The African Nations Championship (CHAN) is restricted to footballers who play in their country of birth.

Ghana, Senegal, Ivory Coast all fail to qualify for 2020 CHAN

bbc.com International News Oct - 21 - 2019 , 15:28

Ghana, Senegal and Ivory Coast all failed to qualify for the 2020 African Nations Championship (CHAN) on Sunday after aggregate defeats in their qualifiers.

Ghana failed to overturn a 1-0 first leg deficit against Burkina Faso, drawing the second leg 0-0 in Ouagadougou.

It means the Black Stars will not play at the CHAN - a competition restricted to African footballers who play in their country of birth - for a third consecutive time.

Senegal, recent winners over Ghana in the final of the Wafu Cup of Nations, were also big name casualties, going out to Guinea on penalties.

Senegal went to Conakry with a 1-0 advantage but Guinea fought back to win their home leg 1-0 courtesy of a Mamadouba Bangoura goal.

With the tie level at 1-1, the hosts went on to win the ensuing penalty shootout 3-1.

Ivory Coast also failed to qualify for the finals despite winning their home leg against Niger 1-0. The Elephants' 2-0 defeat away to Niger in the first leg meant they lost the tie 2-1 on aggregate.

Also on Sunday, Zimbabwe booked their place at Cameroon 2020 with a 0-0 draw in Lesotho to go through 3-1 aggregate.

DR Congo beat Central African Republic 4-1 in Kinshasa to progress 6-1 overall and Congo Brazzaville also qualified with a 1-0 home win over Equatorial Guinea to win 3-2 overall.