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                                                                                     EDITORIAL
stories, victories and ambitions of women and men who make our common
passion grow on the African continent.

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                                                      • Interview by Zahir Oussadi - Photo Icon Sport •

                              Who better than an icon of the continent to talk about African football?
                              Double winner of the AFCON, Rigobert Song is now the Head Coach
                              of Cameroon’s U21 team. In the middle of his busy schedule, the
                              Indomitable Lion found the time to share his interesting thoughts about

    -SO
                                                          football with us.

                           Rigobert, you retired ten          done in a short period of time during        career, but now everything goes so
               years ago. Does it seem far away or on         the team’s gathering. I’m also involved      fast… All of this obviously slows down
               the contrary quite recent?                     in social matters, I try to help people in   the progression and the visibility of
               It feels like it was yesterday. I still feel   need as much as I can.                       Africa in sports.
               the same way I did when I was a football
               player. The only thing that I miss is the      How do you think football, and more          When I say African football, what do

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               pitch. Today, people still come to me          particularly African football, has           you think about ?
               and recognize me immediately despite           evolved?                                     Spontaneously, I'd say determination,
               being retired for quite some time now.         Clearly there’s a difference between         commitment, and fighting spirit…
               It’s always a pleasure. Modestly, I have       now and back then. African football          I think everything goes together. It's
               accomplished what I was supposed to            rare gems and talents are in a hurry         the identity of African football. Usually,
               accomplish.I handled my retirement             to leave the continent. That wasn't          African players are bigger players,
               pretty well and I'm happy with my new          the case before. The youngsters were         fighters who want to do more. When
               life.                                          more interested in playing in their          you don’t want to disappoint, you have
                                                              home country, building themself a            to try harder.
               What is the daily life of Rigobert Song        reputation before leaving for Europe.
               in 2020?                                       Nowadays, each time a player steps           Is it easier to be an African football
               I’m equally involved in football and           up a bit, after two or three matches,        player in 2020 ?

                                                                                                                                                        INTERVIEW
               business. I was able own a construction        he already wants to leave. I started         Yes. To make it even easier, we would
               company that I was able to set up with         at the “Brasseries du Cameroun”              have to take the time. Unfortunately,
               Turkish partners. It’s an occupation           football school, then I joined The Red       that’s not the case.We don’t really get
               that enables me to not focus only              Star of Bangou before signing for the        to express what we deserve.We are
               on football. I am the Head Coach of            Tonnerre club of Yaoundé. From there         immediately confronted with reality, it is
               Cameroon’s U21 but the job is usually          I joined Metz. There were steps in my        part of our job.

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                                                                                                   "WHEN LOOKING AT SALAH’S PAST,                     the local players, it is the best way to   It is all a matter of context. We’ve       need the team so that the individual

                                                                                                     WHERE DOES HE COME FROM?                         improve the level of the competition.      never played at home in a big
                                                                                                                                                                                                 competition and that’s an important
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            can shine. If you are not involved in the
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            team, the individual doesn’t exist. If the
                                                                                                   EGYPT, THEN FC BASEL. AND WHAT                     Just after the Total CHAN, Cameroon
                                                                                                                                                      will host the Total AFCON...
                                                                                                                                                                                                 factor. Are we able to surpass
                                                                                                                                                                                                 ourselves and resist the pressure?
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            team is split, it doesn’t work. Football
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            is about playing together. It is the team
                                                                                                    ABOUT MANÉ? HE COMES FROM                         I think Cameroonians are looking           Because playing at home is an
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            that allows a player to show that he is
                                                                                                                                                      forward to it. Everything was done in      additional pressure. You have to
                                                                                                     “GÉNÉRATION FOOT”. DID YOU                       order to have a great competition and      accept and own it. Cameroonian             the best.

                                                                                                       FOLLOW HIS CHILDHOOD?                          great celebrations around it. Allow me
                                                                                                                                                      to talk modestly about myself, and point
                                                                                                                                                                                                 players know the drill, our people
                                                                                                                                                                                                 are demanding, they like to see good       What does women’s football need to be

                                                                                                     THAT EXPLAINS WHY HE TOOK                        out that despite my long career I have
                                                                                                                                                      never played an Africa Cup of Nations
                                                                                                                                                                                                 games of football. Our previous
                                                                                                                                                                                                 generations got us used to this, they
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            highlighted in Africa?
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            The work around women’s football
                                                                                                      A LONG TIME TO SUCCEED."                        at home. Can you imagine the privilege     made us dream. It is up to our current     already started in Africa. Ideally, girls
                                                                                                                                                      of hosting this competition? Our           players to live up to the expectations.    should have the same conditions as men.
                                                                                                                                                      players must enjoy as much as possible     In football, Cameroon always               We have to invest more in order to do
                                                                                                                                                      this moment. It has been a long time       surprised when it was least expected.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            so. Nowadays, women are even more
                                                                                                                                                      since Cameroon hosted an Africa Cup
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            motivated than the guys. We have to
                                                                                                                                                      of Nations.                                Are there African players that still
                                                                                                                                                                                                 make you dream today?                      support and help them. Some time ago,
                                                                                                                                                      What are the chances of the                Not really. I like the good players, but   people didn’t care that much women’s
                                                                                                                                                      Indomitable Lions at the Total CHAN        I don't like to give any names, I enjoy    football about it, but now more and more
                                                                                                                                                      and the Total AFCON?                       talking more about the teams. You          are attracted to women’s football. |

                        Rigobert Song and Mohamed Zidan battling for the ball during a match between Cameroon and Egypt.

            Are players like Salah, Mané or              century, unbeatable. Nowadays,                   time but we made it: the 2000 and
            Mahrez more valued than the old              everybody can beat anybody, right?               2002 AFCON, The Olympic Games,
            African stars?                               We talked about “generations”                    the Confederation Cup, we were
            Yes. At the time, there were fewer           earlier. My generation had a different           unstoppable. We had a team spirit,
            televisions, journalists and less            culture, another vision, another way             rules and respect for each other. After
            internet. We didn’t watch other              to work. When I first arrived in the             that, the ways to work changed. Today
            countries' games. Today, every action        Cameroon squad, I found myself                   there are more professional players
            is examined. It's normal, it’s the           surrounded by elders: Roger Milla,               than local players so it is harder to
            evolution of the job that wants that.        François Omam-Biyik, Thomas                      build something strong.
            When looking at Salah’s past, where          Nkono… I can’t name the 22 players,
            does he come from? Egypt, then FC            but they made us dream during the                Cameroon will soon host the Total
            Basel. And what about Mané? He               1990 World Cup. Four years later, I'm            CHAN 2020.What are your thoughts
            comes from “Génération Foot”. Did you        with the team that made me dream.                about this competition?
            follow his childhood? That explains          It was another culture, they were                When the CHAN was founded, it was
            why he took a long time to succeed.          gentlemen. Gentlemen meaning that                a good call. Back at the time, the local
            Today he is the king of the family, he       they were the elders, big brothers               players didn’t have the chance to stand
            is the father and the mother… He has         and fathers. I was 17 and Roger Milla            out. We understood that in order to
            to solve all the problems. When you          was 42. Can you imagine? We were                 give them a chance to shine we had
            arrive in Europe, you have everything.       three youngsters: me, Marc-Vivien                to organize this kind of tournament.
            You have to show that you deserve            Foé and Raymond Kalla. What were we              This is really a great opportunity. I was
            to be there. Now, African players            aiming for? Not playing, just being at           with the A’ selection during the Total
INTERVIEW

            have visibility and that’s good. Their       their side, observing them, listening            CHAN in Morocco, it was in winter. My
            performances are seen all around the         to them, learning from them, trying              players didn’t even know what winter
            world and speak for themselves.              to grow as players next to them.
                                                         That was our culture. When they left,
                                                                                                          was. What do you do in this case? You
                                                                                                          don’t get used to this kind of conditions
                                                                                                                                                              "IF YOU ARE NOT INVOLVED IN THE TEAM, THE INDIVIDUAL DOESN’T EXIST.
            When I think about you, I think about
            the Cameroon of the end of the last
                                                         we tried to perpetuate this culture
                                                         and to stay a team. It took some
                                                                                                          in two days. I think that we better allow
                                                                                                          a longer period of preparation for
                                                                                                                                                          IF THE TEAM IS SPLIT, IT DOESN’T WORK. FOOTBALL IS ABOUT PLAYING TOGETHER.
                                                                                                                                                                IT IS THE TEAM THAT ALLOWS A PLAYER TO SHOW THAT HE IS THE BEST."
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Introduction
                                                                              Group A

                                                       DOMINATE
                      Host country Cameroon is about to start       Léon Boyomo and his teammates are              Semi-finalists in 2014, the men of Zdravko
                      the Total African Nations Championship        under pressure now that they are aiming        Logarusic - absent in the 2018 edition
                      as a favorite of the competition. But its     for the victory. If they manage to win,        in Morocco - are ready to do better.
                      opponents in group A, Burkina Faso, Mali
                      and Zimbabwe are ready to cause them
                                                                    it will be the first time for a country that
                                                                    never made it past the quarter-finals in
                                                                                                                   Same objective for Mali. For their fourth
                                                                                                                   participation, the players of the Western         CAMEROON                BURKINA FASO                        MALI                   ZIMBABWE
                                                                                                                                                                         4th                          2 nd                         4th                          5th
                      some troubles.                                three participations. In order to do so, the   African country are not here to play around.

                      A
                                                                    Indomitable Lions will have to face three      With the lost final of 2016 in mind, no doubt
                                  ttack the Indomitable Lions!      very different teams but all dangerous.        that Mali will be a strong opponent. Last but       participation                 participation               participation                participation
                                  Placed in the group A with the                                                   not least, Burkina Faso clearly stands as the
                                  host country, Burkina Faso,        STALLIONS WITHOUT                             smallest team of the group. But that does not
                                  Mali and Zimbabwe will have        PRETENSION NOR FEAR                           mean that Seydou Zerbo’s men are ready
                      a tough time getting out of it. Because the                                                  to be stepped on. Having qualified for the
                      men of Martin Ndtoungou Mpilé are a true      The first team to go head to head with         second time in their history, the Stallions are
                      threat in the competition and they are        the Indomitable Lions, the Zimbabwean          aiming without pretension nor fear for the
                      ready to prove it.                            Warriors are regulars of the competition.      quarter-finals. Cameroon is warned.                                                                                                 1 / 1 6 / 2 1

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  CAMEROON VS ZIMBABWE
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                                                                                                                                                                                              MALI
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   MALI VS BURKINA FASO
                                                                                                                                                                                              P16
Group A

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 Group A
                                                                                                                                                                                                                      CAMEROON
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       1 / 2 0 / 2 1
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                                                                                                                                                                                       P14                                                          CAMEROON VS MALI
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                                                CAMEROON                                                            BURKINA FASO                                                                                                                 BURKINA FASO VS ZIMBABWE

                                                                                                                                                                                                                     ZIMBABWE
 GROUP INTRODUCTION

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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 BURKINA FASO VS CAMEROON
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     ZIMBABWE VS MALI

                                                   MALI                                                                ZIMBABWE

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The Indomitable Lions                                                                                                                                                               THE HEAD COACH

            CAMEROON
                                                                                                                                                                                                Back into business for the 62-year-old coach. Former coach of the A’ selection and
                                                                                                                                                                                                former assistant coach of Volker Finke was called back in October to replace the
                                                                                                                                                                                                freshly sacked Yves Clément Arroga. Rigorous, Martin Ndtoungou Mpilé his successor
                                                                                                                                                                                                brought the Indomitable Lions to the quarter-finals of the 2016 Total CHAN. It is time
                                                                                                                                                                                                to aim for far better now.

                                                                                                                                                   MARTIN NDTOUNGOU MPILÉ

                                                                                                          COUNTRY INFORMATION

                                                                                                        CAPITAL: YAOUNDÉ
                                                                                                                                                                                                 LÉON BOYOMO                                             P E R F O R M A N C E
                                                                                                        SURFACE AREA: 475,440 KM²                  SAMUEL NLEND
                                                                                                        POPULATION: 27,744,989 CAMEROONIANS                                                                                                     Final/Winner
                                                                                                        OFFICIAL LANGUAGES: FRENCH, ENGLISH            THE STAR                                     THE REVELATION                                    1/2
                                                                                                        CITIZENS: CAMEROONIANS                    He will be one of the most dangerous          Best scorer of the last Cameroonian                   1/4
                                                                                                                                                  weapons of the Indomitable Lions.             League (MTN Elite One) in the jersey of          1   st round
                                                                                                        MOTTO: PEACE, WORK, FATHERLAND
                                                                                                                                                  Thanks to his power and great finishing       PWD Bamenda, you might want to keep
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               1RW4XDOLoHG
                                                                                                                                                  in front of goal. At 25, the striker of the   an eye on this tall 26-year-old striker.
                                                                                                                                                  Union Douala will be the forefront of his     He will discover for the first time the A’            Year           2009 2011 2014 2016 2018
                                                                                                                                                  team. No doubt that he will be motivated      selection in a competition where he will
                                                                                                                                                  to prove that he can establish himself        be one of the main attractions after his
                                                                                                                                                  aiming as far as the Total Africa Cup of      successful season. Dear defenders,                           K E Y     F I G U R E S
                                                                                                                                                  Nations, in his home country.                 you are warned !

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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               NB OF MATCHES             WON           DRAWN

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             x4            x10             x7

            LIONS READY TO ROAR
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      LOST             GOALS FOR   GOALS AGAINST
Group A

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Group A
                                                                                                             NATIONAL LEAGUE

            I
                    t should have been a year of joy and celebration for Cameroon. A few months                                                                                                                                                                   G R O U P        A
                    away from hosting the prestigious Africa Cup of Nations, the country of the         NAME:
                    great Samuel Eto’o had the opportunity to test itself by hosting the Total          MTN ELITE ONE
                    African Nations Championship (Total CHAN). Because of the Coronavirus,                                                                                                                                                                             1/16/21
                                                                                                        REIGNING CHAMPION:
            we will have to wait for the answer. Initially scheduled from the 4th to the 25th
                                                                                                        PWD BAMENDA                                                                                                                                           CAMEROON VS ZIMBABWE
            of April, the 2020 edition of the Total CHAN has finally been postponed to early
                                                                                                        MOST SUCCESSFUL CLUB:                                                                                                                                          1/20/21
            next year (January 16 to February 7 2021). As for The Total AFCON, it has been
            postponed by six months (to January 2022). In twelve months, Cameroon will host             COTON SPORT FC DE GAROUA (15)                                                                                                                             CAMEROON VS MALI
            two of the most prestigious competitions on the continent.                                                                                                                                                                                                 1/24/21
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         BURKINA FASO VS CAMEROON
             « BE AMONGST THE BEST TEAMS »                                                               T O TA L C H A N T R A C K R E C O R D
            Be that as it may, its two A and A' selections have the same purpose : triumph at home.
            It is up to Martin Ndtoungou Mpilé’s men, called back in October to replace Yves            TITLE: 0
            Clément Arroga, to show the way to victory. This was the ambition shown by Arroga           FINALIST: 0
            before being sacked: « Everybody around me knows that we are here to win the Total          PARTICIPATIONS: 3
            CHAN. In order to win, we have to be amongst the best teams», he declared in January
                                                                                                        HOST COUNTRY: 0 (1ST TIME IN 2020)
 CAMEROON

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   CAMEROON
            2020. It is up to Martin Ndtoungou Mpilé to do the job and bring his team on top of
            African football. Something that he didn’t manage to do in 2016 in Rwanda. Named one
            year earlier, the 62-year-old experienced coach was defeated in the quarter-finals
            against Ivory Coast after playing overtime. Around their ambitious and determined
            new head coach, the teammates of Léon Boyomo, the best scorer of the last National
            League Championship, have all the qualities to take a country that never made it past the
            quarter-finals since 2009 to victory. The opponents of the first round, Zimbabwe, Mali
            and Burkina Faso are warned: these Lions truly want to be Indomitable on home turf.

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The Stallions                                                                                                                                                                              THE HEAD COACH

                BURKINA FASO
                                                                                                                                                                                                           The Burkanibe coach knows his mission. Four years after the only participation of
                                                                                                                                                                                                           Burkina Faso in the competition, the one nicknamed “Krol” took his job as the head
                                                                                                                                                                                                           coach with the aim to qualify his team for the 2020 edition in Cameroon. Mission
                                                                                                                                                                                                           accomplished. Now, all is left to do is doing better than in 2014, which means going
                                                                                                                                                                                                           past the group phase.

                                                                                                                                                          SEYDOU ZERBO

                                                                                                                 COUNTRY INFORMATION

                                                                                                               CAPITAL: OUAGADOUGOU
                                                                                                                                                                                                            LANDRY KABORÉ                                          P E R F O R M A N C E
                                                                                                               SURFACE AREA: 274,200 KM²                   SAIWOU SAWADOGO
                                                                                                               POPULATION: 20,835,401 BURKINABE                                                                                                           Final/Winner
                                                                                                               OFFICIAL LANGUAGE: FRENCH                      THE STAR                                         THE REVELATION                                   1/2
                                                                                                               CITIZENS: BURKINABE                       He is one of the stars of the Burkinabe           At only 19, he is one of the most                    1/4
                                                                                                                                                         championship. Already shortlisted by              promising players of Burkinabe football.        1   st round
                                                                                                               MOTTO: UNITY, PROGRESS, JUSTICE
                                                                                                                                                         Saydou Zerbo in the spring of 2020, the           Trained as a left-back, he joined last
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         1RW4XDOLoHG
                                                                                                                                                         striker has established himself as the            summer Salimata and the Taséré FC
                                                                                                                                                         goal scorer for ASFA Yennenga, one of the         (Salitas FC). In January, he may cause               Year           2009 2011 2014 2016 2018
                                                                                                                                                         biggest clubs in the country. A true threat for   some damage to his opponents with
                                                                                                                                                         defenses, the young forward has to make the       his defensive accuracy and tactical
                                                                                                                                                         defenders of Mali, Zimbabwe and Cameroon          precision. Definitely a player to follow in                 K E Y      F I G U R E S
                                                                                                                                                         feel this fear.                                   this competition.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       x3             x0               x1

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         NB OF MATCHES             WON             DRAWN

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       x2             x2              x4

                AIMING FOR THE 1/4 FINALS
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                LOST             GOALS FOR   GOALS AGAINST
Group A

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               Group A
                                                                                                                    NATIONAL LEAGUE

                I
                         t's the smallest team in Group A. For its second participation since 2014,                                                                                                                                                                          G R O U P       A
                         Burkina Faso is not very lucky. Its opponents: the host country, Cameroon,            NAME:
                         the finalist of the 2016 edition, Mali and a regular of this competition,             FASOFOOT D1
                         Zimbabwe. Strong competition. Not really a gift for a team that didn’t make                                                                                                                                                                              1/16/21
                                                                                                               REIGNING CHAMPION:
                it out of the group phase seven years ago. To be fair, the early elimination of the            RAHIMO FC (2019)                                                                                                                                             MALI VS BURKINA FASO
                Stallions in South Africa was played on the smallest of things! A narrow loss against                                                                                                                                                                             1/20/21
                Uganda, a draw against Morocco and again a loss by the tiniest of margins against              MOST SUCCESSFUL CLUB:
                                                                                                               EF OUAGADOUGOU AND ASFA YENNENGA (13)                                                                                                                BURKINA FASO VS ZIMBABWE
                Zimbabwe.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  1/24/21
                 « THE SAME CHANCES AS THE OTHERS »                                                                                                                                                                                                                BURKINA FASO VS CAMEROON
                                                                                                                T O TA L C H A N T R A C K R E C O R D
                The same Zimbabwe will face Saydou Zerbo’s team for the second game of the
                competition. A match that could be crucial for the Burkinabe coach’s quest.                    TITLE: 0
                « The Stallions have the same chances as the other teams of the group. We will have
                                                                                                               FINALIST: 0
                to take very seriously our first game of the competition and handle the following two
 BURKINA FASO

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             BURKINA FASO
                games to make our way out of the group », he has been warning since February, a few
                                                                                                               PARTICIPATION: 1
                weeks from the original start of the competition before its postponement because of            HOST COUNTRY: 0
                the Covid-19 pandemic. Zerbo may have used that time to work on the weaknesses
                of his team: « We have an attacking problem», he declared last February. « We manage to
                create the best chances but we have trouble finishing in front of goal. Our defense also has
                some trouble sometimes. »

                With that many “difficulties” to erase, the Stallions have some work to do before reaching
                the quarter-finals.

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The Eagles                                                                                                                                                                             THE HEAD COACH

          MALI
                                                                                                                                                                                                 Mission accomplished, on to the next one. Named head coach of the local selection
                                                                                                                                                                                                 in March 2019, the previous coach of Stade Malien and AS Réal managed to qualify
                                                                                                                                                                                                 his team for the 2020 edition of the Total CHAN. Now, the Malian sorcerer is aiming
                                                                                                                                                                                                 bigger, the declared objective being to make it to the final in Cameroon. Ready to bet?

                                                                                                                                                   NOUHOUM DIANÉ

                                                                                                          COUNTRY INFORMATION

                                                                                                        CAPITAL: BAMAKO
                                                                                                                                                                                                  MAMADOU HAROUNA CAMARA                                  P E R F O R M A N C E
                                                                                                        SURFACE AREA: 1,240,192 KM²                MAMADOU COULIBALY
                                                                                                        POPULATION: 19,553,397 MALIANS                                                                                                            Final/Winner                            F
                                                                                                        OFFICIAL LANGUAGE: FRENCH                      THE STAR                                      THE REVELATION                                    1/2
                                                                                                        CITIZENS: MALIANS                         35-year-old Mamadou Coulibaly is not           With 13 goals scored for the Black Stars of           1/4
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      st round
                                                                                                        MOTTO: ONE PEOPLE, ONE GOAL, ONE FAITH    ready to hang up his boots yet. This skilled   Badalabougou, Camara is one goal ahead           1
                                                                                                                                                  forward played for Dubai CSC, the MC           of his teammate Mamadou Coulibaly in            1RW4XDOLoHG
                                                                                                                                                  Alger and the FUS Rabat, but he still of       the scoring tables of the national league.            Year           2009 2011 2014 2016 2018
                                                                                                                                                  shines under the jersey of Stade Malien        Needless to say the duo formed by the
                                                                                                                                                  de Bamako. He will have the tough task         young promise and the old champion
                                                                                                                                                  to bring his team as far as possible in this   will be one of the main attractions of this                  K E Y      F I G U R E S
                                                                                                                                                  competition that promises to be exciting.      competition.

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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Group A
                                                                                                             NATIONAL LEAGUE

          I
                  t is with the 2016 edition in mind that Mali is about to start this new edition                                                                                                                                                                   G R O U P       A
                  of the Total CHAN. Five years ago the Eagles successfully reached the                 NAME:
                  final after beating Tunisia and Ivory Coast. However, the team coached by             LIGUE 1 ORANGE
                  Djibril Dramé was no match for the incredible Congolese (0-3).                                                                                                                                                                                         1/16/21
                                                                                                        REIGNING CHAMPION:
                                                                                                        STADE MALIEN DE BAMAKO                                                                                                                                     MALI VS BURKINA FASO
           A PATH TO FOLLOW                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              1/20/21
                                                                                                        MOST SUCCESSFUL CLUB:
          After their absence from the last edition in Morocco, the team now coached by                 STADE MALIEN DE BAMAKO (19)                                                                                                                                 CAMEROON VS MALI
          Nouhoum Diané will have to learn the lessons of the 2016 edition before starting in                                                                                                                                                                            1/24/21
          that risky group A in Cameroon. Talking about Cameroon, the confrontation against the                                                                                                                                                                     ZIMBABWE VS MALI
          Indomitable Lions is scheduled for the second game. First, Mali will make its debut in
                                                                                                         T O TA L C H A N T R A C K R E C O R D
          the competition against Burkina Faso, and will finish the group phase against Zimbabwe.
                                                                                                        TITLE: 0
          Some formidable opponents before the quarter-finals, but not enough to scare the head
                                                                                                        FINALIST: 1 (2016)
          coach. A few weeks before the competition initially planned last April, Diané made
                                                                                                        PARTICIPATIONS: 3
          himself very clear: « We don’t want to play a secondary role in this competition.We want
                                                                                                        HOST COUNTRY: 0
          to play the final at all costs and we will do everything to get there. »

          The coach knows how to motivate his players to bring the first ever Total CHAN to Mali.
          « Malian football set the bar very high in its lower categories.We are the reigning African
 MALI

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    MALI
          champions in two junior categories. In view of these performances, we have to play our best
          to meet the expectations. These youngsters showed the way it's done. » Players, you know
          what you have to do!

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THE ULTIMATE GUIDE - SCHEDULE ANALYSIS STATS STADIUMS - in Total Zambia
The Warriors                                                                                                                                                                        THE HEAD COACH

            ZIMBABWE
                                                                                                                                                                                                Two roles for the Croatian. Former coach of Sudan, the strategist took the lead of
                                                                                                                                                                                                the A and A’ selections of Zimbabwe. In his sight stands the 2020 edition of the Total
                                                                                                                                                                                                CHAN. He can rely on his knowledge of African football to perform in his new position.
                                                                                                                                                                                                Logarusic traveled to Ghana, Tanzania, Kenya, DR Congo, Angola and Sudan. If you
                                                                                                                                                                                                please !

                                                                                                                                                  ZDRAVKO LOGARUSIC

                                                                                                         COUNTRY INFORMATION

                                                                                                       CAPITAL: HARARE
                                                                                                                                                                                                 PRINCE DUBE                                            P E R F O R M A N C E
                                                                                                       SURFACE AREA: 390,757 KM²                  WELLINGTON TADERERA
                                                                                                       POPULATION: 14,546,314 ZIMBABWEANS                                                                                                       Final/Winner
                                                                                                       OFFICIAL LANGUAGES: ENGLISH, SHONA,            THE STAR                                      THE REVELATION                                   1/2
                                                                                                       NDEBELE AND 13 OTHER LANGUAGES
                                                                                                                                                                                                What if he was the future star of the                1/4
                                                                                                       CITIZENS: ZIMBABWEANS                     Cornerstone of Zimbabwe’s mildfield,
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    st round
                                                                                                                                                                                                Zimbabwean selection? A striker capable         1
                                                                                                       MOTTO: UNITY, FREEDOM, WORK               Wellington Taderera continues to impress
                                                                                                                                                                                                of playing in any offensive position,          1RW4XDOLoHG
                                                                                                                                                 both with his selection and his club The
                                                                                                                                                                                                Prince Dube brought happiness to Azam                Year           2009 2011 2014 2016 2018
                                                                                                                                                 Black Rhinos of Harare. If The Warriors
                                                                                                                                                                                                FC and might soon do the same for The
                                                                                                                                                 are to make it far in this competition, they   Warriors. It is up to him now to shine on
                                                                                                                                                 will have to rely on great performances of     the field and live up to the expectations                   K E Y     F I G U R E S
                                                                                                                                                 their playmaker.                               placed in him.

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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   Group A
                                                                                                            NATIONAL LEAGUE

            T
                       he Warriors are back! Having always qualified for the continental                                                                                                                                                                         G R O U P        A
                       competition since the first edition in 2009, Zimbabwe missed the 2018           NAME:
                       edition in Morocco. The revenge will take place in Cameroon for the             CBZ PREMIER SOCCER LEAGUE
                       team managed by Zdravko Logarusic. Named coach in early 2020, the                                                                                                                                                                              1/16/21
                                                                                                       REIGNING CHAMPION:
            Croatian technician has the particularity of managing both A and A’ Zimbabwean             FOOTBALL CLUB PLATINUM (2019)                                                                                                                         CAMEROON VS ZIMBABWE
            selections.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               1/20/21
                                                                                                       MOST SUCCESSFUL CLUB:
                                                                                                       DYNAMOS FC (22)                                                                                                                                   BURKINA FASO VS ZIMBABWE
             « I’M NOT A MAGICIAN »                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   1/24/21
            In addition to the upcoming competitions of the national team, the Balkan coach is                                                                                                                                                                   ZIMBABWE VS MALI
            focused on the Total CHAN 2020. A competition and a football that he perfectly knows.
                                                                                                        T O TA L C H A N T R A C K R E C O R D
            His resume speaks for itself with experiences with Asante Kotoko, Ashanti Gold and
                                                                                                       TITLE: 0
            King Faisal Babes in Ghana, AFC Leopards and Gor Mahia in Kenya as well as Simba
                                                                                                       FINALIST: 0
            Sports Club in Tanzania.His experience bringing Sudan to third spot in 2018, will
                                                                                                       PARTICIPATIONS: 4
            also be of use to him. But his pedigree will not do everything. During the preparation,
                                                                                                       HOST COUNTRY: 0
            Logarusic tempered the surrounding enthusiasm: « Give me just a little bit more time.
 ZIMBABWE

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  ZIMBABWE
            I’m not a magician, I'm a coach. »

            A coach whose mission is to do better than the sad eliminations of Zimbabwe in the first
            rounds of the 2009, 2011 and 2016 editions. In spite of being accustomed to the Total
            CHAN, the country of Zimbabwe only managed to really perform once: in South Africa
            in 2014. A solid basis on which to work for Warriors ready to fight.

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Introduction
                                                                                 Group B

                            CHAMPIONS CLASH
                      Group B of the Total African Nations            the neighbor, Pamphile Mihayo’s team will         which should not be forgotten. The Menas
                      Championship is set to be rough and             face another champion: Libya. Crowned             are going to play the third CHAN of their
                      interesting. Between old champions,             in 2014 in South Africa, the Mediteranean         history, with the 2011 edition being their
                      a derby and small teams, the race for
                      the quarter-finals risks to be fierce and
                                                                      Knights had however laid down their arms
                                                                      against Tunisia. Eventually, the forfeit of the
                                                                                                                        best souvenir of this competition so far.
                                                                                                                        Under Harouna Doula, the Nigerien reached
                                                                                                                                                                        CONGO                   DR CONGO                  NIGER                    LIBYA
                      relentless.
                                                                                                                                                                          3rd                       5th                     3rd                      4th
                                                                      Eagles of Carthage allowed the men of Ali         the quarter-finals before losing with honors

                      I
                                                                      El Margini to get their ticket to Cameroon.       against the host country.
                              t promises to be spectacular! To        The clash of the two champions of this group                                                      participation             participation           participation            participation
                              start with, a heated derby between      promises to be epic!
                              Congo and DR Congo. How can this                                                          Responsible for the best performances in
                              group B start on a better note? The                                                       local football since the 2010s, Harouna Doula
                                                                       NIGER, NOTHING OF
                      double champion, DR Congo is the absolute                                                         is back to business to lead his country. Let
                                                                       AN IDEAL VICTIM
                      favorite of that group, on paper only because                                                     it be very clear for DR Congo, Libya and
                      nothing will be given to it.                    Other than the clash of champions and the         Congo: Niger has nothing of the ideal victim!
                      Apart from an already crucial game against      Congolese derby, Niger is a fourth team           Enough to spice up this group B even more!                                                LIBYA                     1 / 1 7 / 2 1

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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             LIBYA VS NIGER
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    -
                                                                                                                                                                                 NIGER                                                    DR CONGO VS CONGO
                                                                                                                                                                                    P26
Group B

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      Group B
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            1 / 2 1 / 2 1

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          LIBYA VS DR CONGO
                                                                                                                                                                                        CONGO                                                       -
                                                    CONGO                                                                   DR CONGO                                                      P22                                               CONGO VS NIGER
 GROUP INTRODUCTION

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   GROUP INTRODUCTION
                                                                                                                                                                                                     DR CONGO
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            1 / 2 5 / 2 1
                                                                                                                                                                                                                  P24

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            CONGO VS LIBYA
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   -
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          NIGER VS DR CONGO

                                                    NIGER                                                                      LIBYA

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The Red Devils                                                                                                                                                                          THE HEAD COACH

          CONGO
                                                                                                                                                                                                  Congo’s coach has experience on his side. A former captain and then assistant coach
                                                                                                                                                                                                  of the national team, Ngatsono took over after Frenchman, Pierre Lechantre, left at the
                                                                                                                                                                                                  end of the year 2016. Named as a replacement, he came back a few months later after
                                                                                                                                                                                                  Sébastien Migné, another French coach, decided to resign. Ngatsono then took the
                                                                                                                                                                                                  helm of the A’ selection that he qualified for the Total CHAN 2020.

                                                                                                                                                    BARTHÉLÉMY NGATSONO

                                                                                                           COUNTRY INFORMATION

                                                                                                         CAPITAL: BRAZZAVILLE
                                                                                                                                                                                                   RACINE LOUAMBA                                             P E R F O R M A N C E
                                                                                                         SURFACE AREA: 342,000 KM²                  PRINCE CLAUDE OBONGO
                                                                                                         POPULATION: 5,293,070 CONGOLESE                                                                                                             Final/Winner
                                                                                                         OFFICIAL LANGUAGE: FRENCH                      THE STAR                                       THE REVELATION                                      1/2
                                                                                                         CITIZENS: CONGOLESE                       His nickname does not go unnoticed: Lionel     Considered promising youngster,the                       1/4
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          st round
                                                                                                         MOTTO: UNITY, WORK, PROGRESS              Messi. A fan of the Argentine genius, the      player of CARA Brazzaville will discover the        1
                                                                                                                                                   Congolese midfielder is often called           international level in January.With already ten   1RW4XDOLoHG
                                                                                                                                                   « Messi » because of his undeniable football   Total CAF Confederation Cup games added                  Year           2009 2011 2014 2016 2018
                                                                                                                                                   qualities. A flattering comparison for the     to his resume,this talent called up by Ngatsono
                                                                                                                                                   Red Devil. A member of the U23 team in         for the preparations of the Total CHAN is ready
                                                                                                                                                   2019, he must now step up his game next        to put on the Red Devils jersey to play some                    K E Y     F I G U R E S
                                                                                                                                                   winter to prove worthy of such a nickname.     bad tricks on his opponents in Cameroon !

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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         Group B
                                                                                                              NATIONAL LEAGUE

          T
                     he date is set and the game is obviously eagerly awaited. For the first                                                                                                                                                                           G R O U P        B
                     game of the 2020 edition of the Total CHAN, Congo will face its neighbor,           NAME:
                     DR Congo. In addition to the derby that awaits them, it is a fierce                 CHAMPIONNAT NATIONAL MTN
                     competition to start the tournament with for the Red Devils. DR Congo                                                                                                                                                                                  1/17/21
                                                                                                         REIGNING CHAMPION:
          have won two of the five Total CHAN editions. More than any other countr y, of                 AS OTOHÔ                                                                                                                                                         RDC VS CONGO
          course. Unfortunately for Congo, the 2009 and 2016 champions came out victorious                                                                                                                                                                                  1/21/21
                                                                                                         MOST SUCCESSFUL CLUB:
          in their last confrontation.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 CONGO VS NIGER
                                                                                                         ÉTOILE DU CONGO (11)
           ANOTHER CHAMPION NAMED « LIBYA »                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 1/25/21
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       CONGO VS LIBYA
          In January 2020, the DR Congo of Jackson Mukela organized the Congo International               T O TA L C H A N T R A C K R E C O R D
          Football Tournament (CIFT), in order to prepare for the Total CHAN. Facing the host
          country, the Congo of Barthélemy Ngatsono resisted and kept under control its prestigious      TITLE: 0
          opponent.This was until DR Congo was granted a penalty in the last ten minutes and scored      FINALIST: 0
          it. The Red Devils will have to learn their lesson from this game in order to defeat their     PARTICIPATIONS: 2
          brother-enemy next January.                                                                    HOST COUNTRY: 0

          Does Congo have a chance to beat the other two of that group? While Niger does not seem
 CONGO

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         CONGO
          to be a threat, Libya represents a bigger danger. Champions in 2014, the North African
          team reached the semi-finals three years ago in Morocco. Congo, that never went further
          than a quarter-final in two participations, is warned. A few weeks before the original start
          of the competition, Barthélemy Ngatsono declared his team « finally ready ». They better
          be ready if they want to live up to their ambitions.

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The Leopards                                                                                                                                                                             THE HEAD COACH

            DR CONGO
                                                                                                                                                                                                     Everything happened really fast for the former midfielder in this year 2020. Coach
                                                                                                                                                                                                     of the TP Mazembe, he is sacked by the club after a precocious elimination in quater-
                                                                                                                                                                                                     finals of the Total CAF Champions League in March. But a few weeks earlier, he was
                                                                                                                                                                                                     given the responsibility of the A’ selection. Juste before the original start of the Total
                                                                                                                                                                                                     CHAN.

                                                                                                                                                         PAMPHILE MIHAYO KAZEMBE

                                                                                                                COUNTRY INFORMATION

                                                                                                              CAPITAL: KINSHASA
                                                                                                                                                                                                      ERIC KABWE                                                P E R F O R M A N C E
                                                                                                              SURFACE AREA: 2,344,858 KM²                MICHÉE MIKA
                                                                                                              POPULATION: 101,780,263 CONGOLESE                                                                                                        Final/Winner          W                 W
                                                                                                              OFFICIAL LANGUAGE: FRENCH                      THE STAR                                    THE REVELATION                                      1/2
                                                                                                              CITIZENS: CONGOLESE                       Playmaker of the midfield, Mazembe’s         The kid just keeps on amazing his world.                1/4
                                                                                                                                                                                                     After revealing himself with FC Lubumbashi         1   st round
                                                                                                              MOTTO: JUSTICE, PEACE, WORK               player has some serious experience.
                                                                                                                                                                                                     Sport, the 23 year-old striker established
                                                                                                                                                        A reigning champion with Tout Puissant,                                                       1RW4XDOLoHG
                                                                                                                                                                                                     himself in one of the most important clubs
                                                                                                                                                        he has already played around twenty                                                                  Year           2009 2011 2014 2016 2018
                                                                                                                                                                                                     of the country this summer : AS Vita Club.
                                                                                                                                                        Total CAF Champions League games. At         A new step in his dazzling career. Let’s
                                                                                                                                                        24, this is the time to assert himself and   hope for DR Congo that the fan of the great
                                                                                                                                                        bring DR Congo to their third continental    Cristiano Ronaldo makes winning the Total                      K E Y        F I G U R E S
                                                                                                                                                        trophy.                                      CHAN the next step of his young career.

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Group B

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            Group B
                                                                                                                   NATIONAL LEAGUE

            O
                          peration reconquest. A real threat in this competition, the Leopards                                                                                                                                                                            G R O U P        B
                          are making their great comeback in the Total CHAN in Cameroon.                      NAME:
                          Winners of the first edition in 2009, then quarter-finalists twice, the             LINAFOOT VODACOM LIGUE 1
                          Central African country made a prestigious double in 2016 in Rwanda,                                                                                                                                                                                   1/17/21
                                                                                                              REIGNING CHAMPION:
            an unparalleled performance. In terms of trophies won, only Libya and Morocco                     TP MAZEMBE                                                                                                                                                 DR CONGO VS CONGO
            can match Pamphile Mihayo Kazembe’s men this year. A task far from easy to do,                                                                                                                                                                                       1/21/21
                                                                                                              MOST SUCCESSFUL CLUB:
            especially since the Leopards are aiming for a third win in the competition.                      TP MAZEMBE (18)                                                                                                                                            LIBYA VS DR CONGO
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 1/25/21
             THE CIFT REUNION
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         NIGER VS DR CONGO
            Absent in 2018, DR Congo intends to take back a trophy left to the Lions of Morocco three
                                                                                                               T O TA L C H A N T R A C K R E C O R D
            years ago. But the comeback of the double champion will not be easy. To start with, a derby
                                                                                                              TITLES: 2 (2009, 2016)
            against the neighbors of Congo Brazzaville. In order to prepare for the Total CHAN, the two
                                                                                                              FINALISTS: 2
            countries met during the semi-final of the CIFT in DR Congo in January 2020. The Leopards
                                                                                                              PARTICIPATIONS: 4
            only owe their victory to Jackson Mukela who scored a penalty in the last minutes of the
                                                                                                              HOST COUNTRY: 0
            game.
 DR CONGO

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           DR CONGO
            After this tough first game, DR Congo will face the 2014 winner, Libya. Not a gift. Their third
            and final opponent of this group stage is Niger that they beat by the tiniest margin a year
            ago during the now famous CIFT. DR Congo is making a return on tip-toes, because being
            careful is the best thing to do in this group but the ambition remains: bring back a third
            Total CHAN trophy.

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The Mena                                                                                                                                                                         THE HEAD COACH

          NIGER
                                                                                                                                                                                           Nigerien football owes him so much. Named coach in 2009, the technician rapidly
                                                                                                                                                                                           promoted Niger to a first ever participation in the Africa Cup of Nations in 2012.
                                                                                                                                                                                           A year earlier, it was the CHAN that the Menas discovered for the first time. Even
                                                                                                                                                                                           though results are still to come in those competitions, the progress is major.

                                                                                                                                              HAROUNA DOULA

                                                                                                     COUNTRY INFORMATION

                                                                                                   CAPITAL: NIAMEY
                                                                                                                                                                                            AMADOU SABO                                            P E R F O R M A N C E
                                                                                                   SURFACE AREA: 1,267,000 KM²                HALIDOU IDRISSA
                                                                                                   POPULATION: 22,772,361 NIGERIENS                                                                                                        Final/Winner
                                                                                                   OFFICIAL LANGUAGE: FRENCH                      THE STAR                                     THE REVELATION                                   1/2
                                                                                                   CITIZENS: NIGERIENS                       Niger will benefit from his great             He represents the Nigerien football of               1/4
                                                                                                                                                                                           tomorrow. It is up to him now to establish      1   st round
                                                                                                   MOTTO: FRATERNITY, WORK, PROGRESS         experience. At nearly 39 and with three
                                                                                                                                                                                           himself as the true maestro of the team
                                                                                                                                             caps for the national team, he played his                                                    1RW4XDOLoHG
                                                                                                                                                                                           during the tournament in Cameroon.
                                                                                                                                             part of striker during the qualifications.                                                         Year           2009 2011 2014 2016 2018
                                                                                                                                                                                           Called up in March 2019, the player of AS
                                                                                                                                             He proved to be decisive against Ivory        Sonidep had the time to toughen up.
                                                                                                                                             Coast, the country in which he has been       An experience both necessary and
                                                                                                                                             playing for several years, first in Abidjan   beneficial before clashing with former                      K E Y     F I G U R E S
                                                                                                                                             and now with Séwé Sports.                     champions Libya and DRC.

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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               Group B
                                                                                                        NATIONAL LEAGUE

          N
                    iger is clearly not a favorite in this competition. Not even in its own                                                                                                                                                                 G R O U P        B
                    group for that matter. In this tough group B composed of the double            NAME:
                    champions DR Congo (2009 and 2016), Libya champion (seven years                CHAMPIONNAT D1
                    ago) and Congo, Niger is obviously the weakest team. But the label of                                                                                                                                                                        1/17/21
                                                                                                   REIGNING CHAMPION:
          “weak team” could fit Harouna Doula’s players. A great way to take everyone by
                                                                                                   AS SONIDEP (2019)                                                                                                                                          LIBYA VS NIGER
          surprise?
                                                                                                   MOST SUCCESSFUL CLUB:                                                                                                                                         1/21/21
                                                                                                   SAHEL SC (13)                                                                                                                                             CONGO VS NIGER
           FATAL SESSION
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 1/25/21
          The Menas can count on the experience of their head coach. Having returned to                                                                                                                                                                     NIGER VS DR CONGO
          his post in the summer of 2019, Doula is one of the architects of the great football      T O TA L C H A N T R A C K R E C O R D
          development in the country since the 2010s. Named coach of the A’ team in 2009,
          he brought his players to their first participation in the Total CHAN two years later.   TITLE: 0
          In Sudan, Niger won against Zimbabwe and Ghana in the group stage before clashing        FINALIST: 0
          with the host country in the quarter-finals. Rapidly the game was led by Sudan,
                                                                                                   PARTICIPATIONS: 2
          while Niger was reduced to ten players after one of them was sent off. Despite this
          disadvantage, the Menas came back in the game and forced the host country to a           HOST COUNTRY: 0
          penalty shoot-out. Unfortunately it proved fatal to Doula’s men.

          Elimination was well received as a few months later the country would achieve a
 NIGER

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               NIGER
          historical qualification for the AFCON in Gabon and Equatorial Guinea. Niger did
          make a comeback for the Total CHAN in 2016 for a short run in the competition, but
          this time the country has its guide, Harouna Doula, on its side. Enough to surprise
          everyone?

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The Mediterranean Knights                                                                                                                                                               THE HEAD COACH

          LIBYA
                                                                                                                                                                                                  Libya found the successor of Faouzi Benzarti. In order to replace the Tunisian who left
                                                                                                                                                                                                  last March, the Mediterranean Knights decided to trust his assistant. If he showed his
                                                                                                                                                                                                  ambition to qualify the team for the Total AFCON 2021, his first mission is to do well in
                                                                                                                                                                                                  the Total CHAN with the 2014 champions.

                                                                                                                                                    ALI EL MARGINI

                                                                                                           COUNTRY INFORMATION

                                                                                                         CAPITAL: TRIPOLI
                                                                                                                                                                                                   GEBRIL MERSAL                                            P E R F O R M A N C E
                                                                                                         SURFACE AREA: 1,759,540 KM²                SALEM ROMA
                                                                                                         POPULATION: 6,890,535 LIBYANS                                                                                                              Final/Winner                      W
                                                                                                         OFFICIAL LANGUAGE: ARABIC                      THE STAR                                      THE REVELATION                                     1/2
                                                                                                         CITIZENS: LIBYANS                         Transferred from Al-Nasr Benghazi to           In October 2019, the young striker was                 1/4
                                                                                                                                                   Al-Ittihad Tripoli in the summer of 2018,                                                            st round
                                                                                                         MOTTO: FREEDOM, JUSTICE, DEMOCRACY                                                       called-up for the first time with the             1
                                                                                                                                                   the 29-year-old forward did not lose out       national team, at the time managed by            1RW4XDOLoHG
                                                                                                                                                   in the process. Even though he left the
                                                                                                                                                                                                  Jalal Damga. A great reward after his great            Year           2009 2011 2014 2016 2018
                                                                                                                                                   reigning champions, he did it to join the
                                                                                                                                                                                                  performances with Al Ahly Benghazi.
                                                                                                                                                   most successful club in the history of the
                                                                                                                                                   country. The Libyan striker is expected to     Under the experienced Al El Margini,
                                                                                                                                                   carry his selection and try to do as well as   the striker has everything to announce                        K E Y     F I G U R E S
                                                                                                                                                   the previous Total CHAN.                       himself during the tournament.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            x14                x7                 x4

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  NB OF MATCHES             WON              DRAWN

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                x3            x13                x12

          FERVENT KNIGHTS
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         LOST             GOALS FOR       GOALS AGAINST
Group B

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          Group B
                                                                                                              NATIONAL LEAGUE

          L
                    ibya is undeniably one of the reasons why group B is so competitive. Apart                                                                                                                                                                       G R O U P        B
                    from Niger and Congo respectively first and third opponents, Libya is with           NAME:
                    DR Congo one of the heavyweights of the group.The two teams have already             LIBYAN PREMIER LEAGUE
                    won this competition reserved for local players: two victories for DR Congo,                                                                                                                                                                          1/17/21
                                                                                                         REIGNING CHAMPION:
          one for Libya.                                                                                 AL NASR BENGHAZI (2018)                                                                                                                                      LIBYA VS NIGER

                                                                                                         MOST SUCCESSFUL CLUB:                                                                                                                                            1/21/21
           SIGN OF FATE?                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             LIBYA VS DR CONGO
                                                                                                         AL-ITTIHAD TRIPOLI (16)
          Despite its previous achievements, it's not necessarily a duel against DR Congo for                                                                                                                                                                             1/25/21
          the title that awaits Libya. 2014 champion and semi-finalist in 2018, Libya finds itself in                                                                                                                                                                 CONGO VS LIBYA
          murky waters. The incessant coaching changes are one of the reasons why. In the fall
                                                                                                          T O TA L C H A N T R A C K R E C O R D
          of 2019, Jalal Damja resigned the day after Libya failed to qualify for the Total CHAN
                                                                                                         TITLE: 1 (2014)
          2020. He then was replaced by the Tunisian Faouzi Benzarti. A sign of fate? Because in
                                                                                                         FINALIST: 1
          the following weeks, Tunisia forfeited arguing that the Total CHAN took place in the
                                                                                                         PARTICIPATIONS: 3
          middle of the football season.
                                                                                                         HOST COUNTRY: 0

          Disqualified against the Eagles of Carthage, the Mediterranean Knights were called back
          for the tournament after this forfeit. The tournament was finally postponed to January
          2021 because of the Coronavirus pandemic. As a consequence, Benzarti left his head
 LIBYA

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          LIBYA
          coach position and was replaced by his assistant, Ali El Margini. Initially not scheduled
          to be in the competition, Libya, its new coach and its Knights will have to believe in their
          lucky star in order to win another title in Cameroon.

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Introduction
                                                                                Group C
                                        A BEGI-
                            NNER AND REGULARS
                      A mixed bag. The members of group C,           North African team didn’t leave any chances         Edem Kossi Koudagba, who died tragically
                      Morocco, Rwanda, Uganda and Togo offer         to its opponents. A True juggernaut of the          from a brutal case of malaria, the Togolese
                      a really diverse board where beginners,        competition, Morocco went straight for its          will do everything to honor his memory
                      reigning champion and regulars are
                      mixed up.
                                                                     first title without any doubt.With their title of
                                                                     reigning champion to defend in Cameroon,
                                                                                                                         and leave their mark in the competition.
                                                                                                                         Reigning champion or not, Morocco is            MOROCCO                    UGANDA                    TOGO                  RWANDA

                      T                                                                                                                                                     4th                        5th                      1st                       4th
                                                                     the Lions will have to be fierce to have a          warned.
                                 here is something for everyone.     chance to come back home with it.
                                 In this group C of the Total                                                            Uganda and Rwanda, are not to be                 participation              participation            participation             participation
                                 African Nations Championship,        IN MEMORY OF KOUDAGBA                              underestimated too. The neighbors, who
                                 Morocco, Rwanda, Uganda                                                                 will face each other for their first game,
                      and Togo offer diverse profiles which are      Morocco better be prepared to do so from            are regulars of the competition : fifth
                      nevertheless full of promises! In this group   the first game against Togo. This game              participation for the former, fourth for the
                      introduction, let's start with the reigning    can be a trap for the Lions. A tough way to         latter. For whatever reason, both teams never
                      champion, Morocco.                             start in their first ever participation for the     succeeded to make a true difference in their
                      Host country of the previous edition, the      Sparrowhawks. Still grieving the loss of            groups, until this January?                                                                                             1 / 1 8 / 2 1

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               MOROCCO VS TOGO
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     -
                                                                                                                                                                                           MOROCCO
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              RWANDA VS UGANDA
                                                                                                                                                                                              P32
Group C

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           Group C
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 1 / 2 2 / 2 1
                                                                                                                                                                                                                     UGANDA
                                                                                                                                                                                                                       P34
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              MOROCCO VS RWANDA
                                                                                                                                                                                   TOGO                                                               -
                                                 MOROCCO                                                                      UGANDA                                                 P36                                                       UGANDA VS TOGO

                                                                                                                                                                                                                     RWANDA
 GROUP INTRODUCTION

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        GROUP INTRODUCTION
                                                                                                                                                                                                                        P38

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 1 / 2 6 / 2 1

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              UGANDA VS MOROCCO
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       -
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               TOGO VS RWANDA

                                                    TOGO                                                                      RWANDA

30                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           31
The Altas Lions                                                                                                                                                                        THE HEAD COACH

           MOROCCO
                                                                                                                                                                                                  Morocco will be watched carefully and it knows it. The former midfielder, successfully
                                                                                                                                                                                                  converted into a coach, will have the heavy responsibility to defend the title won at
                                                                                                                                                                                                  home in 2018. Named in 2019, the former coach of the WAC remains focused on the
                                                                                                                                                                                                  Total CHAN. Recently approached by Zamalek, he refused the offer of the Eygptian
                                                                                                                                                                                                  giant. This says it all.

                                                                                                                                                 HOUCINE AMMOUTA

                                                                                                        COUNTRY INFORMATION

                                                                                                      CAPITAL: RABAT
                                                                                                                                                                                                   ISMAIL KHAFI                                            P E R F O R M A N C E
                                                                                                      SURFACE AREA: 710,850 KM²                  AYOUB EL KAABI
                                                                                                      POPULATION: 33,800,000 MOROCCANS                                                                                                            Final/Winner                                   W
                                                                                                      OFFICIAL LANGUAGE: ARABIC                      THE STAR                                         THE REVELATION                                    1/2
                                                                                                      CITIZENS: MOROCCANS                       The best player and best scorer of the last       The striker of Hassania Agadir can’t be               1/4
                                                                                                                                                edition, the striker of Wydad Casablanca was                                                           st round
                                                                                                      MOTTO: GOD, HOMELAND, KING                                                                  ignored. As demonstrated by the interest         1
                                                                                                                                                one of the main reasons why Morocco won the       of Le Havre in the summer 2020.                1RW4XDOLoHG
                                                                                                                                                cup two years ago. He will obviously be one
                                                                                                                                                                                                  The French club playing in Ligue 2 made               Year           2009 2011 2014 2016 2018
                                                                                                                                                of the stars of the edition played in Cameroon.
                                                                                                                                                                                                  the Moroccan striker a priority even
                                                                                                                                                Returning to WAC after an experience in
                                                                                                                                                China, the former player of RS Berkane is         though it didn’t succeed in signing him. At
                                                                                                                                                already feared after remarkable performances      his club since 2013, El Barkaoui will try to                 K E Y     F I G U R E S
                                                                                                                                                in preparation for the competition.               live up to the hopes placed in him.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           x13                x7             x4

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 NB OF MATCHES             WON           DRAWN

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               x2            x27            x10

           TIME FOR THE CONFIRMATION
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        LOST             GOALS FOR   GOALS AGAINST
Group C

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      Group C
                                                                                                           NATIONAL LEAGUE

           A
                      t home, Morocco didn’t leave any chance to the opposition during the                                                                                                                                                                           G R O U P       C
                      2018 edition of the Total CHAN. Among the six matches played, the Lions         NAME:
                      scored 16 goals for only 2 goals against. Morocco was the king of the Total     BOTOLA PRO 1
                      CHAN three years ago, no doubt about that. A remarkable performance                                                                                                                                                                                1/18/21
                                                                                                      REIGNING CHAMPION:
           for the country who only played in two editions before the one played on its lands.        WYDAD AC (2019)                                                                                                                                                MOROCCO VS TOGO
           An incredible performance given that Morocco never passed the quarter-finals                                                                                                                                                                                  1/22/21
           before being crowned in 2018.                                                              MOST SUCCESSFUL CLUB:
                                                                                                      WYDAD AC (20)                                                                                                                                                 MOROCCO VS RWANDA
            SACRED UNION                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 1/26/21
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    UGANDA VS MOROCCO
           It will be as reigning champion that Morocco will travel to Cameroon for the tournament.    T O TA L C H A N T R A C K R E C O R D
           A competition in which it will face the hungry Rwanda and Uganda in group C.
           Regularly qualifiers for the Total CHAN, the two countries don’t scare Morocco one bit.    TITLE: 1 (2018)
           Same goes for Togo, a beginner in this competition. If the group stage seems to be a
                                                                                                      FINALIST: 1
           simple formality on paper, everybody wants to see the men of Houcine Ammouta fall.
           The Atlas Lions have to be careful out there now that they have to confirm their
                                                                                                      PARTICIPATIONS: 3
           champions' status and a title to defend.                                                   HOST COUNTRY: 1
 MOROCCO

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     MOROCCO
           In order to do so, the head coach will rely more than ever on the support of local
           football. « I asked the clubs to stop complaining about their players being called up.
           They have to understand that even next season, we will need their players in order to
           prepare for the Total CHAN and represent in the best way possible Moroccan football
           by defending our title», he declared last September. The sacred union, the key for
           the double ?

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The Cranes                                                                                                                                                                               THE HEAD COACH

          UGANDA
                                                                                                                                                                                                   African football holds no secrets for him. After making his first steps in Great Britain,
                                                                                                                                                                                                   the Northern Irishman headed south. After coaching Sierra Leone and Rwanda during
                                                                                                                                                                                                   the 2010s, he settled on Uganda’s bench aiming to bring his team to another level in
                                                                                                                                                                                                   Cameroon. Just like the national team this past couple of years.

                                                                                                                                                     JOHNNY McKINSTRY

                                                                                                            COUNTRY INFORMATION

                                                                                                          CAPITAL: KAMPALA
                                                                                                                                                                                                    STEVEN MUKWALA                                           P E R F O R M A N C E
                                                                                                          SURFACE AREA: 241,038 KM²                  MILTON KARISA
                                                                                                          POPULATION: 43,252,966 UGANDANS                                                                                                            Final/Winner
                                                                                                          OFFICIAL LANGUAGES: ENGLISH, SWAHILI           THE STAR                                       THE REVELATION                                    1/2
                                                                                                          CITIZENS: UGANDANS                        Freshly titled and called up about             He clearly represents the future of Uganda ‘s          1/4
                                                                                                                                                                                                   football. Crowned champion with Vipers            1   st round
                                                                                                          MOTTO: FOR GOD AND MY COUNTRY             twenty times with the national team.
                                                                                                                                                                                                   SC, the striker has everything to announce
                                                                                                                                                    The 25 year-old, former player of MC                                                            1RW4XDOLoHG
                                                                                                                                                                                                   himself during the tournament and help
                                                                                                                                                    Oujda in Morocco came back to his old                                                                 Year           2009 2011 2014 2016 2018
                                                                                                                                                                                                   the Cranes to fly higher in the competition.
                                                                                                                                                    club Vipers SC in February 2020. He            In any case, his performances didn’t go
                                                                                                                                                    won the league later on that year. Born        unnoticed and caught the eyes of some
                                                                                                                                                    in Jinja, he will be one of the strengths of   of the biggest teams on the continent,                        K E Y     F I G U R E S
                                                                                                                                                    the Cranes in Cameroon.                        including Asante Kotoko in Ghana.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 x8             x1             x3

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   NB OF MATCHES             WON           DRAWN

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 x4             x6            x11

          FLY HIGHER
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          LOST             GOALS FOR   GOALS AGAINST
Group C

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        Group C
                                                                                                               NATIONAL LEAGUE

          U
                     ganda is a regular of the Total CHAN. Apart from the 2009 edition, the                                                                                                                                                                            G R O U P       C
                     Cranes have always qualified for the competition. Present in Sudan,                  NAME:
                     South Africa, Rwanda and Morocco, the East African country never made                STARTIMES UGANDA PREMIER LEAGUE
                     it past the first round nor was it really close to the quarter-finals.                                                                                                                                                                                1/18/21
                                                                                                          REIGNING CHAMPION:
                                                                                                          VIPERS SC                                                                                                                                                   RWANDA VS UGANDA

           BIS REPETITA ?                                                                                 MOST SUCCESSFUL CLUB:                                                                                                                                            1/22/21
                                                                                                          VILLA SC (16)                                                                                                                                                UGANDA VS TOGO
          The expectations around the team managed by Johnny McKinstry are clear. In February                                                                                                                                                                              1/26/21
          2020, the Northern Irishman set the tone for the Cranes: « The good thing about the                                                                                                                                                                         UGANDA VS MOROCCO
                                                                                                           T O TA L C H A N T R A C K R E C O R D
          Total CHAN is that the competition changes every time. Everything is about planning and
          preparation », he pointed out before talking about his team: « we think we can make it out of   TITLE: 0
          that group because every beginning team in this tournament thinks the same thing. »             FINALIST: 0
                                                                                                          PARTICIPATIONS: 4
                                                                                                          HOST COUNTRY: 0
          The Briton knows what he’s talking about. In 2016, it was be who brought the host country,
          Rwanda, to the quarter-finals. A great first for the Amavubi. Bis Repetita with Uganda ?
 UGANDA

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       UGANDA
          The previous experience of the European coach will count for the Cranes who have to fly
          higher and further. On their way, Rwanda for the first game and the beginners of Togo for
          the second game. Two extremely important games before facing the heavyweight of this
          group C, the reigning champion Morocco.

34                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      35
The Sparrowhawks                                                                                                                                                                           THE HEAD COACH

          TOGO
                                                                                                                                                                                                     A former player of Châteauroux, Dunkerque and Déols, it is in Amiens that the strong
                                                                                                                                                                                                     defender built his great reputation in France. Captain of the Sparrowhawks during
                                                                                                                                                                                                     their only participation in a World Cup in 2006, the Lomé native wishes now to share
                                                                                                                                                                                                     and apply his knowledge, also learnt thanks to his mentor Claude Le Roy, to the A’
                                                                                                                                                                                                     selection. Nice challenge.

                                                                                                                                                     JEAN-PAUL ABALO

                                                                                                            COUNTRY INFORMATION

                                                                                                          CAPITAL: LOMÉ
                                                                                                                                                                                                      ASHRAF AGORO                                          P E R F O R M A N C E
                                                                                                          SURFACE AREA: 56,785 KM²                   NANE RICHARD
                                                                                                          POPULATION: 8,608,444 TOGOLESE                                                                                                            Final/Winner
                                                                                                          OFFICIAL LANGUAGE: FRENCH                      THE STAR                                        THE REVELATION                                  1/2
                                                                                                          CITIZENS: TOGOLESE                        Capable of playing in all the forward            The party goes on for the young                     1/4
                                                                                                                                                    positions, the captain of the reigning           striker. It began in September 2019,           1   st round
                                                                                                          MOTTO: WORK, FREEDOM, HOMELAND
                                                                                                                                                    champions ASCK Kara discovered the A             during the historical qualification
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   1RW4XDOLoHG
                                                                                                                                                    squad in the fall of 2019. Called up by          round of Togo against Nigeria. The kid
                                                                                                                                                    Le Roy, he established himself amongst the       scored a goal to finish off the Super               Year           2009 2011 2014 2016 2018
                                                                                                                                                    best players of the country. He holds the        Eagles and make the away game
                                                                                                                                                    hope of a nation that is about to discover the   easier for his country. Decisive one
                                                                                                                                                    Total CHAN for the first with the ambition to    and a half years ago, he is aiming to be                   K E Y     F I G U R E S
                                                                                                                                                    make every game against Togo difficult.          as important this winter.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                x0            x0                 x0

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   NB OF MATCH              WON            DRAWN

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                x0            x0                x0

          NOT AN EASY PREY
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         LOST             GOAL FOR       GOAL AGAINST
Group C

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        Group C
                                                                                                               NATIONAL LEAGUE

          T
                     he 2020 edition of the Total CHAN will have a special taste for Togo.                                                                                                                                                                           G R O U P       C
                     Beyond being their first participation in the tournament, it will be                 NAME:
                     in memor y of Edem Kossi Koudagba that the Sparrowhawks will                         CHAMP. NATIONAL DE PREMIÈRE DIVISION
                     star t off the competition. The young striker died tragically of a                                                                                                                                                                                   1/18/21
                                                                                                          REIGNING CHAMPION:
          devastating case of malaria last June. He was one of the architects of Togo’s                   ASC KARA                                                                                                                                                   MOROCCO VS TOGO
          historic qualification. Jean-Paul Dosseh’s men will want to leave their hearts                                                                                                                                                                                  1/22/21
          on the pitch to honor his memory.                                                               MOST SUCCESSFUL CLUB:
                                                                                                          AC SEMASSI (10)                                                                                                                                            UGANDA VS TOGO
           THE SUPER EAGLES CUT DOWN MID-FLIGHT                                                                                                                                                                                                                           1/26/21
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     TOGO VS RWANDA
          With Kossi Koudagba in mind, Togo is travelling to Cameroon with the status of                   T O TA L C H A N T R A C K R E C O R D
          “small team” of the tournament in a group C where great opponents are waiting for
          them. The starting game is not a lucky one for Togo as it is going to face the reigning         TITLE: 0
          champion. A clash of opposites, enough to set the tone for the competition. After
                                                                                                          FINALIST: 0
          Morocco, Uganda and Rwanda are waiting to win some precious points against the
          newcomer.
                                                                                                          PARTICIPATION: 0
                                                                                                          HOST COUNTRY: 0
          The three of them better be careful. Vice-champion three years ago, Nigeria is a
          front-row witness. During the last round of qualification played in October 2019, the
          Super Eagles were eaten in mid-flight by the Sparrowhawks (4-1 in the first game,
 TOGO

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        TOGO
          0-2 in the second).

          With its qualities and surprise effect not to mention the additional motivation linked to the
          loss of Kossi Koudagba, Togo is not going to be easy prey.

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The Amavubi                                                                                                                                                                                THE HEAD COACH

          RWANDA
                                                                                                                                                                                                     Rocky starts in 2020 for the Rwandan head coach. Named in 2018 to manage both the
                                                                                                                                                                                                     A and A’ selections, the coach revealed during his time with the APR he was close
                                                                                                                                                                                                     to being laid off in January but he finally kept his position. He will be in charge of
                                                                                                                                                                                                     directing the Amavubis in Cameroon this winter. A year later, he will be motivated
                                                                                                                                                                                                     to prove that he is the man for the job.

                                                                                                                                                       VINCENT MASHAMI

                                                                                                              COUNTRY INFORMATION

                                                                                                            CAPITAL: KIGALI
                                                                                                                                                                                                      INNOCENT NSHUTI                                         P E R F O R M A N C E
                                                                                                            SURFACE AREA: 26,338 KM²                   THIERRY MANZI
                                                                                                            POPULATION: 12,712,431 RWANDANS                                                                                                          Final/Winner
                                                                                                            OFFICIAL LANGUAGES: ENGLISH,
                                                                                                            FRENCH, KINYARWANDA, SWAHILI                   THE STAR                                      THE REVELATION                                    1/2
                                                                                                            CITIZENS: RWANDANS                        His name will remain carved in the marble      Rwanda's future is already here.                      1/4
                                                                                                                                                      of the 2018 edition. Only scorer of the        He played for the APR FC before signing          1   st round
                                                                                                            MOTTO: UNITY, WORK, PATRIOTISM
                                                                                                                                                      Wasps, eliminated in the group stage in        for Stade Tunisien during the season
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    1RW4XDOLoHG
                                                                                                                                                      Morocco, the strong defender of Rayon          2018-2019, the young striker came back
                                                                                                                                                      FC hopes to take his teammates further         to Kigali in the summer of 2019. A good               Year           2009 2011 2014 2016 2018
                                                                                                                                                      in the competition. The maturity and           call since the 22 year-old won the national
                                                                                                                                                      solidity of the 24 year-old player are great   championship. The head coach Vincent
                                                                                                                                                      guarantees upon which his team can rely to     Mashami counts on him to lead the                            K E Y     F I G U R E S
                                                                                                                                                      get out of a dangerous group C.                offense.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              x10                x3             x1

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    NB OF MATCHES             WON           DRAWN

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  x6             x8            x15

          A PERFORMANCE TO REITERATE
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           LOST             GOALS FOR   GOALS AGAINST
Group C

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         Group C
                                                                                                                 NATIONAL LEAGUE

          T
                      he objective is clear for Rwanda. In a difficult but manageable group                                                                                                                                                                             G R O U P       C
                      composed of the reigning champion Morocco, regulars Uganda and                        NAME:
                      the Togolese newcomer, the host country of the 2016 edition is aiming                 RWANDA PREMIER LEAGUE
                      for the quarter-finals. A step only reached once five years ago, on home                                                                                                                                                                              1/18/21
                                                                                                            REIGNING CHAMPION:
          turf, the team coached by the Briton Johnny McKinstry broke its glass ceiling.                    APR FC                                                                                                                                                     RWANDA VS UGANDA
          Absent in 2009 and 2014 and eliminated during the group stage in 2018, the Eastern                                                                                                                                                                                1/22/21
                                                                                                            MOST SUCCESSFUL CLUB:
          African country is hoping to reiterate its best performance.
                                                                                                            APR FC (18)                                                                                                                                                MOROCCO VS RWANDA
           THE UNKNOWN TOGOLESE                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             1/26/21
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        TOGO VS RWANDA
          The first game against the Ugandan neighbor is a high-stakes clash that can be decisive
                                                                                                             T O TA L C H A N T R A C K R E C O R D
          for both teams. This game could set the tone of the competition for the men of Vincent
          Mashami. Especially before facing the biggest team of the group, Morocco. The final
                                                                                                            TITLE: 0
          opponent of Rwanda will be the “smallest” team of the group, Togo. « When you qualify for
                                                                                                            FINALIST: 0
          a great competition, you prepare yourself to face fierce opponents. Our group will not be easy.
          We know Morocco and Uganda but we will have to learn more about Togo, » summed up the             PARTICIPATIONS: 3
          head coach last February while already being in Cameroon.                                         HOST COUNTRY: 1 (2016)
 RWANDA

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        RWANDA
          In order to prepare his team for the competition, the technician brought his players
          to Cameroon several weeks before the scheduled start of the tournament in order
          for them to acclimatize better to the country of the Indomitable Lions. Just before the
          postponement of the competition, initially programmed in April, was officialised.
          The Wasps of Vincent Mashami will have to wait a little longer before getting to sting
          their way out of the group.

38                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       39
Introduction
                                                                               Group D

                                                        THAN EVER
                      You have to be very clever to guess the        came back in 2016 and 2018 to each time         However for Guinea and Namibia, the wait
                      teams that are going to make it out of         reach the quarter finals of the competition.    was much shorter. After qualifying for the
                      group D. Namibia, Guinea, Zambia and           The team now coached by the Serbian             previous Total CHAN in Morocco, Namibia
                      Tanzania for m a ver y homogeneous
                      group.
                                                                     Milutin Sredojevic never traveled for
                                                                     nothing.Why change the good habits now ?
                                                                                                                     performed really well by reaching the
                                                                                                                     second round before being knocked out
                                                                                                                                                                  GUINEA                  NAMIBIA                      ZAMBIA                TANZANIA

                      A
                                  tight race is shaping up! Every
                                  team of group D, Namibia,
                                                                     LONG WAIT
                                                                                                                     by the host country.
                                                                                                                                                                    2nd                      2nd                          4th                       2nd
                                                                                                                     The Brave Warriors left North Africa          participation            participation               participation             participation
                                  Guinea, Zambia, Tanzania will      Favorite of its group, Zambia will face three
                                  have a say in the race for the     nations that are about to start their second    with their chins up and they're ready to
                      quarter-finals. The Chipolopolo of Zambia      Total CHAN. For Tanzania the wait was very      aim bigger this year. The same goes for
                      might have a slight advantage being the        long. Having qualified for the 2009 edition,    Guinea, the Syli Nationale discovered the
                      most experienced team of the group.            where they were close to qualifying for         competition in 2018 and is already back to
                                                                     the quarter-final, the Taifa Stars skipped      play in Cameroon, where a homogeneous
                      Semi-finalist in 2009 in Ivory Coast, Zambia   all the editions until this one in Cameroon.    and undecided group awaits.                                                                                           1 / 1 9 / 2 1

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