2014 African Nations Championship Explained

Tourney Name:African Nations Championship
Year:2014
Size:200px
Country:South Africa
Dates:11 January – 1 February
Num Teams:16
Confederations:1
Venues:4
Cities:3
Champion:Libya
Count:1
Second:Ghana
Third:Nigeria
Fourth:Zimbabwe
Matches:32
Goals:73
Top Scorer: Bernard Parker (4 goals)
Player: Ejike Uzoenyi
Prevseason:2011
Nextseason:2016

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

See main article: 2014 African Nations Championship qualification.

TeamQualification
North Zone
Automatic
Defeated Tunisia
Zone West A
Defeated Senegal
Defeated Guinea
Zone West B
Automatic
Defeated Ivory Coast
Defeated Niger
Central Zone
Defeated DR Congo
Defeated Cameroon
Defeated Cameroon
Central-East Zone
Defeated Sudan
Defeated Rwanda
Defeated Tanzania
Southern Zone
Hosts
Defeated Zambia
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]

width=275Cape Town!width=275Polokwane
Cape Town StadiumPeter Mokaba Stadium
Capacity: 64,100Capacity: 41,733
Mangaung
(Bloemfontein)
Cape Town
Free State StadiumAthlone Stadium
Capacity: 40,911Capacity: 34,000

Squads

See main article: 2014 African Nations Championship squads.

Group stage

All times are local .

TiebreakersThe 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

TeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsStatus
321053+27Advanced to the quarter-finals
320185+36
31115504Eliminated
300349−50

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Group B

TeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsStatus
312042+25Advanced to the quarter-finals
312010+15
311134−14Eliminated
301224−21

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Group C

TeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsStatus
321031+27Advanced to the quarter-finals
312053+25
31113304Eliminated
300304−40

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Group D

TeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsStatus
321052+37Advanced to the quarter-finals
320132+16
31114404Eliminated
300348−40

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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-finals

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Semi-finals

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Final

See main article: 2014 African Nations Championship final.

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

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 28 September 2011. South Africa replace Libya as 2013 Nations Cup hosts. BBC Sport. 2 February 2012.
  2. Web site: 27 September 2011. Decisions of CAF Executive Committee on hosting of Junior and Senior CAF Competitions. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20120101122928/http://www.cafonline.com/football/news/11521-decisions-of-caf-executive-committee-on-hosting-of-junior-and-senior-caf-competitions.html. 1 January 2012. CAFOnline.com. 27 September 2011. South Africa will also organise the 2014 edition of the African Nations Championship (CHAN) instead of Libya..
  3. Web site: 14 January 2014. CHAN Henceforth Taken into Account in FIFA Rankings. Confederation of African Football. 14 January 2022.
  4. Web site: 11 January 2014. FIFA upgrades status of CHAN tournament, CAF moves 2015 AFCON draw to April. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20150217004444/http://www.ionigeria.com/fifa-upgrades-status-of-chan-tournament-caf-moves-2015-afcon-draw-toapril/. 17 February 2015. IONigeria. 16 February 2015.
  5. Web site: Mosala. Thabiso. 11 January 2014. Hayatou all but confirms Fifa's A-level decision . Goal.com South Africa. 16 February 2015. South Africa.
  6. Web site: 24 January 2014. CHAN 2014: Caf to look at regulation changes. BBC Sport. 26 January 2014.
  7. Web site: Final 16 Concluded For CHAN. Cafonline. 9 September 2013. 9 September 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140204030301/http://www.cafonline.com/competition/african-nations-championship_2011/news/17820-final-16-concluded-for-chan.html . 4 February 2014.
  8. Web site: Cabinet names Afcon host cities. Supersport. 4 May 2012. 4 May 2012.
  9. Web site: Regulations of the African Nations Championship. Cafonline.com.
  10. Web site: 3.2 Million Dollars Prize Money for Orange CHAN 2014 - Orange African Nations Championship 2014 - CAF. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20140126013255/http://www.cafonline.com/competition/african-nations-championship_2014/news/19247-32-million-dollars-prize-money-for-orange-chan-2014.html. 26 January 2014.