AFCON 2017 teams: Can you identify the nickames of all 16 sides competing in this year's Africa Cup of Nations? Test yourself in our challenging quiz
- The Africa Cup of Nations kicks off this weekend in Gabon
- African teams are notorious for their wonderful and colourful nicknames
- Your challenge is to identify the nickname of all 16 teams from the four options
- Fancy playing more sport quizzes? Then visit our quiz section to pit your wits
- AFCON 2017 fixtures: Africa Cup of Nations groups, teams, dates and schedule
The Africa Cup of Nations kicks off in Gabon this weekend, where the likes of Senegal, Ivory Coast, Ghana and Algeria will be setting out to achieve glory.
And while AFCON is a notoriously unpredictable tournament to conquer, one thing for sure is that many of the teams participating have fabulous nicknames.
None of your boring 'Blues' or 'Reds' here. No, we're talking exotic and majestic animals and birds, even some significant geography and history.
Can you guess the nicknames of all 16 teams at AFCON 2017? Take the test below to find out
Your challenge this week is to identify the nicknames of all 16 teams taking part.
But to make things harder we've thrown in some similar sounding nicknames (and some frankly ridiculous ones too), just to confuse you.
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