{"id":150273,"date":"2024-02-12T10:26:05","date_gmt":"2024-02-12T10:26:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/02\/12\/ivory-coast-crowned-winners-of-2023-afcon-champions-after-beating-nigeria\/"},"modified":"2024-02-12T10:26:05","modified_gmt":"2024-02-12T10:26:05","slug":"ivory-coast-crowned-winners-of-2023-afcon-champions-after-beating-nigeria","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/02\/12\/ivory-coast-crowned-winners-of-2023-afcon-champions-after-beating-nigeria\/","title":{"rendered":"Ivory Coast crowned winners of 2023 AFCON champions after beating Nigeria \u2013"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>The Elephants of La C\u00f4te d\u2019Ivoire have won the 34th edition of the coveted African Cup of Nations by beating the Super Eagles of Nigeria in the finals.<\/p>\n<p>Despite Nigeria taking the lead in the 38th minute of the game, Ivory Coast equalized in the 62nd minute before adding the winning goal in the 81st minute of regular time.<\/p>\n<p>Nigeria\u2019s goal came through William Troost-Ekong, while Ivory Coast scored through Franck Kessie and Sebastian Haller.<\/p>\n<p>In the end, Nigeria\u2019s dreams of winning their fourth AFCON were dashed by the Ivorians who won their third AFCON in a 2-1 thriller in front of their home fans.<\/p>\n<p>The match on Sunday, February 11, 2024, concluded the 2023 AFCON tournament, which commenced on January 10, 2024.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\ud83c\udfc6 \ud835\udc7b\ud835\udc6f\ud835\udc6c \ud835\udc6a\ud835\udc6f\ud835\udc68\ud835\udc74\ud835\udc77\ud835\udc70\ud835\udc76\ud835\udc75\ud835\udc7a \ud83c\udfc6 <\/p>\n<p>\ud83c\udde8\ud83c\uddee C\u00f4te d\u2019Ivoire are crowned African Champions for the third time in their history! \ud83e\udd47<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/TotalEnergiesAFCON2023?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#TotalEnergiesAFCON2023<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Y2xx7l1JAb\">pic.twitter.com\/Y2xx7l1JAb<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 CAF (@CAF_Online) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CAF_Online\/status\/1756800250117783842?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 11, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Source: www.ghanaweb.com<\/p>\n<p><!-- AI CONTENT END 1 --><\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Elephants of La C\u00f4te d\u2019Ivoire have won the 34th edition of the coveted African Cup of Nations by beating the Super Eagles of Nigeria in the finals. 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