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The 2018
African Nations Championship 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 Afri ...
, known as the 2018 CHAN for short and for sponsorship purposes as the
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African Nations Championship, was the 5th edition of the biennial
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tournament organized by the
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(CAF) featuring players from their respective national leagues. Originally supposed to be hosted in
Kenya Kenya, officially the Republic of Kenya, is a country located in East Africa. With an estimated population of more than 52.4 million as of mid-2024, Kenya is the 27th-most-populous country in the world and the 7th most populous in Africa. ...
, it was instead hosted by
Morocco Morocco, officially the Kingdom of Morocco, is a country in the Maghreb region of North Africa. It has coastlines on the Mediterranean Sea to the north and the Atlantic Ocean to the west, and has land borders with Algeria to Algeria–Morocc ...
from 13 January to 4 February 2018. The 2016 finalists,
DR Congo The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), also known as the DR Congo, Congo-Kinshasa, or simply the Congo (the last ambiguously also referring to the neighbouring Republic of the Congo), is a country in Central Africa. By land area, it is t ...
and
Mali Mali, officially the Republic of Mali, is a landlocked country in West Africa. It is the List of African countries by area, eighth-largest country in Africa, with an area of over . The country is bordered to the north by Algeria, to the east b ...
, failed to qualify for this edition following their qualification losses, Mali losing 3–2 to
Mauritania Mauritania, officially the Islamic Republic of Mauritania, is a sovereign country in Maghreb, Northwest Africa. It is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the west, Western Sahara to Mauritania–Western Sahara border, the north and northwest, ...
on aggregate and DR Congo losing to the neighbouring Congo via the
away goals rule The away goals rule is a method of tiebreaking in association football and other sports when teams play each other twice, once at each team's home ground. Under the away goals rule, if the total goals scored by each team are equal, the team that ...
. Hosts
Morocco Morocco, officially the Kingdom of Morocco, is a country in the Maghreb region of North Africa. It has coastlines on the Mediterranean Sea to the north and the Atlantic Ocean to the west, and has land borders with Algeria to Algeria–Morocc ...
defeated
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4–0 in the final to win their first title which made Morocco the first team to win the tournament on home soil.


Host selection

Following the conclusion of the final of the previous edition in Rwanda on 7 February 2016, CAF announced
Kenya Kenya, officially the Republic of Kenya, is a country located in East Africa. With an estimated population of more than 52.4 million as of mid-2024, Kenya is the 27th-most-populous country in the world and the 7th most populous in Africa. ...
as the host nation of the next edition 48 hours later. However, CAF decided to change the host nation on 23 September the following year due to a lack of progress with preparations and open up a new tender process for a replacement team with the deadline of 30 September 2017. The countries who submitted to replace Kenya as hosts are: * * * (selected as hosts) The
Ethiopian Football Federation The Ethiopian Football Federation (EFF) (Amharic: የኢትዮጵያ እግር ኳስ ፌዴሬሽን) is the governing body of Football (soccer), football in Ethiopia. It organizes all tiers of the national football league and the Ethiopia nation ...
did not provide the government's letter of guarantee and were not considered; the CAF Emergency Committee decided on 15 October that year to choose Morocco over Equatorial Guinea.


Qualification

The qualification rounds took place from 20 April to 20 August 2017. Since Morocco had already qualified in the Northern Zone before replacing Kenya as hosts, their spot in the main phase was re-allocated to their opponents in the Northern Zone final qualifying round, Egypt. However, Egypt declined to participate citing a "congested domestic calendar". As a result, the spot was reverted to Central-East Zone (as originally three teams would participate including original-turned-stripped hosts Kenya), and would go to the winner of a play-off in November 2017 between Ethiopia and Rwanda, the two teams which lost in the Central-East Zone final qualifying round.


Qualified teams

The following teams qualified for the group stage of this edition of the tournament:


Venues

This edition of the tournament had matches held in
Casablanca Casablanca (, ) is the largest city in Morocco and the country's economic and business centre. Located on the Atlantic Ocean, Atlantic coast of the Chaouia (Morocco), Chaouia plain in the central-western part of Morocco, the city has a populatio ...
,
Marrakech Marrakesh or Marrakech (; , ) is the fourth-largest city in Morocco. It is one of the four imperial cities of Morocco and is the capital of the Marrakesh–Safi Regions of Morocco, region. The city lies west of the foothills of the Atlas Mounta ...
,
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and
Tangier Tangier ( ; , , ) is a city in northwestern Morocco, on the coasts of the Mediterranean Sea and the Atlantic Ocean. The city is the capital city, capital of the Tanger-Tetouan-Al Hoceima region, as well as the Tangier-Assilah Prefecture of Moroc ...
. Before Kenya was stripped of its hosting rights, its football association planned to use 4 stadiums for this edition of the tournament. However, only Nyayo National Stadium in
Nairobi Nairobi is the Capital city, capital and largest city of Kenya. The city lies in the south-central part of Kenya, at an elevation of . The name is derived from the Maasai language, Maasai phrase , which translates to 'place of cool waters', a ...
and Kasarani Stadium in
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were considered to meet hosting requirements after inspections by CAF, while Mombasa Municipal Stadium in
Mombasa Mombasa ( ; ) is a coastal city in southeastern Kenya along the Indian Ocean. It was the first capital of British East Africa, before Nairobi was elevated to capital status in 1907. It now serves as the capital of Mombasa County. The town is ...
and Kinoru Stadium in Meru did not.


Squads

The squads of the participating teams each consisting of 23 players per the tournament's regulation article 72 were announced by CAF on 10 January 2018.


Match officials

A total of 32 match officials (16 referees and 16 assistant referees) were selected for this edition of the tournament, of which 7 were selected to operate the
video assistant referee The video assistant referee (VAR) is a Assistant referee (association football), match official in association football who assists the referee by reviewing decisions using video footage and providing advice to the referee based on those revi ...
(VAR) system in a CAF competition for the first time ever, beginning at the knockout stages.


Draw

The draw for the group stage was held at Sofitel Rabat in the Moroccan capital,
Rabat Rabat (, also , ; ) is the Capital (political), capital city of Morocco and the List of cities in Morocco, country's seventh-largest city with an urban population of approximately 580,000 (2014) and a metropolitan population of over 1.2 million. ...
, on 17 November 2017 at 19:30 WET (
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). The teams were drawn into 4 groups of 4. The hosts Morocco were seeded in Group A. The remaining teams were seeded based on their results in the four most recent editions of the tournament:
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(multiplied by 4): *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 4 pots were allocated as follows:


Group stage

The top two teams of each group advance to the knockout stage. ;Tiebreakers Teams are ranked according to
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(3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss), and if tied on points, the following tiebreaking criteria are applied, in the order given, to determine the rankings (Regulations Article 74): #Points in head-to-head matches among tied teams; #
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in head-to-head matches among tied teams; #Goals scored in head-to-head matches among tied teams; #If more than two teams are tied, and after applying all head-to-head criteria above, a subset of teams are still tied, all head-to-head criteria above are reapplied exclusively to this subset of teams; #Goal difference in all group matches; #Goals scored in all group matches; #Drawing of lots. All times are local, WET (
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).


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

From this stage onward, the
video assistant referee The video assistant referee (VAR) is a Assistant referee (association football), match official in association football who assists the referee by reviewing decisions using video footage and providing advice to the referee based on those revi ...
(VAR) system would make its debut in a CAF competition.
Extra time Overtime (OT) or extra time (ET) is an additional period of play to bring a game to a decision and avoid declaring the match a tie or draw where the scores are the same. In some sports, this extra period is played only if the game is required t ...
and
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were used if necessary to decide the winner, except for the third-place match where
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and no
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was used if necessary to decide the winner per the competition's regulations article 75.


Bracket


Quarter-finals

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Semi-finals

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Third place match


Final


Goalscorers

;9 goals *
Ayoub El Kaabi Ayoub El Kaabi (; born 25 June 1993) is a Moroccan professional association football, footballer who plays as a Forward (association football)#Striker, striker for Super League Greece club Olympiacos F.C., Olympiacos and the Morocco national foo ...
;3 goals * Saleh Al Taher * Augustine Mulenga ;2 goals * Walid El Karti * Zakaria Hadraf * Junior Makiesse * Gabriel Okechukwu * Anthony Okpotu * Walaa Eldin Musa * Seif Teiri * Lazarous Kambole ;1 goal *
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* * Mohamed Sydney Sylla * Patrick Moussombo * Carof Bakoua * Kader Bidimbou * Amor * Saïdouba Bissiri Camara * Sékou Amadou Camara * Ibrahima Sory Sankhon * Salem Ablo * Elmutasem Abushnaf * Zakaria Alharaish * Abdulrahman Khalleefah *
Achraf Bencharki Achraf Bencharki (; born 24 September 1994) is a Moroccan professional association football, footballer who is currently playing for Egyptian Premier League club Al Ahly SC, Al Ahly. He can be deployed as a winger (association football), left win ...
* Ismail Haddad * Salaheddine Saidi * Vetunuavi Hambira * Absalom Iimbondi * Panduleni Nekundi * Rabiu Ali * Sunday Faleye * Dayo Ojo * Thierry Manzi * Omer Suleiman * Derrick Nsibambi * Fackson Kapumbu


Awards

The following awards were given at the conclusion of the tournament:


Team of the Tournament

Substitutes: Anas Zniti (Morocco), Sand Masaud (Libya), (Angola), Bader Hasan (Libya), Augustine Mulenga (Zambia), Saifeldin Bakhit (Sudan), Ismail El Haddad (Morocco)


Man of the match


Tournament team rankings


References


External links

* (archived) at CAFOnline.com {{DEFAULTSORT:African Nations Championship 2018 2018 African Nations Championship African Nations Championship 2018 in African football January 2018 sports events in Africa February 2018 sports events in Africa 2017–18 in Moroccan football International association football competitions hosted by Morocco