Ivory Coast beats Cameroon to reach AFCON quarterfinals
MALABO, Jan. 28, 2015 (AMP) — Equatorial Guinea 2015 : Ivory Coast defeated Cameroon by a score of 1-0 (halftime: 1-0), in a AFCON group stage game on Wednesday night at the Nuevo Estadio de Malabo.
All the action happened in the first half, with Ivorian striker Max Gradel goal in the 35th minute.
Ivory Coast advance to the Quarterfinals. Cameroon is eliminated.Fixtures and Results : Group D
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Overview
Cameroon at the AFCON
- 4 titles (1984, 1988, 2000, 2002)
- 17 appearances (first in 1970)
- 25 participations in the qualifications (first in 1968)
- Statistics: Champions (1984, 1988, 2000, 2002) Runners-up (1986, 2008) Third Place (1972) Fourth Place (1992)
Ivory Coast at the AFCON
- 1 title (1992)
- 21 appearances (first in 1965)
- 25 participations in the qualifications (first in 1965)
- Statistics: Champions (1992) Runners-up (2006, 2012) Third Place (1965, 1968, 1986, 1994) Fourth Place (1970, 2008)
Cameroon
0:1
Ivory Coast
0:1 (0:1)
- 28 January 2015
- 19:00
- Malabo
Group D
Team | Pts |
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Ivory Coast | 5 |
Guinea | 3 |
Mali | 3 |
Cameroon | 2 |
Matches
AFCON History
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