2011 African Nations Championship
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The 2011 African Nations Championship was the second edition of the African Nations Championship
tournament. Each participating nation was represented by players who play in their respective local divisions. The competition was hosted in Sudan
from February 4 to 25, 2011. Tunisia won their first title by defeating Angola in the final 3–0.
The remaining twelve countries was categorized into three hats according to the following criteria in order of priority:
All times are in local, East Africa Time (UTC+03:00).
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Myron Shongwe
Mudathir El Tahir
Zouheir Dhaouadi
Salema Gasdaoui
2 goals Abdelmoumene Djabou
Love Jerry Nelson Pitty Djoué Bheki Leonard Shabangu Oussama Darragi
1 goal Adel Maïza
Hocine Metref
Kali
Osório Carvalho
Ousmaïla Baba
Jean Paul Ekane Ngah Joseph Julien Momasso Arnaud Monkam Guekam Geremi Sagong
Mulota Kabangu
Dioko Kaluyituka
Matondo Salakiaku Zoumana Koné Kesse Jean-Paul Mangoua Jean Ulrich Bembangoye Johan Diderot Lengoualama Coomson Daniel Larbi Alou Bagayoko Abdelkader Adamou Tiemou Tukur Gambo Sidibe Issa Modibo Jean Baptiste Mugiraneza Jacques Tuyisenge Mohamed Niang Diop Moustapha Kassé Nhlakanipho Already Mkhwanazi Bakri Abd Elgadir Babeker Saif Eldin Ali Idris Farah
Khaled Korbi
Youssef Msakni
Mejdi Traoui
Juma Sadam Ibrahim Archford Gutu Norman Maroto
African Nations Championship
The African Nations Championship is a football tournament which was first announced on 11 September 2007 It is administered by the Confederation of African Football and is played between the best national teams of Africa, exclusively featuring players who are active in the national championships...
tournament. Each participating nation was represented by players who play in their respective local divisions. The competition was hosted in Sudan
Sudan
Sudan , officially the Republic of the Sudan , is a country in North Africa, sometimes considered part of the Middle East politically. It is bordered by Egypt to the north, the Red Sea to the northeast, Eritrea and Ethiopia to the east, South Sudan to the south, the Central African Republic to the...
from February 4 to 25, 2011. Tunisia won their first title by defeating Angola in the final 3–0.
Qualified nations
| Team | Qualification |
|---|---|
| Central Eastern Zone | |
| Hosts | |
| Northern Zone | |
 AlgeriaAlgeria A' national football team The Algeria A' national football team is the local national football team of Algeria and is open only to domestic league players. The team represents Algeria at the African Championship of Nations and is controlled by the Fédération Algérienne de Football.... |
Winner Play-off |
| Winner Play-off | |
| Western Zone A | |
| Winner 1st Round | |
| Winner 1st Round | |
| Western Zone B | |
| Winner Play-off | |
| Winner Play-off | |
| Winner Play-off | |
| Central Zone | |
| Winner 1st Round | |
| (holders) | Winner 1st Round |
| Winner Play-off | |
| Central Eastern Zone | |
| Winner 2nd Round | |
| Winner 2nd Round | |
| Southern Zone | |
| Winner 2nd Round | |
 South AfricaSouth Africa national development football team The South Africa national development football team, is a development football team, which represents South Africa and is controlled by the South African Football Association, the governing body for football in South Africa. The team's main objective is to give international exposure to fringe... |
Winner 2nd Round |
| Winner 2nd Round | |
Venues
| Omdurman Omdurman Omdurman is the second largest city in Sudan and Khartoum State, lying on the western banks of the River Nile, opposite the capital, Khartoum. Omdurman has a population of 2,395,159 and is the national centre of commerce... | | |
Khartoum |
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| Al Merreikh Stadium | Khartoum Stadium Khartoum Stadium Khartoum Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in Khartoum, Sudan. It is currently used mostly for football matches. The stadium has a capacity of 23,000 people.... |
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| 15.39°N 32.29°W | 15.38°N 32.32°W | |
| Capacity: 42,000 | Capacity: 23,000 | |
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| Omdurman Omdurman Omdurman is the second largest city in Sudan and Khartoum State, lying on the western banks of the River Nile, opposite the capital, Khartoum. Omdurman has a population of 2,395,159 and is the national centre of commerce... | Wad Madani Wad Madani Wad Madani is the capital of the Al Jazirah state in east-central Sudan.Wad Madani lies on the west bank of the Blue Nile, nearly 85 miles southeast of Khartoum.... |
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| AlHilal Stadium AlHilal Stadium AlHilal Stadium is a multiuse stadium, located in Omdurman, Sudan. It is mostly used for football matches. It is the official stadium and home of Sudanese football club AlHilal. Built on December 4, 1965, it has a capacity of 35,000.... |
Stade Wad Medani Stade Wad Medani Stade Wad Medani is a multi-use stadium in Wad Medani, Sudan. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home stadium of Ittihad Wad Medani and Al Ahly Wad Medani too. Jazeerat Alfeel also play in this stadium. The stadium has a capacity of 15,000 people. The stadium receives... |
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| 15.39°N 32.29°W | 14.24°N 33.31°W | |
| Capacity: 15,000 | Capacity: 15,000 | |
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| Port Sudan Port Sudan Port Sudan is the capital of Red Sea State, Sudan; it has 489,725 residents . Located on the Red Sea, it is the Republic of Sudan's main port city.-History:... |
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| Stade Port Sudan Stade Port Sudan Stade Port Sudan is a multi-use stadium in Port Sudan, Sudan. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home stadium of Hay al-Arab Port Sudan and Hilal Port Sudan. The stadium has a capacity of 13,000 people.The stadium also hosted the 2011 African Nations of Championship 2011... |
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| 19.37°N 37.13°W | ||
| Capacity: 13,000 | ||
Draw
- The Final draw for the Groups was held on Saturday November 27, 2010 in KhartoumKhartoumKhartoum is the capital and largest city of Sudan and of Khartoum State. It is located at the confluence of the White Nile flowing north from Lake Victoria, and the Blue Nile flowing west from Ethiopia. The location where the two Niles meet is known as "al-Mogran"...
. The 16 teams were split into four pots, with Pot 1 containing the top four seeded nations. Sudan are seeded as hosts and Congo DR as reigning holders. Ghana and Senegal have the two strongest records and so they complete the top seeded for Pot 1. A draw will then be done to determine which of these two countries shall be awarded the letter B1 and which one will have the letter D1 .
The remaining twelve countries was categorized into three hats according to the following criteria in order of priority:
- Results in the 1st Edition CHAN 2009
- Zonal Separation as determined by CAF statutes
| Pot 1 | Pot 2 | Pot 3 | Pot 4 |
|---|---|---|---|
(Assigned to A1) (Assigned to C1) |
Algeria Algeria A' national football team The Algeria A' national football team is the local national football team of Algeria and is open only to domestic league players. The team represents Algeria at the African Championship of Nations and is controlled by the Fédération Algérienne de Football.... |
South Africa South Africa national development football team The South Africa national development football team, is a development football team, which represents South Africa and is controlled by the South African Football Association, the governing body for football in South Africa. The team's main objective is to give international exposure to fringe... |
Tie-breaking criteria
Where two or more teams end the group stage with the same number of points, their ranking is determined by the following criteria:- points earned in the matches between the teams concerned;
- goal difference in the matches between the teams concerned;
- number of goals scored in the group matches between the teams concerned;
- number of away goals scored in the matches between the teams concerned;
- goal difference in all group matches;
- number of goals scored in all group matches;
- Yellow and red cards
- drawing of lots by the organizing committee.
| Key to colors in group tables | |
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| Teams that advanced to the quarter-finals | |
All times are in local, East Africa Time (UTC+03:00).
Group A
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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| 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 | ||
| 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 5 | ||
| 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 4 | |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5 | −4 | 0 |
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Group B
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 9 | ||
| 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 3 | |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | −3 | 0 |
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Group C
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 9 | ||
| 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 4 | |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | −2 | 3 | |
| 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | −2 | 1 |
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Group D
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 7 | ||
| 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 | ||
| 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 7 | −5 | 0 |
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Knockout phase
All times are in local, East Africa Time (UTC+03:00).Quarter-finals
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Semi-finals
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Final
Scorers
3 goals El Arbi Hillel SoudaniEl Arbi Hillel Soudani
El Arbi Hillel Soudani , is an Algerian footballer who is currently playing for Vitória S.C. in the Portuguese Primeira Liga.-Career:...
Myron Shongwe
Myron Shongwe
Myron Shongwe is a South African football player who plays as a striker for AmaZulu in the Premier Soccer League. He has represented the South Africa Development XI, playing for them at the 2011 African Championship of Nations.*Joined AmaZulu: 2008*Previous clubs: Black Leopards, City...
Mudathir El Tahir
Mudathir El Tahir
Mudather Eltaib Ibrahim El Tahir is a Sudanese striker who plays for Sudanese club Al-Hilal in the Sudanese League .He is one of the most promising players in Sudan.He is also one of the best player in Africa.-Career:...
Zouheir Dhaouadi
Zouheir Dhaouadi
Zouheir Dhaouadi is a Tunisian footballer. He transferred in July 2006 from Jeunesse Sportive Kairouanaise to Club Africain where plays until 2010....
Salema Gasdaoui
Salema Kasdaoui
Salema Kasdaoui is a Tunisian football striker who is playing for Club Sportif Sfaxien. His former teams are Jendouba Sport, Esperance Tunis and the Cypriot side APEP Pitsilia.-External links:*...
2 goals Abdelmoumene Djabou
Abdelmoumene Djabou
Abdelmoumene Djabou is an Algerian footballer. He currently plays as a forward for ES Sétif in the Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1.-Club career:...
Love Jerry Nelson Pitty Djoué Bheki Leonard Shabangu Oussama Darragi
Oussama Darragi
Oussama Darragi is a professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder or a playmaker. He currently plays for Espérance Sportive de Tunis and the Tunisian national football team.-International career:...
1 goal Adel Maïza
Adel Maïza
Adel Maïza is an Algerian football player who is currently playing as a defender for USM Annaba.-Club career:* 2003-2005 CS Constantine * 2005-2008 ES Sétif * 2008 Al Ahli Jeddah * 2009-pres...
Hocine Metref
Hocine Metref
Hocine Metref is an Algerian international football player. He currently plays as a defender and midfielder for JS Kabylie in the Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1.-International goals:Scores and results list Algeria's goal tally first...
Kali
Kali (footballer)
Carlos Manuel Gonçalves Alonso, better known as Kali is an Angolan footballer, who currently plays for Clube Desportivo Primeiro de Agosto.-International career:...
Osório Carvalho
Osório Carvalho
Osório Smith de Freitas Carvalho is an Angolan international footballer who plays as a midfielder for Caála.-Career:Born in Carcavelos, Osório played in his native Portugal for Sporting B, Marco, Estrela Portalegre, Paredes, Pampilhosa, Odivelas, Sintrense and Juventude de Évora, before moving to...
Ousmaïla Baba
Ousmaïla Baba
Baba Ousmaïla is a professional Cameroonian footballer currently playing for Cotonsport Garoua.-Career:Ousmaïla played previously for ESG Gafsa on loan from Club Sportif Sfaxien.-External links:*...
Jean Paul Ekane Ngah Joseph Julien Momasso Arnaud Monkam Guekam Geremi Sagong
Mulota Kabangu
Mulota Kabangu
Mulota Patou "Papy" Kabangu is a football player of DR Congo. Currently he plays for TP Mazembe.On December 14, 2010 he scored the first goal of the semifinal of 2010 FIFA Club World Cup, where TP Mazembe not surprisingly beat the Brazilian team Sport Club Internacional 2-0...
Dioko Kaluyituka
Dioko Kaluyituka
Alain Dioko Kaluyituka is a DR Congo association football player who is currently playing for Al-Ahly Doha in the Qatar Stars League. He has represented his country Congo DR 10 times, scoring 3 times...
Matondo Salakiaku Zoumana Koné Kesse Jean-Paul Mangoua Jean Ulrich Bembangoye Johan Diderot Lengoualama Coomson Daniel Larbi Alou Bagayoko Abdelkader Adamou Tiemou Tukur Gambo Sidibe Issa Modibo Jean Baptiste Mugiraneza Jacques Tuyisenge Mohamed Niang Diop Moustapha Kassé Nhlakanipho Already Mkhwanazi Bakri Abd Elgadir Babeker Saif Eldin Ali Idris Farah
Saif Eldin Ali Idris Farah
Saif Eldin Ali Idris Farah is a Sudanese footballer who plays for Al-Hilal FC in the Sudan Premier League. He is the member of the Sudan National Football Team...
Khaled Korbi
Khaled Korbi
Khaled Korbi is a Tunisian professional footballer. He currently plays as a central midfielder for the Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1 champions Espérance Sportive de Tunis.-References:...
Youssef Msakni
Youssef Msakni
Youssef Msakni is a Tunisian professional footballer. He currently plays as an attacking midfielder for the Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1 champions Espérance Sportive de Tunis.-External links:...
Mejdi Traoui
Mejdi Traoui
Mejdi Traoui is a Tunisian footballer. He currently plays for Espérance Sportive de Tunis.-Career:On May 1, 2008, Traoui signed a contract at Red Bull Salzburg until summer 2011. He made two substitute appearances in the Austrian Bundesliga for Red Bull Salzburg during 2008...
Juma Sadam Ibrahim Archford Gutu Norman Maroto