2009 African Nations Championship

Inaugural edition of CHAN

2009 African Nations Championship

* Championnat d'Afrique des nations de football 2009
African Nations Championship
* Côte d'Ivoire 2009

Tournament details
Host country| Ivory Coast
Dates| 22 February – 8 March
Teams| 8 (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 played| 16
Goals scored| 30 (1.88 per match)
Top scorer(s)|  Given Singuluma (5 goals)
Best player(s)|  Tresor Mputu

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International football competition

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

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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 |

Abidjan

Bouaké

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Locations of the 2009 African Championship of Nations venues

| Bouaké

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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

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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

22 February 2009

16:00

Ivory Coast | 0–3|  Zambia

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| Report (Archived) | Singuluma 36', 49', 50'

Stade Félix Houphouët-Boigny, Abidjan

Attendance: 35,000

Referee:  Rajindraparsad Seechurn

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22 February 2009

19:00

Senegal | 1–0|  Tanzania

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M.B. Traoré  29' | Report (Archived) |

Stade Félix Houphouët-Boigny, Abidjan

Referee:  Jean-Claude Lebrosse

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25 February 2009

16:00

Zambia | 0–0|  Senegal

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| Report (Archived) |

Stade Félix Houphouët-Boigny, Abidjan

Referee:  Abdella El Achiri

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25 February 2009

19:00

Tanzania | 1–0|  Ivory Coast

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Ngassa 36' | Report (Archived) |

Stade Félix Houphouët-Boigny, Abidjan

Referee:  Chokri Saadallah

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28 February 2009

16:00

Ivory Coast | 0–0|  Senegal

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| Report (Archived) |

Stade Félix Houphouët-Boigny, Abidjan

Attendance: 2,000

Referee:  Verson Lwanja

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28 February 2009

16:00

Zambia | 1–1|  Tanzania

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Banda 90+4' | Report (Archived) | Nsajigwa 88' (pen.)

Stade Bouaké, Bouaké

Referee:  Chaibou Ibrahim

### Group B

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Team  | Pld  | W  | D  | L  | GF  | GA  | GD  | Pts

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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

23 February 2009

15:00

Ghana | 2–2|  Zimbabwe

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A. Ayew 44', 67' | Report (Archived) |

* Karuru 5'
* Philip Marufu  36'

Stade Bouaké, Bouaké

Referee:  Verson Lwanja

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23 February 2009

18:00

DR Congo | 2–0|  Libya

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* Kaluyituka 58'
* Lofo 67' (pen.)

| Report (Archived) |

Stade Bouaké, Bouaké

Referee:  Desiré Noumandiez Doué

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26 February 2009

15:00

Zimbabwe | 1–1|  DR Congo

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Philip Marufu  28' | Report (Archived) | Mputu 21'

Stade Bouaké, Bouaké

Referee:  Chaibou Ibrahim

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26 February 2009

18:00

Libya | 1–1|  Ghana

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Saad 26' | Report (Archived) | Owusu-Ansah 76'

Stade Bouaké, Bouaké

Referee:  Cheick Ahmed Tidiane Seck

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

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1 March 2009

16:00

Ghana | 3–0|  DR Congo

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* Taylor 45+4'
* Antwi 68'
* Ansah 79'

| Report (Archived) |

Stade Bouaké, Bouaké

Referee:  Rajindraparsad Seechurn

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1 March 2009

16:00

Zimbabwe | 0–0|  Libya

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| Report |

Stade Félix Houphouët-Boigny, Abidjan

Referee:  Kokou Djaoupe

## Knockout phase

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| Semi-finals| | Final

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| 4 March – Bouaké| |

|  Ghana (pen.)| 1 (7)

| 8 March – Abidjan

|  Senegal| 1 (6) |

|  Ghana| 0

| 4 March – Abidjan

| |  DR Congo| 2

|  Zambia| 1

|  DR Congo| 2 |

| Third place

| 7 March – Abidjan

|  Senegal| 1

|  Zambia| 2

### Semi-finals

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4 March 2009

15:00

Ghana | 1–1 (a.e.t.)|  Senegal

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Antwi 31' | Report (Archived) | Sow 35'
Penalties

* D. Yeboah
* S. Yeboah
* Mohamed
* Appiah
* MacCarthy
* Bonsu
* Poku

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* M. Fall
* Diamanka
* Ndiour
* Mame Diallo
* Diouf
* Sidy N'Diaye
* Badiane

Stade Bouaké, Bouaké

Attendance: 25,000[4]

Referee:  Jean-Claude Lebrosse

4 March 2009

19:00

Zambia | 1–2|  DR Congo

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Singuluma 85' | Report (Archived) |

* Lofo 3'
* Kaluyituka 16'

Stade Félix Houphouët-Boigny, Abidjan

Referee:  Abdallah El Achiri

### Third-place play-off

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7 March 2009

16:00

Senegal | 1–2|  Zambia

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Sow 24' | Report |

* Bwalya 49'
* Singuluma 75'

Stade Félix Houphouët-Boigny, Abidjan

Referee:  Rajindraparsad Seechurn

### Final

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Main article: 2009 African Nations Championship Final

8 March 2009

16:00

Ghana | 0–2|  DR Congo

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| Report (Archived) | Kaluyituka 46'
Bedi 74'

Stade Félix Houphouët-Boigny, Abidjan

Attendance: 35,000

Referee:  Desiré Noumandiez Doué

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.

## External links

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* 2009 CHAN Homepage
* Fixtures and Results of CHAN qualifications on CAFOnline.com

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