CHAN 2011 - Carthage Eagles in Wonderland

The 2011 African Nations Championship was the second edition of CHAN and took place in Sudan from 4 to 25 February 2011 with sixteen (16) teams taking place in the finals, double the number of the maiden edition. Forty-one (41) teams played in the qualifiers that were played on Zonal basis.

The finals saw the sixteen teams divided on four groups. Group A had the hosts Sudan with Algeria, Gabon and Uganda. Group B included Ghana, Niger, South Africa and Zimbabwe, while Group C had holders DR Congo with Cameroon, Cote d’Ivoire and Mali. Group D included Angola, Rwanda, Senegal and Tunisia.

After beating Gabon 1-0 in the opening match, Sudan topped Group A on seven points, two more than Algeria as they both qualified to the quarterfinals. South Africa had maximum nine points in Group B, to reach the next round alongside Niger who collected six points.

Cameroon also collected maximum points nine Group C, and were followed by DR Congo on four, while Tunisia and Angola qualified from Group D on seven and five points respectively.