2011 African Nations Championship

The 2011 African Nations Championship was the second edition of the African Nations Championship tournament. Each participating nation was represented mostly by players who play in their respective local divisions. The competition was hosted in Sudan from February 4 to 25, 2011. Tunisia won their first title by defeating Angola in the final 3–0.

2011 African Nations Championship
بطولة أمم أفريقيا للمحليين 2011
2011 CHAN
Tournament details
Host countrySudan
Dates4–25 February
Teams16 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)5 (in 4 host cities)
Final positions
Champions Tunisia (1st title)
Runners-up Angola
Third place Sudan
Fourth place Algeria
Tournament statistics
Matches played32
Goals scored59 (1.84 per match)
Top scorer(s) El Arbi Hillel Soudani
Myron Shongwe
Mudathir El Tahir
Zouheir Dhaouadi
Salema Gasdaoui
(3 goals)
Best player(s) Zouheir Dhaouadi
Participating nations

Qualified nations
Further information: 2011 African Nations Championship qualification
Team Qualification
Central Eastern Zone
 Sudan Hosts
Northern Zone
 Algeria Winner Play-off
 Tunisia Winner Play-off
Western Zone A
 Mali Winner 1st Round
 Senegal Winner 1st Round
Western Zone B
 Ivory Coast Winner Play-off
 Ghana Winner Play-off
 Niger Winner Play-off
Central Zone
 Cameroon Winner 1st Round
 DR Congo (holders) Winner 1st Round
 Gabon Winner Play-off
Central Eastern Zone
 Rwanda Winner 2nd Round
 Uganda Winner 2nd Round
Southern Zone
 Angola Winner 2nd Round
South Africa Winner 2nd Round
 Zimbabwe Winner 2nd Round

Venues
Omdurman
Khartoum
Al Merreikh StadiumKhartoum Stadium
15.39°N 32.29°E / 15.39; 32.2915.38°N 32.32°E / 15.38; 32.32
Capacity: 42,000Capacity: 23,000
OmdurmanWad Madani
AlHilal StadiumStade Wad Medani
15.39°N 32.29°E / 15.39; 32.2914.24°N 33.31°E / 14.24; 33.31
Capacity: 15,000Capacity: 15,000
Port Sudan
Stade Port Sudan
19.37°N 37.13°E / 19.37; 37.13
Capacity: 13,000

Squads
Main article: 2011 African Nations Championship squads

Draw
  • The Final draw for the Groups was held on Saturday November 27, 2010 in Khartoum.[1][2] The 16 teams were split into four pots, with Pot 1 containing the top four seeded nations. Sudan are seeded as hosts and Congo DR as reigning holders. Ghana and Senegal have the two strongest records and so they complete the top seeded for Pot 1. A draw will then be done to determine which of these two countries shall be awarded the letter B1 and which one will have the letter D1 .[3]

The remaining twelve countries was categorized into three hats according to the following criteria in order of priority:

  • Results in the 1st Edition CHAN 2009
  • Zonal Separation as determined by CAF statutes
Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3 Pot 4

 Sudan (Assigned to A1)
 DR Congo (Assigned to C1)
 Ghana
 Senegal

 Algeria
 Ivory Coast
 Tunisia
 Zimbabwe

 Angola
 Cameroon
 Gabon
South Africa

 Mali
 Niger
 Rwanda
 Uganda

Group stage

Tie-breaking criteria

Where two or more teams end the group stage with the same number of points, their ranking is determined by the following criteria:[4]

  1. points earned in the matches between the teams concerned;
  2. goal difference in the matches between the teams concerned;
  3. number of goals scored in the group matches between the teams concerned;
  4. number of away goals scored in the matches between the teams concerned;
  5. goal difference in all group matches;
  6. number of goals scored in all group matches;
  7. Yellow and red cards
  8. drawing of lots by the organizing committee.
Key to colors in group tables
Teams that advanced to the quarter-finals

All times are in local, East Africa Time (UTC+03:00).

Group A
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Sudan 321020+27
 Algeria 312042+25
 Gabon 31114404
 Uganda 300315−40
 Sudan1 – 0 Gabon
El Tahir  19' Report
 Uganda0 – 2 Algeria
Report Djabou  18'
Soudani  62'
 Gabon2 – 2 Algeria
Lengoualama  51'
Bembangoye  90+2'		 Report Soudani  70'  89'
 Sudan1 – 0 Uganda
El Tahir  9' Report
Referee: Ousmane Fall (Senegal)
 Sudan0 – 0 Algeria
Report
 Gabon2 – 1 Uganda
Pitty Djoué  65'  69' Report Sadam  88'

Group B
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
South Africa 330062+49
 Niger 32012206
 Zimbabwe 310223−13
 Ghana 300314−30
 Ghana1 – 2 South Africa
Larbi  19' Report Shongwe  57'
Shabangu  88'
Referee: Khalid Abdel Rahman (Sudan)
 Zimbabwe0 – 1 Niger
Report Abdelkader  76'
Referee: Mal Mohamadou (Cameroon)
South Africa 2 – 0 Niger
Shongwe  56'  87' Report
Referee: Wellington Kaoma (Zambia)
 Ghana0 – 1 Zimbabwe
Report Gutu  70'
Referee: Hélder Martins de Carvalho (Angola)
 Ghana0 – 1 Niger
Report Tukur  89'
Referee: Slim Jedidi (Tunisia)
South Africa 2 – 1 Zimbabwe
Shabangu  33'
Mkhwanazi  62'		 Report Maroto  2'

Group C
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Cameroon 330050+59
 DR Congo 311134−14
 Ivory Coast 310224−23
 Mali 301213−21
 DR Congo0 – 2 Cameroon
Report Momasso  42'
Baba  80'
Al Merreikh Stadium, Omdurman
 Ivory Coast1 – 0 Mali
Koné  23' Report
Al Merreikh Stadium, Omdurman
 Cameroon1 – 0 Mali
Sagong  68' Report
Al Merreikh Stadium, Omdurman
Referee: Slim Jedidi (Tunisia)
 DR Congo2 – 1 Ivory Coast
Salakiaku  18'
Kaluyituka  31'		 Report Mangoua  8'
Al Merreikh Stadium, Omdurman
Referee: Jose Rachide (Mozambique)
 Cameroon2 – 0 Ivory Coast
Monkam  54'
Ekane  90'		 Report
 DR Congo1 – 1 Mali
Kabangu  82' Report Bagayoko  80'
Al Merreikh Stadium, Omdurman
Referee: Mohamed Ragab Omar (Libya)

Group D
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Tunisia 321062+47
 Angola 312032+15
 Senegal 31112204
 Rwanda 300327-50
 Senegal2 – 0 Rwanda
M. Kasse  89'
M.N. Diop  90+3'		 Report
 Angola1 – 1 Tunisia
Kali  90+2' Report M'sakni  7'
 Tunisia3 – 1 Rwanda
Darragi  21'
Gasdaoui  32'
Dhaouadi  44'		 Report Tuyisenge  23'
 Senegal0 – 0 Angola
Report
Referee: Mohamed Ragab Omar (Libya)
 Senegal0 – 2 Tunisia
Report Gasdaoui  45'
Korbi  88'
Referee: Khalid Abdel Rahman (Sudan)
 Rwanda1 – 2 Angola
Mugiraneza  18' Report Love  31'
Osório  57'
Referee: Mal Mohamadou (Cameroon)

Knockout phase

All times are in local, East Africa Time (UTC+03:00). [5]

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
18 February 2011 – Khartoum
 
 
 South Africa 0
 
22 February 2011 – Khartoum
 
 Algeria2
 
 Algeria1 (3)
 
19 February 2011 – Khartoum
 
 Tunisia (pen.)1 (5)
 
 Tunisia1
 
25 February 2011 – Omdurman
 
 DR Congo 0
 
 Tunisia3
 
18 February 2011 – Omdurman
 
 Angola0
 
 Sudan (pen.)1 (4)
 
22 February 2011 – Omdurman
 
 Niger1 (3)
 
 Sudan1 (2)
 
19 February 2011 – Omdurman
 
 Angola (pen.)1 (4) Third Place
 
 Cameroon0 (7)
 
25 February 2011 – Omdurman
 
 Angola (pen.)0 (8)
 
 Algeria0
 
 
 Sudan1
 

Quarter-finals
South Africa 0 – 2 Algeria
Report Maïza  44' (pen)
Metref  90+2'
Referee: Ousmane Fall (Senegal)
 Sudan1 – 1 (a.e.t.) Niger
Bakri  17' Report Modibo  65'
Penalties
Mohamed El Tahir
Saif Eldin
Mosaab
Mohamed El Khider
Hitham 		4–3 [6] Idrissa
Modibo
Abdoul Karim
Sabiou
Moctar
 Cameroon0 – 0 (a.e.t.) Angola
Report
Penalties
Bebey
Balokog
Nguemaleu
Ashu
Sagong
Ndame
Moundi
Monkam
Ekane 		7–8 Job
Osório
Miguel
Kali
Love
Santana
D.Masunguna
Zé Kalanga
Fabricio
Al Merreikh Stadium, Omdurman
 Tunisia1 – 0 DR Congo
Dhaouadi  50' Report

Semi-finals
 Algeria1 – 1 (a.e.t.) Tunisia
Djabou  62' Report Gasdaoui  18'
Penalties
Feham
Lemmouchia
Meftah
Metref 		3–5 Darragi
Souissi
Gharbi
Hicheri
Korbi
 Sudan1 – 1 (a.e.t.) Angola
Saif Eldin Ali  45' Report Love  71'
Penalties
2–4 [7]
Al Merreikh Stadium, Omdurman

Third Place Playoff
 Algeria0 – 1 Sudan
Report El Tahir  37'
Al Merreikh Stadium, Omdurman

Final
Main article: 2011 African Nations Championship Final
 Tunisia3 – 0 Angola
Traoui  47'
Dhaouadi  74'
Darragi  80'		 Report
Al Merreikh Stadium, Omdurman
 2011 African Nations Championship
Champions 

Tunisia
First title

Scorers
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal

References
  1. "CHAN draw to be held on 27 of November 2010". CAF. 2010-10-23. Archived from the original on 27 October 2010. Retrieved 2010-10-23.
  2. http://www.cafonline.com/competition/african-nations-championship_2011/news/7226-sudan-chan-2011-draw-takes-place.html,
  3. Football, CAF - Confederation of African. "CAF - CAF Error Page". www.cafonline.com. Retrieved 2017-07-11.
  4. Article 66, paragraph 5 in the Regulations of the African Nations Championship.
  5. "CHAN 2011 quarter finals in Khartoum, 3rd place same day as final". CAF. 2011-02-13. Retrieved 2011-02-13.
  6. NB: On the official CAF Communiqué match (report) No. 26, the score of Penalty Kicks indicated is 3–2, all other sources indicate the score as 4–3.
  7. NB: On the official CAF Communiqué match (report) No. 30, the score of Penalty Kicks indicated is 3–5, all other sources indicate the score as 2–4.
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