2014 African Nations Championship

Qualified nations

Main article: 2014 African Nations Championship qualification

Draw

The CHAN 2014 official draw was conducted at the CAF Headquarters on 18 September 2013 in Egypt.

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."

Squads

Main article: 2014 African Nations Championship squads

Group stage

All times are local (UTC+02:00). Tiebreakers ;Tiebreakers The 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:

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

Kekana Traoré

Ali Imenger Diogo

Edeh Traoré

Group B

Iajour El Ouadi

Group C

Omar

Binguila Omami

Group D

Nduwarugira Ndikumana Denna

Appindangoyé Sokambi

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.

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Quarter-finals

Iajour Ali Uzoenyi Pyagbara

Mahachi

Djissikadié Cousin Sokambi Ghanodi Abushnaf Fadel

Semi-finals

Phiri Sithole Moyo Zvirekwi Ncube Jaure Ali Al Ghanodi Mahfud Omami Salama Sabbou Elgadi Nashnoush

Annorbaah Ainooson Attobrah Kwambe Uzochukwu

Third place match

Final

Main article: 2014 African Nations Championship final

Al Mehdi Al Maghasi Al-Gadi Omar El Trbi Ainooson Attobrah Saka Owusu Joshua

Awards

;Golden Boot

• RSA Bernard Parker (4 goals)

;Player of the Tournament

• NGA Ejike Uzoenyi

Goalscorers

;4 goals

• RSA Bernard Parker

;3 goals

• LBY Abdelsalam Omar
• NGA Rabiu Ali
• NGA Ejike Uzoenyi
• UGA Yunus Sentamu

;2 goals

• MTN Bessam
• BDI Selemani Ndikumana
• COD Jean-Marc Makusu Mundele
• GAB Bonaventure Sokambi
• GHA Kwabena Adusei
• MLI Ibourahima Sidibé
• MAR Mouhcine Iajour
• MAR Mouhcine Moutouali
• MOZ Diogo António Alberto
• NGA Ifeanyi Edeh
• GHA Theophilus Annorbaah

;1 goal

• BFA Cyrille Bayala
• BFA Bassirou Ouédraogo
• BDI Fiston Abdul Razak
• BDI Christophe Nduwarugira
• CGO Hardy Binguila
• CGO Rudy Ndey
• CGO Moise Nkounkou
• COD Emomo Eddy Ngoyi
• GAB Aaron Appindangoyé
• GAB Erwin N'Guema
• GAB Duval N'Zembi
• GAB Daniel Cousin
• GHA Mustapha Yahaya
• LBY Elmutasem Abushnaf
• LBY Faisal Al Badri
• LBY Abdelrahman Ramadan Fetori
• MLI Abdoulaye Sissoko
• MLI Adama Traore
• MLI Idrissa Traoré
• MLI Hamidou Sinayoko
• MTN Taghiyoulla Denna
• MTN Ely Samba Voulany
• MAR Brahim El Bahri
• MAR Abdessamad Rafik
• MAR Abdelkabir El Ouadi
• MOZ Dario Khan
• MOZ Josemar Tiago Machaisse
• NGA Christian Pyagbara
• NGA Barnabas Imenger Jr.
• NGA Chinonso Christian Obiozor
• NGA Gbolahan Salami
• NGA Uzochukwu Ugonna
• RSA Hlompho Kekana
• ZIM Masimba Mambare
• ZIM Simba Sithole
• ZIM Kudakwashe Mahachi

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.

References

References

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