Zambia Wins African Cup Of Nations After Penalty Shootout (VIDEO)

LIBREVILLE, Gabon -- Zambia has won the African Cup of Nations, beating pre-tournament favorite Ivory Coast 8-7 on penalties in a dramatic final at Stade de l'Amitie.

Stophira Sunzu scored the deciding sudden-death penalty after Gervinho missed his kick for Ivory Coast.

Zambia earned its first African title in the same city where 18 Zambian internationals died in a plane crash in 1993 in the country's worst sporting disaster.

Ivory Coast captain Didier Drogba missed a 70th-minute penalty.

Comments

[Kasonde Katongo]

07:33 PM on 02/13/2012

congrats to Zambia for wining the cup where 19 years their football team perished off the coast of Gabon.

This story was about team work, dedication and courage. This team was not the most talented nor the richest or most popular but they showed that in football its 11 players against 11 and it does not matter where you come from because in the end you deserve being on the pitch.

It was about David killing defeating three Goliath's - Senegal, Ghana and ivory coast