Ivory Coast wins the African Cup of Nations at home. Ivory Coast, after coming close to elimination in the group stage, won the third African Cup in its history by beating Nigeria 2-1 in the final on Sunday in front of its home crowd at the Alassane Ouattara stadium in Abidjan.
The Super Eagles opened the scoring in the first half when William Troost-Ekong headed the ball into the Ivorian goal from their first corner (38th). But the Elephants equalized in the second half with Franck Kessié's header at the far post on a cross from Simon Adingra (62nd), then took the lead through Sebastien Haller (81st).