The Confederation of African Football (CAF) says the draw of the TotalEnergies African Nations Championship Algeria 2022 (CHAN) will be conducted on the first of October.
The draw will be conducted in Algiers, the capital of Algeria that will host the competition between 13 January and 04 February 2023.
18 countries including the hosts Algeria will contest the prize.
The CHAN final draw on 1st October will mark the countdown to the eagerly anticipated competition that features players plying their trade in domestic competitions only.
For the first time, eighteen teams will take part in the TotalEnergies CHAN following CAF’s decision to increase the number of participating teams in the tournament.
From eight participants during the first edition in 2009, it moved directly to 16 at the second edition in Sudan in 2011 and now to 18.
Qualified Teams
•Algeria – host
•Morocco – winners in 2018, 2020
•Libya – winners in 2014
•Senegal – 4th place in 2009
• Mali – runners up in 2016, 2020
•Mauritania – 3rd appearance
•Côte d’Ivoire – 3rd place in 2016
•Niger – 4th appearance
•Ghana – runners up in 2009, 2014
•Cameroon – 4th place in 2020
•Congo – 4th appearance
•DR Congo – winners in 2009, 2016
•Uganda – 6th appearance
•Sudan – 3rd place in 2011, 2018
•Ethiopia – 3rd appearance
•Mozambique – 2nd appearance –
•Angola – runners up in 2011
•Madagascar – 1st appearance
HOST COUNTRIES:
- 2009 – Côte d’Ivoire
- 2011 – Sudan
- 2014 – South Africa
- 2016 – Rwanda
- 2018 – Morocco
- 2020 – Cameroon
The first tournament held in Cote D’Ivoire in 2009 was won by the Democratic Republic of the Congo, who, along with Morocco, are the only countries to have won the tournament twice, with Tunisia and Libya scooping one title each.
At first, the tournament was played with eight teams, but quickly expanded to sixteen from the second edition onward and now it’s eighteen teams.
As of the 2014 edition, all tournament matches from qualification to the final, are computed to calculate the FIFA World Rankings, making its development a necessity.
The whole tournament is considered friendly by FIFA since the restriction only allows players from local leagues to participate.
The tournament is held biennially, alternating with the Africa Cup of Nations.