African Nations Cup 2018

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African Nations Cup 2018
2018 African Nations Championship
Number of nations 16  (of 51 applicants)
African champions MoroccoMorocco Morocco (1st title)
venue MoroccoMorocco Morocco
Opening game January 13, 2018
Endgame 4th February 2018
Games 32
Gates 58  (⌀: 1.81 per game)

The fifth African Nations Championship (officially English 2018 African Nations Championship ) was from 13 January to 4 February 2018 in Morocco held. It took place for the fourth time with 16 teams. It was played in a group stage with four groups of four teams and then in the knockout system .

The African Football Association had originally chosen Kenya as the host, but then - due to the lack of progress in preparation - awarded the tournament to Morocco in October 2017. Kenya also lost the right to participate, and Rwanda moved up to replace Morocco, which had already qualified.

In contrast to the African Football Championship , only players who play in the national leagues of their home countries are eligible to play in the Nations Cup. The defending champion was the team of the Democratic Republic of the Congo , which could not qualify for the finals.

Attendees

qualification

Of the 54 member associations of the CAF , 48 took part in the qualification. The teams were divided into six zones according to their regional associations. The zones had previously been allocated a certain quota of qualifying places. Two teams should qualify from the north, central-east and west zone A and three teams from the other zones. The draw for the matches took place on February 3, 2017 in Libreville .

One to three qualifying rounds with a return leg were played within the zones . The winners of the last round qualified for the final round. For Equatorial Guinea and Namibia , it is the first appearance at the finals. Due to the disqualification of Kenya and the determination of Morocco as host, Egypt was initially offered the vacated space, but they refused. In the central-east zone, a successor was determined between the two losers in the third round in two play-off games.

draw

The group draw took place on November 17, 2017 in the Moroccan capital Rabat . The teams were divided into four pots according to their results in the last four events and drawn into four groups of four teams each. Host Morocco was already set as the group head of Group A.

  • Lottery pot 1 : Morocco, Libya, Ivory Coast, Angola
  • Lottery pot 2 : Nigeria, Guinea, Cameroon, Zambia
  • Lottery pot 3 : Rwanda, Uganda, Sudan, Congo
  • Lottery pot 4 : Burkina Faso, Mauritania, Namibia, Equatorial Guinea

The draw resulted in the following group allocation:

Group A Group B Group C Group D
MoroccoMorocco Morocco Ivory CoastIvory Coast Ivory Coast LibyaLibya Libya AngolaAngola Angola
Guinea-aGuinea Guinea ZambiaZambia Zambia NigeriaNigeria Nigeria CameroonCameroon Cameroon
SudanSudan Sudan UgandaUganda Uganda RwandaRwanda Rwanda Congo RepublicRepublic of the Congo Republic of the Congo
MauritaniaMauritania Mauritania NamibiaNamibia Namibia Equatorial GuineaEquatorial Guinea Equatorial Guinea Burkina FasoBurkina Faso Burkina Faso

Venues

Casablanca Marrakech
Venues 2018 in Morocco
Tangier Agadir
Stade Mohammed V Stade de Marrakech Grand Stade de Tangier Grand Stade d'Agadir
Raja de Casablanca vs Mouloudia dOujda, 02 November 2008-04.jpg Stade de marrakech.jpg
Capacity: 45,000 Capacity: 45,240 Capacity: 45,000 Capacity: 45,480

Group stage

Group A

Pl. country Sp. S. U N Gates Diff. Points
 1. MoroccoMorocco Morocco  3  2  1  0 007: 100  +6 07th
 2. SudanSudan Sudan  3  2  1  0 003: 100  +2 07th
 3. Guinea-aGuinea Guinea  3  1  0  2 003: 500  −2 03
 4th MauritaniaMauritania Mauritania  3  0  0  3 000: 600  −6 00
January 13, 2018, 7:30 p.m., (8:30 p.m. CET ) in Casablanca
Morocco - Mauritania 4: 0 (0: 0)
January 14, 2018, 2:30 p.m. (3:30 p.m. CET) in Casablanca
Guinea - Sudan 1: 2 (0: 1)
January 17, 2018, 4:30 p.m. (5:30 p.m. CET) in Casablanca
Morocco - Guinea 3: 1 (1: 1)
January 17, 2018, 7:30 p.m. (8:30 p.m. CET) in Casablanca
Sudan - Mauritania 1: 0 (1: 0)
January 21, 2018, 7:00 p.m. (8:00 p.m. CET) in Casablanca
Sudan - Morocco 0-0
January 21, 2018, 7:00 p.m. (8:00 p.m. CET) in Marrakech
Mauritania - Guinea 0: 1 (0: 1)

Group B

Pl. country Sp. S. U N Gates Diff. Points
 1. ZambiaZambia Zambia  3  2  1  0 006: 200  +4 07th
 2. NamibiaNamibia Namibia  3  2  1  0 003: 100  +2 07th
 3. UgandaUganda Uganda  3  0  1  2 001: 400  −3 01
 4th Ivory CoastIvory Coast Ivory Coast  3  0  1  2 000: 300  −3 01
January 14, 2018, 4:30 p.m., (5:30 p.m. CET ) in Marrakech
Ivory Coast - Namibia 0: 1 (0: 0)
January 14, 2018, 7:30 p.m. (8:30 p.m. CET) in Marrakech
Zambia - Uganda 3: 1 (1: 1)
January 18, 2018, 4:30 p.m. (5:30 p.m. CET) in Marrakech
Ivory Coast - Zambia 0: 2 (0: 1)
January 18, 2018, 7:30 p.m. (8:30 p.m. CET) in Marrakech
Uganda - Namibia 0: 1 (0: 0)
January 22, 2018, 7:00 p.m. (8:00 p.m. CET) in Casablanca
Namibia - Zambia 1: 1 (1: 1)
January 22, 2018, 7:00 p.m. (8:00 p.m. CET) in Marrakech
Uganda - Ivory Coast 0-0

Group C

Pl. country Sp. S. U N Gates Diff. Points
 1. NigeriaNigeria Nigeria  3  2  1  0 004: 100  +3 07th
 2. LibyaLibya Libya  3  2  0  1 004: 100  +3 06th
 3. RwandaRwanda Rwanda  3  1  1  1 001: 100  ± 0 04th
 4th Equatorial GuineaEquatorial Guinea Equatorial Guinea  3  0  0  3 001: 700  −6 00
January 15, 2018, 4:30 p.m. (5:30 p.m. CET ) in Tangier
Libya - Equatorial Guinea 3: 0 (2: 0)
January 15, 2018, 7:30 p.m. (8:30 p.m. CET) in Tangier
Nigeria - Rwanda 0-0
January 19, 2018, 4:30 p.m. (5:30 p.m. CET) in Tangier
Libya - Nigeria 0: 1 (0: 0)
January 19, 2018, 7:30 p.m. (8:30 p.m. CET) in Tangier
Rwanda - Equatorial Guinea 1: 0 (0: 0)
January 23, 2018, 7:00 p.m. (8:00 p.m. CET) in Agadir
Equatorial Guinea - Nigeria 1: 3 (1: 0)
January 23, 2018, 7:00 p.m. (8:00 p.m. CET) in Tangier
Rwanda - Libya 0: 1 (0: 0)

Group D

Pl. country Sp. S. U N Gates Diff. Points
 1. Congo RepublicRepublic of the Congo Republic of the Congo  3  2  1  0 003-000  +3 07th
 2. AngolaAngola Angola  3  1  2  0 001-000  +1 05
 3. Burkina FasoBurkina Faso Burkina Faso  3  0  2  1 001: 200  −1 02
 4th CameroonCameroon Cameroon  3  0  1  2 001: 300  −2 01
January 16, 2018, 4:30 p.m. (5:30 p.m. CET ) in Agadir
Angola - Burkina Faso 0-0
January 16, 2018, 7:30 p.m. (8:30 p.m. CET) in Agadir
Cameroon - Republic of the Congo 0: 1 (0: 0)
January 20, 2018, 4:30 p.m. (5:30 p.m. CET) in Agadir
Angola - Cameroon 1: 0 (1: 0)
January 20, 2018, 7:30 p.m. (8:30 p.m. CET) in Agadir
Republic of the Congo - Burkina Faso 2: 0 (0: 0)
January 24, 2018, 7:00 p.m. (8:00 p.m. CET) in Agadir
Republic of the Congo - Angola 0-0
January 24, 2018, 7:00 p.m. (8:00 p.m. CET) in Tangier
Burkina Faso - Cameroon 1: 1 (0: 1)

Final round

game schedule

Quarter finals Semifinals final
                   
       
  MoroccoMorocco Morocco   2
  NamibiaNamibia Namibia   0  
  MoroccoMorocco Morocco   03 1
    LibyaLibya Libya   1  
  Congo RepublicRepublic of the Congo Republic of the Congo   1 (3)
  LibyaLibya Libya   01 (5) 2  
  MoroccoMorocco Morocco   4th
    NigeriaNigeria Nigeria   0
  ZambiaZambia Zambia   0
  SudanSudan Sudan   1  
  SudanSudan Sudan   0 Game for third place
    NigeriaNigeria Nigeria  1  
  NigeriaNigeria Nigeria   02 1   LibyaLibya Libya   1 (2)
  AngolaAngola Angola   1     SudanSudan Sudan   01 (4) 2

1 win after extra time
2 win on penalties

Quarter finals

January 27, 2018, 4:30 p.m. (5:30 p.m. CET ) in Casablanca
MoroccoMorocco Morocco - NamibiaNamibia Namibia 2: 0 (1: 0)
January 27, 2018, 7:30 p.m. (8:30 p.m. CET) in Marrakech
ZambiaZambia Zambia - SudanSudan Sudan 0: 1 (0: 1)
January 28, 2018, 4:30 p.m. (5:30 p.m. CET) in Tangier
NigeriaNigeria Nigeria - AngolaAngola Angola 2: 1 n.V. (0: 0, 1: 1)
January 28, 2018, 7:30 p.m. (8:30 p.m. CET) in Agadir
Congo RepublicRepublic of the Congo Republic of the Congo - LibyaLibya Libya 1: 1 n.v. (1: 1, 1: 1); 3: 5 i. E.

Semifinals

January 31, 2018, 4:30 p.m. (5:30 p.m. CET ) in Casablanca
MoroccoMorocco Morocco - LibyaLibya Libya 3: 1 n.V. (0: 0, 1: 1)
January 31, 2018, 7:30 p.m. (8:30 p.m. CET) in Marrakech
SudanSudan Sudan - NigeriaNigeria Nigeria 0: 1 (0: 1)

3rd place match

February 3, 2018, 7:00 p.m. (8:00 p.m. CET ) in Marrakech
LibyaLibya Libya - SudanSudan Sudan 1: 1 (0: 1); 2: 4 i. E.

final

February 4, 2018, 7:00 p.m. (8:00 p.m. CET ) in Casablanca
MoroccoMorocco Morocco - NigeriaNigeria Nigeria 4: 0 (1: 0)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. Morocco replace Kenya as 2018 CHAN hosts . In: BBC.com . October 15, 2017. Retrieved January 14, 2018.
  2. Competition Regulations CHAN (PDF) In: CAF.com . Retrieved January 14, 2018.
  3. Tirage au Sort des Eliminatoires du CHAN Total, Kenya 2018 (PDF) In: CAF.com . Retrieved January 14, 2018.