Record No.
MRB-2026-006556
Zambia wins its first Africa Cup of Nations
Sports
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Record Holder
Zambia national football team ("Chipolopolo")
Zambia
Category
Sports
Country
Zambia
(
ZM )
Achievement Date
12 February 2012
Verification Status
Reference
Record Description
Zambia won its first Africa Cup of Nations title in 2012 in Gabon, defeating Ivory Coast on penalties in the final, poignantly close to the site of the 1993 air disaster that killed much of an earlier national squad.
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