2022 African Nations Championship final
Event2022 African Nations Championship
Algeria Senegal
Algeria Senegal
0 0
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

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]

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

Venue

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

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

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

Summary

Details

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
GK16Alexis Guendouz
DF22Mokhtar Belkhiter
DF5Ayoub Abdellaoui (c)
DF2Chouaib Keddad
DF15Zineddine Belaïd
MF8Zakaria Draoui
MF12Mohamed Islam Bakirdownward-facing red arrow 68'
MF14Houssem Eddine MrezigueYellow card 111'downward-facing red arrow 120+2'
FW21Youcef Laouafi
FW7Abderrahmane MezianeYellow card 23'downward-facing red arrow 114'
FW18Aymen MahiousYellow card 108'
Substitutions:
GK1Farid Chaâl
MF11Oussama Chita
FW10Féth-Allah Tahar
DF3Hocine Dehiri
MF4Akram Djahnitupward-facing green arrow 120+2'
MF27Mohamed Ait El Hadj
DF24Saâdi Radouani
FW20Sofiane Bayazidupward-facing green arrow 114'
MF6Ahmed KendouciYellow card 75'upward-facing green arrow 68'
FW9Karim Aribi
DF19Ayoub Ghezala
DF28Houari Baouche
Coach:
Algeria Madjid Bougherra
Formation: 4–3–3
GK23Pape Mamadou Sy
DF4Mamadou SanéYellow card 31'
DF3Ousmane Diouf
DF22Cheikhou Ndiaye (c)
DF12Cheikh SidibéYellow card 15'
MF14Moussa Ndiaye
MF6Ousmane Kané
MF5Lamine CamaraYellow card 23'
FW11Malick Mbayedownward-facing red arrow 113'
FW17Serigne Koïtédownward-facing red arrow 83'
FW10Pape Diallodownward-facing red arrow 113'
Substitutions:
DF18El Hadji Baldéupward-facing green arrow 113'
MF13Libasse NgomYellow card 120'upward-facing green arrow 83'
GK16Alioune Badara Faty
FW7Cheikh Diouf
MF20Elimane Oumar Cissé
DF2Abdoulaye Diedhiou
GK1Pape Abdoulaye Dieng
FW9Raymond Ndour
MF21Moussa Kantéupward-facing green arrow 113'
DF15Melo Ndiaye
DF8Moussa Sogue
MF19Djibril Diarra
Coach:
Senegal 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

See also

Notes

  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

  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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