How much do you know about the Africa Cup of Nations? – quiz

Ivory Coast players celebrate their triumph in 2015. Photograph: Carl de Souza/AFP/Getty Images

1. Which country has won the Africa Cup of Nations the most times (seven)?

   1. Ghana

   2. Egypt

   3. Ivory Coast

   4. South Africa

2. When was the first tournament?

   1. 1951

   2. 1957

   3. 1965

   4. 1971

3. Who has scored the most goals in Africa Cup of Nations history?

   1. Roger Milla

   2. Frédéric Kanouté

   3. Didier Drogba

   4. Samuel Eto’o

4. The 2015 final between Ivory Coast and Ghana finished in a goalless draw and was decided by a penalty shootout. How many penalties were taken in the shootout?

   1. Four

   2. 10

   3. 16

   4. 22

5. Which country did Avram Grant lead to an Africa Cup of Nations final?

   1. Cameroon

   2. Ivory Coast

   3. Angola

   4. Ghana

6. How many times has Didier Drogba won the tournament?

   1. None

   2. One

   3. Two

   4. Three

7. Which two Premier League players were sent home from the 2004 tournament for indiscipline?

   1. Yakubu and Celestine Babayaro

   2. Aliou Cissé and El Hadji Diouf

   3. Geremi Njitap and Eric Djemba-Djemba

   4. Joseph Yobo and Isaac Okoronkwo

8. Gabon are hosting this year's tournament. With which country did they co-host the 2012 Africa Cup of Nations?

   1. Cameroon

   2. Equatorial Guinea

   3. Angola

   4. Republic of the Congo

9. Which of these countries has never qualified for the tournament?

   1. Somalia

   2. Namibia

   3. Benin

   4. Cape Verde

10. Which squad at this year's tournament contains two players from the same Premier League club?

    1. Ivory Coast

    2. Algeria

    3. Egypt

    4. Senegal

Solutions

1:B - In 1957, 1959, 1986, 1998, 2006, 2008 and 2010., 2:B - There were only three participating nations: Egypt, Sudan and Ethiopia., 3:D - Eto’o scored 18 goals in the African Cup of Nations, which he won in 2000 and 2002, 4:D - Ivory Coast won 9-8 on penalties, 5:D - Grant has been in charge of Ghana since 2014. His team lost to Ivory Coast in the 2015 final., 6:A - Drogba played in the 2006 and 2012 finals, which Ivory Coast lost on penalties. They won the tournament in 2015 but he had retired from international football the year before., 7:A - 'They did not respect the rules of the camp,' said the general secretary of the Nigerian Football Association., 8:B, 9:A, 10:B - Riyad Mahrez and Islam Slimani of Leicester City

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