2016 African Nations Championship
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.
2016 Orange African Nations Championship Championnat d'Afrique des nations de football 2016 | |
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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 | ![]() |
Runners-up | ![]() |
Third place | ![]() |
Fourth place | ![]() |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 32 |
Goals scored | 80 (2.5 per match) |
Top scorer(s) | ![]() ![]() ![]() (4 goals each) |
Best player(s) | ![]() |
Best goalkeeper | ![]() |
Fair play award | ![]() |

This edition is the first time that all group runners-up made it into the semi-finals.
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 |
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![]() | Northern Zone | 2nd | Quarter-finals (2014) |
![]() | 2nd | Champions (2011) | |
![]() | Zone West A | 1st | Debut |
![]() | 3rd | Quarter-finals (2014) | |
![]() | Zone West B | 3rd | Group stage (2009, 2011) |
![]() | 2nd | Quarter-finals (2011) | |
![]() | 2nd | Third place (2014) | |
![]() | Central Zone | 2nd | Quarter-finals (2011) |
![]() | 4th | Champions (2009) | |
![]() | 3rd | Quarter-finals (2014) | |
![]() | Central-East Zone | 2nd | Group stage (2014) |
![]() | 2nd | Group stage (2011) | |
![]() | 3rd | Group stage (2011, 2014) | |
![]() | Southern Zone | 2nd | Runners-up (2011) |
![]() | 2nd | Third place (2009) | |
![]() | 4th | Fourth place (2014) |
Venues
Four stadiums were approved by the CAF.[4]
Kigali | Kigali | |
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Amahoro Stadium | Stade Régional Nyamirambo | |
Capacity: 30,000 | Capacity: 22,000 | |
Butare | Gisenyi | |
Stade Huye | Umuganda Stadium | |
Capacity: 20,000 | Capacity: 5,000 | |
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 |
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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 |
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1 | ![]() |
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | −1 | 6 | Knockout stage |
2 | ![]() |
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | +3 | 6 | |
3 | ![]() |
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | +2 | 4 | |
4 | ![]() |
3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | −4 | 1 |
Rwanda ![]() | 1–0 | ![]() |
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Bayisenge ![]() |
Report |
Gabon ![]() | 0–0 | ![]() |
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Report |
Morocco ![]() | 4–1 | ![]() |
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Mouaoui ![]() Aziz ![]() Khadrouf ![]() |
Report | Ngomirakiza ![]() |
Ivory Coast ![]() | 4–1 | ![]() |
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Aka ![]() Djédjé ![]() Boua ![]() Blé ![]() |
Report | Obambou ![]() |
Group B
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | ![]() |
3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | +3 | 7 | Knockout stage |
2 | ![]() |
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 5 | +3 | 6 | |
3 | ![]() |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | −2 | 3 | |
4 | ![]() |
3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | −4 | 1 |
DR Congo ![]() | 4–2 | ![]() |
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Munganga ![]() Meschak ![]() Bolingi ![]() Bokadi ![]() |
Report | Gelson ![]() Kimwaki ![]() |
Cameroon ![]() | 0–0 | ![]() |
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Report |
Group C
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | ![]() |
3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 3 | +5 | 5 | Knockout stage |
2 | ![]() |
3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 5 | |
3 | ![]() |
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | +2 | 4 | |
4 | ![]() |
3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 11 | −8 | 1 |
Tunisia ![]() | 2–2 | ![]() |
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Akaïchi ![]() |
Report | Al. Camara ![]() |
Nigeria ![]() | 4–1 | ![]() |
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Okoro ![]() Chikatara ![]() |
Report | Adje ![]() |
Group D
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | ![]() |
3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | +2 | 7 | Knockout stage |
2 | ![]() |
3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | +1 | 5 | |
3 | ![]() |
3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 2 | |
4 | ![]() |
3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | −2 | 1 |
Mali ![]() | 2–2 | ![]() |
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Koïta ![]() Sinayoko ![]() |
Report | Ochaya ![]() Miya ![]() |
Uganda ![]() | 0–1 | ![]() |
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Report | Katongo ![]() |
Uganda ![]() | 1–1 | ![]() |
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Sserunkuma ![]() |
Report | Manondo ![]() |
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]
Penalty
Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
30 January – Kigali | ||||||||||
![]() | 1 | |||||||||
3 February – Kigali | ||||||||||
![]() | 2 | |||||||||
![]() | 1 (5) | |||||||||
31 January – Gisenyi | ||||||||||
![]() | 1 (4) | |||||||||
![]() | 0 (4) | |||||||||
7 February – Kigali | ||||||||||
![]() | 0 (5) | |||||||||
![]() | 3 | |||||||||
31 January – Kigali | ||||||||||
![]() | 0 | |||||||||
![]() | 1 | |||||||||
4 February – Kigali | ||||||||||
![]() | 2 | |||||||||
![]() | 1 | |||||||||
30 January – Butare | ||||||||||
![]() | 0 | Third place | ||||||||
![]() | 0 | |||||||||
7 February – Kigali | ||||||||||
![]() | 3 | |||||||||
![]() | 1 | |||||||||
![]() | 2 | |||||||||
Quarter-finals
Rwanda ![]() | 1–2 (a.e.t.) | ![]() |
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Sugira ![]() |
Report | Gikanji ![]() Bompunga ![]() |
Cameroon ![]() | 0–3 (a.e.t.) | ![]() |
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Report | Boua ![]() Atcho ![]() N'Guessan ![]() |
Tunisia ![]() | 1–2 | ![]() |
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Moncer ![]() |
Report | Dieng ![]() Diarra ![]() |
Semi-finals
DR Congo ![]() | 1–1 (a.e.t.) | ![]() |
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Bolingi ![]() |
Report | Sankhon ![]() |
Penalties | ||
Kimwaki ![]() Tulengi ![]() Miche ![]() Bolingi ![]() Lomalisa ![]() Gikanji ![]() Meschak ![]() |
5–4 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Mali ![]() | 1–0 | ![]() |
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Bissouma ![]() |
Report |
Third place play-off
Guinea ![]() | 1–2 | ![]() |
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Ab. Camara ![]() |
Report | Youla ![]() Badie ![]() |
Final
DR Congo ![]() | 3–0 | ![]() |
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Meschak ![]() Bolingi ![]() |
Report |
Goalscorers
Below is the list of goalscorers.[10]
- 4 goals
Elia Meschak Chisom Chikatara Ahmed Akaïchi
- 3 goals
- 2 goals
Ary Papel Yazid Atouba Alsény Camara Agogo Ibrahima Sory Sankhon Koffi Boua Abdelghani Mouaoui Saad Bguir
- 1 goal
Gelson 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 Adebayor Zakari Adje 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.[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]
DR Congo Mali Ivory Coast Guinea Zambia Cameroon Rwanda Tunisia Nigeria Morocco Angola Uganda Zimbabwe Gabon Ethiopia Niger
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. Archived from the original on 14 February 2015. Retrieved 28 February 2015.
- "CHAN draw advanced on 15th November". CAF. 1 November 2015.
- "CAF approves four stadiums for 2016 CHAN". African Football. 10 April 2014.
- "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