2011 African Nations Championship
International football competition
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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.
Host countrySudan
Dates4–25 February
Teams16 (from 1 confederation)
Venue5 (in 4 host cities)
| بطولة أمم أفريقيا للمحليين 2011 2011 CHAN | |
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| Tournament details | |
| Host country | Sudan |
| Dates | 4–25 February |
| Teams | 16 (from 1 confederation) |
| Venue | 5 (in 4 host cities) |
| Final positions | |
| Champions |  Tunisia (1st title) |
| Runners-up |  Angola |
| Third place |  Sudan |
| Fourth place |  Algeria |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 32 |
| Goals scored | 59 (1.84 per match) |
| Top scorer(s) | El Arbi Hillel Soudani Myron Shongwe Mudather Karika Zouheir Dhaouadi Salema Gasdaoui(3 goals) |
| Best player | Zouheir Dhaouadi |
← 2009 2014 → | |
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 | Port Sudan | Khartoum |
|---|---|---|
| Al Merreikh Stadium | Port Sudan Stadium | Khartoum Stadium |
| 15.39°N 32.29°E | 19.37°N 37.13°E | 15.38°N 32.32°E |
| Capacity: 42,000 | Capacity: 13,000 | Capacity: 23,000 |
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| Omdurman | Wad Madani | |
| AlHilal Stadium | Wad Madani Stadium | |
| 15.39°N 32.29°E | 14.24°N 33.31°E | |
| Capacity: 15,000 | Capacity: 15,000 | |
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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
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]
- points earned in the matches between the teams concerned;
- goal difference in the matches between the teams concerned;
- number of goals scored in the group matches between the teams concerned;
- number of away goals scored in the matches between the teams concerned;
- goal difference in all group matches;
- number of goals scored in all group matches;
- Yellow and red cards
- 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
| Sudan | 1–0 | Gabon |
|---|---|---|
Mudather Karika  19' |
Report |
Referee: Rajindraparsad Seechurn (Mauritius)
Referee: Koman Coulibaly (Mali)
| Gabon | 2–2 | Algeria |
|---|---|---|
| Lengoualama 51' Bembangoye 90+2' |
Report | Soudani 70' 89' |
Referee: Ali Lemghaifry (Mauritania)
| Sudan | 1–0 | Uganda |
|---|---|---|
| Mudather Karika 9' |
Report |
Referee: Ousmane Fall (Senegal)
Referee: Eddy Maillet (Seychelles)
Referee: Désiré Noumandiez Doué (Ivory Coast)
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 |
| Ghana | 1–2 | South Africa |
|---|---|---|
| Larbi 19' |
Report | Shongwe 57' Shabangu 88' |
Referee: Khalid Abdel Rahman (Sudan)
Referee: Mal Mohamadou (Cameroon)
| South Africa | 2–0 | Niger |
|---|---|---|
| Shongwe 56' 87' |
Report |
Referee: Wellington Kaoma (Zambia)
Referee: Hélder Martins de Carvalho (Angola)
Referee: Slim Jedidi (Tunisia)
| South Africa | 2–1 | Zimbabwe |
|---|---|---|
| Shabangu 33' Mkhwanazi 62' |
Report | Maroto 2' |
Referee: Djamel Haimoudi (Algeria)
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 |
Referee: Daniel Bennett (South Africa)
| Ivory Coast | 1 – 0 | Mali |
|---|---|---|
| Koné 23' |
Report |
Referee: Eddy Maillet (Seychelles)
Referee: Slim Jedidi (Tunisia)
| DR Congo | 2 – 1 | Ivory Coast |
|---|---|---|
| Salakiaku 18' Kaluyituka 31' |
Report | Mangoua 8' |
Referee: Jose Rachide (Mozambique)
| Cameroon | 2 – 0 | Ivory Coast |
|---|---|---|
| Monkam 54' Ekane 90' |
Report |
Referee: Rajindraparsad Seechurn (Mauritius)
Group D
Referee: Djamel Haimoudi (Algeria)
Referee: Bakary Gassama (Gambia)
Referee: Mohamed Ragab Omar (Libya)
Referee: Khalid Abdel Rahman (Sudan)
Referee: Mal Mohamadou (Cameroon)
Knockout phase
All times are in local, East Africa Time (UTC+03:00). [4]
| Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
| 18 February 2011 – Khartoum | ||||||||||
| South Africa | 0 | |||||||||
| 22 February 2011 – Khartoum | ||||||||||
| Algeria | 2 | |||||||||
| Algeria | 1 (3) | |||||||||
| 19 February 2011 – Khartoum | ||||||||||
| Tunisia (pen.) | 1 (5) | |||||||||
| Tunisia | 1 | |||||||||
| 25 February 2011 – Omdurman | ||||||||||
| DR Congo | 0 | |||||||||
| Tunisia | 3 | |||||||||
| 18 February 2011 – Omdurman | ||||||||||
| Angola | 0 | |||||||||
| Sudan (pen.) | 1 (4) | |||||||||
| 22 February 2011 – Omdurman | ||||||||||
| Niger | 1 (3) | |||||||||
| Sudan | 1 (2) | |||||||||
| 19 February 2011 – Omdurman | ||||||||||
| Angola (pen.) | 1 (4) | Third Place | ||||||||
| Cameroon | 0 (7) | |||||||||
| 25 February 2011 – Omdurman | ||||||||||
| Angola (pen.) | 0 (8) | |||||||||
| Algeria | 0 | |||||||||
| Sudan | 1 | |||||||||
Quarter-finals
Referee: Ousmane Fall (Senegal)
| Sudan | 1–1 (a.e.t.) | Niger |
|---|---|---|
| Bakri 17' |
Report | Modibo 65' |
| Penalties | ||
Muhannad El Tahir  Saif Eldin  Mosaab Mohamed Ali Safari Hitham |
4–3 [5] | Idrissa Modibo Abdoul Karim Sabiou Moctar |
Referee: Daniel Bennett (South Africa)
Referee: Eddy Maillet (Seychelles)
Referee: Koman Coulibaly (Mali)
Semi-finals
Referee: Rajindraparsad Seechurn (Mauritius)
Third Place Playoff
| Algeria | 0–1 | Sudan |
|---|---|---|
| Report | Mudather Karika 37' |
Referee: Eddy Maillet (Seychelles)
Final
Referee: Daniel Bennett (South Africa)
| 2011 African Nations Championship champions |
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 Tunisia First title |
Scorers
- 3 goals
- 2 goals
Abdelmoumene Djabou
Love
Jerry Nelson Pitty Djoué
Bheki Leonard Shabangu
Oussama Darragi
- 1 goal
- Adel Maïza
- Hocine Metref
- Kali
- Osório Carvalho
Ousmaïla Baba- Jean Paul Ekane Ngah
- Joseph Julien Momasso
- Arnaud Monkam Guekam
- Geremi Sagong
Mulota Kabangu- Dioko Kaluyituka
- Matondo Salakiaku
Zoumana Koné- Kesse Jean-Paul Mangoua
- Jean Ulrich Bembangoye
- Johan Diderot Lengoualama
Coomson Daniel Larbi
Alou Bagayoko
Abdelkader Adamou Tiemou- Tukur Gambo
- Sidibe Issa Modibo
Jean Baptiste Mugiraneza- Jacques Tuyisenge
Mohamed Niang Diop- Moustapha Kassé
- Nhlakanipho Already Mkhwanazi
Bakri Al-Madina- Saif Eldin Ali Idris Farah
- Khaled Korbi
- Youssef Msakni
- Mejdi Traoui
Juma Sadam Ibrahim
Archford Gutu- Norman Maroto