2009 African Nations Championship

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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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.

Qualifying[]

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[]

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	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

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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

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

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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[]

Third Place Playoff[]

Final[]

2009 African Nations Championship Champions
DR Congo First title

References[]

External links[]

• African Championship of Nations
• Fixtures and Results of CHAN qualifications on CAF official website
• CHAN Homepage