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Inaugural edition of CHAN From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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.
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| 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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Thirty countries attempted to qualify for the tournament, with a total of 8 teams qualifying for this inaugural edition, including hosts Ivory Coast.
Each squad consisted of a total of 28 players.[1]
 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 |
The draw for the group stage was held in Abidjan on Friday 26 December 2008.[2]
| Abidjan | Bouaké | |
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| Stade Félix Houphouët-Boigny | Stade Bouaké | |
| Capacity: 40,000 | Capacity: 35,000 | |
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Where two or more teams end the group stage with the same number of points, their ranking is determined by the following criteria:[3]
All times given as local time (UTC+00:00)
| Key to colors in group tables | |
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| Teams that advanced to the semi-finals | |
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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| 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 |
| Ivory Coast | 0–3 | Zambia |
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| Report (Archived) | Singuluma  36', 49', 50' |
Jean-Claude Lebrosse
Abdella El Achiri| Tanzania | 1–0 | Ivory Coast |
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| Ngassa 36' |
Report (Archived) |
Chokri Saadallah| Ivory Coast | 0–0 | Senegal |
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| Report (Archived) |
Chaibou Ibrahim
Verson Lwanja Desiré Noumandiez Doué Chaibou Ibrahim| Libya | 1–1 | Ghana |
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| Saad 26' |
Report (Archived) | Owusu-Ansah 76' |
Cheick Ahmed Tidiane SeckNB: Ghana coach Milovan Rajevac was sent to the stands in the 82nd minute for unsporting behaviour.
Rajindraparsad Seechurn| 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 | |||||
Abdallah El Achiri| Ghana | 0–2 | DR Congo |
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| Report (Archived) | Kaluyituka 46' Bedi 74' |
| 2009 African Nations Championship champions |
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 DR Congo First title |
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