CHAN 2016
| 2016 Orange African Nations Championship | |
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| Tournament details | |
| Host country |
 Rwanda
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| Dates | 16 January – 7 February 2016 |
| Teams | 16 (from 1 confederation) |
| Venue(s) | 4 (in 3 host cities) |
| Final positions | |
| Champions |
 DR Congo (2nd title)
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| Runners-up |  Mali |
| Third place |  Ivory Coast |
| Fourth place |  Guinea |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 32 |
| Goals scored | 80 (2.5 per match) |
| Top scorer(s) |
Elia Meschak Chisom Chikatara Ahmed Akaïchi (4 goals each)
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| Best player |
Elia Meschak
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| Best goalkeeper |
Ley Matampi
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| Fair play award | DR Congo |
The 2016 African Nations Championship (also referred to as CHAN 2016) was the 4th edition of the African Nations Championship, the biennial international football championship organised by the Confederation of African Football (CAF) for the men's national teams of Africa featuring exclusively players from their respective national leagues. The tournament was held in Rwanda between 16 January and 7 February 2016. A total of 16 teams played in the tournament.
This edition is the first time that all group runners-up made it into the semi-finals.
Rwanda qualified automatically as hosts, while the remaining 15 spots were determined by the qualifying rounds, which took place from June to October 2015.
The following 16 teams qualified for the final tournament. Defending champions Libya failed to qualify.
Four stadiums were approved by the CAF.
Each squad could contain a maximum of 23 players. Only national team players who were playing in their country's own domestic league were eligible to compete in the tournament. For example, a Rwandan player was only eligible to play for the Rwanda national team if he was playing for a Rwandan club.
The draw for the final tournament of the competition took place on 15 November 2015 (brought forward from 18 November), 18:30 CAT (UTC+2), in Kigali, Rwanda. The 16 teams were drawn into four groups of four.
The teams were seeded based on their results in the three most recent final tournaments: 2009 (multiplied by 1), 2011 (multiplied by 2), and 2014 (multiplied by 3):
Based on the formula above, the four pots were allocated as follows:
The top two teams of each group advanced to the quarter-finals.
The teams were ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss). If tied on points, tiebreakers would be applied in the following order:
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