African Nations Championship.. All about competition, Arabs and match dates, UAE time (video)
Attention is focused on the 2021 African Nations Championship, hosted by Cameroon, after six months of postponement due to Corona, and the fun of “brown ball” matches known for physical strength, enthusiasm and the multiplicity of football schools continues until February 6 this year.
24 teams will participate in the tournament, including seven Arab teams: Egypt, Algeria, Tunisia, Morocco, Mauritania, Sudan and Comoros, which are participating in the tournament for the first time in their history.
The Algerian national team is considered the most prominent candidate to win the title for the second time in a row, especially as it scored an interesting number by playing 34 matches unbeaten, led by Riyad Mahrez, the Manchester City star, in addition to crowning the “Desert Warriors” finally in the Arab Cup, which was held in Qatar, with a group mostly of class players. The second.
It is expected that the Algerian team will find fierce competition from the Egyptian team, the record holder in the number of coronation times (7 titles), led by Liverpool's top scorer Mohamed Salah, and the Senegal team led by Liverpool star Sadio Mane and his colleague Edward Mendy, Chelsea goalkeeper, and the Moroccan team will be an extraordinary candidate to win the title. Led by Achraf Hakimi, the modern full-back in Paris Saint-Germain.
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Match times
The matches will be held in three periods at five, eight and 11 UAE time, and the kick-off will be, on Sunday, with Cameroon, the owner of the land and the public, with Burkina Faso at eight in the evening, followed by the confrontation of Ethiopia and Cape Verde.
On Monday, Senegal meets Zimbabwe (17:00), Morocco vs Ghana (20:00), Guinea - Malawi (20:00), and Comoros vs Gabon (23:00).
On the third day of the tournament, Tuesday, Algeria will meet with Sierra Leone (17:00), Egypt with Nigeria (20:00), and Sudan with Guinea-Bissau (23:00).
groups
Group A: Cameroon - Burkina Faso - Cape Verde - Ethiopia.
Group B: Senegal - Guinea - Malawi - Zimbabwe.
Group C: Morocco - Ghana - Comoros - Gabon.
Group D: Egypt - Nigeria - Sudan - Guinea-Bissau.
Group E: Algeria - Cote d'Ivoire - Equatorial Guinea - Sierra Leone.
Group F: Tunisia - Mali - Mauritania - Gambia.
The team with the most title wins
: 7 titles: Egypt,
5 titles: Cameroon,
4 titles: Ghana,
3 titles: Nigeria
Record the winners of the tournament since its inception
2019: Algeria (Egypt)
2017: Cameroon (Gabon)
2015: Ivory Coast (Equatorial Guinea)
2013: Nigeria (South Africa)
2012: Zambia (Gabon and Equatorial Guinea)
2010: Egypt (Angola)
2008: Egypt (Ghana)
2006: Egypt (Egypt)
2004: Tunisia (Tunisia)
2002: Cameroon (Mali)
2000: Cameroon (Ghana and Nigeria)
1998: Egypt (Burkina Faso)
1996: South Africa (South Africa)
1994: Nigeria (Tunisia)
1992: Ivory Coast (Senegal)
1990: Algeria (Algeria)
1988: Cameroon (Morocco)
1986: Egypt (Egypt)
1984: Cameroon (Ivory Coast)
1982: Ghana (Libya)
1980: Nigeria (Nigeria)
1978: Ghana (Ghana)
1976: Morocco (Ethiopia)
1974: Zaire (Egypt)
1972: Congo Brazzaville (Cameroon)
1970: Sudan (Sudan)
1968: Zaire (present-day Democratic Republic of the Congo) (Ethiopia)
1965: Ghana (Tunisia)
1963: Ghana (Ghana)
1962: Ethiopia (Ethiopia)
1959: Egypt (Egypt under the name of the United Arab Republic)
1957: Egypt (Sudan).
HISTORICAL!
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