2016 African Nations Championship


The 2016 African Nations Championship, also known for short as the 2016 CHAN and for sponsorship purposes as the Orange African Nations Championship, was the 4th edition of the biennial African association football tournament organized by CAF featuring national teams consisting of players playing in their respective national leagues. It was held in Rwanda from 16 January to 7 February 2016.
2014 [African Nations Championship final|The defending champions] Libya failed to qualify for this edition. It was the first edition which featured the semi-final stage consisting of the runners-up from all 4 groups and the last to be sponsored by Orange as French energy and petroleum giant Total was set to take over from the following edition onward.

Qualification

Rwanda qualified automatically as hosts with the remaining spots being determined by the qualifying rounds which took place between June and October 2015.

Qualified teams

TeamZoneAppearancePrevious best performance
Northern Zone
Northern Zone
Zone West A
Zone West A
Zone West B
Zone West B
Zone West B
Central Zone
Central Zone
Central Zone
Central-East Zone
Central-East Zone
Central-East Zone
Southern Zone
Southern Zone
Southern Zone

Venues

CAF approved 4 stadiums provided by the Rwanda Football Federation.
Kigali
Kigali
Amahoro Stadium
Stade Régional Nyamirambo
Capacity: 30,000
Capacity: 22,000

Butare
Gisenyi
Stade Huye
Umuganda Stadium
Capacity: 20,000
Capacity: 5,000

Squads

All teams consisted of a maximum of 23 players.

Draw

The draw for this edition of the tournament took place on 15 November 2015, 72 hours earlier than planned, at 18:30 CAT, in Kigali. The 16 teams were drawn into four groups of four.
The teams were seeded based on their results in the previous 3 editions: 2009, 2011 and 2014 :
  • 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:
Pot 1Pot 2Pot 3Pot 4

  • Group stage

    The top two teams of each group advanced to the knockout stage.
    ;Tiebreakers
    The teams were ranked according to points. If tied on points, tiebreakers would be applied in the following order:
    1. Number of points obtained in games between the teams concerned;
    2. Goal difference in games between the teams concerned;
    3. Goals scored in games between the teams concerned;
    4. If, after applying criteria 1 to 3 to several teams, two teams still have an equal ranking, criteria 1 to 3 are reapplied exclusively to the matches between the two teams in question to determine their final rankings. If this procedure does not lead to a decision, criteria 5 to 7 apply;
    5. Goal difference in all games;
    6. Goals scored in all games;
    7. Drawing of lots.
    All times were local; CAT.

    Group A

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    Group B

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    Group C

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    Group D

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    Knockout stage

    In the knockout stage, if a match was level at the end of normal playing time, extra time would be played and followed, if necessary, by kicks from the penalty mark to determine the winner, except for the third place match where no extra time would be played.

    Bracket

    Quarter-finals

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    Semi-finals

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    Third place play-off

    Final

    Goalscorers

    Below is the list of goalscorers.
    ;4 goals
    ;3 goals
    ;2 goals
    ;1 goal
    ;1 own goal
    Below is the list of awards.
    Below is the final ranking.