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banner Friday, 14 December, 2001, 13:19 GMT How it all began
Ivory Coast's team celebrate their Nations Cup win Ivory Coast
were surprise winners in 1992 By BBC Sport Online's Durosimi
Thomas  In February 1957, beneath the heat of the Nubian Desert
in Sudan, few could have predicted the expansion of the African
Nations Cup.  That was precisely the aim of a meeting between
seven delegates in Lisbon the previous year.  There the
Confederation of African Football was formed and the
organisation planned the first tournament for the following year
in Khartoum.  However, as the start d