CAN 2022. While it was scheduled for 2021, the CAN has been postponed for a year and must be disputed from January 9 to February 6, 2022.
[Mis à jour le 14 décembre 2021 à 11h47] The African Cup of Nations is the first highlight of the football year in 2022. Who will take over from Algeria, winner of the last CAN in 2019? The opening match is scheduled for Sunday January 9 with Cameroon, the host country, which will face the selection of Burkina Faso.
Due to the pandemic, the health protocol will be strict, but it will be the same for the five host cities of the competition: Yaoundé, Douala, Bafoussam, Garoua and Limbé. To go to the stadium during CAN 2021, you will need a health pass. This concerns both the competing teams and the spectators. Everyone will have to get tested. Either you are fully vaccinated and your health pass will be valid for one week. Either you are not and it will systematically require a negative test within 24 hours. The PCR type tests will be reserved for players and all people who are in what is called the “handrail”: officials, ball collectors, referees. For bleachers and fan-zones, an antigen test will suffice.
The African Cup of Nations usually takes place every two years, in odd-numbered years, so as not to collide with the World Cup or the Euro, but for this 33rd edition had to be postponed from 2021 to 2022 due to constraints linked to the health crisis. In addition, after programming in summer during the previous edition, CAN 2022 returns to more usual dates, in winter, from January 9 to February 6.
The 2022 Africa Cup of Nations is hosted by Cameroon. This is the second time in history that the competition has been organized by the country after that of 1972.
This 2022 African Cup of Nations will take place in two stages: first the group matches, from January 9 to 20, then the final phase with the knockout stages from January 23 to 26, the quarter-finals on January 29 and January 30, the semi-finals on February 2 and 3, then the match for third place and the final on Sunday February 6, 2022. The top two from each group and the top four third will advance to the round of 16. In the event of a tie, the following criteria will be used to decide between them: the greatest number of points obtained in the match between the two teams, then the best overall goal difference, then the best attack. If two nations are still tied, then a drawing of lots is carried out. Here is the full schedule:
Sunday January 9
- Cameroon – Burkina Faso, in Yaoundé
- Ethiopia – Cape Verde, in Yaoundé
Monday January 10
- Senegal – Zimbabwe, in Bafoussam
- Guinea – Malawi, in Bafoussam
- Morocco – Ghana, in Yaoundé
- Comoros – Gabon, in Yaoundé
Tuesday January 11
- Algeria – Sierra Leone, in Douala
- Nigeria – Egypt, in Garoua
- Sudan – Guinea-Bissau, in Garoua
Wednesday January 12
- Tunisia – Mali, in Limbe
- Mauritania – Gambia, in Limbe
- Equatorial Guinea – Ivory Coast, in Douala
Thursday January 13
- Cape Verde – Burkina Faso, in Yaoundé
- Cameroon – Ethiopia, in Yaoundé
Friday January 14
- Morocco – Comoros, in Yaoundé
- Gabon – Ghana, in Yaoundé
- Senegal – Guinea, in Bafoussam
- Malawi – Zimbabwe, in Bafoussam
Saturday January 15th
- Nigeria – Sudan, in Garoua
- Guinea-Bissau – Egypt, in Garoua
Sunday January 16
- Tunisia – Mauritania, in Limbe
- Gambia – Mali, in Limbe
- Ivory Coast – Sierra Leone, in Douala
- Algeria – Equatorial Guinea, in Douala
Monday January 17th
- Cape Verde – Cameroon, in Yaoundé
- Burkina Faso – Ethiopia, in Bafoussam
Tuesday, January 18
- Gabon – Morocco, in Yaoundé
- Ghana – Comoros, in Garoua
- Zimbabwe – Guinea, in Yaoundé
- Malawi – Senegal, in Bafoussam
Wednesday January 19
- Egypt – Sudan, in Yaoundé
- Guinea-Bissau – Nigeria, in Garoua
Thursday, January 20
- Sierra Leone – Equatorial Guinea, in Limbe
- Gambia – Tunisia, in Limbe
- Ivory Coast – Algeria, in Douala
- Mali – Mauritania, in Douala
Sunday 23 January :
- Round of 16 1 (2e group A – 2nd group C), in Limbe
- Round of 16 2 (1er group D – Best third group B, E or F), in Garoua
Monday January 24
- Round of 16 3 (1er group A – best 3e group C, D or E), in Yaoundé
- Round of 16 4 (2e group B – 2e group F), in Bafoussam
Tuesday 25 January
- Round of 16 5 (1er group B – best 3e group A, C or D), in Bafoussam
- Round of 16 6 (1er group C – best 3e group A, B or F), in Yaoundé
Wednesday January 26
- Round of 16 8 (1er group F – 2e group E), in Limbe
- Round of 16 7 (1er group E – 2e group D), in Douala
Saturday 29 January
- Quarter-final 1 (winner of the round of 16 1 – winner of the round of 16 2), in Garoua
- Quarter-final 2 (winner of the eighth-final 4 – winner of the eighth-final 3), in Douala
Sunday January 30
- Quarter-final 3 (winner of the eighth-final 7 – winner of the eighth-final 6), in Yaoundé
- Quarter-final 4 (winner eighth-final 5 – winner eighth-final 8), in Douala
Wednesday February 2
- Semi-final 1 (winner quarter-final 1 – winner quarter-final 4), in Douala
Thursday February 3
- Semi-final 2 (winner quarter-final 2 – winner quarter-final 3), in Yaoundé
Sunday February 6
- Final, in Yaoundé; final for the 3e place, in Yaoundé
The composition of the six groups of the group stage of this 2022 edition of the Africa Cup of Nations was determined during the draw held on August 17.
- Group A: Cameroon, Burkina Faso, Ethiopia, Cape Verde
- Group B: Senegal, Zimbabwe, Guinea, Malawi
- Group C: Morocco, Ghana, Comoros, Gabon.
- Group D: Nigeria, Egypt, Sudan, Guinea-Bissau
- Group E: Algeria, Sierra Leone, Equatorial Guinea, Ivory Coast
- Group F: Tunisia, Mali, Mauritania, Gambia
To watch the 2022 Africa Cup matches live on TV, you will have to go to bein Sports. All the matches will be broadcast to viewers on the broadcaster’s various channels (beIN Sports 1 channel, beIN Sports 2, etc.). As usual, the streaming will be available on the beIN Connect site, also reserved for subscribers.
- 2019 : Algeria (victory against Senegal, 1-0)
- 2017: Cameroon (victory over Egypt, 2-1)
- 2015 : Ivory Coast (victory against Ghana, 0-0, 9-8 tab)
- 2013: Nigeria (victory over Burkina Faso, 1-0)
- 2012: Zambia (victory against Côte d’Ivoire, 0-0, 8-7 tab)
- 2010: Egypt (victory over Ghana, 1-0)
- 2008: Egypt (victory over Cameroon, 1-0)
- 2006: Egypt (victory against Ivory Coast, 0-0, 4-2 tab)
- 2004 : Tunisia (victory over Morocco, 2-1)
- 2002: Cameroon (victory against Senegal, 0-0, 3-2 tab)
- 2000: Cameroon (victory over Nigeria, 2-2, 4-3 tab)
- 1998: Egypt (victory over South Africa, 2-0)
- 1996: South Africa (victory over Tunisia, 2-0)
- 1994: Nigeria (win over Zambia, 2-1)
- 1992: Ivory Coast (victory against Ghana, 0-0, 11-10 tab)
- 1990 : Algeria (victory over Nigeria, 1-0)
- 1988: Cameroon (victory over Nigeria, 1-0)
- 1986: Egypt (victory against Cameroon, 0-0, 5-4 tab)
- 1984: Cameroon (victory over Nigeria, 3-1)
- 1982: Ghana (victory against Libya, 1-1, 7-6 tab)
- 1980: Nigeria (victory over Algeria, 3-0)
- 1978: Ghana (victory over Uganda, 2-0)
- 1976: Morocco (finished first in the tournament)
- 1974: Zaire (victory over Zambia, 2-0)
- 1972: Congo (victory over Mali, 3-2)
- 1970: Sudan (victory over Ghana, 1-0)
- 1968: Congo Kinshasa (victory over Ghana, 1-0)
- 1965: Ghana (victory over Tunisia, 3-2)
- 1963: Ghana (victory over Sudan, 3-0)
- 1962: Ethiopia (win over Egypt, 4-2)
- 1959: United Arab Republic, former Egypt (1st in the ranking)
- 1957: Egypt (win over Ethiopia, 4-0)