1972 African Cup of Nations
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The 1972 African Cup of Nations was the eighth edition of Africa’s premier international football tournament, featuring national teams from across the continent competing for the continental championship.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| 1972 African Cup of Nations canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T12989993 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: 1972 African Cup of Nations Context triple: [Stade Ahmadou Ahidjo, hostedEvent, 1972 African Cup of Nations]
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1992 Africa Cup of Nations
The 1992 Africa Cup of Nations was the 18th edition of Africa’s premier international football tournament, held in Senegal and won by Ivory Coast after a penalty shootout in the final.
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B.
1986 Africa Cup of Nations
The 1986 Africa Cup of Nations was the 15th edition of Africa’s premier international football tournament, held in Egypt and featuring the continent’s top national teams competing for the championship.
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C.
1984 Africa Cup of Nations
The 1984 Africa Cup of Nations was the 14th edition of Africa’s premier international football tournament, held in Ivory Coast and won by Cameroon.
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D.
1988 Africa Cup of Nations
The 1988 Africa Cup of Nations was the 16th edition of Africa’s premier international men’s football tournament, held in Morocco and won by Cameroon.
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E.
1990 Africa Cup of Nations final
The 1990 Africa Cup of Nations final was the decisive championship match of the 1990 continental football tournament in Africa, determining the winner of that year’s African title.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
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Target entity: 1972 African Cup of Nations Target entity description: The 1972 African Cup of Nations was the eighth edition of Africa’s premier international football tournament, featuring national teams from across the continent competing for the continental championship.
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A.
1992 Africa Cup of Nations
The 1992 Africa Cup of Nations was the 18th edition of Africa’s premier international football tournament, held in Senegal and won by Ivory Coast after a penalty shootout in the final.
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B.
1986 Africa Cup of Nations
The 1986 Africa Cup of Nations was the 15th edition of Africa’s premier international football tournament, held in Egypt and featuring the continent’s top national teams competing for the championship.
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C.
1984 Africa Cup of Nations
The 1984 Africa Cup of Nations was the 14th edition of Africa’s premier international football tournament, held in Ivory Coast and won by Cameroon.
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D.
1988 Africa Cup of Nations
The 1988 Africa Cup of Nations was the 16th edition of Africa’s premier international men’s football tournament, held in Morocco and won by Cameroon.
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E.
1990 Africa Cup of Nations final
The 1990 Africa Cup of Nations final was the decisive championship match of the 1990 continental football tournament in Africa, determining the winner of that year’s African title.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (41)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Africa Cup of Nations tournament
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football tournament ⓘ international sports competition ⓘ |
| bestPlayer | François M'Pelé NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| category |
1972 in African football
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Africa Cup of Nations tournaments NERFINISHED ⓘ International football competitions hosted by Cameroon ⓘ |
| championCountry | Congo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| confederation | CAF NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| continent | Africa ⓘ |
| countryOfFinalists |
Congo
GENERATED
ⓘ
Mali GENERATED ⓘ |
| editionNumber | 8 ⓘ |
| endDate | 1972-03-05 ⓘ |
| finalCity | Yaoundé NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| finalMatchScore | Congo 3–2 Mali ⓘ |
| finalVenue | Stade Ahmadou Ahidjo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fourthPlace | Zaire NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| goalsScored | 53 ⓘ |
| groupStageFormat | two groups of four teams ⓘ |
| hostCity |
Douala
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Yaoundé NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hostCountry | Cameroon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hostSelection | awarded to Cameroon by CAF ⓘ |
| knockoutStage | semi-finals and final ⓘ |
| matchesPlayed | 16 ⓘ |
| nextEdition | 1974 African Cup of Nations NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notable | first Africa Cup of Nations title for Congo ⓘ |
| numberOfHostCities | 2 ⓘ |
| numberOfTeams | 8 ⓘ |
| numberOfVenues | 2 ⓘ |
| organiser | Confederation of African Football NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| previousEdition | 1970 African Cup of Nations NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| runnerUp | Mali NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sport | association football ⓘ |
| startDate | 1972-02-23 ⓘ |
| thirdPlace | Cameroon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| timePeriod | 20th century ⓘ |
| topScorer | Fantamady Keita NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| topScorerGoals | 5 ⓘ |
| winner | Congo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: 1972 African Cup of Nations Description of subject: The 1972 African Cup of Nations was the eighth edition of Africa’s premier international football tournament, featuring national teams from across the continent competing for the continental championship.
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