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Africa cup of nations 2012: Zambia wins cup after penalty shoot-out
Sunday, February 12, 2012
Zambia’s captain Christopher Katongo (L) tussles with Ivory Coast defender Souleman Bamba. PHOTO/AFP/Franck Fife
Zambia has won the African Cup of Nations, beating pre-tournament favorite Ivory Coast 8-7 on penalties in a dramatic final at Stade de l’Amitie.
Stophira Sunzu scored the deciding sudden-death penalty after Gervinho missed his kick for Ivory Coast.
Zambia earned its first African title in the same city where 18 Zambian internationals died in a plane crash in 1993 in the country’s worst sporting disaster.
Ivory Coast captain Didier Drogba missed a 70th-minute penalty.
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