2016 African Nations Championship

2016 African Nations Championship
2016 Orange African Nations Championship

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)	Elia Meschak Chisom Chikatara Ahmed Akaïchi (4 goals each)
Best player	Elia Meschak
Best goalkeeper	Ley Matampi
Fair play award	DR Congo

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 played in the tournament.

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

Qualification

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	02 !2nd	05 !Quarter-finals (2014)
Tunisia	Northern Zone	02 !2nd	01 !Champions (2011)
Guinea	Zone West A	01 !1st	99 !Debut
Mali	Zone West A	03 !3rd	05 !Quarter-finals (2014)
Ivory Coast	Zone West B	03 !3rd	06 !Group stage (2009, 2011)
Niger		02 !2nd	05 !Quarter-finals (2011)
Nigeria		02 !2nd	03 !Third place (2014)
Cameroon	Central Zone	02 !2nd	05 !Quarter-finals (2011)
DR Congo		04 !4th	01 !Champions (2009)
Gabon		03 !3rd	05 !Quarter-finals (2014)
Ethiopia	Central-East Zone	02 !2nd	06 !Group stage (2014)
Rwanda (hosts)		02 !2nd	06 !Group stage (2011)
Uganda		03 !3rd	06 !Group stage (2011, 2014)
Angola	Southern Zone	02 !2nd	02 !Runners-up (2011)
Zambia		02 !2nd	03 !Third place (2009)
Zimbabwe		04 !4th	04 !Fourth place (2014)

Venues

Four stadiums were approved by the CAF.^[4]

Kigali	Kigali Butare Gisenyi	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

Main article: 2016 African Nations Championship squads

Each squad could contain a maximum of 23 players.^[5] Only national team players who were playing in their country's own domestic league were eligible to compete in the tournament. For example, a Rwandan player was only eligible to play for the Rwanda national team if he was 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
Rwanda (hosts; position A1) DR Congo Tunisia Zimbabwe	Angola Nigeria Gabon Mali	Morocco Uganda Cameroon Niger	Ethiopia Ivory Coast Zambia Guinea

Group stage

The top two teams of each group advanced to the quarter-finals.

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]

Number of points obtained in games between the teams concerned;
Goal difference in games between the teams concerned;
Goals scored in games between the teams concerned;
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;
Goal difference in all games;
Goals scored in all games;
Drawing of lots.

All times were local, CAT (UTC+2).^[9]

Group A

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	Knockout stage
3	Morocco	3	1	1	1	4	2	+2	4
4	Gabon	3	0	1	2	2	6	−4	1

Source: CAF
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
(H) Host.

Rwanda v Ivory Coast

16 January 2016
15:00

Rwanda	1–0	Ivory Coast
Bayisenge 15'	Report

Amahoro Stadium, Kigali
Referee: Hamada Nampiandraza (Madagascar)

Gabon v Morocco

16 January 2016
18:00

Gabon	0–0	Morocco
	Report

Amahoro Stadium, Kigali
Referee: Joseph Lamptey (Ghana)

Rwanda v Gabon

20 January 2016
15:00

Rwanda	2–1	Gabon
Sugira 42', 47'	Report	Boupendza 54'

Amahoro Stadium, Kigali
Referee: Janny Sikazwe (Zambia)

Morocco v Ivory Coast

20 January 2016
18:00

Morocco	0–1	Ivory Coast
	Report	Zakri 45' (pen.)

Amahoro Stadium, Kigali
Referee: Bamlak Tessema Weyesa (Ethiopia)

Morocco v Rwanda

24 January 2016
16:00

Morocco	4–1	Rwanda
Mouaoui 15', 43' Aziz 23' Khadrouf 38'	Report	Ngomirakiza 27'

Amahoro Stadium, Kigali
Referee: Mahamadou Keita (Mali)

Ivory Coast v Gabon

24 January 2016
16:00

Ivory Coast	4–1	Gabon
Aka 18' Djédjé 65' Boua 76' Blé 83'	Report	Obambou 50'

Stade Huye, Butare
Referee: Ali Lemghaifry (Mauritania)

Group B

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	Knockout stage
3	Angola	3	1	0	2	4	6	−2	3
4	Ethiopia	3	0	1	2	1	5	−4	1

Source: CAF
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

DR Congo v Ethiopia

17 January 2016
15:00

DR Congo	3–0	Ethiopia
Lusadisu 44' Luvumbu 46' Meschak 57'	Report

Stade Huye, Butare
Referee: Malang Diedhiou (Senegal)

Angola v Cameroon

17 January 2016
18:00

Angola	0–1	Cameroon
	Report	Atouba 23'

Stade Huye, Butare
Referee: Mahamadou Keita (Mali)

DR Congo v Angola

21 January 2016
15:00

DR Congo	4–2	Angola
Munganga 8' Meschak 18' Bolingi 38' Bokadi 82'	Report	Gelson 75' Kimwaki 84' (o.g.)

Stade Huye, Butare
Referee: Ali Lemghaifry (Mauritania)

Cameroon v Ethiopia

21 January 2016
18:00

Cameroon	0–0	Ethiopia
	Report

Stade Huye, Butare
Referee: Denis Dembele (Ivory Coast)

Cameroon v DR Congo

25 January 2016
16:00

Cameroon	3–1	DR Congo
Atouba 40' Ngamaleu 51' Nlend 63'	Report	Mundele 47'

Stade Huye, Butare
Referee: Hamada Nampiandra (Madagascar)

Ethiopia v Angola

25 January 2016
16:00

Ethiopia	1–2	Angola
Tesfaye 74'	Report	Papel 54', 72'

Amahoro Stadium, Kigali
Referee: Joseph Lamptey (Ghana)

Group C

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	Knockout stage
3	Nigeria	3	1	1	1	5	3	+2	4
4	Niger	3	0	1	2	3	11	−8	1

Source: CAF
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

Tunisia v Guinea

18 January 2016
15:00

Tunisia	2–2	Guinea
Akaïchi 33', 50'	Report	Al. Camara 40', 87'

Stade Régional Nyamirambo, Kigali
Referee: Daniel Bennett (South Africa)

Nigeria v Niger

18 January 2016
18:00

Nigeria	4–1	Niger
Okoro 46' Chikatara 75', 81', 90'	Report	Adje 80'

Stade Régional Nyamirambo, Kigali
Referee: Ibrahim Nour El Din (Egypt)

Tunisia v Nigeria

22 January 2016
15:00

Tunisia	1–1	Nigeria
Akaïchi 69'	Report	Chikatara 52'

Stade Régional Nyamirambo, Kigali
Referee: Joshua Bondo (Botswana)

Niger v Guinea

22 January 2016
18:00

Niger	2–2	Guinea
M. Moussa 37' A. Moussa 49'	Report	Sylla 38' K. Bangoura 78'

Stade Régional Nyamirambo, Kigali
Referee: Thierry Nkurunziza (Burundi)

Niger v Tunisia

26 January 2016
16:00

Niger	0–5	Tunisia
	Report	Bguir 5', 39' Akaïchi 78' Ben Amor 80' Essifi 90+1'

Stade Régional Nyamirambo, Kigali
Referee: Bamlak Tessema Weyasa (Ethiopia)

Guinea v Nigeria

26 January 2016
16:00

Guinea	1–0	Nigeria
Sankhon 45'	Report

Umuganda Stadium, Gisenyi
Referee: Noureddine El Jaafari (Morocco)

Group D

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	Knockout stage
3	Uganda	3	0	2	1	3	4	−1	2
4	Zimbabwe	3	0	1	2	1	3	−2	1

Source: CAF
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

Zimbabwe v Zambia

19 January 2016
15:00

Zimbabwe	0–1	Zambia
	Report	Chansa 57'

Umuganda Stadium, Gisenyi
Referee: Hudu Munyemana (Rwanda)

Mali v Uganda

19 January 2016
18:00

Mali	2–2	Uganda
Koïta 23' Sinayoko 60'	Report	Ssekisambu 11' Miya 40' (pen.)

Umuganda Stadium, Gisenyi
Referee: Mehdi Abid-Charef (Algeria)

Zimbabwe v Mali

23 January 2016
15:00

Zimbabwe	0–1	Mali
	Report	Sissoko 82'

Umuganda Stadium, Gisenyi
Referee: Davies Ogenche Omweno (Kenya)

Uganda v Zambia

23 January 2016
18:00

Uganda	0–1	Zambia
	Report	Katongo 41'

Umuganda Stadium, Gisenyi
Referee: Juste Ephrem Zio (Burkina Faso)

Uganda v Zimbabwe

27 January 2016
16:00

Uganda	1–1	Zimbabwe
Sserunkuma 90+3'	Report	Manondo 49'

Umuganda Stadium, Gisenyi
Referee: Malang Diedhiou (Senegal)

Zambia v Mali

27 January 2016
16:00

Zambia	0–0	Mali
	Report

Stade Régional Nyamirambo, Kigali
Referee: Ibrahim Nour El Din (Egypt)

Knockout stage

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

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

Rwanda v DR Congo

30 January 2016
15:00

Rwanda	1–2 (a.e.t.)	DR Congo
Sugira 57'	Report	Gikanji 11' Bompunga 114'

Amahoro Stadium, Kigali
Referee: Daniel Bennett (South Africa)

Cameroon v Ivory Coast

30 January 2016
18:00

Cameroon	0–3 (a.e.t.)	Ivory Coast
	Report	Boua 95' Atcho 102' N'Guessan 112'

Stade Huye, Butare
Referee: Joshua Bondo (Botswana)

Tunisia v Mali

31 January 2016
15:00

Tunisia	1–2	Mali
Moncer 14'	Report	Dieng 70' (pen.) Diarra 80'

Stade Régional Nyamirambo, Kigali
Referee: Hamada Nampiandraza (Madagascar)

Zambia v Guinea

31 January 2016
18:00

Zambia	0–0 (a.e.t.)	Guinea
	Report
	Penalties
Katongo Mfune Sautu Kabamba C. Chama A. Chama Musekwa	4–5	I. Bangoura Sankhon Thiam Youla I. Camara Soumah Keita

Umuganda Stadium, Gisenyi
Referee: Bamlak Tessema Weyesa (Ethiopia)

Semi-finals

DR Congo v Guinea

3 February 2016
16:00

DR Congo	1–1 (a.e.t.)	Guinea
Bolingi 102'	Report	Sankhon 120+1'
	Penalties
Kimwaki Tulengi Miche Bolingi Lomalisa Gikanji Meschak	5–4	I. Bangoura Sankhon Ab. Camara Thiam K. Bangoura D. Camara Youla

Amahoro Stadium, Kigali
Referee: Davies Ogenche Omweno (Kenya)

Mali v Ivory Coast

4 February 2016
16:00

Mali	1–0	Ivory Coast
Bissouma 88'	Report

Stade Régional Nyamirambo, Kigali
Referee: Ibrahim Nour El Din (Egypt)

Third place play-off

Guinea v Ivory Coast

7 February 2016
15:00

Guinea	1–2	Ivory Coast
Sylla 85'	Report	Youla 31' (o.g.) Badie 35'

Amahoro Stadium, Kigali
Referee: Hudu Munyemana (Rwanda)

Final

DR Congo v Mali

7 February 2016
18:30

DR Congo	3–0	Mali
Meschak 29', 61' Bolingi 73'	Report

Amahoro Stadium, Kigali
Referee: Daniel Bennett (South Africa)

Goalscorers

Below is the list of goalscorers.^[10]

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

1 own goal

Joël Kimwaki (playing against Angola)
Mohamed Youla (playing against Ivory Coast)

Awards

Below is the list of awards.^[11]

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

Below is the final ranking.^[12]

References

↑ Komugisha, Usher (17 February 2015). "CAF sets dates for CHAN 2016". SuperSport. Retrieved 28 February 2015.
↑ "CAF Full Calendar". CAFonline.com. 28 February 2015. Retrieved 28 February 2015.
1 2 "CHAN draw advanced on 15th November". CAF. 1 November 2015.
↑ "CAF approves four stadiums for 2016 CHAN". African Football. 10 April 2014.
1 2 3 "Regulations of the African Nations Championship" (PDF). CAF.
↑ "Decisions of CAF Executive Committee on 6 August 2015". CAF. 9 August 2015.
↑ "Tricky draw for host Rwanda". CAF. 15 November 2015.
↑ "Procedure for the final tournament draw". CAF. 14 November 2015.
↑ "Fixtures of the final tournament" (PDF). CAF.
↑ "Orange CHAN 2016: Scorers chart". CAFonline.com. 8 February 2016. Retrieved 8 February 2016.
↑ "Orange CHAN 2016: Awards and Best XI". CAFonline.com. 8 February 2016. Retrieved 8 February 2016.
↑ "Orange CHAN 2016: Statistics". CAFonline.com. 8 February 2016. Retrieved 8 February 2016.

External links

Orange African Nations Championship, Rwanda 2016, CAFonline.com
2016 African Nations Championship on Twitter

African Nations Championship

Tournaments	Ivory Coast 2009 Sudan 2011 South Africa 2014 Rwanda 2016 Kenya 2018

Qualification	2009 2011 2014 2016 2018

Finals	2009 2011 2014 2016

Squads	2009 2011 2014 2016

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