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 |
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
Each squad consisted of a total of 28 players.
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.
Venues
| Abidjan | Locations of the 2009 African Championship of Nations venues | Bouaké |
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| 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:
- points earned in the matches between the teams concerned;
- goal difference in the matches between the teams concerned;
- number of goals scored in the group matches between the teams concerned;
- number of away goals scored in the matches between the teams concerned;
- goal difference in all group matches;
- number of goals scored in all group matches;
- Yellow and red cards
- drawing of lots by the organizing committee.
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 | |
Group A
| 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' |
| Tanzania | 1–0 | Ivory Coast |
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| Ngassa 36' | Report (Archived) |
| Ivory Coast | 0–0 | Senegal |
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| Report (Archived) |
Group B
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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| 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 |
| DR Congo | 2–0 | Libya |
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| Report (Archived) |
| Libya | 1–1 | Ghana |
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| Saad 26' | Report (Archived) | Owusu-Ansah 76' |
NB: Ghana coach Milovan Rajevac was sent to the stands in the 82nd minute for unsporting behaviour.
| Ghana | 3–0 | DR Congo |
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| Report (Archived) |
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 play-off
Final
| 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 |