Africa Cup of Nations
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The Africa Cup of Nations is the premier international men's football championship in Africa, organized by the Confederation of African Football and contested by national teams from across the continent.
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How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T480579 — 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: Africa Cup of Nations Context triple: [Nigeria national football team, regionalTournament, Africa Cup of Nations]
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Caribbean Cup
The Caribbean Cup was an international football tournament for national teams from the Caribbean region, serving as the primary regional championship and qualifier for larger CONCACAF competitions.
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Freedom Cup
The Freedom Cup is a rugby union trophy contested in test matches between New Zealand’s All Blacks and South Africa’s Springboks.
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Intercontinental Cup
The Intercontinental Cup was an annual football competition that pitted the champions of Europe against the champions of South America to determine a de facto world club champion before it was superseded by the FIFA Club World Cup.
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FIFA Club World Cup
The FIFA Club World Cup is an international football tournament organized by FIFA that brings together champion clubs from each continental confederation to compete for the title of world club champion.
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UEFA Regions' Cup
The UEFA Regions' Cup is a European football tournament for amateur regional teams, providing a continental competition platform for non-professional players.
- 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: Africa Cup of Nations Target entity description: The Africa Cup of Nations is the premier international men's football championship in Africa, organized by the Confederation of African Football and contested by national teams from across the continent.
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A.
Caribbean Cup
The Caribbean Cup was an international football tournament for national teams from the Caribbean region, serving as the primary regional championship and qualifier for larger CONCACAF competitions.
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B.
Freedom Cup
The Freedom Cup is a rugby union trophy contested in test matches between New Zealand’s All Blacks and South Africa’s Springboks.
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C.
Intercontinental Cup
The Intercontinental Cup was an annual football competition that pitted the champions of Europe against the champions of South America to determine a de facto world club champion before it was superseded by the FIFA Club World Cup.
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D.
FIFA Club World Cup
The FIFA Club World Cup is an international football tournament organized by FIFA that brings together champion clubs from each continental confederation to compete for the title of world club champion.
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E.
UEFA Regions' Cup
The UEFA Regions' Cup is a European football tournament for amateur regional teams, providing a continental competition platform for non-professional players.
- F. None of above. chosen
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How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Subject: Africa Cup of Nations Description of subject: The Africa Cup of Nations is the premier international men's football championship in Africa, organized by the Confederation of African Football and contested by national teams from across the continent.
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FNB Stadium
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1996 Africa Cup of Nations matches
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FNB Stadium
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1996 Africa Cup of Nations Final
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1996 African Cup of Nations
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1996 Africa Cup of Nations
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Africa Cup of Nations qualification
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2012 Africa Cup of Nations matches
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2017 Africa Cup of Nations matches
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African Cup of Nations
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AFCON
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Coupe d'Afrique des nations
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1996 Africa Cup of Nations
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1996 Africa Cup of Nations
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1992 Africa Cup of Nations
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1994 Africa Cup of Nations
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Africa Cup of Nations top scorer
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1994 Africa Cup of Nations
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1994 Africa Cup of Nations
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1994 African Cup of Nations
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2000 African Cup of Nations
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2002 African Cup of Nations
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2013 Africa Cup of Nations
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2013 Africa Cup of Nations
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2013 Africa Cup of Nations
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Africa Cup of Nations 1984
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Africa Cup of Nations 1988
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Africa Cup of Nations 2000
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Africa Cup of Nations 2002
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Africa Cup of Nations 2017
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1992 Africa Cup of Nations
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1994 Africa Cup of Nations
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2000 Africa Cup of Nations
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1994 Africa Cup of Nations
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2013 African Cup of Nations matches
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2010 Africa Cup of Nations
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2006 Africa Cup of Nations
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2013 Africa Cup of Nations final
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Africa Cup of Nations 2017
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Africa Cup of Nations 2019
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Africa Cup of Nations 2021
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Africa Cup of Nations 1959