2009 African Nations Championship

2009 African Nations Championship
African Nations Championship
Côte d'Ivoire 2009
Tournament details
Host country  Côte d'Ivoire
Dates 22 February – 08 March
Teams 8 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s) 2 (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
Champions  Congo DR (1st title)
Runners-up  Ghana
Third place  Zambia
Fourth place  Senegal
Tournament statistics
Matches played 16
Goals scored 29 (1.81 per match)
Top scorer(s) Given Singuluma (5 goals)
Best player Tresor Mputu

The 2009 African Nations Championship was the first edition of the African Nations Championship in football. The tournament took place in Côte d’Ivoire from February 22 to March 8, 2009. Thirty countries attempted to qualify for the tournament.

Contents

Qualifying

Main article: 2009 African Nations Championship qualification

Squads

Main article: 2009 African Nations Championship squads

CHAN 2009:Squad List

Qualified Teams

 Côte d'Ivoire Host country
 Libya CAF Zone 1 - Northern Zone
 Senegal CAF Zone 2 - Western Zone A
 Ghana CAF Zone 3 - Western Zone B
 Congo DR 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

Host venues

Locations of the 2009 African Championship of Nations venues
Cities Venues Capacity
Abidjan Stade Félix Houphouët-Boigny 35,000
Bouaké Stade Bouaké 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 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
 Côte d'Ivoire 3 0 1 2 0 4 −4 1
2009-02-22
16:00
 Côte d'Ivoire  0 – 3  Zambia Stade Félix Houphouët-Boigny, Abidjan
Attendance: 35,000
Referee: Seechurn Rajindraparsad
Report Singuluma  36', 49', 50'
2009-02-22
19:00
 Senegal  1 – 0  Tanzania Stade Félix Houphouët-Boigny, Abidjan
Referee: Jean-Claude Lebrosse
Traoré  29' Report
2009-02-25
16:00
 Zambia  0 – 0  Senegal Stade Félix Houphouët-Boigny, Abidjan
Referee: Abdella El Achiri
Report
2009-02-25
19:00
 Tanzania  1 – 0  Côte d'Ivoire Stade Félix Houphouët-Boigny, Abidjan
Referee: Chokri Saadallah
Ngassa  36' Report
2009-02-28
16:00
 Côte d'Ivoire  0 – 0  Senegal Stade Félix Houphouët-Boigny, Abidjan
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Verson Lwanja
Report
2009-02-28
16:00
 Zambia  1 – 1  Tanzania Stade Bouaké, Bouaké
Referee: Chaibou Ibrahim
Banda  90+4' Report Nsajigwa  88' (pen.)

Group B

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Ghana 3 1 2 0 6 3 +3 5
 Congo DR 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
2009-02-23
15:00
 Ghana  2 – 2  Zimbabwe Stade Bouaké, Bouaké
Referee: Verson Lwanja
A. Ayew  44', 67' Report Karuru  5'
Marufu  36'
2009-02-23
18:00
 Congo DR  2 – 0  Libya Stade Bouaké, Bouaké
Referee: Desiré Doué Nomandiez
Kaluyituka  58'
Lofo  67' (pen.)		 Report
2009-02-26
15:00
 Zimbabwe  1 – 1  Congo DR Stade Bouaké, Bouaké
Referee: Chaibou Ibrahim
Marufu  28' Report Mputu  21'
2009-02-26
18:00
 Libya  1 – 1  Ghana Stade Bouaké, Bouaké
Referee: Cheick Ahmed Tidiane Seck
Saad  26' Report Owusu-Ansah  76'

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

2009-03-01
16:00
 Ghana  3 – 0  Congo DR Stade Bouaké, Bouaké
Referee: Seechurn Rajindraparsad
Taylor  45+4'
Antwi  68'
Ansah  79'		 Report
2009-03-01
16:00
 Zimbabwe  0 – 0  Libya Stade Félix Houphouët-Boigny, Abidjan
Referee: Kokou Djaoupe
Report

Knockout phase

  Semi-finals Final
4 March - Bouaké
  Ghana (pen.)  1 (7)  
  Senegal  1 (6)  
 
8 March - Abidjan
      Ghana  0
    Congo DR  2
Third place
4 March - Abidjan 7 March - Bouaké
  Zambia  1   Senegal  1
  Congo DR  2     Zambia  2

Semi-finals

2009-03-04
15:00
 Ghana  1 – 1
(a.e.t.)		  Senegal Stade Bouaké, Bouaké
Attendance: 25,000[3]
Referee: Jean-Claude Lebrosse
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
2009-03-04
19:00
 Zambia  1 – 2  Congo DR Stade Félix Houphouët-Boigny, Abidjan
Referee: Abdallah El Achiri
Singuluma  85' Report Lofo  3'
Kaluyituka  16'

Third Place Playoff

2009-03-07
16:00
 Senegal  1 – 2  Zambia Stade Félix Houphouët-Boigny, Abidjan
Referee: Seechurn Rajindraparsad
Sow  24' Report Bwalya  49'
Singuluma  75'

Final

Main article: 2009 African Championship of Nations final
2009-03-08
16:00
 Ghana  0 – 2  Congo DR Stade Félix Houphouët-Boigny, Abidjan
Attendance: 35,000
Referee: Desiré Doué Nomandiez
Report Kaluyituka  46'
Bedi  74'
 2009 African Nations Championship
Champions 

Congo DR
First title

References

  1. ^ "CHAN draw concluded today 26 of December 2008". CAF. 2008-12-26. http://www.cafonline.com/index.php?lng=1&cmpt=0&module=media&idrub=98785&idnews=84138. Retrieved 2008-12-26. 
  2. ^ Article 66, paragraph 5 in the Regulations of the African Nations Championship.
  3. ^ "Ghana and DRC in to CHAN final". BBC News. 2009-03-05. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/africa/7924431.stm. Retrieved 2010-04-23. 

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