2014 African Nations Championship
  • Orange African Nations Championship
  • 2014 CHAN
Tournament details
Host countrySouth Africa
Dates11 January – 1 February
Teams16 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)4 (in 3 host cities)
Final positions
Champions Libya (1st title)
Runners-up Ghana
Third place Nigeria
Fourth place Zimbabwe
Tournament statistics
Matches played32
Goals scored73 (2.28 per match)
Attendance296,440 (9,264 per match)
Top scorer(s)South Africa Bernard Parker (4 goals)
Best player(s)Nigeria Ejike Uzoenyi

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,[1] it was held in South Africa from 11 January to 1 February 2014.[2]

Since this edition, all results of the compositions of this competition was computed to calculate the forthcoming FIFA World Rankings.[3][4][5]

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.[6]

Qualified nations

Team Qualification
North Zone
 Libya Automatic
 Morocco Defeated Tunisia
Zone West A
 Mauritania Defeated Senegal
 Mali Defeated Guinea
Zone West B
 Ghana Automatic
 Nigeria Defeated Ivory Coast
 Burkina Faso Defeated Niger
Central Zone
 Congo Defeated DR Congo
 Gabon Defeated Cameroon
 DR Congo Defeated Cameroon
Central-East Zone
 Burundi Defeated Sudan
 Ethiopia Defeated Rwanda
 Uganda Defeated Tanzania
Southern Zone
 South Africa Hosts
 Zimbabwe Defeated Zambia
 Mozambique Defeated Angola

Draw

The CHAN 2014 official draw was conducted at the CAF Headquarters on 18 September 2013 in Egypt.[7]

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."[8]

Cape Town Polokwane
Cape Town StadiumPeter Mokaba Stadium
Capacity: 64,100Capacity: 41,733
Mangaung
(Bloemfontein)		Cape Town
Free State StadiumAthlone Stadium
Capacity: 40,911Capacity: 34,000

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:[9]

  1. Greater number of points obtained in the matches between the concerned teams;
  2. Best Goal difference resulting from the matches between the concerned teams;
  3. Goal difference in all group matches;
  4. Greatest number of goals scored in all group matches;
  5. Fair Play point system in which the number of yellow and red cards are evaluated;
  6. Drawing of lots by CAF Organising Committee.

Group A

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Status
 Mali 321053+27Advanced to the quarter-finals
 Nigeria 320185+36
 South Africa 31115504Eliminated
 Mozambique 300349−50
South Africa 3–1 Mozambique
Parker 30' (pen.), 82'
Kekana 58'		 Report Diogo 11'
Attendance: 26,328
Referee: Gehad Grisha (Egypt)
Mali 2–1 Nigeria
Sissoko 18'
Traoré 50'		 Report Salami 54'
Attendance: 14,000
Referee: Bernard Camille (Seychelles)
South Africa 1–1 Mali
Parker 25' Report Sidibé 54'
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Mal Souley Mohamadou (Cameroon)
Nigeria 4–2 Mozambique
Edeh 11'
Ali 13', 54' (pen.)
Imenger 88'		 Report Khan 10'
Diogo 20'
Attendance: 18,407
Referee: Aboubacar Mario Bangoura (Guinea)
Nigeria 3–1 South Africa
Uzoenyi 22', 64'
Edeh 32' (pen.)		 Report Parker 81' (pen.)
Attendance: 35,000
Referee: Mohamed Benouza (Algeria)
Mozambique 1–2 Mali
Josemar 38' Report Sidibé 48'
Traoré 90+3' (pen.)
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Mutaz Abdelbasit Khairalla (Sudan)

Group B

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Status
 Morocco 312042+25Advanced to the quarter-finals
 Zimbabwe 312010+15
 Uganda 311134−14Eliminated
 Burkina Faso 301224−21
Zimbabwe 0–0 Morocco
Report
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Bamlak Tessema Weyesa (Ethiopia)
Uganda 2–1 Burkina Faso
Sentamu 15', 73' Report Bayala 87'
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Ali Lemghaifry (Mauritania)
Zimbabwe 0–0 Uganda
Report
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Malang Diedhiou (Sénégal)
Burkina Faso 1–1 Morocco
Ouédraogo 88' Report El Bahri 1'
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Mahamadou Keita (Mali)
Burkina Faso 0–1 Zimbabwe
Report Mambare 56'
Attendance: 7,200
Referee: Mohamed Said Kordi (Tunisia)
Morocco 3–1 Uganda
Rafik 29'
Iajour 77'
El Ouadi 90+3'		 Report Sentamu 59'
Attendance: 2,500
Referee: Janny Sikazwe (Zambia)

Group C

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Status
 Ghana 321031+27Advanced to the quarter-finals
 Libya 312053+25
 Congo 31113304Eliminated
 Ethiopia 300304−40
Ghana 1–0 Congo
Annorbaah 34' Report
Attendance: 3,500
Referee: Sylvester Kirwa (Kenya)
Libya 2–0 Ethiopia
Abushnaf 4'
Omar 83'		 Report
Attendance: 16,000
Referee: Janny Sikazwe (Zambia)
Ghana 1–1 Libya
Yahaya 6' Report Al Badri 73' (pen.)
Attendance: 7,000
Referee: Redouane Jiyed (Morocco) replaced by Victor Gomes (South Africa) - 62'
Ethiopia 0–1 Congo
Report Ndey 78'
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Juste Zio (Burkina Faso)
Ethiopia 0–1 Ghana
Report Adusei 76' (pen.)
Attendance: 6,500
Referee: Gehad Grisha (Egypt)
Congo 2–2 Libya
Nkounkou 36'
Binguila 54'		 Report Omar 75'
Omami 90+3'
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Mahamadou Keita (Mali)

Group D

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Status
 Gabon 321052+37Advanced to the quarter-finals
 DR Congo 320132+16
 Burundi 31114404Eliminated
 Mauritania 300348−40
DR Congo 1–0 Mauritania
Ngoyi 51' Report
Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Mohamed Benouza (Algeria)
Gabon 0–0 Burundi
Report
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Victor Gomes (South Africa)
DR Congo 0–1 Gabon
Report N'Guema 2'
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Joseph Lamptey (Ghana)
Burundi 3–2 Mauritania
Fiston 11'
Nduwarugira 61'
Ndikumana 90+3'		 Report El Voulany 2'
Denna 70'
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Wiish Hagi Yabarow (Somalia)
Burundi 1–2 DR Congo
Ndikumana 14' Report Mundele 24', 37'
Attendance: 3,500
Referee: Bamlak Tessema Weyesa (Ethiopia)
Mauritania 2–4 Gabon
Bessam 4', 65' Report N'Zembi 7'
Appindangoyé 85'
Sokambi 90+2', 90+4'
Attendance: 7,000
Referee: Bernard Camille (Seychelles)

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.[9]

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
 
 
 
 Mali1
 
 
 
 Zimbabwe2
 
 Zimbabwe0 (4)
 
 
 
 Libya (p)0 (5)
 
 Gabon1 (2)
 
 
 
 Libya (p)1 (4)
 
 Libya (p)0 (4)
 
 
 
 Ghana0 (3)
 
 Ghana1
 
 
 
 DR Congo0
 
 Ghana (p)0 (4)
 
 
 
 Nigeria0 (1) Third place
 
 Morocco3
 
 
 
 Nigeria (aet)4
 
 Zimbabwe0
 
 
 Nigeria1
 

Quarter-finals

Morocco 3–4 (a.e.t.) Nigeria
Moutouali 33', 40'
Iajour 37'		 Report Uzochukwu 49'
Ali 56'
Uzoenyi 90'
Ibrahim 111'
Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Bernard Camille (Seychelles)
Mali 1–2 Zimbabwe
Sinayoko 89' Report Sithole 11'
Mahachi 56'
Attendance: 13,000
Referee: Aboubacar Mario Bangoura (Guinea)
Gabon 1–1 (a.e.t.) Libya
Cousin 73' (pen.) Report Omar 50'
Penalties
Engozo'o Avebe soccer ball with check mark
Djissikadié soccer ball with red X
Cousin soccer ball with check mark
Sokambi soccer ball with red X		 2–4 soccer ball with check mark Saleh
soccer ball with check mark Ghanodi
soccer ball with check mark Abushnaf
soccer ball with check mark Fadel
Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Juste Zio (Burkina Faso)
Ghana 1–0 DR Congo
Adusei 68' (pen.) Report
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Ali Lemghaifry (Mauritania)

Semi-finals

Zimbabwe 0–0 (a.e.t.) Libya
Report
Penalties
Chipeta soccer ball with check mark
Phiri soccer ball with check mark
Sithole soccer ball with red X
Moyo soccer ball with red X
Zvirekwi soccer ball with check mark
Ncube soccer ball with red X
Jaure soccer ball with check mark
Ali soccer ball with red X		 4–5 soccer ball with check mark Abushnaf
soccer ball with check mark Al Ghanodi
soccer ball with red X Mahfud
soccer ball with check mark Omami
soccer ball with red X Salama
soccer ball with red X Sabbou
soccer ball with check mark Elgadi
soccer ball with check mark Nashnoush
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Bamlak Tessema Weyesa (Ethiopia)
Ghana 0–0 (a.e.t.) Nigeria
Report
Penalties
Akuffu soccer ball with check mark
Annorbaah soccer ball with check mark
Ainooson soccer ball with check mark
Attobrah soccer ball with check mark		 4–1 soccer ball with check mark Uzoenyi
soccer ball with red X Kwambe
soccer ball with red X Uzochukwu
Attendance: 13,000
Referee: Janny Sikazwe (Zambia)

Third place match

Zimbabwe 0–1 Nigeria
Report Obiozor 85'
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Victor Gomes (South Africa)

Final

 Libya0–0 (a.e.t.) Ghana
Report
Penalties
Al Badri soccer ball with check mark
Al Mehdi soccer ball with check mark
Al Maghasi soccer ball with check mark
Al-Gadi soccer ball with red X
Omar soccer ball with red X
El Trbi soccer ball with check mark		 4–3 soccer ball with red X Akuffu
soccer ball with red X Ainooson
soccer ball with check mark Attobrah
soccer ball with check mark Saka
soccer ball with check mark Owusu
soccer ball with red X Joshua
Attendance: 16,505
Referee: Mohamed Benouza (Algeria)

Awards

Golden Boot
Player of the Tournament

Goalscorers

4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal

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.[10]

DescriptionUSDTotal
Winner750,000750,000
Runner-up400,000400,000
Losing semi-finalists250,000500,000
Losing quarter-finalists175,000700,000
3rd in group125,000500,000
4th in group100,000400,000
Total3,250,000

References

  1. ↑ "South Africa replace Libya as 2013 Nations Cup hosts". BBC Sport. 28 September 2011. Retrieved 2 February 2012.
  2. ↑ "Decisions of CAF Executive Committee on hosting of Junior and Senior CAF Competitions". CAFOnline.com. 27 September 2011. Archived from the original on 1 January 2012. Retrieved 27 September 2011. South Africa will also organise the 2014 edition of the African Nations Championship (CHAN) instead of Libya.
  3. ↑ "CHAN Henceforth Taken into Account in FIFA Rankings". Confederation of African Football. 14 January 2014. Retrieved 14 January 2022.
  4. ↑ "FIFA upgrades status of CHAN tournament, CAF moves 2015 AFCON draw to April". IONigeria. 11 January 2014. Archived from the original on 17 February 2015. Retrieved 16 February 2015.
  5. ↑ Mosala, Thabiso (11 January 2014). "Hayatou all but confirms Fifa's A-level decision". Goal.com South Africa. South Africa. Retrieved 16 February 2015.
  6. ↑ "CHAN 2014: Caf to look at regulation changes". BBC Sport. 24 January 2014. Retrieved 26 January 2014.
  7. ↑ "Final 16 Concluded For CHAN". Cafonline. 9 September 2013. Archived from the original on 4 February 2014. Retrieved 9 September 2013.
  8. ↑ "Cabinet names Afcon host cities". Supersport. 4 May 2012. Retrieved 4 May 2012.
  9. 1 2 "Regulations of the African Nations Championship" (PDF). Cafonline.com.
  10. ↑ "3.2 Million Dollars Prize Money for Orange CHAN 2014 - Orange African Nations Championship 2014 - CAF". Archived from the original on 26 January 2014.
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