2018 African Nations Championship#Quarter-finals

Following the conclusion of the final of the previous edition in Rwanda on 7 February 2016, CAF announced Kenya as the host nation of the next edition 48 hours later.{{Cite web|date=24 February 2014|title=Kenya to host 2018 African Nations Championship|url=https://nation.africa/kenya/sports/football/African-Nations-Championship-Chan-Kenya-Host-Caf/1102-2220566-w96i71/index.html|website=Daily Nation|access-date=7 February 2016}} However, CAF decided to change the host nation on 23 September the following year due to a lack of progress with preparations{{cite web|date=23 September 2017|title=Kenya loses Chan hosting rights as Caf decides|url=https://nation.africa/kenya/sports/football/Kenya-loses-Chan-hosting-rights-as-Caf-decides/1102-4109248-288x25/index.html|website=Daily Nation|access-date=23 September 2017}} and open up a new tender process for a replacement team with the deadline of 30 September 2017. The countries who submitted to replace Kenya as hosts are:{{cite web|date=1 October 2017|title=TOTAL CHAN 2018: Equatorial Guinea, Ethiopia and Morocco are bidding for the organisation|url=http://www.cafonline.com/en-US/NewsCenter/News/NewsDetails?id=u8DhEDYzOgjOlxUtRPjFVA%3d%3d|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171005174509/http://www.cafonline.com/en-US/NewsCenter/News/NewsDetails?id=u8DhEDYzOgjOlxUtRPjFVA%3d%3d|archive-date=5 October 2017|website=CAFOnline.com|access-date=13 October 2017}}

• {{EQG}}
• {{ETH}}
• {{MAR}} (selected as hosts)

The Ethiopian Football Federation did not provide the government's letter of guarantee and were not considered; the CAF Emergency Committee decided on 15 October that year to choose Morocco over Equatorial Guinea.{{cite web|date=15 October 2017|title=Morocco will host Total CHAN 2018|url=http://www.cafonline.com/en-US/NewsCenter/News/NewsDetails?id=fnPYa32ht2hnNIb2xf1TBQ%3d%3d|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180407161238/http://www.cafonline.com/en-US/NewsCenter/News/NewsDetails?id=fnPYa32ht2hnNIb2xf1TBQ%3d%3d|archive-date=7 April 2018|website=CAFOnline.com|access-date=23 September 2018}}{{cite web|date=15 October 2017|title=الكاف يختار المغرب لاستضافة كاس افريقيا للاعبين المحليين 2018 الموقع الرسمي للجامعة الملكية المغربية لكرة القدم|url=http://www.frmf.ma/ar/article/الكاف-يختار-المغرب-لاستضافة-كاس-افريقيا-للاعبين-المحليين-2018|trans-title=CAF chooses Morocco to host the African Cup of Local Players 2018|website=FRMF|access-date=15 October 2017|language=ar-MA}}

{{main|2018 African Nations Championship qualification}}

The qualification rounds took place from 20 April to 20 August 2017.{{cite web|date=2 November 2016|title=CAF Flash Magazine: Final 2016 Orange Confederation Cup|url=http://www.cafonline.com/Portals/0/Flash%20CC%20EN%20-%20Web%20preview.pdf|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161220031840/http://www.cafonline.com/Portals/0/Flash%20CC%20EN%20-%20Web%20preview.pdf|archive-date=20 December 2016|website=CAFOnline.com|access-date=12 January 2017|pages=26–27}}

Since Morocco had already qualified in the Northern Zone before replacing Kenya as hosts, their spot in the main phase was re-allocated to their opponents in the Northern Zone final qualifying round, Egypt.{{cite web|date=15 October 2017|title=Egypt qualify for Total CHAN, Morocco 2018|url=http://www.cafonline.com/en-US/NewsCenter/News/NewsDetails?id=eAjG0Q9DXuXXFOkLNWGxcQ%3d%3d|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171020074624/http://www.cafonline.com/en-US/NewsCenter/News/NewsDetails?id=eAjG0Q9DXuXXFOkLNWGxcQ%3d%3d|archive-date=20 October 2017|website=CAFOnline.com|access-date=12 January 2018}} However, Egypt declined to participate citing a "congested domestic calendar".{{cite web|last=Osano|first=Bonface|date=22 October 2017|title=AFRICAN FOOTBALL Egypt declines CHAN 2018 invite|url=http://www.soka25east.com/egypt-declines-chan-2018-invite/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171022210228/https://www.soka25east.com/egypt-declines-chan-2018-invite/|archive-date=22 October 2017|website=Soka25East|access-date=29 October 2017|location=Kenya}} As a result, the spot was reverted to Central-East Zone (as originally three teams would participate including original-turned-stripped hosts Kenya), and would go to the winner of a play-off in November 2017 between Ethiopia and Rwanda, the two teams which lost in the Central-East Zone final qualifying round.{{cite web|date=28 October 2017|title=Play-off Ethiopia - Rwanda for a place in Total Chan, Morocco 2018|url=http://www.cafonline.com/en-US/NewsCenter/News/NewsDetails?id=eovMAMvSCnJXa94QjgE8GA%3d%3d|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171106054003/http://www.cafonline.com/en-US/NewsCenter/News/NewsDetails?id=eovMAMvSCnJXa94QjgE8GA%3d%3d|archive-date=6 November 2017|website=CAFOnline.com|access-date=12 January 2018}}

The following teams qualified for the group stage of this edition of the tournament:

This edition of the tournament had matches held in Casablanca, Marrakech, Agadir and Tangier.

Before Kenya was stripped of its hosting rights, its football association planned to use 4 stadiums for this edition of the tournament.{{cite web|last=Gachanja|first=Jacob|date=17 May 2016|title=FKF reveals stadia plans ahead of CHAN 2018|url=http://www.futaa.com/football/article/fkf-reveals-stadia-plans-ahead-of-chan-2018|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160519213855/http://www.futaa.com/football/article/fkf-reveals-stadia-plans-ahead-of-chan-2018|archive-date=19 May 2016|website=Futaa|access-date=29 August 2016}} However, only Nyayo National Stadium in Nairobi and Kasarani Stadium in Kasarani were considered to meet hosting requirements after inspections by CAF, while Mombasa Municipal Stadium in Mombasa and Kinoru Stadium in Meru did not.{{cite web|title=Kenya ‘Loses’ Rights to Host 2018 CHAN Due To Shoddy Stadiums|url=http://nairobiwire.com/2016/05/kenya-loses-rights-to-host-2018-chan-due-to-shoddy-stadiums.html|website=Nairobi Wire|access-date=29 August 2016}}

{{Main|2018 African Nations Championship squads}}

The squads of the participating teams each consisting of 23 players per the tournament's regulation article 72{{cite web|date=23 May 2016|title=Regulations of the African Nations Championship|url=http://www.cafonline.com/Portals/0/Regulations%20and%20Official%20Documents/Competitions%20Regulation/CHAN%20Regulations%20-%20English%202016%20.pdf|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170211213844/http://www.cafonline.com/Portals/0/Regulations%20and%20Official%20Documents/Competitions%20Regulation/CHAN%20Regulations%20-%20English%202016%20.pdf|archive-date=11 February 2017|website=CAFOnline.com|access-date=10 January 2018}} were announced by CAF on 10 January 2018.{{cite web|date=10 January 2018|title=Squad lists revealed|url=http://www.cafonline.com/en-US/NewsCenter/News/NewsDetails?id=CFXybpdwYIifBuimspLMMA%3d%3d|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180114083037/http://www.cafonline.com/en-US/NewsCenter/News/NewsDetails?id=CFXybpdwYIifBuimspLMMA%3d%3d|archive-date=14 January 2018|website=CAFOnline.com|access-date=19 January 2018}}{{cite web|date=10 January 2018|last=Kassem|first=Amina|title=Squad Lists|url=http://www.cafonline.com/Portals/0/Total%20CHAN%202018/Team%20lists%20Eng.pdf|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180119051841/http://www.cafonline.com/Portals/0/Total%20CHAN%202018/Team%20lists%20Eng.pdf|archive-date=19 January 2018|website=CAFOnline.com|access-date=19 January 2018}}

A total of 32 match officials (16 referees and 16 assistant referees) were selected for this edition of the tournament, of which 7 were selected to operate the video assistant referee (VAR) system in a CAF competition for the first time ever, beginning at the knockout stages.{{cite web|date=27 December 2017|title=Match Officials for Total CHAN Morocco 2018 announced|url=https://aipsafrica.com/2017/12/27/match-officials-for-total-chan-morocco-2018-announced/|website=AIPS Africa|access-date=19 January 2019}}{{cite web|date=14 December 2017|title=CHAN 2018 Appointed Referees|url=http://www.cafonline.com/Portals/0/Annex1_ref_chan_2018_list.pdf|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180107175209/http://www.cafonline.com/Portals/0/Annex1_ref_chan_2018_list.pdf|archive-date=7 January 2018|website=CAFOnline.com|access-date=19 January 2019}}{{cite web|date=12 January 2018|title=CHAN kicks off as local African talent goes on show|url=https://www.cafonline.com/total-african-nations-championship/news/chan-kicks-off-as-local-african-talent-goes-on-show|website=CAFOnline.com|access-date=19 January 2019}}

The draw for the group stage was held at Sofitel Rabat in the Moroccan capital, Rabat, on 17 November 2017 at 19:30 WET (UTC±0).{{cite web|date=18 October 2017|title=Draw on November 17th in Rabat|url=http://www.cafonline.com/en-US/NewsCenter/News/NewsDetails?id=HWnMkGJtZMV8sp%2fzgw0ftg%3d%3d|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171024032258/http://www.cafonline.com/en-US/NewsCenter/News/NewsDetails?id=HWnMkGJtZMV8sp%2fzgw0ftg%3d%3d|archive-date=24 October 2017|website=CAFOnline.com|access-date=12 January 2019}}

The teams were drawn into 4 groups of 4.{{cite web|date=17 November 2017|title=Results and Fixtures of Total CHAN Morocco 2018 draw|url=http://www.cafonline.com/en-US/NewsCenter/News/NewsDetails?id=kHnYIRxSo95ghoLoOzas3w%3d%3d|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171122110552/http://www.cafonline.com/en-US/NewsCenter/News/NewsDetails?id=kHnYIRxSo95ghoLoOzas3w%3d%3d|archive-date=22 November 2017|website=CAFOnline.com|access-date=12 January 2019}} The hosts Morocco were seeded in Group A. The remaining teams were seeded based on their results in the four most recent editions of the tournament: 2009 (multiplied by 1), 2011 (multiplied by 2), 2014 (multiplied by 3), 2016 (multiplied by 4):{{cite web|date=15 November 2017|title=Total CHAN 2018: Pots for final draw revealed|url=http://www.cafonline.com/en-US/NewsCenter/News/NewsDetails?id=STUbD5ixjLT4M8hG3%2fTTdw%3d%3d|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171118090555/http://www.cafonline.com/en-US/NewsCenter/News/NewsDetails?id=STUbD5ixjLT4M8hG3%2fTTdw%3d%3d|archive-date=18 November 2017|website=CAFOnline.com|access-date=12 January 2019}}{{cite web|date=15 November 2017|title=Procedure for the draw|url=http://www.cafonline.com/Portals/0/Draw%20Procedure%20of%20the%205th%20Edition%20of%20Total%20African%20Nations%20Championship.pdf|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171116081416/http://www.cafonline.com/Portals/0/Draw%20Procedure%20of%20the%205th%20Edition%20of%20Total%20African%20Nations%20Championship.pdf|archive-date=16 November 2017|website=CAFOnline.com|access-date=12 January 2019}}{{cite web|date=15 November 2017|title=Ranking of qualified teams|url=http://www.cafonline.com/Portals/0/5%20%20Ranking%20-%20CHAN%20-%20Morocco%202018.pdf|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171117050239/http://www.cafonline.com/Portals/0/5%20%20Ranking%20-%20CHAN%20-%20Morocco%202018.pdf|archive-date=17 November 2017|website=CAFOnline.com|access-date=12 January 2019}}

• 7 points for winner
• 5 points for runner-up
• 3 points for semi-finalists
• 2 points for quarter-finalists
• 1 point for group stage

Based on the formula above, the 4 pots were allocated as follows:

The top two teams of each group advance to the knockout stage.

{{anchor|Tiebreakers}}

;Tiebreakers

Teams are ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss), and if tied on points, the following tiebreaking criteria are applied, in the order given, to determine the rankings (Regulations Article 74):

1. Points in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
2. Goal difference in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
3. Goals scored in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
4. If more than two teams are tied, and after applying all head-to-head criteria above, a subset of teams are still tied, all head-to-head criteria above are reapplied exclusively to this subset of teams;
5. Goal difference in all group matches;
6. Goals scored in all group matches;
7. Drawing of lots.

All times are local, WET (UTC±0).{{cite web|date=17 November 2017|title=Fixtures of the Total African Nations Championship (CHAN), Morocco 2018|url=http://www.cafonline.com/LinkClick.aspx?fileticket=1JMfHzjc1hI%3d&portalid=0&language=en-US|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171124022631/http://www.cafonline.com/LinkClick.aspx?fileticket=1JMfHzjc1hI%3d&portalid=0&language=en-US|archive-date=24 November 2017|website=CAFOnline.com|access-date=12 January 2019}}

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From this stage onward, the video assistant referee (VAR) system would make its debut in a CAF competition. Extra time and penalty shoot-out were used if necessary to decide the winner, except for the third-place match where penalty shoot-out and no extra time was used if necessary to decide the winner per the competition's regulations article 75.

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|goals2 =

• Vá {{goal|56}}

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• Junior Makiesse {{goal|32}}

|goals2 =

• Saleh Al Taher {{goal|14}}

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• Mboungou {{pengoal}}
• Mouko {{penmiss}}
• Rozan {{pengoal}}

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• {{pengoal}} A. Alaqoub
• {{pengoal}} A. Al-Maghasi
• {{pengoal}} Sand Masaud

|stadium = Stade Adrar, Agadir

|attendance =

|referee = Hamada Nampiandraza (Madagascar)

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|referee = Janny Sikazwe (Zambia)

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|goals2 =

• Okechukwu {{goal|16}}

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|referee = Malang Diedhiou (Senegal)

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{{Football box

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• Walaa Eldin {{goal|6}}

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• A. Alaqoub {{pengoal}}
• Ablo {{penmiss}}

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• {{pengoal}} A. El Tahir
• {{pengoal}} Ahmed Adam Mohamed
• {{pengoal}} Maaz Abdelraheem

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|referee = Mehdi Abid Charef (Algeria)

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{{main|2018 African Nations Championship Final}}

{{:2018 African Nations Championship Final}}

;9 goals

• {{flagicon|MAR}} Ayoub El Kaabi

;3 goals

{{Div col|colwidth=22em}}

• {{flagicon|LBY}} Saleh Al Taher
• {{flagicon|ZAM}} Augustine Mulenga

{{Div col end}}

;2 goals

{{Div col|colwidth=22em}}

• {{flagicon|MAR}} Walid El Karti
• {{flagicon|MAR}} Zakaria Hadraf
• {{flagicon|CGO}} Junior Makiesse
• {{flagicon|NGA}} Gabriel Okechukwu
• {{flagicon|NGA}} Anthony Okpotu
• {{flagicon|SDN}} Walaa Eldin Musa
• {{flagicon|SDN}} Seif Teiri
• {{flagicon|ZAM}} Lazarous Kambole

{{Div col end}}

;1 goal

{{Div col|colwidth=22em}}

• {{flagicon|ANG}} Job
• {{flagicon|ANG}} Vá
• {{flagicon|BFA}} Mohamed Sydney Sylla
• {{flagicon|CMR}} Patrick Moussombo
• {{flagicon|CGO}} Carof Bakoua
• {{flagicon|CGO}} Kader Bidimbou
• {{flagicon|EQG}} Amor
• {{flagicon|GUI}} Saïdouba Bissiri Camara
• {{flagicon|GUI}} Sékou Amadou Camara
• {{flagicon|GUI}} Ibrahima Sory Sankhon
• {{flagicon|LBY}} Salem Ablo
• {{flagicon|LBY}} Elmutasem Abushnaf
• {{flagicon|LBY}} Zakaria Alharaish
• {{flagicon|LBY}} Abdulrahman Khalleefah
• {{flagicon|MAR}} Achraf Bencharki
• {{flagicon|MAR}} Ismail Haddad
• {{flagicon|MAR}} Salaheddine Saidi
• {{flagicon|NAM}} Vetunuavi Hambira
• {{flagicon|NAM}} Absalom Iimbondi
• {{flagicon|NAM}} Panduleni Nekundi
• {{flagicon|NGA}} Rabiu Ali
• {{flagicon|NGA}} Sunday Faleye
• {{flagicon|NGA}} Dayo Ojo
• {{flagicon|RWA}} Thierry Manzi
• {{flagicon|SDN}} Omer Suleiman
• {{flagicon|UGA}} Derrick Nsibambi
• {{flagicon|ZAM}} Fackson Kapumbu

{{Div col end}}

The following awards were given at the conclusion of the tournament:

Substitutes: Anas Zniti (Morocco), Sand Masaud (Libya), Vá (Angola), Bader Hasan (Libya), Augustine Mulenga (Zambia), Saifeldin Bakhit (Sudan), Ismail El Haddad (Morocco)

{{small|As per statistical convention in football, matches decided in extra time are counted as wins and losses while matches decided by penalty shoot-outs are counted as draws.}}

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|col_2nd=#C0C0C0|text_2nd=Runners-up

|col_3rd=#CD7F32|text_3rd=Third place

|col_4th=|text_4th=Fourth place

|text_QF=Eliminated at the quarter-finals

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{{Reflist}}

• {{official website|https://web.archive.org/web/20180210094300/http://www.cafonline.com/en-us/competitions/5theditionoftotalafricannationschampionship,morocco2018/home}} (archived) at CAFOnline.com

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