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The Africa Cup of Nations final is the last match of the competition, and the result determines which team will be declared African champion. As of the 2021 edition, if the score is tied after 90 minutes of regular play, an additional 30-minute period of play, called overtime, is added.
A review of the goal showed South Africa’s Percy Tau had been fouled inside the penalty area at the start of the move and the score went from 2-0 to Nigeria to 1-1 when Mokoena made no mistake ...
The 2023 Africa Cup of Nations final was a football match played on 11 February 2024 between Ivory Coast and Nigeria. It determined the winner of the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations , the 34th edition of the biennial African tournament organized by the Confederation of African Football (CAF).
In 2011, Morocco won the bid to host the 2015 edition, and Libya won the right to host the 2013 tournament, but the 2011 Libyan civil war prompted Libya and South Africa to trade years, with South Africa hosting in 2013 and Libya hosting in 2017. [18] Ongoing fighting in Libya ultimately prompted CAF to move the 2017 tournament to Gabon). [19]
This was their first AFCON meeting since 2019, where Morocco won their first ever AFCON encounter against South Africa 1–0. Their most recent encounters, interestingly, occurred during the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations qualification , which both teams sharing a win with coincidental results (2–1).
Nigeria have appeared in the finals of the Africa Cup of Nations on twenty occasions. Nigeria has won the cup three times: the first time was in 1980 [1] [2] and they won a second title in the 1994, [3] [4] held in Tunisia. Nigeria won their third African title in 2013, [5] [6] [7] held in South Africa.
The 2019 Africa Cup of Nations Final was a football match that determined the winner of the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations. The match was held at the Cairo International Stadium in Cairo, Egypt, on 19 July 2019 and was contested by Senegal and Algeria. [2] Algeria won the final 1–0 for their second Africa Cup of Nations title, and their first ...
The 1988 African Cup of Nations Final was a football match that took place on 27 March 1988 at the Stade Mohamed V in Casablanca, Morocco to determine the winner of the 1988 African Cup of Nations. Cameroon defeated Nigeria 1–0 with a lone goal from Emmanuel Kundé in the 55th minute.