2022 African Nations Championship final

The 2022 African Nations Championship final was a football match played between Senegal and Algeria at the Nelson Mandela Stadium in Algiers, Algeria on 4 February 2023 to determine the winners of the 7th edition of the biennial African international football tournament reserved for players playing in their local leagues.[1]

2022 African Nations Championship final
Event2022 African Nations Championship
Date4 February 2023
VenueNelson Mandela Stadium, Algiers
RefereePierre Ghislain Atcho (Gabon)
Attendance39,120
Weather
  • Clear with a few clouds
  • 12 °C (54 °F)
  • 78% humidity
2020
2024

Senegal defeated Algeria 5-4 on penalties to win the Championship.[2]

Venue

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The local CHAN organizing committee in Algeria chose the newly-built and newly-inaugurated Nelson Mandela Stadium in the nation's capital city Algiers as the venue for both the opening match and the final. Inaugurated a week before the start of this edition of the tournament, this 40,784-seater stadium primarily hosts football matches and is named after anti-apartheid hero and former South African president, Nelson Mandela.[3]

Background

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The African Nations Championship or the Championship of African Nations, abbreviated as CHAN, is the biennial African international football tournament reserved for players playing in the league of their birth nations. The 2022 edition or 7th edition of this tournament, colloquially referred to for short as the 2023 CHAN, was staged in Algeria with this concluding match of this edition.

Route to the final

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Algeria Round Senegal
Opponents Result Group stage Opponents Result
  Libya 1–0 Match 1   Ivory Coast 0–1
  Ethiopia 1–0 Match 2   Uganda 0–1
  Mozambique 0–1 Match 3   DR Congo 3–0
Group A winner
Pos Team Pld Pts
1   Algeria (H) 3 9
2   Mozambique 3 4
3   Libya 3 3
4   Ethiopia 3 1
Source: CAF
(H) Hosts
Final standings Group B winner
Pos Team Pld Pts
1   Senegal 3 6
2   Ivory Coast 3 4
3   Uganda 3 4
4   DR Congo 3 2
Source: CAF
Opponents Result Knockout stage Opponents Result
  Ivory Coast 1–0 Quarter-finals   Mauritania 1–0
  Niger 5–0 Semi-finals   Madagascar 1–0

Match

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Summary

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Details

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Algeria  0–0 (a.e.t.)  Senegal
Report
Penalties
4–5
Attendance: 39,120
Referee: Pierre Ghislain Atcho (Gabon)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Algeria
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Senegal
Formation: 4–3–3
GK 16 Alexis Guendouz
DF 22 Mokhtar Belkhiter
DF 5 Ayoub Abdellaoui (c)
DF 2 Chouaib Keddad
DF 15 Zineddine Belaïd
MF 8 Zakaria Draoui
MF 12 Mohamed Islam Bakir   68'
MF 14 Houssem Eddine Mrezigue   111'   120+2'
FW 21 Youcef Laouafi
FW 7 Abderrahmane Meziane   23'   114'
FW 18 Aymen Mahious   108'
Substitutions:
GK 1 Farid Chaâl
MF 11 Oussama Chita
FW 10 Féth-Allah Tahar
DF 3 Hocine Dehiri
MF 4 Akram Djahnit   120+2'
MF 27 Mohamed Ait El Hadj
DF 24 Saâdi Radouani
FW 20 Sofiane Bayazid   114'
MF 6 Ahmed Kendouci   75'   68'
FW 9 Karim Aribi
DF 19 Ayoub Ghezala
DF 28 Houari Baouche
Coach:
  Madjid Bougherra
Formation: 4–3–3
GK 23 Pape Mamadou Sy
DF 4 Mamadou Sané   31'
DF 3 Ousmane Diouf
DF 22 Cheikhou Ndiaye (c)
DF 12 Cheikh Sidibé   15'
MF 14 Moussa Ndiaye
MF 6 Ousmane Kané
MF 5 Lamine Camara   23'
FW 11 Malick Mbaye   113'
FW 17 Serigne Koïté   83'
FW 10 Pape Diallo   113'
Substitutions:
DF 18 El Hadji Baldé   113'
MF 13 Libasse Ngom   120'   83'
GK 16 Alioune Badara Faty
FW 7 Cheikh Diouf
MF 20 Elimane Oumar Cissé
DF 2 Abdoulaye Diedhiou
GK 1 Pape Abdoulaye Dieng
FW 9 Raymond Ndour
MF 21 Moussa Kanté   113'
DF 15 Melo Ndiaye
DF 8 Moussa Sogue
MF 19 Djibril Diarra
Coach:
  Pape Thiaw

Man of the Match: L. Camara (Senegal)[4]

Assistant referees:

Fourth official: Mahmood Ali Ismail (Sudan)

Video assistant referee: Haythem Guirat (Tunisia)

Assistant video assistant referee:

Match rules

  • 90 minutes.
  • 30 minutes of extra time if necessary.
  • Penalty shoot-out if scores still level.
  • Maximum of twelve named substitutes.
  • Maximum of five substitutions, with a sixth allowed in extra time.[note 1]

Statistics

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See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ Each team was given only three opportunities to make substitutions, with a fourth opportunity in extra time, excluding substitutions made at half-time, before the start of extra time and at half-time in extra time.

References

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  1. ^ "CAF announces 60% increase in TotalEnergies CHAN prize money". CAFOnline.com. 27 January 2023. Retrieved 6 February 2023.
  2. ^ "Senegal win penalty shootout against Algeria to become CHAN champions". Cafonline.com. 4 February 2023. Retrieved 22 February 2023.
  3. ^ "President Tebboune inaugurates new Nelson Mandela Stadium in Baraki". Algeria Press Service. 12 January 2023. Retrieved 6 February 2023.
  4. ^ "Senegal's Camara exalts Algeria after Man of the Match award". CAFOnline.com. 5 February 2023. Retrieved 8 February 2023.
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