2009 African Nations Championship

The 2009 African Nations Championship was the first edition of the African Nations Championship in football. The tournament took place in Ivory Coast from 22 February to 8 March 2009. Thirty countries attempted to qualify for the tournament.

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) Given Singuluma (5 goals)
Best player(s) Tresor Mputu

Qualifying
Main article: 2009 African Nations Championship qualification

Squads
Main article: 2009 African Nations Championship squads

CHAN 2009:Squad List

Qualified Teams
 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
  • CHAN groups fixtures draw was conducted on Friday 26 December 2008 in Abidjan.[1]

Venues
Abidjan
Locations of the 2009 African Championship of Nations venues
 Bouaké
Stade Félix Houphouët-Boigny Stade Bouaké
Capacity: 40,000 Capacity: 35,000

Group stage

Tie-breaking criteria

Where two or more teams end the group stage with the same number of points, their ranking is determined by the following criteria:[2]

  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+0)

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

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

Group B
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Ghana 312063+35
 DR Congo 311134−14
 Zimbabwe 30303303
 Libya 302113−22
Ghana 2–2 Zimbabwe
A. Ayew  44', 67' Report Karuru  5'
Marufu  36'
Referee: Verson Lwanja
DR Congo 2–0 Libya
Kaluyituka  58'
Lofo  67' (pen.)		 Report
Zimbabwe 1–1 DR Congo
Marufu  28' Report Mputu  21'
Referee: Chaibou Ibrahim
Libya 1–1 Ghana
Saad  26' Report Owusu-Ansah  76'
Referee: 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
Taylor  45+4'
Antwi  68'
Ansah  79'		 Report
Zimbabwe 0–0 Libya
Report
Referee: Kokou Djaoupe

Knockout phase
 
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
Ghana 1 – 1
(a.e.t.)		 Senegal
Antwi  31' Report Sow  35'
Penalties
D. Yeboah

S. Yeboah
Mohamed
Appiah
MacCarthy
Bonsu

Poku 		7–6 M. Fall

Diamanka
Ndiour
M. Diallo
Diouf
S. N'Diaye

Badiane
Attendance: 25,000[3]
Referee: Jean-Claude Lebrosse
Zambia 1–2 DR Congo
Singuluma  85' Report Lofo  3'
Kaluyituka  16'
Referee: Abdallah El Achiri

Third Place Playoff
Senegal 1–2 Zambia
Sow  24' Report Bwalya  49'
Singuluma  75'

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

DR Congo
First title

References
  1. "CHAN draw concluded today 26 of December 2008". CAF. 26 December 2008. Retrieved 26 December 2008.
  2. Article 66, paragraph 5 in the Regulations of the African Nations Championship.
  3. "Ghana and DRC in to CHAN final". BBC News. 5 March 2009. Retrieved 23 April 2010.
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