2011 African Nations Championship

2011 African Nations Championship
بطولة أمم أفريقيا للمحليين 2011; 2011 CHAN
Tournament details
Host country	Sudan
Dates	4–25 February
Teams	16 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	5 (in 4 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Tunisia (1st title)
Runners-up	Angola
Third place	Sudan
Fourth place	Algeria
Tournament statistics
Matches played	32
Goals scored	59 (1.84 per match)
Top scorer(s)	El Arbi Hillel Soudani; Myron Shongwe; Mudather Karika; Zouheir Dhaouadi; Salema Gasdaoui; (3 goals)
Best player(s)	Zouheir Dhaouadi

Participating nations

The 2011 African Nations Championship was the second edition of the African Nations Championship tournament. Each participating nation was represented mostly by players who play in their respective local divisions. The competition was hosted in Sudan from February 4 to 25, 2011. Tunisia won their first title by defeating Angola in the final 3–0.

Qualified nations

Team	Qualification
Central Eastern Zone
Sudan	Hosts
Northern Zone
Algeria	Winner Play-off
Tunisia	Winner Play-off
Western Zone A
Mali	Winner 1st Round
Senegal	Winner 1st Round
Western Zone B
Ivory Coast	Winner Play-off
Ghana	Winner Play-off
Niger	Winner Play-off
Central Zone
Cameroon	Winner 1st Round
DR Congo (holders)	Winner 1st Round
Gabon	Winner Play-off
Central Eastern Zone
Rwanda	Winner 2nd Round
Uganda	Winner 2nd Round
Southern Zone
Angola	Winner 2nd Round
South Africa	Winner 2nd Round
Zimbabwe	Winner 2nd Round

Venues

Omdurman	Omdurman Khartoum Wad Madani Port Sudan	Khartoum
Al Merreikh Stadium		Khartoum Stadium
15°23′N 32°17′E / 15.39°N 32.29°E / 15.39; 32.29		15°23′N 32°19′E / 15.38°N 32.32°E / 15.38; 32.32
Capacity: 42,000		Capacity: 23,000

Omdurman		Wad Madani
AlHilal Stadium		Wad Madani Stadium
15°23′N 32°17′E / 15.39°N 32.29°E / 15.39; 32.29		14°14′N 33°19′E / 14.24°N 33.31°E / 14.24; 33.31
Capacity: 15,000		Capacity: 15,000

Port Sudan
Port Sudan Stadium
19°22′N 37°08′E / 19.37°N 37.13°E / 19.37; 37.13
Capacity: 13,000

Squads

Draw

The Final draw for the Groups was held on Saturday November 27, 2010 in Khartoum.^[1] The 16 teams were split into four pots, with Pot 1 containing the top four seeded nations. Sudan are seeded as hosts and Congo DR as reigning holders. Ghana and Senegal have the two strongest records and so they complete the top seeded for Pot 1. A draw will then be done to determine which of these two countries shall be awarded the letter B1 and which one will have the letter D1 .^[2]

The remaining twelve countries was categorized into three hats according to the following criteria in order of priority:

Results in the 1st Edition CHAN 2009
Zonal Separation as determined by CAF statutes

Pot 1	Pot 2	Pot 3	Pot 4
Sudan (Assigned to A1) DR Congo (Assigned to C1) Ghana Senegal	Algeria Ivory Coast Tunisia Zimbabwe	Angola Cameroon Gabon South Africa	Mali Niger Rwanda Uganda

Group stage

Tie-breaking criteria

Where two or more teams end the group stage with the same number of points, their ranking is determined by the following criteria:^[3]

points earned in the matches between the teams concerned;
goal difference in the matches between the teams concerned;
number of goals scored in the group matches between the teams concerned;
number of away goals scored in the matches between the teams concerned;
goal difference in all group matches;
number of goals scored in all group matches;
Yellow and red cards
drawing of lots by the organizing committee.

Key to colors in group tables
	Teams that advanced to the quarter-finals

All times are in local, East Africa Time (UTC+03:00).

Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Sudan	3	2	1	0	2	0	+2	7
Algeria	3	1	2	0	4	2	+2	5
Gabon	3	1	1	1	4	4	0	4
Uganda	3	0	0	3	1	5	−4	0

4 February 2011