The 2022

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, known as the 2022 CHAN for short and the

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

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tournament organized by the

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(CAF), featuring national teams consisting of players currently playing in their respective local leagues. It was held in

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from 13 January to 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 2020 edition to 2021 and the

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to 2022 due to the

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as well as the already-scheduled

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in November – December 2022. 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; but defending champions

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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

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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

in the final.

Host selection

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

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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 running from 22 July to 4 September 2022.

Qualified teams

The following teams qualified for the main tournament: Morocco was originally set to take part in the tournament with their under-23 national team after their local national team was officially disbanded by the

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on 31 August 2022. However, the team announced their withdrawal from the tournament on 12 January 2023, after hosts Algeria refused to allow the squad to take a

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from

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via their

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sponsor,

Mascot

Algeria took the

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as a mascot for the championship and named it "COBTAN". And the slogan of the edition was "CHAN fi bled a chène" (CHAN in the country of glory).

Venues

This edition of the tournament was confirmed by the

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1 August 2020 to be held in four venues at four cities across host nation Algeria:

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and

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. Team base camps

Draw

The draw for this edition was held at Boualem Bessaiah Opera House in the host nation's capital,

, on 1 October 2022 at 18:00 WET (

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). The 18 teams were drawn into three groups of four teams and two groups of three. Hosts Algeria were seeded in Group A (A1) and defending champions Morocco were seeded in Group C (C1), with the remaining teams were seeded based on their results the four previous editions of the tournament:

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(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:

Squads

Each squad could contain a maximum of 28 players (Regulations Article 72).

Match officials

The following 52 match officials officiated during the 2022 African Nations Championship. ;Referees * Lotfi Bekouassa * Patrice Milazare * Alhadi Allaou Mahamat * Kalilou Ibrahim Traoré * Mohamed Adel * Abdelaziz Bouh * Ibrahim Mutaz * Karim Sabry * Pierre Ghislain Atcho * Celso Armindo Alvação * Samuel Uwikunda * Vincentia Amédomé * Mahmood Ali Ismail * Messie Nkounkou * Mehrez Melki * Djindo Louis Hougnandande * Daouda Gueye *

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* Blaise Yuven Ngwa * Emery Niyongabo ;Assistant referees * Akram Abbes Zerhouni * Sid Ali Brahim El Hamlaoui * Clemence Kanduku * Eric Ayimavo Ulrich Ayamr * Kwasi Brobbey * Hamedine Diba * Adou Hermann Desire Ngoh * Hamza Hagi Abdi * Modibo Samake * Dos Reis Abelmiro Montenegro * Ditsoga Boris Marlaise * Rodrigue Menye Mpele * Nouha Bangoura * Sanou Habib Judicael * Dieudonne Mutuyimana * Ivanildo Meirelles De O Sanche Lopes * Hensley Petrousse * Abdul Aziz Bollel Jawo ;Video assistant referees * Haythem Guirat * Lahlou Benbraham * Daniel Laryea * Mahmoud Ashor * Samir Guezzaz * Dahane Beida * Issa Sy * Pacifique Ndabihawenimana * Bamlak Tessema Weyesa * Peter Waweru Kamaku * Zakaria Brinsi * Mohammed Abdallah Ibrahim

Group stage

The top two teams of each group of 4 and the top team of each group of 3 advanced to the knockout stages.

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,

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and a

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were used to decide the winners if necessary.

Bracket

Quarter-finals

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Semi-finals

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Third place play-off

Final

Goalscorers

Awards

The following awards were given at the conclusion of the tournament:

Team of the Tournament

Broadcasting rights

In Africa: Regional Broadcasters Broadcasters by country Rest of the world:

Notes

References

External links

Official home of the 2022 edition
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