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2009 African Nations Championship

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2009 African Nations Championship
  • Championnat d'Afrique des nations de football 2009
    African Nations Championship
  • Côte d'Ivoire 2009
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Tournament details
Host countryIvory Coast
Dates22 February – 8 March
Teams8 (from 1 confederation)
Venues2 (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
ChampionsImage DR Congo (1st title)
Runners-upImage Ghana
Third placeImage Zambia
Fourth placeImage Senegal
Tournament statistics
Matches played16
Goals scored30 (1.88 per match)
Top scorerZambia Given Singuluma (5 goals)
Best playerDemocratic Republic of the Congo Tresor Mputu
2011 →

The 2009 African Nations Championship, also known as CHAN 2009 for short, was the inaugural edition of the biennial association football tournament organized by CAF featuring national teams consisting of players playing in their respective local leagues. It was held in Ivory Coast from 22 February to 8 March 2009.

Qualification

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Thirty countries attempted to qualify for the tournament, with a total of 8 teams qualifying for this inaugural edition, including hosts Ivory Coast.

Squads

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Each squad consisted of a total of 28 players.[1]

Qualified teams

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Image Ivory Coast Host country
Image Libya CAF Zone 1 – Northern Zone
Image Senegal CAF Zone 2 – Western Zone A
Image Ghana CAF Zone 3 – Western Zone B
Image DR Congo CAF Zone 4 – Central Zone
Image Tanzania CAF Zone 5 – Central Eastern Zone
Image Zambia CAF Zone 6 – Southern Zone
Image Zimbabwe CAF Zone 6 – Southern Zone

Draw

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The draw for the group stage was held in Abidjan on Friday 26 December 2008.[2]

Venues

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Abidjan Bouaké
Stade Félix Houphouët-Boigny Stade Bouaké
Capacity: 40,000 Capacity: 35,000
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Group stage

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Tie-breaking criteria

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Where two or more teams end the group stage with the same number of points, their ranking is determined by the following criteria:[3]

  1. points earned in the matches between the teams concerned;
  2. goal difference in the matches between the teams concerned;
  3. number of goals scored in the group matches between the teams concerned;
  4. number of away goals scored in the matches between the teams concerned;
  5. goal difference in all group matches;
  6. number of goals scored in all group matches;
  7. Yellow and red cards
  8. drawing of lots by the organizing committee.

All times given as local time (UTC+00:00)

Key to colors in group tables
Teams that advanced to the semi-finals

Group A

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Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Image Zambia 312041+35
Image Senegal 312010+15
Image Tanzania 31112204
Image Ivory Coast 301204−41
Ivory Coast Image0–3Image Zambia
Report (Archived) Singuluma Image 36', 49', 50'
Attendance: 35,000
Senegal Image1–0Image Tanzania
M.B. Traoré Image 29' Report (Archived)
Referee: Seychelles Jean-Claude Lebrosse
Zambia Image0–0Image Senegal
Report (Archived)
Referee: Morocco Abdella El Achiri
Tanzania Image1–0Image Ivory Coast
Ngassa Image 36' Report (Archived)
Referee: Tunisia Chokri Saadallah
Ivory Coast Image0–0Image Senegal
Report (Archived)
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Malawi Verson Lwanja
Zambia Image1–1Image Tanzania
Banda Image 90+4' Report (Archived) Nsajigwa Image 88' (pen.)

Group B

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Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Image Ghana 312063+35
Image DR Congo 311134−14
Image Zimbabwe 30303303
Image Libya 302113−22
Ghana Image2–2Image Zimbabwe
A. Ayew Image 44', 67' Report (Archived)
Referee: Malawi Verson Lwanja
DR Congo Image2–0Image Libya
 Report (Archived)
Zimbabwe Image1–1Image DR Congo
Philip Marufu Image 28' Report (Archived) Mputu Image 21'
Libya Image1–1Image Ghana
Saad Image 26' Report (Archived) Owusu-Ansah Image 76'
Referee: Senegal Cheick Ahmed Tidiane Seck

NB: Ghana coach Milovan Rajevac was sent to the stands in the 82nd minute for unsporting behaviour.

Ghana Image3–0Image DR Congo
 Report (Archived)

Knockout phase

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Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
4 March – Bouaké
 
 
Image Ghana (pen.)1 (7)
 
8 March – Abidjan
 
Image Senegal1 (6)
 
Image Ghana0
 
4 March – Abidjan
 
Image DR Congo2
 
Image Zambia1
 
 
Image DR Congo2
 
Third place
 
 
7 March – Abidjan
 
 
Image Senegal1
 
 
Image Zambia2

Semi-finals

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Ghana Image1–1 (a.e.t.)Image Senegal
Antwi Image 31' Report (Archived) Sow Image 35'
Penalties
 7–6
Attendance: 25,000[4]
Referee: Seychelles Jean-Claude Lebrosse
Zambia Image1–2Image DR Congo
Singuluma Image 85' Report (Archived)
Referee: Morocco Abdallah El Achiri

Third-place play-off

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Final

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Ghana Image0–2Image DR Congo
Report (Archived) Kaluyituka Image 46'
Bedi Image 74'
Attendance: 35,000
 2009 African Nations Championship
champions 
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DR Congo
First title

References

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  1. ↑ "CHAN 2009: Squad List - African Nations Championship 2009". CAFOnline.com. 21 February 2009. Archived from the original on 26 February 2009. Retrieved 1 December 2010.
  2. ↑ "CHAN draw concluded in Ivory Coast". BBC Sport. 26 December 2008. Retrieved 26 December 2008.
  3. ↑ "Regulations of the African Nations Championship; Article 66, paragraph 5" (PDF). CAFOnline.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 21 December 2008. Retrieved 1 December 2010.
  4. ↑ "Ghana and DRC in to CHAN final". BBC News. 5 March 2009. Retrieved 23 April 2010.
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