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Governing body Fédération Congolaise de Football-Association | ||
Football is the main sport played in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The national football team has won the African Cup of Nations three times; in 1968, 1974 and in 2016. The national team has once qualified for the World Cup, namely in 1974 in the former West Germany. In club level, TP Mazembe made history as the first ever African club- and team- to reach a FIFA tournament final, losing to European Champions Internazionale in the 2010 FIFA Club World Cup.
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