Cameroon, Ivory Coast complete CHAN line-up - Capital Sports
Connect with us

Hi, what are you looking for?

Features

Cameroon, Ivory Coast complete CHAN line-up

CAMEROON VS IVORY COAST

Ivory Coast vs Cameroon during their 2015 Nations Cup. PHOTO/FILE.

JOHANNESBURG, November 2 – Cameroon and Ivory Coast completed the line-up for the 2016 African Nations Championship (CHAN) in Rwanda by achieving narrow qualifying victories at the weekend.

Ronald Ngah scored on 72 minutes to give Cameroon a 1-0 win over Congo in Brazzaville after a goalless first leg two weeks ago.

Boua Koffi was the toast of the Ivory Coast as his 33rd-minute goal brought a 1-0 win over twice CHAN runners-up Ghana in Abidjan.

Ivory Coast, who lost the first leg 2-1 in Kumasi, won the tie on the away-goals rule to secure a third appearance at the tournament for home-based footballers.

Angola, Democratic Republic of Congo, Ethiopia, Gabon, Guinea, Mali, Morocco, Niger, Nigeria, Tunisia, Uganda, Zambia and Zimbabwe are the other qualifiers.

Rwanda, automatic entrants as the host nation, complete the line-up for the January 16 to February 7 tournament, which has a similar format to the Africa Cup of Nations.

A draw in Kigali on November 15 will divide the 16 countries into four groups with winners and runners-up advancing to the quarter-finals.

Defending champions Libya were eliminated from the region-based qualifiers after finishing bottom of a mini-league behind Morocco and Tunisia.

DR Congo won the first CHAN in 2009, Tunisia the second two years later, and Libya triumphed in Cape Town last year, pipping Ghana in a penalty shootout.

Advertisement. Scroll to continue reading.

Advertisement

More on Capital Sports

Football

NAIROBI, Kenya, Oct 27 – DStv and GOtv subscribers are in for a treat of the world’s best football this week as the 2020-21...

Football

NAIROBI, Kenya, May 25 – There is light at the end of the tunnel. After failed promises over the last three years since its...

Football

NAIROBI, Kenya, Sep 6 – Gentrix Shikangwa scored with two minutes left as Vihiga Queens sailed to the final of the CECAFA regional qualifiers...

NFL

NAIROBI, Kenya, Aug 13 – Kenya’s history making Daniel Adongo, the first Kenyan to play in America’s National Football League (NFL), is now living...

© 2024 Capital Digital Media. Capital Group Limited. All Rights Reserved