2014 African Nations Championship

2014 African Nations Championship
The 2014 African Nations Championship, known as the 2014 CHAN for short and as the Orange African Nations Championship for sponsorship purposes, was the 3rd edition of the biennial association football tournament organized by CAF, featuring national teams consisting players playing in their respective national leagues. Originally supposed to be hosted in Libya, it was held in South Africa from 11 January to 1 February 2014.
Since this edition, all results of the compositions of this competition was computed to calculate the forthcoming FIFA World Rankings.
Hosts South Africa were knocked out of the group stages owing to their national league not pausing during the tournament, as most of their clubs would not release their players. This caused CAF to alter the rules for future editions of the tournament.
Qualified nations
Draw
The CHAN 2014 official draw was conducted at the CAF Headquarters on 18 September 2013 in Egypt.
Venues
The host cities were announced on 4 May 2012. Polokwane, Bloemfontein, and Cape Town hosted the tournament. As the CEO of the LOC said: "We are not going to let the success of Orange AFCON 2013 get into our heads and we are not taking anything for granted. We are applying the same formula we used during AFCON as well as the lessons learnt to make sure that Orange CHAN 2014 delivers in accordance with our objectives as well as CAF expectations. We are still going to return to the host cities for another round of visits as the LOC, at the end of August and again in November, together with CAF again. This is how serious we take this competition. We also share the same sentiments expressed by the CAF Vice President and Deputy Secretary General of CAF and we are pleased with what we have seen so far."
Squads
Group stage
All times are local (UTC+02:00).
Tiebreakers
The teams are ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a tie, 0 points for a loss). If tied on points, tiebreakers are applied in the following order:
Greater number of points obtained in the matches between the concerned teams;
Best Goal difference resulting from the matches between the concerned teams;
Goal difference in all group matches;
Greatest number of goals scored in all group matches;
Fair Play point system in which the number of yellow and red cards are evaluated;
Drawing of lots by CAF Organising Committee.
Group A
Group B
Group C
Group D
Knockout stage
In the knockout stage, if a match was level at the end of normal playing time, extra time was played (two periods of fifteen minutes each) and followed, if necessary, by a penalty shoot-out to determine the winner, except for the third place match, where no extra time was played.
Quarter-finals
Semi-finals
Third place match
Final
Awards
Golden Boot
Bernard Parker (4 goals)
Player of the Tournament
Ejike Uzoenyi
Goalscorers
4 goals
Bernard Parker
3 goals
Abdelsalam Omar
Rabiu Ali
Ejike Uzoenyi
Yunus Sentamu
2 goals
Bessam
Selemani Ndikumana
Jean-Marc Makusu Mundele
Bonaventure Sokambi
Kwabena Adusei
Ibourahima Sidibé
Mouhcine Iajour
Mouhcine Moutouali
Diogo António Alberto
Ifeanyi Edeh
Theophilus Annorbaah
1 goal
Cyrille Bayala
Bassirou Ouédraogo
Fiston Abdul Razak
Christophe Nduwarugira
Hardy Binguila
Rudy Ndey
Moise Nkounkou
Emomo Eddy Ngoyi
Aaron Appindangoyé
Erwin N'Guema
Duval N'Zembi
Daniel Cousin
Mustapha Yahaya
Elmutasem Abushnaf
Faisal Al Badri
Abdelrahman Ramadan Fetori
Abdoulaye Sissoko
Adama Traore
Idrissa Traoré
Hamidou Sinayoko
Taghiyoulla Denna
Ely Samba Voulany
Brahim El Bahri
Abdessamad Rafik
Abdelkabir El Ouadi
Dario Khan
Josemar Tiago Machaisse
Abubakar Aliyu Ibrahim
Barnabas Imenger Jr.
Chinonso Christian Obiozor
Gbolahan Salami
Uzochukwu Ugonna
Hlompho Kekana
Masimba Mambare
Simba Sithole
Kudakwashe Mahachi
Prize money
The winner of the 3rd Edition of Orange African Nations Championship in South Africa pocketed USD 750, 000 while the runner-up got USD 400,000. The Confederation of African Football (CAF) revealed the prize money ahead of the knock-out phase of CHAN 2014 tournament which took place in South Africa from 11- January till 1 February.
A total of 16 national shared $3.2 million, the rest of the prizes are as follows.
References
External links
Orange African Nations Championship, CAFonline.com
2014 African Nations Championship
2013–14 in South African soccer
International association football competitions hosted by South Africa
African Nations Championship
2014 in African football
January 2014 sports events in Africa
February 2014 sports events in Africa