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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]
South Africa has hosted the 1995 Rugby World Cup, 2003 Cricket World Cup and 2010 FIFA World Cup. [83] [84] Africa has hosted six editions of the Pan Arab Games and five editions of the Mediterranean Games. Durban, South Africa was announced as host of the 2022 Commonwealth Games in 2015, but they were denied as hosts in 2017.
Teams that won all six group stage matches: No teams did it in 24 editions, 56 groups played. Undefeated through group stage: 10 teams went undefeated through the group stage. One team did it on five occasions, and three teams did it three times. Espérance in 2003 (4-2-0), 2011 (2-4-0), 2017 (3-3-0) and 2018-19 (4-2-0) and 2021-22 (4-2-0)
Following the withdrawals of Tunisia and Libya, it was decided to organise a second qualifier tournament between 7 'reengaged' teams: Algeria, Comoros, Egypt, Gabon, The Gambia, Malawi, South Africa to determine the final two slots. [10]
The clubs playing in each top-level league compete for the title as the country's club champions, and also for places in next season's CAF club competitions, i.e., the CAF Champions League and the CAF Confederation Cup. Due to promotion and relegation, the clubs playing in the top-level league in many countries are different every season.
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Pending equality in ranking points, the team receiving more points in the previous season is considered as the higher-ranked team. [ 5 ] The club ranking for the 2024–25 CAF Champions League and the 2024–25 CAF Confederation Cup is be based on results from each CAF club competition from the 2019–20 to the 2023–24 seasons.