award DR Congo
← 2014
2018 →
  Champion
  Runner-up
  Third place
  Fourth place
  Quarter-finals
  Group stage

The defending champions Libya failed to qualify for this edition. It was the first edition which featured the semi-final stage consisting of the runners-up from all 4 groups and the last to be sponsored by Orange as French energy and petroleum giant Total was set to take over from the following edition onward.[2]

Qualification edit

Main article: 2016 African Nations Championship qualification

Rwanda qualified automatically as hosts with the remaining spots being determined by the qualifying rounds which took place between June and October 2015.[3]

Qualified teams edit

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 edit

CAF approved 4 stadiums provided by the Rwanda Football Federation.[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 edit

Main article: 2016 African Nations Championship squads

All teams consisted of a maximum of 23 players.[5]

Draw edit

The draw for this edition of the tournament took place on 15 November 2015, 72 hours earlier than planned, at 18:30 CAT (UTC+2), in Kigali.[6][7] The 16 teams were drawn into four groups of four.[8]

The teams were seeded based on their results in the previous 3 editions: 2009 (multiplied by 1), 2011 (multiplied by 2) and 2014 (multiplied by 3):[9]

  • 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 edit

The top two teams of each group advanced to the knockout stage.

Tiebreakers

The teams were ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss). If tied on points, tiebreakers would be 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 were local; CAT (UTC+2).[10]

Group A edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Rwanda (H) 3 2 0 1 4 5 −1 6 Knockout stage
2   Ivory Coast 3 2 0 1 5 2 +3 6
3   Morocco 3 1 1 1 4 2 +2 4
4   Gabon 3 0 1 2 2 6 −4 1
Source: CAFOnline.com (Archived)
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
Rwanda  1–0  Ivory Coast
Bayisenge   15' Report (Archived)
Gabon  0–0  Morocco
Report (Archived)
Rwanda  2–1  Gabon
Sugira   42', 47' Report (Archived) Boupendza   54'
Morocco  0–1  Ivory Coast
Report (Archived) Zakri   45' (pen.)
Referee: Bamlak Tessema Weyesa (Ethiopia)
Morocco  4–1  Rwanda
 Report (Archived) Ngomirakiza   27'
Referee: Mahamadou Keita (Mali)
Ivory Coast  4–1  Gabon
 Report (Archived) Obambou   50'
Referee: Ali Lemghaifry (Mauritania)

Group B edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Cameroon 3 2 1 0 4 1 +3 7 Knockout stage
2   DR Congo 3 2 0 1 8 5 +3 6
3   Angola 3 1 0 2 4 6 −2 3
4   Ethiopia 3 0 1 2 1 5 −4 1
Source: CAFOnline.com (Archived)
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
DR Congo  3–0  Ethiopia
 Report (Archived)
Referee: Malang Diedhiou (Senegal)
Angola  0–1  Cameroon
Report (Archived) Atouba   23'
Referee: Mahamadou Keita (Mali)
DR Congo  4–2  Angola
 Report (Archived)
Referee: Ali Lemghaifry (Mauritania)
Cameroon  0–0  Ethiopia
Report (Archived)
Referee: Denis Dembele (Ivory Coast)
Cameroon  3–1  DR Congo
 Report (Archived) Mundele   47'
Referee: Hamada Nampiandra (Madagascar)
Ethiopia  1–2  Angola
Tesfaye   74' Report (Archived) Papel   54', 72'
Referee: Joseph Lamptey (Ghana)

Group C edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Tunisia 3 1 2 0 8 3 +5 5 Knockout stage
2   Guinea 3 1 2 0 5 4 +1 5
3   Nigeria 3 1 1 1 5 3 +2 4
4   Niger 3 0 1 2 3 11 −8 1
Source: CAFOnline.com (archived)
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Tunisia  2–2  Guinea
Akaïchi   33', 50' Report (Archived) Al. Camara   40', 87'
Referee: Daniel Bennett (South Africa)
Nigeria  4–1  Niger
 Report (Archived) Adebayor   80'
Tunisia  1–1  Nigeria
Akaïchi   69' Report (Archived) Chikatara   52'
Referee: Joshua Bondo (Botswana)
Niger  2–2  Guinea
 Report (Archived)
Referee: Thierry Nkurunziza (Burundi)
Niger  0–5  Tunisia
Report
Referee: Bamlak Tessema Weyasa (Ethiopia)
Guinea  1–0  Nigeria
Sankhon   45' Report
Referee: Noureddine El Jaafari (Morocco)

Group D edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Zambia 3 2 1 0 2 0 +2 7 Knockout stage
2   Mali 3 1 2 0 3 2 +1 5
3   Uganda 3 0 2 1 3 4 −1 2
4   Zimbabwe 3 0 1 2 1 3 −2 1
Source: CAFOnline.com (Archived)
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Zimbabwe  0–1  Zambia
Report (Archived) Chansa   57'
Referee: Hudu Munyemana (Rwanda)
Mali  2–2  Uganda
 Report (Archived)
Zimbabwe  0–1  Mali
Report Moussa Sissoko   82'
Referee: Davies Ogenche Omweno (Kenya)
Uganda  0–1  Zambia
Report Katongo   41'
Referee: Juste Ephrem Zio (Burkina Faso)
Uganda  1–1  Zimbabwe
Sserunkuma   90+3' Report Manondo   49'
Zambia  0–0  Mali
Report

Knockout stage edit

In the knockout stage, if a match was level at the end of normal playing time, extra time would be 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 would be played.[5]

Bracket edit

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
30 January – Kigali
 
 
  Rwanda1
 
3 February – Kigali
 
  DR Congo (a.e.t.)2
 
  DR Congo (p)1 (5)
 
31 January – Gisenyi
 
  Guinea1 (4)
 
  Zambia0 (4)
 
7 February – Kigali
 
  Guinea (p)0 (5)
 
  DR Congo3
 
31 January – Kigali
 
  Mali0
 
  Tunisia1
 
4 February – Kigali
 
  Mali2
 
  Mali1
 
30 January – Butare
 
  Ivory Coast0 Third place
 
  Cameroon0
 
7 February – Kigali
 
  Ivory Coast (a.e.t.)3
 
  Guinea1
 
 
  Ivory Coast2
 

Quarter-finals edit

Rwanda  1–2 (a.e.t.)  DR Congo
Sugira   57' Report
Cameroon  0–3 (a.e.t.)  Ivory Coast
Report
Referee: Joshua Bondo (Botswana)
Tunisia  1–2  Mali
Moncer   14' Report
Zambia  0–0 (a.e.t.)  Guinea
Report (Archived)
Penalties
 4–5

Semi-finals edit

DR Congo  1–1 (a.e.t.)  Guinea
Bolingi   102' Report Sankhon   120+1'
Penalties
 5–4
Referee: Davies Ogenche Omweno (Kenya)
Mali  1–0  Ivory Coast
Bissouma   88' Report

Third place play-off edit

Guinea  1–2  Ivory Coast
Ab. Camara   85' Report Youla   31' (o.g.)
Badie   35'
Referee: Hudu Munyemana (Rwanda)

Final edit

Main article: 2016 African Nations Championship final
DR Congo  3–0  Mali
 Report (Archived)

Goalscorers edit

Below is the list of goalscorers.[11]

4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
1 own goal

Awards edit

Below is the list of awards.[12]

  • Best Player: Elia Meschak (DR Congo)
  • Top scorer: Elia Meschak (DR Congo): 4 goals and two assist
  • Goal of the Tournament: Serge N'Guessan (Côte d’Ivoire) against Cameroon
  • Fair Play Trophy: DR Congo
  • Best XI
    • Goalkeeper: Ley Matampi (DR Congo)
    • Defenders: Abdoul Karim Danté (Mali), Joël Kimwaki (DR Congo), Cheick Ibrahim Comara (Côte d’Ivoire), Mohamed Youla (Guinea)
    • Midfielders: Ibrahima Sory Sankhon (Guinea), Mechack Elia (DR Congo), N’Guessan Serge (Côte d’Ivoire), Hamidou Sinayoko (Mali)
    • Forwards: Jonathan Bolingi (DR Congo), Sekou Koïta (Mali)
    • Substitutes: Badra Ali Sangaré (Côte d’Ivoire), Djigui Diarra (Mali), Lomalisa Mutambala (DR Congo), Heritier Luvumbu (DR Congo), Daouda Camara (Guinea), Aka Essis (Côte d’Ivoire), Ernest Sugira (Rwanda), Ahmed Akaïchi (Tunisia), Elvis Chisom Chikataba (Nigeria), Christopher Katongo (Zambia)

Final ranking edit

Below is the final ranking.[13]

  1.   DR Congo
  2.   Mali
  3.   Ivory Coast
  4.   Guinea
  5.   Zambia
  6.   Cameroon
  7.   Rwanda
  8.   Tunisia
  9.   Nigeria
  10.   Morocco
  11.   Angola
  12.   Uganda
  13.   Zimbabwe
  14.   Gabon
  15.   Ethiopia
  16.   Niger

References edit

  1. ^ Komugisha, Usher (17 February 2015). "CAF sets dates for CHAN 2016". SuperSport. Archived from the original on 8 April 2015. Retrieved 28 February 2015.
  2. ^ "Total to sponsor CAF competitions for the next eight years". Africanews. 21 July 2016. Retrieved 18 April 2018.
  3. ^ "CAF Full Calendar for 2016 CHAN". CAFOnline.com. 28 February 2015. Archived from the original on 14 February 2015. Retrieved 28 February 2015.
  4. ^ Oryada, Andrew (10 April 2014). "CAF approves four stadiums for 2016 CHAN". African Football. Retrieved 7 February 2016.
  5. ^ a b c "Regulations of the African Nations Championship" (PDF). CAFOnline.com. 31 May 2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on 21 January 2016. Retrieved 7 February 2016.
  6. ^ "CHAN draw advanced on 15th November". CAFOnline.com. 1 November 2015. Archived from the original on 9 March 2016. Retrieved 9 March 2016.
  7. ^ "Decisions of CAF Executive Committee on 6 August 2015". CAFOnline.com. 9 August 2015. Archived from the original on 26 April 2017. Retrieved 26 April 2017. The draw for the final tournament of the competition (2016 CHAN) will take place on 18 November 2015 in Kigali, Rwanda.
  8. ^ "Tricky draw for host Rwanda". CAFOnline.com. 15 November 2015. Archived from the original on 10 September 2020. Retrieved 12 August 2019.
  9. ^ "Procedure for the final tournament draw". CAFOnline.com. 14 November 2015. Archived from the original on 10 March 2016. Retrieved 14 March 2016.
  10. ^ "CHAN 2016 – FINAL FIXTURES" (PDF). CAFOnline.com. 15 November 2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 December 2015. Retrieved 10 December 2015.
  11. ^ "Orange CHAN 2016: Scorers chart". CAFOnline.com. 8 February 2016. Archived from the original on 8 September 2020. Retrieved 8 February 2016.
  12. ^ "CHAN 2016: Awards and Best XI for the tournament". Ghana SoccerNet. 8 February 2016. Retrieved 8 February 2016.
  13. ^ "Orange CHAN 2016: Statistics". CAFOnline.com. 9 February 2016. Retrieved 8 February 2016.

External links edit

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