2009 African Championship of Nations
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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 Côte d’Ivoire from February 22 to March 8, 2009. Thirty countries attempted to qualify for the tournament.
All times given as local time (UTC+0
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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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African Nations Championship
The African Nations Championship is a football tournament which was first announced on 11 September 2007 It is administered by the Confederation of African Football and is played between the best national teams of Africa, exclusively featuring players who are active in the national championships...
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.
Squads
CHAN 2009:Squad ListQualified Teams
| Host country | |
| CAF Zone 1 - Northern Zone | |
| CAF Zone 2 - Western Zone A | |
| CAF Zone 3 - Western Zone B | |
| CAF Zone 4 - Central Zone | |
| CAF Zone 5 - Central Eastern Zone | |
| CAF Zone 6 - Southern Zone | |
| CAF Zone 6 - Southern Zone |
Host venues
| Cities | Venues | Capacity |
|---|---|---|
| Abidjan Abidjan Abidjan is the economic and former official capital of Côte d'Ivoire, while the current capital is Yamoussoukro. it was the largest city in the nation and the third-largest French-speaking city in the world, after Paris, and Kinshasa but before Montreal... |
Stade Félix Houphouët-Boigny Stade Félix Houphouët-Boigny Stade Félix Houphouët-Boigny, nicknamed "le Félicia", is a multi-purpose stadium, which can host football, rugby and athletics, in Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire. It is the national stadium of the Côte d'Ivoire national football team. It is named after the first president of the country, Félix... |
35,000 |
| Bouaké Bouaké Bouaké is the second largest city in Côte d'Ivoire, with a population of 775,300 . It is the main urban settlement of the Bouaké Department with a population exceeding 1.2 million, in the Vallée du Bandama Region... |
Stade Bouaké Stade Bouaké Stade Bouaké is a multi-use stadium in Bouaké, Côte d'Ivoire. It is currently used mostly for football matches. The stadium holds 35,000 people. Along with Stade Félix Houphouët-Boigny, it was constructed for the 1984 African Nations Cup. It is the second largest stadium in the country after... |
35,000 |
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+0
UTC+0
UTC±0 is the following time:*Coordinated Universal Time, the basis for the world's civil time, occasionally referred to by the name of its predecessor, Greenwich Mean Time.*Western European Time .-As standard time :...
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| 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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| 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 5 | ||
| 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | ||
| 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | |
| 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | −4 | 1 |
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Group B
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 5 | ||
| 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 4 | |
| 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | |
| 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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