The 2009 African Nations Championship final was a football match held on 8 March 2009, and was the culmination of the inaugural tournament organised by CAF, aimed at players playing in their domestic leagues. The final was contested by DR Congo and Ghana, who had met earlier in the group stage, where Ghana ran out 3–0 winners. However, this was not to be the case, as DR Congo comfortably won 2–0 to record their first triumph in a continental competition since the 1974 African Nations Cup, where, as Zaire, they defeated Zambia 2–0 in the replayDR Congo lift CHAN trophy, BBC Sport, 7 March 2009
Match details
Lineups Match Report: Ghana 0–2 DR Congo CAF Online, 8 March 2009 GHANA: GK 1 Philemon MacCarthyRB 2Samuel Inkoom CB 5 Ofosu AppiahCB 21Harrison AffulLB 3 Daniel Nana YeboahCM 14 Charles Asampong Taylor CM 18Edmund Owusu AnsahRM 7Jordan Opoku LM 8Ibrahim AyewCF 9Yaw Antwi CF 23 Godwin Osei BonsuSubstitutes:FW 17 Francis Coffie FW 10Kwadwo Poku FW 15Stephen Manu Manager: Milovan RajevacDR CONGO: GK 1Muteba KidiabaCB 12Bawaka MabeleCB 18Gladys Bokese CB 15 Joël KimwakiCM 6 Kazembe MihayoCM 13 Matondu Salakiaku RM 7Ngandu KasonguLM 10Mbenza BediCF 8 Mabi MputuCF 14Bongelli Lofo (c) CF 19 Dioko KaluyitukaSubstitutes:FW 22Luyeye Mvete Manager: Mutumbile Santos
Man of the Match: Mabi Mputu
Assistant referees: Peter Edibe Chokri Saadallah Fourth official: Koko DjaoupéMatch rules: 90 minutes 30 minutes of extra time if scores level Penalty shoot-out if scores still level Of 12 substitutes named, 3 may be used
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