2020 African Nations Championship

The 2020 African Nations Championship, known as the Total African Nations Championship (also referred to as CHAN 2020) will be the 6th edition of the African Nations Championship, a biennial football tournament organized by the Confederation of African Football (CAF) exclusively featuring players from the respective national championships. It was originally hosted from 4 to 25 April 2020 in Cameroon. However, CAF announced on 17 March 2020 that the tournament had been postponed to a later date due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[1] On 30 June CAF announced that the tournament would be held in January 2021.[2]

2020 African Nations Championship
Championnat d'Afrique des nations de football 2020
2020 CHAN
Tournament details
Host countryCameroon
DatesJanuary 2021
Teams16 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)4 (in 3 host cities)

Ethiopia were formerly awarded as host of the tournament, but the EFF admitted it was not ready to host this competition,[3] and hosting rights were awarded to Cameroon instead.[4][5] The final tournament was originally to be played during January and February,[6] but it was moved to April,[7] before being postponed again.

Unlike the African Cup of Nations, the competing national teams must be composed of players playing in their domestic league. For example, a Cameroonian player is only eligible to play for the Cameroon national team if he is playing for a Cameroonian club.

Morocco are the defending champions.

Host selection

Ethiopia were originally officially appointed to host the tournament on 4 February 2018, after the final of the previous tournament in Morocco.[8] Cameroon were appointed to replace Ethiopia to host the tournament on 13 April 2019.[4]

Qualification
Main article: 2020 African Nations Championship qualification

The qualifying rounds took place in 2019. Djibouti and Gabon were banned as they withdrew during the 2018 African Nations Championship qualification.[9]

Qualified teams

The following 16 teams qualified for the final tournament.[10] Tunisia qualified for the tournament but withdrew in January 2020. On 20 January 2020, Libya, which were eliminated by Tunisia in the qualifying round, were invited to take part in place and given a deadline of 28 January 2020 to decide whether to participate.[11] Libya decided to accept the invitation.[12] Tunisia were banned from the next edition of the African Nations Championship.[13]

Team Zone Appearance Previous best performance FIFA ranking
at start of event
 Cameroon (hosts)Central Zone4thQuarter-finals (2011, 2016)
 Congo3rdQuarter-finals (2018)
 DR Congo5thChampions (2009, 2016)
 RwandaCentral Eastern Zone4thQuarter-finals (2016)
 Tanzania2ndGroup stage (2009)
 Uganda5thGroup stage (2011, 2014, 2016, 2018)
 LibyaNorthern Zone4thChampions (2014)
 Morocco4thChampions (2018)
 NamibiaSouthern Zone2ndQuarter-finals (2018)
 Zambia4thThird place (2009)
 Zimbabwe5thFourth place (2014)
 GuineaWestern Zone A3rdFourth place (2016)
 Mali4thRunners-up (2016)
 Burkina FasoWestern Zone B3rdGroup stage (2014, 2018)
 Niger3rdQuarter-finals (2011)
 Togo1stDebut

Venues

Matches will be held in four venues at three cities: Yaoundé, Limbe and Douala.[5] The fixtures were announced on 24 February 2020.[14]

 Douala
Japoma Stadium Stade de la Réunification
Capacity: 50,000 Capacity: 30,000
Yaounde Limbe
Stade Ahmadou Ahidjo Limbe Stadium
Capacity: 42,500 Capacity: 20,000

Squads

Each squad can contain a maximum of 23 players (Regulations Article 72).[15]

Draw

The draw of the final tournament was held on 17 February 2020, 19:00 WAT (UTC+1), at the Palais Polyvalent des Sports de Yaoundé in Yaoundé.[16][17][18] The 16 teams were drawn into four groups of four teams. Teams were allocated into four pots, with the hosts Cameroon seeded in Group A and the defending champions Morocco seeded in Group C.[19]

Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3 Pot 4

Group stage

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

Tiebreakers

Teams are ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss), and if tied on points, the following tiebreaking criteria are applied, in the order given, to determine the rankings (Regulations Article 74):[15]

  1. Points in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
  2. Goal difference in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
  3. Goals scored in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
  4. If more than two teams are tied, and after applying all head-to-head criteria above, a subset of teams are still tied, all head-to-head criteria above are reapplied exclusively to this subset of teams;
  5. Goal difference in all group matches;
  6. Goals scored in all group matches;
  7. Drawing of lots.

All times are local, WAT (UTC+1).[20]

Group A
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Cameroon (H) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Knockout stage
2  Mali 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3  Burkina Faso 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4  Zimbabwe 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
First match(es) will be played on January 2021. Source: CAF
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
(H) Host.
Cameroon Match 1 Zimbabwe
Mali Match 2 Burkina Faso
Cameroon Match 9 Mali
Burkina Faso Match 10 Zimbabwe
Burkina Faso Match 17 Cameroon
Zimbabwe Match 18 Mali

Group B
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Libya 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Knockout stage
2  DR Congo 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3  Congo 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4  Niger 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
First match(es) will be played on January 2021. Source: CAF
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Libya Match 3 Niger
DR Congo Match 4 Congo
Libya Match 11 DR Congo
Congo Match 12 Niger
Congo Match 19 Libya
Niger Match 20 DR Congo

Group C
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Morocco 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Knockout stage
2  Rwanda 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3  Uganda 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4  Togo 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
First match(es) will be played on January 2021. Source: CAF
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Morocco Match 5 Togo
Rwanda Match 6 Uganda
Morocco Match 13 Rwanda
Uganda Match 14 Togo
Uganda Match 21 Morocco
Togo Match 22 Rwanda

Group D
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Zambia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Knockout stage
2  Guinea 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3  Namibia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4  Tanzania 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
First match(es) will be played on January 2021. Source: CAF
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Zambia Match 7 Tanzania
Guinea Match 8 Namibia
Zambia Match 15 Guinea
Namibia Match 16 Tanzania
Namibia Match 23 Zambia
Tanzania Match 24 Guinea

Knockout stage

In the knockout stage, extra time and penalty shoot-out are used to decide the winner if necessary, except for the third place match where penalty shoot-out (no extra time) is used to decide the winner if necessary (Regulations Article 75).[15]

Bracket
 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
January – Yaoundé
 
 
A1
 
January – Douala (Japoma)
 
B2
 
W25
 
January – Douala (Réunification)
 
W28
 
D1
 
January – Yaoundé
 
C2
 
W29
 
January – Limbe
 
W30
 
C1
 
January – Limbe
 
D2
 
W27
 
January – Douala (Japoma)
 
W26Third place match
 
B1
 
January – Douala (Réunification)
 
A2
 
L29
 
 
L30
 

Quarter-finals
A1Match 25B2
B1Match 26A2
C1Match 27D2
D1Match 28C2

Semi-finals
W25Match 29W28
W27Match 30W26

Third place match
L29Match 31L30

Final
W29Match 32W30

References
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  2. "Decisions of CAF Executive Meeting – 30 June 2020". CAF. 30 June 2020.
  3. "African Nations Championship: Ethiopia not ready to host 2020". www.bbc.com. BBC Sport. 11 April 2019.
  4. "Le Cameroun organisera le CHAN 2020 à la place de l'Ethiopie". afriquefoot.rfi.fr (in French). RFI Foot. 13 April 2019.
  5. "Next CAF African Nations Championship to be held in Cameroon on April 4-25, 2020". businessincameroon.com. 5 November 2019.
  6. "Interclubs competition calendar; seasons 2018/19, 2019/20 & 2020/21" (PDF). CAF.
  7. "CAF Holds Executive Committee Meeting ahead of CAN Total U-23 Final". CAF. 21 November 2019.
  8. "Ethiopia officially handed mantle to host CHAN 2020". africanews. 6 February 2018.
  9. "Gabon, Djibouti suspended for Total CHAN 2020". CAF. 15 November 2017.
  10. "Line-up complete for Total CHAN Cameroon 2020". CAF. 20 October 2019.
  11. "CHAN 2020 : La CAF fait appel à la Libye après le boycott de la Tunisie". Foot RDC (in French). 22 January 2020. Retrieved 22 January 2020.
  12. "Libya replaces Tunisia for Total CHAN Cameroon 2020". CAF. 31 January 2020.
  13. "Decisions of CAF Disciplinary Board – 30 January 2020" (PDF). CAF. 31 January 2020.
  14. "Fixtures finalized". CAF. 24 February 2020.
  15. "Regulations of the African Nations Championship" (PDF). CAF.
  16. "Accreditation for Official Draw of the Final Tournament". CAF. 26 January 2020.
  17. "Cameroon legends Tataw and Olembe to assist Total CHAN 2020 draw". CAF. 16 February 2020.
  18. "Groups revealed as draw takes place in Yaounde". CAF. 17 February 2020.
  19. "Draw Procedure of the 6th Edition of Total African Nations Championship, Cameroon 2020" (PDF). CAF.
  20. "Fixtures of CHAN 2020" (PDF). CAF. 24 March 2020.
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