2011 African Nations Championship

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2011 African Nations Championship
بطولة أمم أفريقيا للمحليين 2011
2011 CHAN
Mudather Karika
Tunisia Zouheir Dhaouadi
Tunisia Salema Gasdaoui
(3 goals)
Best player(s)Tunisia Zouheir Dhaouadi
2009
Participating nations

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

Team Qualification
Central Eastern Zone
 Sudan Hosts
Northern Zone
 Algeria Winner Play-off
 Tunisia Winner Play-off
Western Zone A
 Mali Winner 1st Round
 Senegal Winner 1st Round
Western Zone B
 Ivory Coast Winner Play-off
 Ghana Winner Play-off
 Niger Winner Play-off
Central Zone
 Cameroon Winner 1st Round
 DR Congo (holders) Winner 1st Round
 Gabon Winner Play-off
Central Eastern Zone
 Rwanda Winner 2nd Round
 Uganda Winner 2nd Round
Southern Zone
 Angola Winner 2nd Round
South Africa
Winner 2nd Round
 Zimbabwe Winner 2nd Round

Venues

Omdurman
Khartoum
Al Merreikh Stadium
Khartoum Stadium
15°23′N 32°17′E / 15.39°N 32.29°E / 15.39; 32.29 15°23′N 32°19′E / 15.38°N 32.32°E / 15.38; 32.32
Capacity: 42,000 Capacity: 23,000
Omdurman Wad Madani
AlHilal Stadium
Wad Madani Stadium
15°23′N 32°17′E / 15.39°N 32.29°E / 15.39; 32.29 14°14′N 33°19′E / 14.24°N 33.31°E / 14.24; 33.31
Capacity: 15,000 Capacity: 15,000
Port Sudan
Port Sudan Stadium
19°22′N 37°08′E / 19.37°N 37.13°E / 19.37; 37.13
Capacity: 13,000

Squads

Draw

  • The Final draw for the Groups was held on Saturday November 27, 2010 in Khartoum.[1] 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 .[2]

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 1 Pot 2 Pot 3 Pot 4

 Sudan (Assigned to A1)
 DR Congo (Assigned to C1)
 Ghana
 Senegal

 Algeria
 Ivory Coast
 Tunisia
 Zimbabwe

 Angola
 Cameroon
 Gabon

South Africa

 Mali
 Niger
 Rwanda
 Uganda

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:[3]

  1. points earned in the matches between the teams concerned;
  2. goal difference in the matches between the teams concerned;
  3. number of goals scored in the group matches between the teams concerned;
  4. number of away goals scored in the matches between the teams concerned;
  5. goal difference in all group matches;
  6. number of goals scored in all group matches;
  7. Yellow and red cards
  8. drawing of lots by the organizing committee.
Key to colors in group tables
Teams that advanced to the quarter-finals

All times are in local, East Africa Time (UTC+03:00).

Group A

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Sudan 3 2 1 0 2 0 +2 7
 Algeria 3 1 2 0 4 2 +2 5
 Gabon 3 1 1 1 4 4 0 4
 Uganda 3 0 0 3 1 5 −4 0
 Sudan1 – 0 Gabon
Mudather Karika 19' Report

 Uganda0 – 2 Algeria
Report
Soudani
62'

 Gabon2 – 2 Algeria
Lengoualama 51'
Bembangoye
90+2'
Report
Soudani
70' 89'

 Sudan1 – 0 Uganda
Mudather Karika 9' Report

 Sudan0 – 0 Algeria
Report

 Gabon2 – 1 Uganda
Pitty Djoué 65' 69' Report Sadam 88'

Group B

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
South Africa
3 3 0 0 6 2 +4 9
 Niger 3 2 0 1 2 2 0 6
 Zimbabwe 3 1 0 2 2 3 −1 3
 Ghana 3 0 0 3 1 4 −3 0





Group C

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Cameroon 3 3 0 0 5 0 +5 9
 DR Congo 3 1 1 1 3 4 −1 4
 Ivory Coast 3 1 0 2 2 4 −2 3
 Mali 3 0 1 2 1 3 −2 1





 DR Congo1 – 1 Mali
Kabangu
82'
Report Bagayoko 80'
Al Merreikh Stadium, Omdurman
)

Group D

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Tunisia 3 2 1 0 6 2 +4 7
 Angola 3 1 2 0 3 2 +1 5
 Senegal 3 1 1 1 2 2 0 4
 Rwanda 3 0 0 3 2 7 -5 0


 Tunisia3 – 1 Rwanda
Darragi 21'
Gasdaoui 32'
Dhaouadi 44'
Report Tuyisenge 23'
Gambia
)



Knockout phase

All times are in local, East Africa Time (UTC+03:00). [4]

 
South Africa
0
 
22 February 2011 – Khartoum
 
 Algeria2
 
 
pen.
)
1 (5)
 
 
Omdurman
 
 DR Congo 0
 
 
Omdurman
 
 Angola0
 
 
Omdurman
 
 Niger1 (3)
 
 
pen.
)
1 (4)
pen.
)
0 (8)
 
 Algeria0
 
 
 Sudan1
 

Quarter-finals

South Africa South Africa
0 – 2 Algeria
Report Maïza 44' (pen)
Metref 90+2'

 Sudan1 – 1 (a.e.t.) Niger
Bakri 17' Report Modibo 65'
Penalties
soccer ball with check mark 4–3 [5] soccer ball with check mark Idrissa
soccer ball with red X Modibo
soccer ball with check mark Abdoul Karim
soccer ball with red X Sabiou
soccer ball with check mark Moctar
AlHilal Stadium, Omdurman
)


Semi-finals


 Sudan1 – 1 (a.e.t.) Angola
Saif Eldin Ali
45'
Report
Love
71'
Penalties
2–4 [6]
Al Merreikh Stadium, Omdurman
)

Third Place Playoff

Final


 2011 African Nations Championship
champions 

Tunisia
First title

Scorers

3 goals
2 goals
1 goal

References

  1. ^ "CHAN draw to be held on 27 of November 2010". CAF. 2010-10-23. Archived from the original on 27 October 2010. Retrieved 2010-10-23.
  2. ^ Football, CAF - Confederation of African. "CAF - CAF Error Page". www.cafonline.com. Retrieved 2017-07-11.
  3. ^ Article 66, paragraph 5 in the Regulations of the African Nations Championship.
  4. ^ "CHAN 2011 quarter finals in Khartoum, 3rd place same day as final". CAF. 2011-02-13. Retrieved 2011-02-13.
  5. ^ NB: On the official CAF Communiqué match (report) No. 26, the score of Penalty Kicks indicated is 3–2, all other sources indicate the score as 4–3.
  6. ^ NB: On the official CAF Communiqué match (report) No. 30, the score of Penalty Kicks indicated is 3–5, all other sources indicate the score as 2–4.

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