The 2022

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, known as CHAN 2022 for short and/or the

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African Nations Championship for sponsorship purposes, will be the 7th edition of the biennial

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tournament organized by the Confederation of African Football (CAF), featuring national teams consisting of players currently playing in their respective local leagues. This edition of the tournament will be held in

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between 13 January and 4 February 2023. Originally scheduled from 10 July to 1 August 2022, CAF rescheduled the tournament to January 2023 following an announcement at an executive committee meeting held on 10 September 2020 via

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, citing the postponement of the

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to 2021 and the

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to 2022 due to the

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as well as the already-scheduled 2022 FIFA World Cup in November–December 2022.

Host selection

Algeria were officially named as hosts of the 2022 edition on 29 September 2018 at an executive committee meeting held on 10 September 2020 in

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, Egypt.

Qualification

The qualification procedures were unveiled at the CAF headquarters in

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on 26 May 2022 with the qualification itself scheduled to run from 22 July to 04 September 2022.

Qualified teams

The following 18 teams will qualify for the main tournament.

Venues

This edition of the tournament were confirmed by the Algerian Football Federation 1 August 2020 to be held in four venues at four cities across host nation Algeria: Algiers, Oran,

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and

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Draw

The draw of the final tournament was held on 1 October 2022, 18:00 WET (

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), at Boualem Bessaiah Opera House in Algiers, Algeria. The 18 teams will be drawn into three groups of four teams and two groups of three teams. The hosts Algeria will be seeded in Group A (A1), whilst the defending champions Morocco will be seeded in Group C (C1). The remaining teams were seeded based on their results in the four most recent final tournaments:

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(multiplied by 4): *7 points for winner *5 points for runner-up *3 points for semi-finalists *2 points for quarter-finalists *1 point for group stage Based on the formula above, the four pots were allocated as follows:

Match officials

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Group stage

The top two teams of each group of four teams advance to the quarter-finals. The top team of each group of three do the same.

Group A

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Group B

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Group C

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Group D

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Group E

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Knockout stage

In the knockout stage, extra time and a

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are used to decide the winners if necessary.

Bracket

Quarter-finals

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Semi-finals

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Third place match

Final

References

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