Group A of the 2022 African Nations Championship, consisting of hosts Algeria, Libya, Ethiopia and Mozambique, began on 13 January and will end on 21 January 2023.[1]
Teams
| Draw position | Team | Zone | Date of qualification | Appearance at Finals | Last appearance | Previous best performance | 
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| A1 | Northern Zone | 29 September 2018 | 2nd | 2011 | Fourth place (2011) | |
| A2 | Northern Zone | 26 May 2022 | 5th | 2020 | Champions (2014) | |
| A3 | Central Eastern Zone | 3 September 2022 | 3rd | 2016 | Group stage (2014, 2016) | |
| A4 | Southern Zone | 4 September 2022 | 2nd | 2014 | Group stage (2014) | 
Standings
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | 
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| 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | +3 | 9 | Knockout stage | |
| 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 4 | ||
| 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 3 | ||
| 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | −3 | 1 | 
Matches
Algeria vs Libya
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Ethiopia vs Mozambique
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Mozambique vs Libya
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Algeria vs Ethiopia
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Mozambique vs Algeria
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Libya vs Ethiopia
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Discipline
Fair play points would have been used as tiebreakers if the overall and head-to-head records of teams were tied. These were calculated based on yellow and red cards received in all group matches as follows:
- first yellow card: −1 point;
 - indirect red card (second yellow card): −3 points;
 - direct red card: −4 points;
 - yellow card and direct red card: −5 points;
 
Only one of the above deductions was applied to a player in a single match.
| Team | Match 1 | Match 2 | Match 3 | Points | |||||||||
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| 2 | 3 | –5 | |||||||||||
| 2 | 1 | 2 | –5 | ||||||||||
| 2 | 1 | –3 | |||||||||||
| 2 | 2 | –4 | |||||||||||
References
- ↑ "2022 CHAN : Competition Scheduling Unveiled by the Organizing Country". Africa Top Sports. 18 August 2020. Retrieved 15 June 2022.
 - ↑ Confederation of African Football [@CAF_Online] (January 13, 2023). "Houssem Eddine Mrezigue is the TotalEnergies Man of the Match!" (Tweet). Retrieved 13 January 2023 – via Twitter.
 - ↑ Confederation of African Football [@CAF_Online] (January 14, 2023). "Ladies and gentlemen, Gathuoch Panom is the TotalEnergies Man of the Match! 🏅" (Tweet). Retrieved 14 January 2023 – via Twitter.
 - ↑ Confederation of African Football [@CAF_Online] (January 17, 2023). "Meet your #MOZLBY TotalEnergies Man of the Match: congratulations, Melque Alexandre! 😍🏅" (Tweet). Retrieved 17 January 2023 – via Twitter.
 - ↑ Confederation of African Football [@CAF_Online] (January 17, 2023). "Meet your #ALGETH TotalEnergies Man of the Match: congratulations, Abderrahmane Meziane! 😍🏅" (Tweet). Retrieved 17 January 2023 – via Twitter.
 - ↑ Confederation of African Football [@CAF_Online] (January 21, 2023). "The Nelson Mandela Stadium witnessed a top performance! 🔝🔥 The #MOZALG TotalEnergies Man of the Match is Saadi Radouani! 🏅" (Tweet). Retrieved 22 January 2023 – via Twitter.
 - ↑ Confederation of African Football [@CAF_Online] (January 21, 2023). "Time to meet our #LBYETH TotalEnergies Man of the Match. 🤩 Congratulations, Anias Saltou! 🏅" (Tweet). Retrieved 22 January 2023 – via Twitter.