2022 African Nations Championship

2022 African Nations Championship
بطولة أمم إفريقيا للمحليين 2022
Tournament details
Host countryAlgeria
Dates13 January – 4 February 2023
Teams17 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)4 (in 4 host cities)
Final positions
Champions Senegal (1st title)
Runners-up Algeria
Third place Madagascar
Fourth place Niger
Tournament statistics
Matches played29
Goals scored55 (1.9 per match)
Top scorer(s)
Best player(s)Algeria Houssem Eddine Mrezigue
Best goalkeeperSenegal Pape Mamadou Sy
Fair play award Senegal
2020
2024

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,[1] 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.[2][3]

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;[4][5][6] 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.[7]

  1. ^ "2022 CHAN : Competition Scheduling Unveiled by the Organizing Country". Africa Top Sports. 18 August 2020. Retrieved 15 June 2022.
  2. ^ "Decisions of CAF Executive Committee meeting – 10 September 2020". CAFOnline.com. 10 September 2020. Retrieved 12 September 2021. The final tournament (2022 African Nations Championship) will be rescheduled to January 2023.
  3. ^ "Algérie : le CHAN 2022 reporté à 2023 (officiel)" [Algeria: CHAN 2022 postponed to 2023 (official)]. Afrik Foot (in French). 10 September 2020. Retrieved 23 September 2021.
  4. ^ "CHAN 2022: Expanded tournament set for unusual format". BBC Sport. 23 May 2022. Retrieved 5 January 2023.
  5. ^ Willis, Seth (23 May 2022). "Chan: Caf announces increase of teams from Algeria edition". Goal.com. Retrieved 5 January 2023.
  6. ^ "CAF Set To Increase CHAN 2023 From 16 To 18 Teams, Introduces New Format". Basic Sport in Nigeria (BSN). 11 May 2022. Retrieved 5 January 2023.
  7. ^ "Senegal win penalty shootout against Algeria to become CHAN champions". Cafonline.com. 4 February 2023. Retrieved 22 February 2023.

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