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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
Tournament details
Host countryIvory Coast
Dates22 February – 8 March
Teams8 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)2 (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
Champions DR Congo (1st title)
Runners-up Ghana
Third place Zambia
Fourth place Senegal
Tournament statistics
Matches played16
Goals scored30 (1.88 per match)
Top scorer(s)Zambia Given Singuluma (5 goals)
Best player(s)Democratic 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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Main article: 2009 African Nations Championship qualification

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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Main article: 2009 African Nations Championship squads

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

Qualified teams

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 Ivory Coast Host country
 Libya CAF Zone 1 – Northern Zone
 Senegal CAF Zone 2 – Western Zone A
 Ghana CAF Zone 3 – Western Zone B
 DR Congo CAF Zone 4 – Central Zone
 Tanzania CAF Zone 5 – Central Eastern Zone
 Zambia CAF Zone 6 – Southern Zone
 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
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Locations of the 2009 African Championship of Nations venues
 Bouaké
Stade Félix Houphouët-Boigny Stade Bouaké
Capacity: 40,000 Capacity: 35,000

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
 Zambia 3 1 2 0 4 1 +3 5
 Senegal 3 1 2 0 1 0 +1 5
 Tanzania 3 1 1 1 2 2 0 4
 Ivory Coast 3 0 1 2 0 4 −4 1
Ivory Coast 0–3 Zambia
Report (Archived) Singuluma 36', 49', 50'
Attendance: 35,000
Senegal 1–0 Tanzania
M.B. Traoré 29' Report (Archived)
Referee: Seychelles Jean-Claude Lebrosse
Zambia 0–0 Senegal
Report (Archived)
Referee: Morocco Abdella El Achiri
Tanzania 1–0 Ivory Coast
Ngassa 36' Report (Archived)
Referee: Tunisia Chokri Saadallah
Ivory Coast 0–0 Senegal
Report (Archived)
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Malawi Verson Lwanja
Zambia 1–1 Tanzania
Banda 90+4' Report (Archived) Nsajigwa 88' (pen.)
Referee: Niger Chaibou Ibrahim

Group B

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Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Ghana 3 1 2 0 6 3 +3 5
 DR Congo 3 1 1 1 3 4 −1 4
 Zimbabwe 3 0 3 0 3 3 0 3
 Libya 3 0 2 1 1 3 −2 2
Ghana 2–2 Zimbabwe
A. Ayew 44', 67' Report (Archived)
Referee: Malawi Verson Lwanja
DR Congo 2–0 Libya
 Report (Archived)
Zimbabwe 1–1 DR Congo
Philip Marufu 28' Report (Archived) Mputu 21'
Referee: Niger Chaibou Ibrahim
Libya 1–1 Ghana
Saad 26' Report (Archived) Owusu-Ansah 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 3–0 DR Congo
 Report (Archived)
Zimbabwe 0–0 Libya
Report
Referee: Togo Kokou Djaoupe

Knockout phase

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

Semi-finals

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

Third-place play-off

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Senegal 1–2 Zambia
Sow 24' Report

Final

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Main article: 2009 African Nations Championship Final
Ghana 0–2 DR Congo
Report (Archived) Kaluyituka 46'
Bedi 74'
Attendance: 35,000


 2009 African Nations Championship
champions 

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 today 26 of December 2008". CAFOnline.com. 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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