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Black Stars players swept almost all the prestigious awards of the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations, with winger Christian Atsu winning the best player of the tournament award.<\/p>\n

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Atsu (left) celebrates one of his goals against Guinea<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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Atsu, who struck twice at the tournament, both against Guinea had a fine tournament and capped it off with an impressive performance in the final, where he was Ghana’s biggest threat going forward.<\/p>\n

Apart from the Orange player of the competition award, Atsu also won \u00a0the Nissan Goal of the tournament for his his second strike in Ghana’s 3-0 win over Guinea during the quarter final when he cut in from the right and curled a stunner over the keeper.<\/p>\n

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Dede Ayew won the award for top scorer at the AFCON<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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Dede Ayew, who scored 3 goals at the tournament, won the award for top scorer and Cambridge United’s Kwesi Appiah was\u00a0adjudged the overall Fair Player of the tournament.<\/p>\n

The Black Stars were denied a fifth AFCON triumph by the Ivory Coast, losing 9-8 on penalties after the game ended goalless.<\/p>\n

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Kwesi Appiah won the award for Fair Player<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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Ivorian Keeper Boubacar Barry scored the winning kick following his save from \u00a0Ghana’s Razak Brimah.<\/p>\n

The win was the Ivorians second at the tournament and consigned the Black Stars to a fifth AFCON final loss in nine attempts.<\/p>\n

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By: Nana Boakye-Yiadom\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n

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