CHAN 2014 - African Nations Championship

The 2014 African Nations Championship will be the third edition of the African Nations Championship in football. The tournament will take place between 11 January and 1 February 2014 in South Africa.

African Nations Championship

The third Orange CAF African Nations Championship gets underway in Cape Town on Saturday 11 January with hosts South Africa taking on neighbours Mozambique in the opening match. The other cities that will host the tournament are Polokwane and Bloemfontein. 

The Local Organising Committee has welcome with enthusiasm the announcement made by SAFA that the South African team, Bafana Bafana, is now fully complemented and ready to compete at the tournament.

Cape Town Stadium

Africa Cup of Nations 2013

Africa Cup of Nations 2013, South Africa

South Africa as host nation qualified automatically as a top seed in Group A, and is joined by minnows Cape Verde, Morocco and Angola. 

Coaches were satisfied with the Africa Cup of Nations draw with hosts South Africa seeing Morocco as their toughest opponents and Ivory Coast, Tunisia and Algeria in a 'group of death'.  "All the draws were tough and I think this is a fairly good draw for us," said South Africa coach Gordon Igesund. "It was touch and go because it was either going to be Nigeria or Angola,"  he said, relieved that of two remaining countries to be allocated, Angola fell in Group A with the hosts and Nigeria in Group C with Zambia.

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Soccer City, Johannesburg (Pic: Marcello Casal Jr/ABr)