Football quiz: How well do you know your AFCON?

1.Sixteen 

2.Twelve

3.Twenty

4.Eighteen

Answer: Sixteen – In 2017, CAF changed the number of participating nations from 16 to 24

1.Orange

2.Total

 3.VISA

4.Yamaha

Answer: Total – In 2016, Total signed an 8 year deal with CAF to be made the title sponsor of the AFCON

1.Gaguie

2.Takuma

3.Tut 

4.CrocoNile

Answer: Tut – On May 19, 2019, Egypt unveiled Tut, a footballing Pharaoh as the official mascot of the 2019 AFCON

1.Hassan El-Shazly

2.Ad-Diba 

3.Patrick Mboma

4.Benedict McCarthy

Answer: Ad-Diba – He scored four goals in the final of the first edition of the championship

1.Egypt withdrew from the competition

2.The Pharaohs exited at the group stages

3.The Egyptians won the trophy 

4.They lost the final

Answer: The Egyptians won the trophy. 

1.Shiva N’Zigou (Shiva was 16 years and 93 days old when he scored against South Africa in a 3-1 defeat)

2.Mohamed Salah

3.Abedi Pele

4.Roger Milla

Answer: Shiva N’Zigou – The Gabonese was 16 years and 93 days old when he scored against South Africa in a 3-1 defeat in 1977. 

1.Amr Zaki

2.Emad Moteab

3.Ad-Diba 

4.Ahmed Hassan

Answer: Ad-Diba – He scored four goals, the only player to score that number in a final

1.Wilfried Bony

2.Gervinho

3.Salomon Kalou

4.Boubacar Barry 

Answer: Boubacar Barry – The goalkeeper, scored the winning penalty for his side to lift their second AFCON trophy

1.Samuel Eto’o

2.Didier Drogba

3.Ndaye Mulamba

4.Laurent Pokou

Answer: Ndaye Mulamba of Zaire, scored 9 goals, the highest number of goals till date in a single tournament)

1.Charles Gyamfi

2.Mourad Fahmy 

3.Ydnekatchew Tessema

4.Clive Barker

Answer: Mourad Fahmy – The Egyptian won the competition with his home country, Egypt in 1957, the first edition of the AFCON

1.Charles Gyamfi

2.Hassan Shehata

3.Yeo Martial

4.Clive Barker

Answer: Charles Gyamfi – He won the trophy back to back with Ghana in 1963 and 1965

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