{"id":174934,"date":"2025-08-18T23:03:41","date_gmt":"2025-08-18T22:03:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/chan-south-africa-nigeria-among-nine-eliminated-teams"},"modified":"2025-08-19T00:07:49","modified_gmt":"2025-08-18T23:07:49","slug":"chan-south-africa-nigeria-among-nine-eliminated-teams","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sport\/chan-south-africa-nigeria-among-nine-eliminated-teams","title":{"rendered":"CHAN: South Africa Nigeria Among Nine Eliminated Teams"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>South Africa are now among nine countries eliminated from the ongoing CAF African Nations Championship, CHAN.<\/p>\n<p>South Africa, alongside Mauritania, Guinea, Angola, the Central African Republic, Zambia, Nigeria, Niger Republic and Burkina Faso, are out of CHAN.<\/p>\n<p>This follows South Africa\u2019s 3-3 draw against Uganda in their final Group C fixture played on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>The result means Uganda finished top of Group C with seven points from four games, followed by Algeria with six points from the same number of matches.<\/p>\n<p>South Africa are in third place with six points but an inferior goal difference compared to Algeria, while Guinea and Niger occupy fourth and fifth positions with four points and two points, respectively, after four matches.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, more group-stage matches will take place on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>Nigeria will face Congo, while Sudan will tackle Senegal.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Nigeria<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. South Africa are now among nine countries eliminated from the ongoing CAF African Nations Championship, CHAN. South Africa, alongside Mauritania, Guinea, Angola, the Central African Republic, Zambia, Nigeria, Niger Republic and Burkina Faso, are out of CHAN. This follows South Africa\u2019s 3-3 draw against Uganda in their final Group C fixture played [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":174933,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,18],"tags":[18241,254,556],"class_list":["post-174934","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-sport","tag-chan","tag-nigeria","tag-south-africa"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>CHAN: South Africa Nigeria Among Nine Eliminated Teams - Nigeria<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"South Africa are now among nine countries eliminated from the ongoing CAF African Nations Championship, CHAN. South Afr ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sport\/chan-south-africa-nigeria-among-nine-eliminated-teams\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"CHAN: South Africa Nigeria Among Nine Eliminated Teams\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"South Africa are now among nine countries eliminated from the ongoing CAF African Nations Championship, CHAN. South Afr ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sport\/chan-south-africa-nigeria-among-nine-eliminated-teams\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Nigeria\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-08-18T22:03:41+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-08-18T23:07:49+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/08\/sm_1755546033.96626.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"800\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"388\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sport\/chan-south-africa-nigeria-among-nine-eliminated-teams#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sport\/chan-south-africa-nigeria-among-nine-eliminated-teams\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"CHAN: South Africa Nigeria Among Nine Eliminated Teams\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-08-18T22:03:41+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-08-18T23:07:49+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sport\/chan-south-africa-nigeria-among-nine-eliminated-teams\"},\"wordCount\":156,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sport\/chan-south-africa-nigeria-among-nine-eliminated-teams#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/08\/sm_1755546033.96626.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"chan\",\"Nigeria\",\"South africa\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"Sport\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sport\/chan-south-africa-nigeria-among-nine-eliminated-teams#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sport\/chan-south-africa-nigeria-among-nine-eliminated-teams\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sport\/chan-south-africa-nigeria-among-nine-eliminated-teams\",\"name\":\"CHAN: South Africa Nigeria Among Nine Eliminated Teams - Nigeria\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sport\/chan-south-africa-nigeria-among-nine-eliminated-teams#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sport\/chan-south-africa-nigeria-among-nine-eliminated-teams#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/08\/sm_1755546033.96626.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-08-18T22:03:41+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-08-18T23:07:49+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"description\":\"South Africa are now among nine countries eliminated from the ongoing CAF African Nations Championship, CHAN. South Afr ...\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sport\/chan-south-africa-nigeria-among-nine-eliminated-teams#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sport\/chan-south-africa-nigeria-among-nine-eliminated-teams\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sport\/chan-south-africa-nigeria-among-nine-eliminated-teams#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/08\/sm_1755546033.96626.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/08\/sm_1755546033.96626.jpg\",\"width\":800,\"height\":388,\"caption\":\"CHAN: South Africa Nigeria Among Nine Eliminated Teams\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sport\/chan-south-africa-nigeria-among-nine-eliminated-teams#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"CHAN: South Africa Nigeria Among Nine Eliminated Teams\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/\",\"name\":\"Africa Press | Nigeria | Homepage\",\"description\":\"Just another Africa News Agency Sites site\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\",\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/author\/cfeditoren\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"CHAN: South Africa Nigeria Among Nine Eliminated Teams - Nigeria","description":"South Africa are now among nine countries eliminated from the ongoing CAF African Nations Championship, CHAN. South Afr ...","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sport\/chan-south-africa-nigeria-among-nine-eliminated-teams","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"CHAN: South Africa Nigeria Among Nine Eliminated Teams","og_description":"South Africa are now among nine countries eliminated from the ongoing CAF African Nations Championship, CHAN. South Afr ...","og_url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sport\/chan-south-africa-nigeria-among-nine-eliminated-teams","og_site_name":"Nigeria","article_published_time":"2025-08-18T22:03:41+00:00","article_modified_time":"2025-08-18T23:07:49+00:00","og_image":[{"width":800,"height":388,"url":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/08\/sm_1755546033.96626.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"cfeditoren","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"cfeditoren","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sport\/chan-south-africa-nigeria-among-nine-eliminated-teams#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sport\/chan-south-africa-nigeria-among-nine-eliminated-teams"},"author":{"name":"cfeditoren","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb"},"headline":"CHAN: South Africa Nigeria Among Nine Eliminated Teams","datePublished":"2025-08-18T22:03:41+00:00","dateModified":"2025-08-18T23:07:49+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sport\/chan-south-africa-nigeria-among-nine-eliminated-teams"},"wordCount":156,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sport\/chan-south-africa-nigeria-among-nine-eliminated-teams#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/08\/sm_1755546033.96626.jpg","keywords":["chan","Nigeria","South africa"],"articleSection":["all news","Sport"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sport\/chan-south-africa-nigeria-among-nine-eliminated-teams#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sport\/chan-south-africa-nigeria-among-nine-eliminated-teams","url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sport\/chan-south-africa-nigeria-among-nine-eliminated-teams","name":"CHAN: South Africa Nigeria Among Nine Eliminated Teams - Nigeria","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sport\/chan-south-africa-nigeria-among-nine-eliminated-teams#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sport\/chan-south-africa-nigeria-among-nine-eliminated-teams#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/08\/sm_1755546033.96626.jpg","datePublished":"2025-08-18T22:03:41+00:00","dateModified":"2025-08-18T23:07:49+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb"},"description":"South Africa are now among nine countries eliminated from the ongoing CAF African Nations Championship, CHAN. South Afr ...","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sport\/chan-south-africa-nigeria-among-nine-eliminated-teams#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sport\/chan-south-africa-nigeria-among-nine-eliminated-teams"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sport\/chan-south-africa-nigeria-among-nine-eliminated-teams#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/08\/sm_1755546033.96626.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/08\/sm_1755546033.96626.jpg","width":800,"height":388,"caption":"CHAN: South Africa Nigeria Among Nine Eliminated Teams"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sport\/chan-south-africa-nigeria-among-nine-eliminated-teams#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"CHAN: South Africa Nigeria Among Nine Eliminated Teams"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/","name":"Africa Press | Nigeria | Homepage","description":"Just another Africa News Agency Sites site","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb","name":"cfeditoren","url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/author\/cfeditoren"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/174934","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/84"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=174934"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/174934\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/174933"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=174934"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=174934"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=174934"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}