2009 African Nations Championship

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.

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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Qualification

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

Main article: 2009 African Nations Championship squads

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

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

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

Venues

Abidjan	Abidjan Bouaké 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:^[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

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

22 February 2009

16:00

Ivory Coast	0–3	Zambia
	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
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
	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
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
	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
Banda 90+4'	Report (Archived)	Nsajigwa 88' (pen.)

Stade Bouaké, Bouaké

Referee: Chaibou Ibrahim

Group B

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

23 February 2009

15:00

Ghana	2–2	Zimbabwe
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
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
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
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
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
	Report

Stade Félix Houphouët-Boigny, Abidjan

Referee: Kokou Djaoupe

Knockout phase

	Semi-finals				Final
	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

4 March 2009

15:00

Ghana	1–1 (a.e.t.)	Senegal
Antwi 31'	Report (Archived)	Sow 35'
Penalties
D. Yeboah S. Yeboah Mohamed Appiah MacCarthy Bonsu Poku	7–6	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
Singuluma 85'	Report (Archived)	Lofo 3' Kaluyituka 16'

Stade Félix Houphouët-Boigny, Abidjan

Referee: Abdallah El Achiri

Third-place play-off

7 March 2009

16:00

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

Stade Félix Houphouët-Boigny, Abidjan

Referee: Rajindraparsad Seechurn

Final

Main article: 2009 African Nations Championship Final

8 March 2009

16:00

Ghana	0–2	DR Congo
	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