2022 African Nations Championship final explained

Event:2022 African Nations Championship
Team1:Algeria
Team1score:0
Team2:Senegal
Team2association:
Team2score:0
Date:4 February 2023
Stadium:Nelson Mandela Stadium
City:Algiers
Referee:Pierre Ghislain Atcho (Gabon)
Attendance:39,120
Previous:2020
Next:2024

The 2022 African Nations Championship final was a football match played between Senegal and Algeria at the Nelson Mandela Stadium in Algiers, Algeria on 4 February 2023 to determine the winners of the 7th edition of the biennial African international football tournament reserved for players playing in their local leagues.[1]

Senegal defeated Algeria 5-4 on penalties to win the Championship.[2]

Venue

See main article: Nelson Mandela Stadium. The local CHAN organizing committee in Algeria chose the newly-built and newly-inaugurated Nelson Mandela Stadium in the nation's capital city Algiers as the venue for both the opening match and the final. Inaugurated a week before the start of this edition of the tournament, this 40,784-seater stadium primarily hosts football matches and is named after anti-apartheid hero and former South African president, Nelson Mandela.[3]

Background

The African Nations Championship or the Championship of African Nations, abbreviated as CHAN, is the biennial African international football tournament reserved for players playing in the league of their birth nations. The 2022 edition or 7th edition of this tournament, colloquially referred to for short as the 2023 CHAN, was staged in Algeria with this concluding match of this edition.

Route to the final

Algeriawidth=12%RoundSenegal
OpponentsResultGroup stageOpponentsResult
1–0Match 10–1
1–0Match 20–1
0–1Match 33–0
Group A winnerFinal standingsGroup B winner
OpponentsResultKnockout stageOpponentsResult
1–0Quarter-finals1–0
5–0Semi-finals1–0

Match

Details

Formation: 4–3–3
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GK16Alexis Guendouz
DF22Mokhtar Belkhiter
DF5Ayoub Abdellaoui (c)
DF2Chouaib Keddad
DF15Zineddine Belaïd
MF8
MF12
MF14
FW21
FW7
FW18
Substitutions:
GK1Farid Chaâl
MF11Oussama Chita
FW10Féth-Allah Tahar
DF3Hocine Dehiri
MF4
MF27
DF24Saâdi Radouani
FW20
MF6
FW9Karim Aribi
DF19Ayoub Ghezala
DF28Houari Baouche
Coach:
Madjid Bougherra
Formation: 4–3–3
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GK23Pape Mamadou Sy
DF4Mamadou Sané
DF3Ousmane Diouf
DF22Cheikhou Ndiaye (c)
DF12Cheikh Sidibé
MF14Moussa Ndiaye
MF6Ousmane Kané
MF5
FW11
FW17Serigne Koïté
FW10Pape Diallo
Substitutions:
DF18
MF13Libasse Ngom
GK16
FW7Cheikh Diouf
MF20Elimane Oumar Cissé
DF2Abdoulaye Diedhiou
GK1Pape Abdoulaye Dieng
FW9Raymond Ndour
MF21Moussa Kanté
DF15Melo Ndiaye
DF8Moussa Sogue
MF19Djibril Diarra
Coach:
Pape Thiaw
Man of the Match

L. Camara (Senegal)[4]

Assistant referees

Fourth official

Mahmood Ali Ismail (Sudan)

Video assistant referee

Haythem Guirat (Tunisia)

Assistant video assistant referee

|style="width:60%; vertical-align:top;"|Match rules
  • 90 minutes.
  • 30 minutes of extra time if necessary.
  • Penalty shoot-out if scores still level.
  • Maximum of twelve named substitutes.
  • Maximum of five substitutions, with a sixth allowed in extra time.

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Statistics

First half
StatisticAlgeriaSenegal
scope=rowGoals scored00
scope=rowTotal shots33
scope=rowShots on target10
scope=rowSaves01
scope=rowBall possession46.2%53.8%
scope=rowCorner kicks34
scope=rowFouls committed105
scope=rowOffsides00
scope=rowYellow cards13
scope=rowRed cards00
Second half
StatisticAlgeriaSenegal
scope=rowGoals scored00
scope=rowTotal shots24
scope=rowShots on target01
scope=rowSaves10
scope=rowBall possession54.5%45.5%
scope=rowCorner kicks93
scope=rowFouls committed49
scope=rowOffsides00
scope=rowYellow cards10
scope=rowRed cards00
Extra time
StatisticAlgeriaSenegal
scope=rowGoals scored00
scope=rowTotal shots52
scope=rowShots on target20
scope=rowSaves00
scope=rowBall possession0%0%
scope=rowCorner kicks30
scope=rowFouls committed55
scope=rowOffsides00
scope=rowYellow cards21
scope=rowRed cards00
Overall
StatisticAlgeriaSenegal
scope=rowGoals scored00
scope=rowTotal shots2319
scope=rowShots on target86
scope=rowSaves63
scope=rowBall possession52.9%47.1%
scope=rowCorner kicks157
scope=rowFouls committed1917
scope=rowOffsides00
scope=rowYellow cards44
scope=rowRed cards00

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 27 January 2023. CAF announces 60% increase in TotalEnergies CHAN prize money. CAFOnline.com. 6 February 2023.
  2. Web site: Senegal win penalty shootout against Algeria to become CHAN champions. 4 February 2023. Cafonline.com. 22 February 2023.
  3. Web site: 12 January 2023. President Tebboune inaugurates new Nelson Mandela Stadium in Baraki. Algeria Press Service. 6 February 2023.
  4. Web site: 5 February 2023. Senegal's Camara exalts Algeria after Man of the Match award. CAFOnline.com. 8 February 2023.

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