# 2022 African Nations Championship

The 2022 African Nations Championship, known as the 2022 CHAN for short and the TotalEnergies African Nations Championship for sponsorship purposes, was the 7th edition of the biennial association football tournament organized by the Confederation of African Football (CAF), featuring national teams consisting of players currently playing in their respective local leagues. It was held in Algeria from 13 January to 4 February 2023.
Originally scheduled from 10 July to 1 August 2022, CAF rescheduled the tournament to January 2023 following an announcement at an executive committee meeting held on 10 September 2020 via video conferencing, citing the postponement of the 2020 edition to 2021 and the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations to 2022 due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Africa as well as the already-scheduled 2022 FIFA World Cup in November – December 2022.
Eighteen teams were supposed to be contesting in this edition, which would have been an increase of 2 teams from the previous edition in 2020; but defending champions Morocco were unable to defend their title due to political tensions with Algerian authorities which began with Algeria's unilaterally decision in 2021 to close its airspace to Moroccan flights, including and especially its official carrier Royal Air Maroc.
Senegal won their first title, following on from their inaugural Africa Cup of Nations title win a year earlier, 5–4 on penalties against host nation Algeria in the final.

## Host selection

Algeria were officially named as hosts of the 2022 edition on 29 September 2018 at an executive committee meeting held at Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt.

## Qualification

The qualification procedures were unveiled at the CAF headquarters in Cairo, Egypt on 26 May 2022 with the qualification itself running from 22 July to 4 September 2022.

### Qualified teams

The following teams qualified for the main tournament:
Morocco was originally set to take part in the tournament with their under-23 national team after their local national team was officially disbanded by the FRMF on 31 August 2022. However, the team announced their withdrawal from the tournament on 12 January 2023, after hosts Algeria refused to allow the squad to take a direct flight from Rabat to Constantine via their flag carrier sponsor, Royal Air Maroc.
| Team | Zone | Appearance | Previous best performance | FIFA ranking at start of event |
| Algeria (hosts) | Northern Zone | 2nd | Fourth place (2011) | 40 |
| Morocco | Northern Zone | 5th | Champions (2018, 2020) | 11 |
| Libya | Northern Zone | 5th | Champions (2014) | 120 |
| Senegal | Western Zone A | 3rd | Fourth place (2009) | 19 |
| Mauritania | Western Zone A | 3rd | Group stage (2014, 2018) | 103 |
| Mali | Western Zone A | 5th | Runners-up (2016, 2020) | 45 |
| Niger | Western Zone B | 4th | Quarter-finals (2011) | 122 |
| Ghana | Western Zone B | 4th | Runners-up (2009, 2014) | 58 |
| Ivory Coast | Western Zone B | 5th | Third place (2016) | 47 |
| DR Congo | Central Zone | 6th | Champions (2009, 2016) | 73 |
| Congo | Central Zone | 4th | Quarter-finals (2018, 2020) | 99 |
| Cameroon | Central Zone | 5th | Fourth place (2020) | 33 |
| Sudan | Central Eastern Zone | 3rd | Third place (2011, 2018) | 128 |
| Ethiopia | Central Eastern Zone | 3rd | Group stage (2014, 2016) | 138 |
| Uganda | Central Eastern Zone | 6th | Group stage (2011, 2014, 2016, 2018, 2020) | 89 |
| Madagascar | Southern Zone | 1st | Debut | 102 |
| Angola | Southern Zone | 4th | Runners-up (2011) | 117 |
| Mozambique | Southern Zone | 2nd | Group stage (2014) | 114 |

## Mascot

Algeria took the fennec fox as a mascot for the championship and named it "COBTAN". And the slogan of the edition was "CHAN fi bled a chène" (CHAN in the country of glory).

## Venues

This edition of the tournament was confirmed by the Algerian Football Federation 1 August 2020 to be held in four venues at four cities across host nation Algeria: Algiers, Oran, Constantine and Annaba.
| Algiers | AlgiersOranConstantineAnnaba | AlgiersOranConstantineAnnaba | Oran |
| Nelson Mandela Stadium | AlgiersOranConstantineAnnaba | AlgiersOranConstantineAnnaba | Miloud Hadefi Stadium |
| Capacity: 40,784 | AlgiersOranConstantineAnnaba | AlgiersOranConstantineAnnaba | Capacity: 40,143 |
| Constantine | AlgiersOranConstantineAnnaba | AlgiersOranConstantineAnnaba | Annaba |
| Chahid Hamlaoui Stadium | AlgiersOranConstantineAnnaba | AlgiersOranConstantineAnnaba | 19 May 1956 Stadium |
| Capacity: 22,986 | AlgiersOranConstantineAnnaba | AlgiersOranConstantineAnnaba | Capacity: 58,100 |
Team base camps
| City | Team | Hotel | Training site |
| Algiers | Algeria (hosts) | CTN Sidi Moussa | CTN Sidi Moussa |
| Algiers | Libya | Golden Tulip Royaume Alger | ANNEXE - Nelson Mandela Stadium |
| Algiers | Ethiopia | Hotel Bay Diab | ANNEXE - Nelson Mandela Stadium |
| Algiers | Mozambique | Mercure Hotel Aéroport | Salem Mabrouki Stadium |
| Annaba | DR Congo | Complexe Touristique Sabri | ANNEXE - 19 May 1956 Stadium |
| Annaba | Ivory Coast | Hotel Royal Elisa Annaba | ANNEXE - Colonel Abdelkader Chabou Stadium |
| Annaba | Senegal | Hôtel Rym El Djamil | ANNEXE - 19 May 1956 Stadium |
| Annaba | Uganda | Hotel militaire annaba | ANNEXE - Colonel Abdelkader Chabou Stadium |
| Constantine | Morocco | Novotel Constantine | ANNEXE - Mohamed Hamlaoui Stadium |
| Constantine | Sudan | Golden Tulip Hotel Alexandre | ANNEXE - Mohamed Hamlaoui Stadium |
| Constantine | Madagascar | Golden Tulip Hotel Alexandre | EBRC |
| Constantine | Ghana | Hotel El Khayem | EBRC |
| Oran | Mali | Rodina Hotel Oran | Stade des Castors |
| Oran | Angola | Rodina Hotel Oran | Stade des Castors |
| Oran | Mauritania | Hotel Oran Bay | ANNEXE 1 - Miloud Hadefi Stadium |
| Oran | Cameroon | Hotel Vent Dôme Khaled | ANNEXE 1 - Miloud Hadefi Stadium |
| Oran | Congo | Hotel Oran Bay | ANNEXE 2 - Miloud Hadefi Stadium |
| Oran | Niger | Pacha Hotel | ANNEXE 2 - Miloud Hadefi Stadium |

## Draw

The draw for this edition was held at Boualem Bessaiah Opera House in the host nation's capital, Algiers, on 1 October 2022 at 18:00 WET (UTC±0).
The 18 teams were drawn into three groups of four teams and two groups of three. Hosts Algeria were seeded in Group A (A1) and defending champions Morocco were seeded in Group C (C1), with the remaining teams were seeded based on their results the four previous editions of the tournament: 2014 (multiplied by 1), 2016 (by 2), 2018 (by 3) and 2020 (by 4):
* 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:
| Seeded | Pot 1 | Pot 2 | Pot 3 |
| Algeria (hosts) (0 pts) (A1) Morocco (53 pts) (C1) | Mali (32 pts) Cameroon (24 pts) DR Congo (20 pts) | Congo (19 pts) Libya (15 pts) Uganda (12 pts) Angola (10 pts) Sudan (9 pts) | Niger (8 pts) Ivory Coast (6 pts) Mauritania (5 pts) Ethiopia (4 pts) Senegal (3 pts) Ghana (1 pts) Mozambique (0 pts) Madagascar (0 pts) |

## Squads

Each squad could contain a maximum of 28 players (Regulations Article 72).

## Match officials

The following 52 match officials officiated during the 2022 African Nations Championship.

### Referees

* Lotfi Bekouassa
* Patrice Milazare
* Alhadi Allaou Mahamat
* Kalilou Ibrahim Traoré
* Mohamed Adel
* Abdelaziz Bouh
* Ibrahim Mutaz
* Karim Sabry
* Pierre Ghislain Atcho
* Celso Armindo Alvação
* Samuel Uwikunda
* Vincentia Amédomé
* Mahmood Ali Ismail
* Messie Nkounkou
* Mehrez Melki
* Djindo Louis Hougnandande
* Daouda Gueye
* Abongile Tom
* Blaise Yuven Ngwa
* Emery Niyongabo

### Assistant referees

* Akram Abbes Zerhouni
* Sid Ali Brahim El Hamlaoui
* Clemence Kanduku
* Eric Ayimavo Ulrich Ayamr
* Kwasi Brobbey
* Hamedine Diba
* Adou Hermann Desire Ngoh
* Hamza Hagi Abdi
* Modibo Samake
* Dos Reis Abelmiro Montenegro
* Ditsoga Boris Marlaise
* Rodrigue Menye Mpele
* Nouha Bangoura
* Sanou Habib Judicael
* Dieudonne Mutuyimana
* Ivanildo Meirelles De O Sanche Lopes
* Hensley Petrousse
* Abdul Aziz Bollel Jawo

### Video assistant referees

* Haythem Guirat
* Lahlou Benbraham
* Daniel Laryea
* Mahmoud Ashor
* Samir Guezzaz
* Dahane Beida
* Issa Sy
* Pacifique Ndabihawenimana
* Bamlak Tessema Weyesa
* Peter Waweru Kamaku
* Zakaria Brinsi
* Mohammed Abdallah Ibrahim

## Group stage

The top two teams of each group of 4 and the top team of each group of 3 advanced to the knockout stages.

### Group A

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Algeria (H) | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | +3 | 9 | Knockout stage |
| 2 | Mozambique | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 4 | Knockout stage |
| 3 | Libya | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 3 | |
| 4 | Ethiopia | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | −3 | 1 | |

### Group B

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Senegal | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | +3 | 6 | Knockout stage |
| 2 | Ivory Coast | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | +1 | 4 | Knockout stage |
| 3 | Uganda | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 4 | |
| 4 | DR Congo | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | −3 | 2 | |

### Group C

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Madagascar | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | +7 | 9 | Knockout stage |
| 2 | Ghana | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 3 | +4 | 6 | Knockout stage |
| 3 | Sudan | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | −2 | 3 | |
| 4 | Morocco | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 9 | −9 | 0 | Withdrew |
* ↑ Morocco withdrew from the tournament due to travel problems. Group C became a three-team group.

### Group D

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Mauritania | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 4 | Knockout stage |
| 2 | Angola | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | |
| 3 | Mali | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 1 | |

### Group E

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Niger | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 4 | Knockout stage |
| 2 | Cameroon | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | |
| 3 | Congo | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 1 | |

## Knockout stage

In the knockout stage, extra time and a penalty shoot-out were used to decide the winners if necessary.

### Bracket

| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | | Final | Final |
| 27 January – Algiers | 27 January – Algiers | | | |
| Algeria | 1 | | | |
| Algeria | 1 | 31 January – Oran | 31 January – Oran | | |
| Ivory Coast | 0 | 31 January – Oran | 31 January – Oran | |
| Ivory Coast | 0 | Algeria | 5 | |
| 28 January – Oran | 28 January – Oran | | Algeria | 5 | |
| 28 January – Oran | 28 January – Oran | Niger | 0 | |
| Niger | 2 | Niger | 0 | |
| Niger | 2 | | | | 4 February – Algiers | 4 February – Algiers |
| Ghana | 0 | | | | 4 February – Algiers | 4 February – Algiers |
| Ghana | 0 | | | | Algeria | 0 (4) |
| 27 January – Annaba | 27 January – Annaba | | | | | Algeria | 0 (4) |
| 27 January – Annaba | 27 January – Annaba | | | | Senegal (p) | 0 (5) |
| Senegal | 1 | | | | Senegal (p) | 0 (5) |
| Senegal | 1 | 31 January – Algiers | 31 January – Algiers | | | |
| Mauritania | 0 | 31 January – Algiers | 31 January – Algiers | | | |
| Mauritania | 0 | Senegal | 1 | | | |
| 28 January – Constantine | 28 January – Constantine | | Senegal | 1 | | | |
| 28 January – Constantine | 28 January – Constantine | Madagascar | 0 | | Third place play-off | Third place play-off |
| Madagascar | 3 | Madagascar | 0 | | Third place play-off | Third place play-off |
| Madagascar | 3 | | | | 3 February – Oran | 3 February – Oran |
| Mozambique | 1 | | | | 3 February – Oran | 3 February – Oran |
| Mozambique | 1 | | | | Niger | 0 |
| | | | | | Madagascar | 1 |

### Final
## Goalscorers

There were 55 goals scored in 29 matches, for an average of 1.9 goals per match.
5 goals
* Aymen Mahious
3 goals
* Koloina Razafindranaivo
2 goals
* Depú
* Anis Saltou
* Tsiry Randriatsiferana
* Jean-Yves Razafindrakoto
* Pape Diallo
1 goal
* Ayoub Abdellaoui
* Sofiane Bayazid
* Hocine Dehiri
* Gilberto
* Jerome Ngom Mbekeli
* Gatoch Panom
* Daniel Afriyie
* Augustine Agyapong
* Seidu Suraj
* Konadu Yiadom
* Sankara Karamoko
* Aubin Kouamé
* Vignon Ouotro
* Abdulati Al-Abbasi
* Ali Abu Arqoub
* Lalaina Rafanomezantsoa
* Marcio Ravelomanantsoa
* Ousmane Coulibaly
* Yoro Diaby
* Hamidou Sinayoko
* Mamadou Sy
* Isac de Carvalho
* Feliciano João Jone
* Pachoio Lau Há King
* Melque Melito Alexandre
* Ousseini Badamassi
* Boubacar Haïnikoye
* Lamine Camara
* Ousmane Diouf
* Moussa Ndiaye
* Al-Gozoli Nooh
* Milton Karisa
* Moses Waiswa
1 own goal
* Baggio Siadi (against Senegal)
* Konadu Yiadom (against Niger)
* Chico (against Libya)
* Boureima Katakoré (against Algeria)

## Awards

The following awards were given at the conclusion of the tournament:
* Total Man of the Competition
* Houssem Eddine Mrezigue
* Top Scorer
* Aymen Mahious (5 goals)
* Best Goalkeeper
* Pape Mamadou Sy
* Best Coach
* Pape Thiaw ( Senegal)
* CAF Fair Play Team
* Senegal

### Team of the Tournament

| Goalkeeper | Defenders | Midfielders | Forwards |
| Pape Sy | Mamadou Sané Ayoub Abdellaoui Chouaïb Keddad Cheick Sidibé | Lamine Camara Houssem Mrezigue Arohasina Andrianarimanana | Solomampionona Koloina Papa Diallo Aymen Mahious |

## Broadcasting rights

In Africa:
Regional Broadcasters
| Territory | Broadcaster |
| Anglophone and Lusophone Sub-Saharan Africa | SuperSport |
| Francophone Sub-Saharan Africa | Canal+Sport Afrique |
| North Africa | beIN Sports |
Broadcasters by country
| Territory | Broadcaster |
| Algeria | EPTV |
| Benin | ORTB |
| Burkina Faso | RTB |
| Cameroon | CRTV |
| Cape Verde | RTC |
| Republic of Congo | Télé Congo |
| Côte d'Ivoire | RTI |
| Ghana | StarTimesGTV Sports+ |
| Kenya | StarTimesK24 TV |
| Madagascar | Télévision Malagasy |
| Malawi | MBC |
| Mali | ORTM |
| Mozambique | TVM |
| Senegal | RTS |
| Tanzania | Azam TV |
| Togo | TVT |
| Uganda | StarTimesUBC |
| South Africa | SABC |
Rest of the world:
| Territory | Broadcaster |
| Australia | beIN Sports |
| Canada | beIN Sports |
| France | beIN Sports |
| Hong Kong | beIN Sports |
| Middle East | beIN Sports |
| United States | beIN Sports |