Host country Ivory Coast Venue(s) 2 (in 2 host cities) Runners-up Ghana | Dates 22 February – 8 March Champions DR Congo (1st title) | |
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Teams 8 (from 1 confederation) | ||
The 2009 African Nations Championship was the first edition of the African Nations Championship in football. The tournament took place in Ivory Coast from 22 February to 8 March 2009. Thirty countries attempted to qualify for the tournament.
Contents
Squads
CHAN 2009:Squad List
Draw
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)
NB: Ghana coach Milovan Rajevac was sent to the stands in the 82nd minute for unsporting behaviour.
References
2009 African Nations Championship Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA