African Cup of Nations final: Tunisia 2 - 1 Morocco
Almost 40 years after they appeared in their first final, hosts Tunisia won the African Cup of Nations for the first time, a second-half goal by Ziad Jaziri sinking Morocco.
Jaziri profited from an error by the Moroccan goalkeeper, Khalid Fouhami, who spilt a tame cross into his path. Fouhami failed to clear a cross by the Brazilian-born left winger Clayton, just getting a hand to the ball to set it up perfectly for the onrushing Jaziri to tap in.
Tunisia, roared on by an almost capacity crowd at the 60,000-seater stadium, begun at a frenetic pace and were ahead after five minutes when Francileudo dos Santos headed in a cross.
Dos Santos, whose nationality had been fast-tracked to allow him to play for Tunisia in the tournament, found space between the defenders to loop his header home.
Tunisia should have been further ahead soon afterwards but Dos Santos scuffed an easy chance and Jaziri was ruled offside when he broke away, although television replays showed the linesman's decision to be wrong.
The spurned chances almost proved costly as Morocco rallied to equalise through Youssef Mokhtari, whose fourth goal of the tournament was a diving header from Youssef Hadji's 38th-minute cross.
Hadji delivered a perfect ball from the by-line after a deft pass from Abdelkrim Kissi and Mokhtari finished from close range. The Germany-based Mokhtari had been a virtual unknown before the tournament and was playing in only his ninth international.
Morocco, who had played some of the tournament's best football going in progressing to the final, struggled to launch a second comeback, consistently playing the ball to the edge of the box but then running up against a tight defence.
As the game drew to a close, Tunisia missed several chances to add a third goal with quick counter-attacks, but they held out after four minutes of added time to spark wild celebrations.
Captain Khaled Badra, who had been suspended for the final, jointly lifted the trophy with midfielder Riadh Bouazizi, captain for the day and outstanding in midfield.
Tunisia were hosting the Nations Cup finals for the third time and had been runners-up in the 1965 final. They were also in the 1996 final in Johannesburg, two years after failing dismally on home soil in 1994, going out in the first round.
TUNISIA (4-4-2): Ali Boumnijel; Hagui, Jaidi, Trabelsi,Clayton; Nafti (Mnari 46), Benachour (Ghodhbane 57), Bouazizi, Chedli; Jaziri (Mhadhebi 71), Dos Santos
MOROCCO (4-4-2): Fouhami; Roumani (Zairi 74), Ouaddou, El Karkouri, Naybet; Regragui, Kaissi, Safri (Yaacoubi 64), Hadji (Baha 87); Chammakh, Mokhtari.
Referee: Falla Ndoye (Senegal).