African Nations Championship

Not to be confused with Africa Cup of Nations.
"CHAN" redirects here. For the Canadian TV station, see CHAN-DT. For other uses, see Chan.

African Nations Championship
Organising bodyCAF
Founded2009; 15 years ago (2009)
RegionAfrica
Number of teams18
Current champions Senegal (1st title)
Most successful team(s) DR Congo
 Morocco
(2 titles each)
Television broadcasters
WebsiteOfficial website
2024 African Nations Championship
Tournaments

The African Nations Championship, known for sponsorship purposes as the TotalEnergies African Nations Championship and commonly abbreviated as CHAN,[a] is a biennial African association football tournament organized by the Confederation of African Football (CAF) since 2009 and first announced in September 2007.[1] The participating nations must consist of players playing in their national league competitions.

The DR Congo and Morocco are the most successful teams in this tournament with two titles each, followed by Tunisia, Libya and incumbent champions Senegal with one title each.[2] The tournament began life in 2009 with 8 teams, which was doubled for the 2nd edition up until the 6th[3][4] and is currently contested by 18 teams since the 2022 edition.[5][6][7]

Since the 2014 edition, matches of every edition of this tournament from qualification to the final will be computed to calculate the forthcoming FIFA World Rankings following its conclusion, which CAF exclaimed at the time as an important step for the competition's development.[8] At the time, FIFA considers the tournament friendly since it is restricted to players from local leagues to participate. The tournament is held biennially and alternates with the Africa Cup of Nations.[9]


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  1. ^ "New tournament for Africa". BBC Sport. 11 September 2007. Archived from the original on 2 March 2009.
  2. ^ "CAF Executive Committee Decisions". CAFOnline.com. 19 September 2009. Archived from the original on 18 December 2008. Retrieved 21 July 2010.
  3. ^ Sannie, Ibrahim (28 February 2009). "CAF plans to expand CHAN". BBC Sport. Retrieved 21 May 2009.
  4. ^ "Tunisia beat Angola in the CHAN final in Sudan". BBC Sport. 25 February 2011. Retrieved 1 March 2011.
  5. ^ "CHAN 2022: Expanded tournament set for unusual format". BBC Sport. 23 May 2022. Retrieved 5 January 2023.
  6. ^ Willis, Seth (23 May 2022). "Chan: Caf announces increase of teams from Algeria edition". Goal.com. Retrieved 5 January 2023.
  7. ^ "CAF Set To Increase CHAN 2023 From 16 To 18 Teams, Introduces New Format". Basic Sport in Nigeria (BSN). 11 May 2022. Retrieved 5 January 2023.
  8. ^ "CHAN Henceforth Taken into Account in FIFA Rankings". CAFOnline.com. 14 January 2014. Archived from the original on 27 January 2022. Retrieved 14 January 2022.
  9. ^ "Ghana 'favourites' to host 2018 CHAN after WAFU Nations Cup success". Ghana Soccernet. 29 September 2017. Retrieved 27 November 2017.