2022 African Nations Championship final

2022 African Nations Championship final

Event	2022 African Nations Championship
Algeria Senegal 0 0
After extra time Senegal won 5–4 on penalties
Date	4 February 2023
Venue	Nelson Mandela Stadium, Algiers
Referee	Pierre Ghislain Atcho (Gabon)
Attendance	39,120
Weather	Clear with a few clouds 12 °C (54 °F) 78% humidity

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

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

Further information: 2022 African Nations Championship

Algeria		Round	Senegal
Opponents	Result	Group stage	Opponents	Result
Libya	1–0	Match 1	Ivory Coast	0–1
Ethiopia	1–0	Match 2	Uganda	0–1
Mozambique	0–1	Match 3	DR Congo	3–0
Group A winner Pos Team Pld Pts 1  Algeria (H) 3 9 2  Mozambique 3 4 3  Libya 3 3 4  Ethiopia 3 1 Source: CAF (H) Hosts		Final standings	Group B winner Pos Team Pld Pts 1  Senegal 3 6 2  Ivory Coast 3 4 3  Uganda 3 4 4  DR Congo 3 2 Source: CAF
Opponents	Result	Knockout stage	Opponents	Result
Ivory Coast	1–0	Quarter-finals	Mauritania	1–0
Niger	5–0	Semi-finals	Madagascar	1–0

Match

Summary

Details

4 February 2023 (2023-02-04)

20:30

Algeria	0–0 (a.e.t.)	Senegal
	Report
Penalties
Djahnit Draoui Bayazid Laouafi Mahious Kendouci	4–5	Baldé M. N'Diaye M. Kanté C. Ndiaye L. Camara O. Diouf

Nelson Mandela Stadium, Algiers

Attendance: 39,120

Referee: Pierre Ghislain Atcho (Gabon)

Algeria

Senegal

Formation: 4–3–3 GK 16 Alexis Guendouz DF 22 Mokhtar Belkhiter DF 5 Ayoub Abdellaoui (c) DF 2 Chouaib Keddad DF 15 Zineddine Belaïd MF 8 Zakaria Draoui MF 12 Mohamed Islam Bakir  68' MF 14 Houssem Eddine Mrezigue  111'  120+2' FW 21 Youcef Laouafi FW 7 Abderrahmane Meziane  23'  114' FW 18 Aymen Mahious  108' Substitutions: GK 1 Farid Chaâl MF 11 Oussama Chita FW 10 Féth-Allah Tahar DF 3 Hocine Dehiri MF 4 Akram Djahnit  120+2' MF 27 Mohamed Ait El Hadj DF 24 Saâdi Radouani FW 20 Sofiane Bayazid  114' MF 6 Ahmed Kendouci  75'  68' FW 9 Karim Aribi DF 19 Ayoub Ghezala DF 28 Houari Baouche Coach: Madjid Bougherra

Formation: 4–3–3 GK 23 Pape Mamadou Sy DF 4 Mamadou Sané  31' DF 3 Ousmane Diouf DF 22 Cheikhou Ndiaye (c) DF 12 Cheikh Sidibé  15' MF 14 Moussa Ndiaye MF 6 Ousmane Kané MF 5 Lamine Camara  23' FW 11 Malick Mbaye  113' FW 17 Serigne Koïté  83' FW 10 Pape Diallo  113' Substitutions: DF 18 El Hadji Baldé  113' MF 13 Libasse Ngom  120'  83' GK 16 Alioune Badara Faty FW 7 Cheikh Diouf MF 20 Elimane Oumar Cissé DF 2 Abdoulaye Diedhiou GK 1 Pape Abdoulaye Dieng FW 9 Raymond Ndour MF 21 Moussa Kanté  113' DF 15 Melo Ndiaye DF 8 Moussa Sogue MF 19 Djibril Diarra Coach: Pape Thiaw

Man of the Match: L. Camara (Senegal)[4] Assistant referees: Hensley Petrousse (Seychelles) Adou Hermann Desire N'Goh (Ivory Coast) Fourth official: Mahmood Ali Ismail (Sudan) Video assistant referee: Haythem Guirat (Tunisia) Assistant video assistant referee: Daniel Laryea (Ghana) Mohammed Abdallah Ibrahim (Sudan)

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.[note 1]

Statistics

First half Statistic Algeria Senegal Goals scored 0 0 Total shots 3 3 Shots on target 1 0 Saves 0 1 Ball possession 46.2% 53.8% Corner kicks 3 4 Fouls committed 10 5 Offsides 0 0 Yellow cards 1 3 Red cards 0 0

Second half Statistic Algeria Senegal Goals scored 0 0 Total shots 2 4 Shots on target 0 1 Saves 1 0 Ball possession 54.5% 45.5% Corner kicks 9 3 Fouls committed 4 9 Offsides 0 0 Yellow cards 1 0 Red cards 0 0

Extra time Statistic Algeria Senegal Goals scored 0 0 Total shots 5 2 Shots on target 2 0 Saves 0 0 Ball possession 0% 0% Corner kicks 3 0 Fouls committed 5 5 Offsides 0 0 Yellow cards 2 1 Red cards 0 0

Overall Statistic Algeria Senegal Goals scored 0 0 Total shots 23 19 Shots on target 8 6 Saves 6 3 Ball possession 52.9% 47.1% Corner kicks 15 7 Fouls committed 19 17 Offsides 0 0 Yellow cards 4 4 Red cards 0 0

See also

• 2022 African Nations Championship

Notes

1. Each team was given only three opportunities to make substitutions, with a fourth opportunity in extra time, excluding substitutions made at half-time, before the start of extra time and at half-time in extra time.

References

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

External links

• Detailed report of the final at CAFOnline.com