On the evening of February 4 local time, the 7th African National Football Championship closed in Algiers, the capital of Algeria. In the final, Algeria played against Senegal, which Senegal won 5-4 on penalties. The African National Football Championship is the second-largest intercontinental football competition in Africa. The first game was held in Côte d'Ivoire in 2009, and the participating players came from the local African leagues.