2016 African Nations Championship
4th edition of CHAN
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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]
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| Tournament details | |
| Host country | Rwanda |
| Dates | 16 January – 7 February |
| Teams | 16 (from 1 confederation) |
| Venues | 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 scorers |
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| Best player | Elia Meschak |
| Best goalkeeper | Ley Matampi |
| Fair play award | DR Congo |
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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
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
| 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
CAF approved 4 stadiums provided by the Rwanda Football Federation.[4]
| Kigali | Kigali | |
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| Amahoro Stadium | Stade Régional Nyamirambo | |
| Capacity: 30,000 | Capacity: 22,000 | |
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| Butare | Gisenyi | |
| Stade Huye | Umuganda Stadium | |
| Capacity: 20,000 | Capacity: 5,000 | |
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Squads
All teams consisted of a maximum of 23 players.[5]
Draw
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:
Group stage
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]
- 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).[10]
Group A
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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| 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 |
| Rwanda | 1–0 | Ivory Coast |
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Bayisenge  15' |
Report (Archived) |
| Rwanda | 2–1 | Gabon |
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| Sugira 42', 47' |
Report (Archived) | Boupendza 54' |
| Morocco | 0–1 | Ivory Coast |
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| Report (Archived) | Zakri 45' (pen.) |
| Morocco | 4–1 | Rwanda |
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| Report (Archived) | Ngomirakiza 27' |
| Ivory Coast | 4–1 | Gabon |
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| Report (Archived) | Obambou 50' |
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 | |
| 3 | Angola |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | −2 | 3 | |
| 4 | Ethiopia |
3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | −4 | 1 |
| Angola | 0–1 | Cameroon |
|---|---|---|
| Report (Archived) | Atouba 23' |
Group C
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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| 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 |
| Tunisia | 2–2 | Guinea |
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| Akaïchi 33', 50' |
Report (Archived) | Al. Camara 40', 87' |
| Niger | 2–2 | Guinea |
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| Report (Archived) |
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Group D
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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| 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 |
| Zimbabwe | 0–1 | Zambia |
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| Report (Archived) | Chansa 57' |
| Uganda | 1–1 | Zimbabwe |
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| Sserunkuma 90+3' |
Report | Manondo 49' |
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
Semi-finals
| Mali | 1–0 | Ivory Coast |
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| Bissouma 88' |
Report |
Third place play-off
| Guinea | 1–2 | Ivory Coast |
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| Ab. Camara 85' |
Report | Youla  31' (o.g.)Badie 35' |
Final
Goalscorers
Below is the list of goalscorers.[11]
- 4 goals
- 3 goals
- 2 goals
- 1 goal
Gelson Dala
Moumi Ngamaleu- Samuel Nlend
Merveille Bokadi- Botuli Bompunga
- Doxa Gikanji
- Guy Lusadisu
- Héritier Luvumbu
- Jean-Marc Makusu Mundele
- Nelson Munganga
Seyoum Tesfaye
Aaron Boupendza- Franck Obambou
Kilé Bangoura- Aboubacar Leo Camara
- Aboubacar Iyanga Sylla
Essis Aka- Djobo Atcho
- Gbagnon Badie
- Treika Blé
- Guiza Djédjé
- Serge N'Guessan
- Yannick Zakri
Yves Bissouma- Abdoulaye Diarra
- Aliou Dieng
- Sékou Koïta
- Hamidou Sinayoko
- Moussa Sissoko
Mohamed Aziz- Abdeladim Khadrouf
Victorien Adebayor- Adamou Moussa
- Mossi Issa Moussa
Osas Okoro
Emery Bayisenge- Hegman Ngomirakiza
Mohamed Ben Amor- Hichem Essifi
- Mohamed Ali Moncer
Farouk Miya- Joseph Ochaya
- Geofrey Serunkuma
Isaac Chansa- Christopher Katongo
William Manondo
- 1 own goal
- Joël Kimwaki (against Angola)
- Mohamed Youla (against Ivory Coast)
Awards
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)