2009 African Nations Championship

2009 African Nations Championship
African Nations Championship
Côte d'Ivoire 2009
Tournament details
Host country Ivory Coast
Dates 22 February – 08 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) Zambia Given Singuluma (5 goals)
Best player Democratic Republic of the Congo Tresor Mputu

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

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)

Group A

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Status
 Zambia 312041+35Advanced to the semi-finals
 Senegal 312010+15
 Tanzania 31112204Eliminated
 Ivory Coast 301204−41

2009-02-22
16:00
Ivory Coast  0 3  Zambia
Report Singuluma  36', 49', 50'

2009-02-22
19:00
Senegal  1 0  Tanzania
Traoré  29' Report
Stade Félix Houphouët-Boigny, Abidjan
Referee: Seychelles Jean-Claude Lebrosse

2009-02-25
16:00
Zambia  0 0  Senegal
Report
Stade Félix Houphouët-Boigny, Abidjan
Referee: Morocco Abdella El Achiri

2009-02-25
19:00
Tanzania  1 0  Ivory Coast
Ngassa  36' Report
Stade Félix Houphouët-Boigny, Abidjan
Referee: Tunisia Chokri Saadallah

2009-02-28
16:00
Ivory Coast  0 0  Senegal
Report
Stade Félix Houphouët-Boigny, Abidjan
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Malawi Verson Lwanja

2009-02-28
16:00
Zambia  1 1  Tanzania
Banda  90+4' Report Nsajigwa  88' (pen.)
Stade Bouaké, Bouaké
Referee: Niger Chaibou Ibrahim

Group B

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Status
 Ghana 312063+35Advanced to the semi-finals
 DR Congo 311134−14
 Zimbabwe 30303303Eliminated
 Libya 302113−22

2009-02-23
15:00
Ghana  2 2  Zimbabwe
A. Ayew  44', 67' Report Karuru  5'
Marufu  36'
Stade Bouaké, Bouaké
Referee: Malawi Verson Lwanja

2009-02-23
18:00
DR Congo  2 0  Libya
Kaluyituka  58'
Lofo  67' (pen.)
Report

2009-02-26
15:00
Zimbabwe  1 1  DR Congo
Marufu  28' Report Mputu  21'
Stade Bouaké, Bouaké
Referee: Niger Chaibou Ibrahim

2009-02-26
18:00
Libya  1 1  Ghana
Saad  26' Report Owusu-Ansah  76'
Stade Bouaké, Bouaké
Referee: Senegal Cheick Ahmed Tidiane Seck

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  DR Congo
Taylor  45+4'
Antwi  68'
Ansah  79'
Report

2009-03-01
16:00
Zimbabwe  0 0  Libya
Report

Knockout phase

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

Semi-finals

2009-03-04
15:00
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

Stade Bouaké, Bouaké
Attendance: 25,000[3]
Referee: Seychelles Jean-Claude Lebrosse

2009-03-04
19:00
Zambia  1 2  DR Congo
Singuluma  85' Report Lofo  3'
Kaluyituka  16'
Stade Félix Houphouët-Boigny, Abidjan
Referee: Morocco Abdallah El Achiri

Third Place Playoff

2009-03-07
16:00
Senegal  1 2  Zambia
Sow  24' Report Bwalya  49'
Singuluma  75'

Final

2009-03-08
16:00
Ghana  0 2  DR Congo
Report Kaluyituka  46'
Bedi  74'
 2009 African Nations Championship
Champions 

DR Congo
First title

References

  1. "CHAN draw concluded today 26 of December 2008". CAF. 2008-12-26. 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. Retrieved 2010-04-23.

External links

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