African Nations Cup 2014

African Nations Cup 2014
African Nations Championship 2014
Number of nations	16 (of 41 applicants)
African champions	Libya Libya (1st title)
venue	South Africa South Africa
Opening game	January 10, 2014
Endgame	1st of February 2014
Games	32
Gates	73 (⌀: 2.28 per game)
spectator	296,440 (⌀: 9,264 per game)
Top scorer	South Africa Bernard Parker (4 goals)
Best player	Nigeria Ejike Uzoenyi

The 2014 African Nations Cup was the third edition of the African Nations Cup . The tournament for African national football teams, organized by the African Football Association , was held in South Africa from January 10 to February 1, 2014 and was held for the second time with 16 teams. Only players who play in the national championships of their home countries were eligible to play.

qualification

Attendees

South Africa South Africa (hosts)
Libya Libya (north zone)
Morocco Morocco (north zone)
Mauritania Mauritania (West Zone A)
Mali Mali (west zone A)
Ghana Ghana (West Zone B)
Nigeria Nigeria (West Zone B)
Burkina Faso Burkina Faso (West Zone B)
Ethiopia Ethiopia (Central-East Zone)
Uganda Uganda (Central-East Zone)
Burundi Burundi (Central-East Zone)
Congo Republic Republic of the Congo (Central Zone)
Gabon Gabon (central zone)
Congo Democratic Republic Democratic Republic of the Congo (Central Zone)
Zimbabwe Zimbabwe (South Zone)
Mozambique Mozambique (South Zone)

Group stage

The 16 teams were divided into four groups of four teams each. The draw took place on September 18, 2013 in Cairo. The winners and runners-up from all groups made it to the quarterfinals.

Group A

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Mali Mali	3	2	1	0	005: 300	+2	07th
2.	Nigeria Nigeria	3	2	0	1	008: 500	+3	06th
3.	South Africa South Africa	3	1	1	1	005: 500	± 0	04th
4th	Mozambique Mozambique	3	0	0	3	004: 900	−5	00

Sat January 11, 2014 at 6:00 p.m. (5:00 p.m. CEST) in Cape Town Cape Town Stadium
South Africa	-	Mozambique	3: 1 (1: 1)
Sat January 11, 2014 at 9:00 p.m. (8:00 p.m. CEST) in Cape Town Cape Town Stadium
Mali	-	Nigeria	2: 1 (1: 0)
Wed., January 15, 2014 at 5:00 p.m. (4:00 p.m. CEST) in Cape Town Cape Town Stadium
South Africa	-	Mali	1: 1 (1: 0)
Wed., January 15, 2014 at 8:00 p.m. (7:00 p.m. CEST) in Cape Town Cape Town Stadium
Nigeria	-	Mozambique	4: 2 (2: 2)
Sun., January 19, 2014 at 7:00 p.m. (6:00 p.m. CEST) in Cape Town Cape Town Stadium
Nigeria	-	South Africa	3: 1 (2: 0)
Sun., January 19, 2014 at 7:00 p.m. (6:00 p.m. CEST) in Cape Town's Athlone Stadium
Mozambique	-	Mali	1: 2 (1: 0)

Group B

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Morocco Morocco	3	1	2	0	004: 200	+2	05
2.	Zimbabwe Zimbabwe	3	1	2	0	001-000	+1	05
3.	Uganda Uganda	3	1	1	1	003: 400	−1	04th
4th	Burkina Faso Burkina Faso	3	0	1	2	002: 400	−2	01

Sun, January 12, 2014 at 5:00 p.m. (4:00 p.m. CEST) in Cape Town's Athlone Stadium
Zimbabwe	-	Morocco	0-0
Sun January 12, 2014 at 8:00 p.m. (7:00 p.m. CEST) in Cape Town's Athlone Stadium
Uganda	-	Burkina Faso	2: 1 (1: 0)
Thursday, January 16, 2014 at 5:00 p.m. (4:00 p.m. CEST) in Cape Town's Athlone Stadium
Zimbabwe	-	Uganda	0-0
Thursday, January 16, 2014 at 8:00 p.m. (7:00 p.m. CEST) in Cape Town's Athlone Stadium
Burkina Faso	-	Morocco	1: 1 (0: 1)
Mon, January 20, 2014 at 7:00 p.m. (6:00 p.m. CEST) in Cape Town's Athlone Stadium
Burkina Faso	-	Zimbabwe	0: 1 (0: 0)
Mon., January 20, 2014 at 7:00 p.m. (6:00 p.m. CEST) in Cape Town Cape Town Stadium
Morocco	-	Uganda	3: 1 (1: 0)

Group C

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Ghana Ghana	3	2	1	0	003: 100	+2	07th
2.	Libya Libya	3	1	2	0	005: 300	+2	05
3.	Congo Republic Republic of the Congo	3	1	1	1	003: 300	± 0	04th
4th	Ethiopia Ethiopia	3	0	0	3	000: 400	−4	00

Mon., January 13, 2014 at 5:00 p.m. (4:00 p.m. CEST) in Bloemfontein
Ghana	-	Republic of the Congo	1: 0 (1: 0)
Mon., January 13, 2014 at 8:00 p.m. (7:00 p.m. CEST) in Bloemfontein
Libya	-	Ethiopia	2: 0 (1: 0)
Friday, January 17, 2014 at 5:00 p.m. (4:00 p.m. CEST) in Bloemfontein
Ghana	-	Libya	1: 1 (1: 0)
Friday, January 17, 2014 at 8:00 p.m. (7:00 p.m. CEST) in Bloemfontein
Ethiopia	-	Republic of the Congo	0: 1 (0: 0)
Tuesday, January 21, 2014 at 7:00 p.m. (6:00 p.m. CEST) in Bloemfontein
Ethiopia	-	Ghana	0: 1 (0: 0)
Tuesday, January 21, 2014 at 7:00 p.m. (6:00 p.m. CEST) in Polokwane
Republic of the Congo	-	Libya	2: 2 (1: 0)

Group D

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Gabon Gabon	3	2	1	0	005: 200	+3	07th
2.	Congo Democratic Republic DR Congo	3	2	0	1	003: 200	+1	06th
3.	Burundi Burundi	3	1	1	1	004: 400	± 0	04th
4th	Mauritania Mauritania	3	0	0	3	004: 800	−4	00

Tuesday, January 14, 2014 at 5:00 p.m. (4:00 p.m. CEST) in Polokwane
DR Congo	-	Mauritania	1: 0 (0: 0)
Tuesday, January 14, 2014 at 8:00 p.m. (7:00 p.m. CEST) in Polokwane
Gabon	-	Burundi	0-0
Sat January 18, 2014 at 5:00 p.m. (4:00 p.m. CEST) in Polokwane
DR Congo	-	Gabon	0: 1 (0: 1)
Sat January 18, 2014 at 8:00 p.m. (7:00 p.m. CEST) in Polokwane
Burundi	-	Mauritania	3: 2 (1: 1)
Wed., January 22, 2014 at 7:00 p.m. (6:00 p.m. CEST) in Polokwane
Burundi	-	DR Congo	1: 2 (1: 2)
Wed., January 22, 2014 at 7:00 p.m. (6:00 p.m. CEST) in Bloemfontein
Mauritania	-	Gabon	2: 4 (1: 1)

Final round

game schedule

Quarter finals		Semifinals		final



Mali Mali	1

Zimbabwe Zimbabwe	2
		Zimbabwe Zimbabwe	²0 (4) ²

		Libya Libya	0 (5)
Gabon Gabon	²1 (2) ²

Libya Libya	1 (4)
				Libya Libya	²0 (4) ²

				Ghana Ghana	0 (3)
Ghana Ghana	1

Congo Democratic Republic DR Congo	0
		Ghana Ghana	²0 (4) ²	Game for third place

		Nigeria Nigeria	0 (1)
Morocco Morocco	¹3 ¹			Zimbabwe Zimbabwe	0

Nigeria Nigeria	4th			Nigeria Nigeria	1

¹ win after extra time
² win on penalties

Quarter finals

Sat January 25, 2014 at 5:00 p.m. (4:00 p.m. CEST) in Cape Town Cape Town Stadium
Morocco Morocco	-	Nigeria Nigeria	3: 4 n.V. (3: 3, 3: 0)
Sat, January 25, 2014 at 8:30 p.m. (7:30 p.m. CEST) in Cape Town Cape Town Stadium
Mali Mali	-	Zimbabwe Zimbabwe	1: 2 (0: 1)
Sun., January 26, 2014 at 5:00 p.m. (4:00 p.m. CEST) in Polokwane
Gabon Gabon	-	Libya Libya	1: 1 n.V. (1: 1, 0: 1), 2: 4 i. E.
Sun., January 26, 2014 at 8:30 p.m. (7:30 p.m. CEST) in Bloemfontein
Ghana Ghana	-	Congo Democratic Republic DR Congo	1: 0 (0: 0)

Semifinals

Wed., January 29, 2014 at 5:00 p.m. (4:00 p.m. CEST) in Bloemfontein
Zimbabwe Zimbabwe	-	Libya Libya	0: 0 a.d., 4: 5 i. E.
Wed., January 29, 2014 at 8:30 p.m. (7:30 p.m. CEST) in Bloemfontein
Ghana Ghana	-	Nigeria Nigeria	0: 0 n.V., 4: 1 i. E.

Game for third place

Sat February 1, 2014 at 5:00 p.m. (4:00 p.m. CEST) in Cape Town Cape Town Stadium
Zimbabwe Zimbabwe	-	Nigeria Nigeria	0: 1 (0: 0)

final

Sat February 1, 2014 at 8:00 p.m. (7:00 p.m. CEST) in Cape Town Cape Town Stadium
Libya Libya	-	Ghana Ghana	0: 0 a.d., 4: 3 in E.

Impact on the FIFA World Ranking

The games are counted as friendly games by FIFA and are therefore less weighted than games at the African Cup of Nations . While winners Libya lost six places in the FIFA world rankings , fourth-placed Zimbabwe improved by five places. Quarter-finalist Mali even fell by 19 places. In most cases, more decisive than winning points at the Nations Cup was that points from previous African Championships were regularly out of valuation or their value was downgraded.

Web links

Official tournament website 2014

Individual evidence

[1] CAF Online

[2] .com: "Final 16 Concluded For CHAN"

[3] .com: "Switzerland is climbing - Movement in Africa"