African Nations Championship
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The African Nations Championship, known for sponsorship purposes as the TotalEnergies African Nations Championship and commonly abbreviated as CHAN, is a biennial African association football tournament organized by the Confederation of African Football (CAF) since 2009 and first announced in September 2007. The participating teams must consist of players playing in their national league competitions. Morocco is the most successful team in this tournament with three titles, followed by DR Congo with two titles, and Tunisia, Libya and Senegal with one title each. The tournament began life in 2009 with 8 teams, which was doubled for the 2nd edition up until the 6th and is currently contested by 18 teams since the 2022 edition. Since the 2014 edition, matches of every edition of this tournament from qualification to the final will be computed to calculate the forthcoming FIFA World Rankings following its conclusion, which CAF exclaimed at the time as an important step for the competition's development. The tournament is played by players from local leagues. The tournament is held biennially and alternates with the Africa Cup of Nations.
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| Ed. | Year | Host | First place game | Third place game | Teams | ||||||
| Champion | Score | Runner-up | Third place | Score | Fourth place | ||||||
| 1 | 2009 | Ivory Coast | DR Congo | 2–0 | Ghana | Zambia | 2–1 | Senegal | 8 | ||
| 2 | 2011 | Sudan | Tunisia | 3–0 | Angola | Sudan | 1–0 | Algeria | 16 | ||
| 3 | 2014 | South Africa | Libya | 0–0(4–3 p) | Ghana | Nigeria | 1–0 | Zimbabwe | 16 | ||
| 4 | 2016 | Rwanda | DR Congo | 3–0 | Mali | Ivory Coast | 2–1 | Guinea | 16 | ||
| 5 | 2018 | Morocco | Morocco | 4–0 | Nigeria | Sudan | 1–1(4–2 p) | Libya | 16 | ||
| 6 | 2020 | Cameroon | Morocco | 2–0 | Mali | Guinea | 2–0 | Cameroon | 16 | ||
| 7 | 2022 | Algeria | Senegal | 0–0(5–4 p) | Algeria | Madagascar | 1–0 | Niger | 17 | ||
| 8 | 2024 | Kenya Tanzania Uganda | Morocco | 3–2 | Madagascar | Senegal | 1–1(4–2 p) | Sudan | 19 | ||
| Team | Champions | Runners-up | Third place | Fourth place | Total |
| Morocco | 3 (2018, 2020, 2024) | – | – | – | 3 |
| DR Congo | 2 (2009, 2016) | – | – | – | 2 |
| Senegal | 1 (2022) | – | 1 (2024) | 1 (2009) | 3 |
| Libya | 1 (2014) | – | – | 1 (2018) | 2 |
| Tunisia | 1 (2011) | – | – | – | 1 |
| Ghana | – | 2 (2009, 2014) | – | – | 2 |
| Mali | – | 2 (2016, 2020) | – | – | 2 |
| Nigeria | – | 1 (2018) | 1 (2014) | – | 2 |
| Madagascar | – | 1 (2024) | 1 (2022) | – | 2 |
| Algeria | - | 1 (2022) | – | 1 (2011) | 2 |
| Angola | – | 1 (2011) | – | – | 1 |
| Sudan | – | – | 2 (2011, 2018) | 1 (2024) | 3 |
| Guinea | – | – | 1 (2020) | 1 (2016) | 2 |
| Zambia | – | – | 1 (2009) | – | 1 |
| Ivory Coast | – | – | 1 (2016) | – | 1 |
| Zimbabwe | – | – | – | 1 (2014) | 1 |
| Cameroon | – | – | – | 1 (2020) | 1 |
| Niger | – | – | – | 1 (2022) | 1 |
| Team | 2009 | 2011 | 2014 | 2016 | 2018 | 2020 | 2022 | 2024 | Years |
| Algeria | • | 4th | × | × | • | • | 2nd | QF | 3 |
| Angola | • | 2nd | GS | QF | GS | GS | 5 | ||
| Burkina Faso | • | • | GS | GS | GS | • | GS | 4 | |
| Burundi | • | • | GS | • | • | 1 | |||
| Cameroon | • | QF | • | QF | GS | 4th | GS | • | 5 |
| Congo | • | × | GS | QF | QF | GS | GS | 5 | |
| Central African Republic | • | × | × | × | × | • | • | GS | 1 |
| DR Congo | 1st | QF | QF | 1st | • | QF | GS | GS | 7 |
| Equatorial Guinea | × | × | GS | • | •• | 2 | |||
| Ethiopia | × | × | GS | GS | GS | • | 3 | ||
| Gabon | • | GS | QF | GS | × | × | 3 | ||
| Ghana | 2nd | GS | 2nd | QF | • | 4 | |||
| Guinea | • | • | 4th | GS | 3rd | • | GS | 4 | |
| Ivory Coast | GS | GS | 3rd | GS | QF | • | 5 | ||
| Kenya | • | • | • | • | × | • | × | QF | 1 |
| Libya | GS | • | 1st | • | 4th | GS | GS | × | 5 |
| Madagascar | 3rd | 2nd | 2 | ||||||
| Mali | • | GS | QF | 2nd | 2nd | GS | • | 5 | |
| Mauritania | • | × | GS | GS | QF | GS | 4 | ||
| Morocco | • | • | QF | GS | 1st | 1st | × | 1st | 5 |
| Mozambique | • | • | GS | QF | • | 2 | |||
| Namibia | • | • | QF | GS | × | • | 2 | ||
| Niger | • | QF | GS | GS | 4th | GS | 5 | ||
| Nigeria | • | • | 3rd | GS | 2nd | • | • | GS | 4 |
| Rwanda | • | GS | QF | GS | QF | • | • | 4 | |
| Senegal | 4th | GS | 1st | 3rd | 4 | ||||
| South Africa | • | QF | GS | • | GS | 2 | |||
| Sudan | • | 3rd | 3rd | GS | 4th | 4 | |||
| Tanzania | GS | • | GS | • | QF | 3 | |||
| Togo | • | • | GS | • | • | 1 | |||
| Tunisia | • | 1st | • | QF | × | •• | × | •• | 3 |
| Uganda | • | GS | GS | GS | GS | GS | GS | QF | 7 |
| Zambia | 3rd | • | • | QF | QF | QF | • | GS | 5 |
| Zimbabwe | GS | GS | 4th | GS | • | GS | × | • | 5 |
| Total | 8 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 17 | 19 |
| Year | Hosts | Champions (titles) | Winning coach | Top scorer(s) (goals) | Most valuable player |
| 2009 | Ivory Coast | DR Congo (1) | Mutumbile Santos | Given Singuluma (5) | Trésor Mputu |
| 2011 | Sudan | Tunisia (1) | Sami Trabelsi | El Arbi Hillel Soudani (3) Myron Shongwe (3) Mudather Karika (3) Zouheir Dhaouadi (3) Salema Gasdaoui (3) | Zouheir Dhaouadi |
| 2014 | South Africa | Libya (1) | Javier Clemente | Bernard Parker (4) | Ejike Uzoenyi |
| 2016 | Rwanda | DR Congo (2) | Florent Ibengé | Meschak Elia (4) Chisom Chikatara (4) Ahmed Akaïchi (4) | Meschak Elia |
| 2018 | Morocco | Morocco (1) | Jamal Sellami | Ayoub El Kaabi (9) | Ayoub El Kaabi |
| 2020 | Cameroon | Morocco (2) | Hussein Ammouta | Soufiane Rahimi (5) | Soufiane Rahimi |
| 2022 | Algeria | Senegal (1) | Pape Thiaw | Aymen Mahious (5) | Houssem Eddine Mrezigue |
| 2024 | Kenya Tanzania Uganda | Morocco (3) | Tarik Sektioui | Oussama Lamlioui (6) | Mohamed Rabie Hrimat |
| Goals | Player(s) | Nation(s) | Year |
| 9 | Ayoub El Kaabi | Morocco | 2018 |
| 6 | Oussama Lamlioui | Morocco | 2024 |
| 5 | Aymen Mahious | Algeria | 2022 |
| Soufiane Rahimi | Morocco | 2020 | |
| Given Singuluma | Zambia | 2009 |
| Sequence | Player | No. of goals | Time of goals | Representing | Final score | Opponent | Tournament | Round | Date |
| 1. | Given Singuluma | 3 | 36', 49', 50' | Zambia | 3–0 | Ivory Coast | 2009 | Group stage | 22 February 2009 |
| 2. | Chisom Chikatara | 3 | 75', 81', 90' | Nigeria | 4–1 | Niger | 2016 | Group stage | 18 January 2016 |
| 3. | Ayoub El Kaabi | 3 | 27', 65', 68' | Morocco | 3–1 | Guinea | 2018 | Group stage | 17 January 2018 |
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