Tunisia at the African Nations Championship

Tunisia has participated in two editions of the African Nations Championship. In the 2009 edition, she is represented by the olympic team, under the management of Mondher Kebaier. Tunisia is eliminated there in the qualification phase. In 2011, under the leadership of Sami Trabelsi, Tunisia qualified for the finals and won the championship by beating Angola in the final.^[1] In 2014, placed under the direction of Nabil Maâloul, she was eliminated in the qualification phase.^[2]

In the 2016 edition, under the leadership of Henryk Kasperczak, Tunisia qualified for the finals, but Hatem Missaoui led the team in Rwanda. Tunisia was eliminated in the quarterfinals by Mali. In the next edition, the Tunisian Football Federation announced that Tunisia will not participate in the 2018 African Nations Championship due to the participation of the first team in the 2018 FIFA World Cup.

In 2020 African Nations Championship qualification, Tunisia faced Libya two home and away games, winning the first match 1–0 at Stade Olympique de Radès and the second 2–1 at Stade Boubker Ammar; Anice Badri scores the goals for Tunisia in both cases. The national team qualified for the final phase but, on 20 December 2019, the qualification was withdrawn by the Tunisian Football Federation due to the intensity of the matches.

African Nations Championship record

African Nations Championship										African Nations Championship qualification record
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Squad	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Ref
2009	Did not qualify									2	0	2	0	2	2	^[3]
2011	Champions	1st	6	4	2	0	11	3	Squad	2	0	2	0	3	3	^[4]
2014	Did not qualify									2	0	1	1	0	1	^[5]
2016	Quarter–finals	8th	4	1	2	1	9	5	Squad	4	1	1	2	4	5	^[6]
2018	Did not compete									Did not compete						^[7]
2020	Withdrew after qualifying^{[note 1]}									2	2	0	0	3	1	^[9]
2022	Did not enter									Did not enter						—
Total	Champions	2/7	10	5	4	1	20	8	—	12	3	6	3	12	12	—

By match

By match
Year	Round	Opponent	Score	Tunisia scorers
2011	Group stage	Angola	1–1	Msakni
		Rwanda	3–1	Darragi, Kasdaoui, Dhaouadi
		Senegal	2–0	Kasdaoui, Korbi
	Quarter-final	DR Congo	1–0	Dhaouadi
	Semi-final	Algeria	1–1 (5–3 p)	Kasdaoui
	Final	Angola	3–0	Traoui, Dhaouadi, Darragi
2016	Group stage	Guinea	2–2	Akaïchi (2)
		Nigeria	1–1	Akaïchi
		Niger	5–0	Bguir (2), Akaïchi, Ben Amor, Essifi
	Quarter-final	Mali	1–2	Moncer

2011 African Nations Championship

Tunisia v Morocco at the 2011 African Nations Championship qualification.

Beginning in 2011, Tunisia was marked by the revolution. under new coach Sami Trabelsi, Tunisia played two home and away matches against Morocco and won 1–1 in the first leg at the Stade Olympique de Radès^[10] and 2–2 in the return in the Stade Mohammed V thanks to the goals of Saber Khalifa and Mehdi Meriah,^[11] achieving qualification for the first time Tunisia is in the African Nations Championship.

The team was led by Sami Traboulsi for the 2011 African Nations Championship held in Sudan.^[12] After the group stage where she finished easily for the first time, a 1–1 draw against Angola,^[13] a 3–1 victory against Rwanda^[14] and another 2–0 victory against Senegal,^[15] she found in the quarter–finals the defending champions DR Congo and won 1–0.^[16]

In the semi–finals,^[17] faced Algeria, after a two–hour battle 1–1, Tunisia qualified on penalties.^[18] In the final match, Angola found the ease of winning the match and crowning the title with a score of 3–0.^[19] Zouheir Dhaouadi was also selected as the best player in the tournament.^[20]

Group stage

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Tunisia	3	2	1	0	6	2	+4	7	Advance to knockout stage
2	Angola	3	1	2	0	3	2	+1	5	Advance to knockout stage
3	Senegal	3	1	1	1	2	2	0	4
4	Rwanda	3	0	0	3	2	7	−5	0

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7 February 2011