2011 African Nations Championship Explained

Tourney Name:African Nations Championship
Year:2011
Other Titles:بطولة أمم أفريقيا للمحليين 2011
2011 CHAN
Size:180px
Country:Sudan
Dates:4–25 February
Num Teams:16
Confederations:1
Venues:5
Cities:4
Count:1
Matches:32
Goals:59
Top Scorer: El Arbi Hillel Soudani
Myron Shongwe
Mudather Karika
Zouheir Dhaouadi
Salema Gasdaoui
(3 goals)
Player: Zouheir Dhaouadi
Prevseason:2009
Nextseason:2014

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.

Qualified nations

TeamQualification
Central Eastern Zone
Hosts
Northern Zone
Winner Play-off
Winner Play-off
Western Zone A
Winner 1st Round
Winner 1st Round
Western Zone B
Winner Play-off
Winner Play-off
Winner Play-off
Central Zone
Winner 1st Round
(holders)Winner 1st Round
Winner Play-off
Central Eastern Zone
Winner 2nd Round
Winner 2nd Round
Southern Zone
Winner 2nd Round
South AfricaWinner 2nd Round
Winner 2nd Round

Venues

width=275Omdurman!width=275Khartoum
Al Merreikh StadiumKhartoum Stadium
15.39°N 32.29°W15.38°N 32.32°W
Capacity: 42,000Capacity: 23,000
OmdurmanWad Madani
AlHilal StadiumWad Madani Stadium
15.39°N 32.29°W14.24°N 33.31°W
Capacity: 15,000Capacity: 15,000
Port Sudan
Port Sudan Stadium
19.37°N 37.13°W
Capacity: 13,000

Squads

See main article: 2011 African Nations Championship squads.

Draw

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

width=25%Pot 1width=25%Pot 2width=25%Pot 3width=25%Pot 4
(Assigned to A1)
(Assigned to C1)







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:[3]

  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.

All times are in local, East Africa Time .

Group A

TeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts
321020+27
312042+25
31114404
300315−40

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Group B

TeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts
330062+49
32012206
310223−13
300314−30
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Group C

TeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts
330050+59
311134−14
310224−23
301213−21

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Group D

TeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts
321062+47
312032+15
31112204
300327-50

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Knockout phase

All times are in local, East Africa Time . [4]

Quarter-finals

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Semi-finals

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Final

See main article: 2011 African Nations Championship Final.

Scorers

3 goals
2 goals
1 goal

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: CHAN draw to be held on 27 of November 2010 . CAF . 2010-10-23. 2010-10-23. https://web.archive.org/web/20101027171314/http://www.cafonline.com/competition/african-nations-championship_2011/news/6737-media-accreditation-now-open-for-chan-2011.html. 27 October 2010 . live.
  2. Web site: CAF - CAF Error Page. Football. CAF - Confederation of African. www.cafonline.com. 2017-07-11.
  3. Article 66, paragraph 5 in the Regulations of the African Nations Championship.
  4. Web site: CHAN 2011 quarter finals in Khartoum, 3rd place same day as final . CAF . 2011-02-13. 2011-02-13.