Talk:Africa Cup of Nations records and statistics

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Flawy and inconsistent all-time tables found online

For example, this RSSSF page (updated 2015) seems to have the records of Egypt, Nigeria and DR Congo wrong - it lists Egypt's goal difference as 153:84 (by my calculations it should be 154:84), Nigeria's as 123:81 (should be 123:82), and DR Congo's as 74:90 (should be 75:91). The same goes for some other sources too (regarding some or all of these three teams), apparently due to errors having been carried over from one source into another, while some sites give inconsistent records for some other teams as well. Having verified all the scores from the past tournaments, including at RSSSF itself, I created a chronological development of the AFCON all-time table, using Excel. This year, in the second semi-final, between Ghana and Equatorial Guinea, Wakaso Mubarak scored what CAF credited as the 1,500th goal in the history of the competition. As one more goal was scored later in that match, and the 3rd place play-off and the final both finished goalless and went on penalties, there must now have been 1,501 AFCON goals ever. In my 2015 table, the total sum of goals for all teams and the total sum of goals against all teams currently both add up to exactly 1,501. With RSSSF's values, both would be 1,499. --Theurgist (talk) 10:50, 14 February 2015 (UTC)

"Dream team"

Who chose the players for the dream team? I am having trouble finding a reference. Regards, Robby.is.on (talk) 11:00, 19 January 2016 (UTC)

The brief history of African cup of nations

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