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Not to be confused with Africa Women Cup of Nations or African Nations
Championship.
For other uses, see Africa Cup of Nations (disambiguation).

Africa Cup of Nations

Founded 1957; 65 years ago

Region Africa (CAF)

Number of teams 24 (finals)

Current champions  Algeria (2nd title)

Most successful team(s)  Egypt (7 titles)

Website www.cafonline.com

 2021 Africa Cup of Nations

Nigeria players celebrate after winning the 2013 Africa Cup of Nations.

Tournaments

 1957

 1959

 1962

 1963

 1965

 1968

 1970

 1972

 1974

 1976

 1978

 1980

 1982

 1984

 1986

 1988

 1990

 1992

 1994

 1996

 1998
  2000

 2002

 2004

 2006

 2008

 2010

 2012

 2013

 2015

 2017

 2019
 2021

 2023

 2025

The CAF Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON), officially French: Coupe d'Afrique des

Nations (CAN), referred to as TotalEnergies Africa Cup of Nations after its headline
sponsor, and sometimes as African Cup of Nations,[1][2] is the main international
men's association football competition in Africa. It is sanctioned by the Confederation of
African Football (CAF), and was first held in 1957. Since 1968, it has been held every
two years, switching to odd-numbered years in 2013. The current champions
are Algeria, who won their second title at the 2019 tournament in Egypt.
In the first tournament in 1957, there were only three participating
nations: Egypt, Sudan, and Ethiopia. South Africa was originally scheduled to join, but
was disqualified due to the apartheid policies of the government then in power. [3] Since
then, the tournament has expanded greatly, making it necessary to hold a qualifying
tournament. The number of participants in the final tournament reached 16 in 1998 (16
teams were to compete in 1996, but Nigeria withdrew, reducing the field to 15, and the
same happened with Togo's withdrawal in 2010), and until 2017, the format had been
unchanged, with the 16 teams being drawn into four groups of four teams each, with the
top two teams of each group advancing to a "knock-out" stage. On 20 July 2017, the
Africa Cup of Nations was moved from January to June and expanded from 16 to 24
teams.[4]
Egypt is the most successful nation in the cup's history, winning the tournament seven
times.[5] Three trophies have been awarded during the tournament's history, with Ghana,
and Cameroon winning the first two versions to keep after each of them won a
tournament three times. The current trophy was first awarded in 2002. Egypt won an
unprecedented three consecutive titles in 2006, 2008, and 2010.
In 2013, the tournament format was switched to being held in odd-numbered years so
that it wouldn't interfere with the FIFA World Cup.[6]
 Contents

 1History
o 1.11950s–60s: Origin and early years
o 1.21960s: Ghanaian domination
o 1.31970s: A decade of champions
o 1.41980s: Cameroonian domination
o 1.51990s: The return of South Africa
o 1.62000s: Egypt's unprecedented treble
o 1.72010s: Switch to odd years
o 1.82020s: A bigger AFCON
 2Trophy and medals
o 2.1Trophy
o 2.2Medals
 3Results
 4Summary
o 4.1All-time record
o 4.2Champions by region
 5Records and statistics
 6See also
 7References
 8Further reading
 9External links

History[edit]
1950s–60s: Origin and early years[edit]
The origin of the African Nations Cup dates from June 1956, when the creation of the
Confederation of African Football was proposed during the third FIFA congress
in Lisbon. There were immediate plans for a continental tournament to be held and, in
February 1957, the first Africa Cup of Nations was held in Khartoum, Sudan. There was
no qualification for this tournament, the field being made up of the four founding nations
of CAF (Egypt, Sudan, Ethiopia, and South Africa). South Africa's insistence on
selecting only white players for its squad due to its apartheid policy led to its
disqualification, and as a consequence Ethiopia were handed a bye straight to the final.
[7]
 Hence only two matches were played, with Egypt being crowned as the first
continental champion after defeating hosts Sudan in the semi-final and Ethiopia in the
final. Two years later Egypt hosted the second ANC in Cairo with the participation of the
same three teams. Host and defending champions Egypt again won, after defeating
Sudan.
The field grew to include nine teams for the third ANC in 1961 in Addis Ababa, and for
the first time there was a qualification round to determine which four teams would play
for the title. Host Ethiopia and reigning champion Egypt received automatic berths, and
were joined in the final four by Nigeria and Tunisia. Egypt made its third consecutive
final appearance, but the Ethiopia team emerged as victors, first beating Tunisia and
then downing Egypt in extra time.
1960s: Ghanaian domination[edit]
In 1963, Ghana made its first appearance as it hosted the event, and won the title after
beating Sudan in the final. They repeated that as they became champions two years
later in Tunisia—equalling Egypt as two-time winners—with a squad that included only
two returning members from the 1963 team.[8] In 1965, the CAF introduced a rule that
limited the number of overseas players in each team to two. The rule persisted until
1982.[9]
The 1968 competition's final tournament format expanded to include eight of the 22
teams entered in the preliminary rounds. The qualifying teams were distributed in two
groups of four to play single round-robin tournaments, with the top two teams of each
group advancing to semi-finals, a system that remained in use for the finals until 1992.
The Democratic Republic of Congo won its first title, beating Ghana in the final. Starting
with the 1968 tournament, the competition was regularly held every two years in even-
numbered years; this ended with the 2012 tournament, which was followed by a
tournament in 2013, and successor editions in each odd-numbered year. Ivory
Coast forward Laurent Pokou led the 1968 and 1970 tournaments in scoring, with six
and eight goals respectively, and his total of 14 goals remained the all-time record until
2008. Play was covered for television for the first time during the 1970 tournament in
Sudan,[8] as the hosts lifted the trophy after defeating Ghana - who were playing their
fourth consecutive final.
1970s: A decade of champions[edit]
Six nations won titles from 1970 to 1980: Sudan, Congo-Brazzaville, Zaire, Morocco,
Ghana, and Nigeria. Zaire's second title in the 1974 edition (it won its first as
the Democratic Republic of Congo) came after facing Zambia in the final. For the only
time to date in the history of the competition, the match had to be replayed as the first
contest between the two sides ended in a 2–2 draw after extra time. The final was re-
staged two days later with Zaire winning 2–0. Forward Mulamba Ndaye scored all four
of Zaire's goals in these two matches: he was also the top scorer of the tournament with
nine goals, setting a single-tournament record that remains unmatched. Three months
earlier, Zaire had become the first Sub-Saharan African nation to qualify to the FIFA
World Cup. Morocco won their first title in the 1976 ANC held in Ethiopia and Ghana
took its third championship in 1978, becoming the first nation to win three titles.
1980s: Cameroonian domination[edit]
Between 1980 and 1990, Cameroon managed to reach the final of the Africa Cup three
times in a row, winning the competition twice in 1984 and 1988 and losing once on
penalties against Egypt in the 1986 edition, the other dominant team during this period
was Algeria, along with their solid 1982 and decent 1986 World Cup appearances, the
North African nation lost in the final against hosts Nigeria in the 1980
tournament allowing the Super Eagles to capture their first championship. After
the 1980 edition, Algeria reached the semi finals of every edition except the 1986
cup until they eventually won the competition in 1990. Ghana's fourth continental title
came in the 1982 cup tournament, where they beat host Libya in the final. The match
ended in a 1–1 draw after 120 minutes and Ghana national football team won
the penalty shootout to become champions.
1990s: The return of South Africa[edit]
In 1990, the 1990 African Cup of Nations was the 17th edition of the Africa Cup of
Nations, the football championship of Africa (CAF). It was hosted by Algeria. Just like in
1988, the field of eight teams was split into two groups of four. Algeria won its first
championship, beating Nigeria in the final 1–0., Nigeria lost once again as they made
their third final appearance in four tournaments, this time falling to host Algeria.
The 1992 Cup of Nations expanded the number of final tournament participants to 12;
the teams were divided into four groups of three, with the top two teams of each group
advancing to quarter-finals. Ghanaian midfielder Abedi "Pele" Ayew, who scored three
goals, was named the best player of the tournament after his contributions helped
Ghana reach the final; he was, however, suspended for that match and Ghana lost
to Ivory Coast in a penalty shootout that saw each side make 11 attempts to determine
the winner. Ivory Coast set a record for the competition by holding each of their
opponents scoreless in the six matches of the final tournament.
The 12-team, three-group format was used again two years later, where
hosts Tunisia were humiliated by their first-round elimination. Nigeria, who had just
qualified to the World Cup for the first time in their history, won the tournament,
beating Zambia, who a year before had been struck by disaster when most of their
national squad died in a plane crash while traveling to play a 1994 World Cup
qualification match. Nigerian forward Rashidi Yekini, who had led the 1992 tournament
with four goals, repeated as the top scorer with five goals.
South Africa hosted the 20th ACN competition in 1996, marking its first ever
appearance after a decades-long ban was lifted with the end of apartheid in the country,
which had been followed by a failed attempt to qualify in 1994. The number of final-
round participants in 1996 was expanded to 16, split into four groups. However, the
actual number of teams playing in the final was only 15, because Nigeria withdrew from
the tournament at the final moment for political reasons. [10] Bafana Bafana won their first
title on home soil, defeating Tunisia in the final. [11]
The South Africans would reach the final again two years later in Burkina Faso, but
were unable to defend their title, losing to Egypt who claimed their fourth cup.
2000s: Egypt's unprecedented treble[edit]
Egypt against Cameroon at the 2008 Africa Cup of Nations Final

The 2000 edition was hosted jointly by Ghana and Nigeria, who replaced the originally

designated host Zimbabwe. Following a 2–2 draw after extra time in the final, Cameroon
defeated Nigeria on penalty kicks. In 2002, Cameroon's Indomitable Lions won their the
second consecutive title. This was the first repeat since Ghana had done it in the 1960s
and after Egypt had done it before in 1957 and 1959. The Cameroonians beat first-time
finalists Senegal, who also debuted in the World Cup later that year, via penalty kicks.
Both finalists were eliminated in the quarter finals two years later in Tunisia, where the
hosts won their first title, beating Morocco 2–1 in the final. The 2006 tournament was
also won by the hosts, Egypt, who reached a continental-record fifth title. Ahead of
the 2008 Africa Cup of Nations several European clubs called for a rethink of the
tournament's schedule. Given that it takes place during the European season, players
who are involved miss several matches for their clubs. [12]
In January 2008, FIFA president Sepp Blatter announced that he wanted the
tournament to be held in either June or July by 2016, to fit in the international calendar,
although this would preclude many countries in central and west Africa from hosting the
competition (for these months occur during their wet season).[13] The 2008
tournament was hosted by Ghana, and saw Egypt retain the trophy, winning its record-
extending sixth tournament by defeating Cameroon 1–0 in the final. [14]
2010s: Switch to odd years[edit]

2015 Africa Cup of Nations winners Ivory Coast

Egypt set a new record in the 2010 tournament (hosted by Angola) by winning its third
consecutive title in an unprecedented achievement on the African level after defeating
Ghana 1–0 in the final, retaining the gold-plated cup indefinitely and extending its record
to seven continental titles (including when Egypt was known as UAR between 1958 and
1961).[15] Egypt became the first African nation to win three consecutive cups and
joined Mexico, Argentina, and Iran who also won their continent cup three times in a
row. On 31 January 2010, Egypt set a new African record, not being defeated for 19
consecutive Cup of Nations matches, since a 2–1 loss against Algeria in Tunisia in
2004,[citation needed] and a record 9 consecutive win streak.[citation needed]
In May 2010, it was announced that the tournament would be moved to odd-numbered
years from 2013 in order to prevent the tournament from taking place in the same year
as the World Cup. It also meant there were two tournaments within twelve months in
January 2012[16] (co-hosted by Gabon and Equatorial Guinea) and January 2013 (hosted
by South Africa).[6] The change of FIFA Confederations Cup from a biennial to a
quadrennial tournament, and the switching of the Africa Cup of Nations from even to
odd-number years, meant that some previous Africa Cup of Nations champions such
as Egypt, Zambia, and Ivory Coast (winners of the 2010, 2012, and 2015 tournaments
respectively) were deprived from participating in the Confederations Cup tournament.

2017 Africa Cup of Nations winners Cameroon

In 2011, Morocco won the bid to host the 2015 edition, and Libya won the right to host
the 2013 tournament, but the 2011 Libyan civil war prompted Libya and South Africa to
trade years, with South Africa hosting in 2013 and Libya hosting in 2017.[17] Ongoing
fighting in Libya ultimately prompted CAF to move the 2017 tournament to Gabon.[18])
In 2012, Zambia won the final after a penalty shootout against Ivory Coast. This drew
increased media attention since the match took place in Gabon, only a few hundred
meters from the crash site of the 1993 air disaster of their national team. The 2013
tournament was won by Nigeria, beating first time finalists Burkina Faso.
In 2014–15, the West African Ebola virus epidemic disrupted the tournament.[19] All
football activities in Liberia were suspended,[20] and the Antoinette Tubman
Stadium in Monrovia was converted into an Ebola treatment unit. [21] The 2015 Africa Cup
of Nations was scheduled to be held in Morocco, but they refused to hold the
tournament on the allotted dates due to concerns of the Ebola outbreak, so it was
moved to Equatorial Guinea.[22]
In July 2016, Total secured the rights to an eight-year sponsorship package to support
10 of CAF's principal competitions. This began with the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations in
Gabon which was renamed the "Total Africa Cup of Nations". [23]
2020s: A bigger AFCON[edit]
Algeria won the African Cup of Nations 2019, achieving a 1–0 victory against Senegal in
the final. The title was Algeria's second ever and first since 1990. Nigeria came third
after beating Tunisia 1–0 in their third-place decider match. [24]
2019
Expansion to 24 teams
Under Ahmad Ahmad's presidency, there were discussions
regarding further changes to the Africa Cup of Nations. In
July 2017, two changes were proposed:[25][26]

 Switch the competition from January to the

Northern Hemisphere summer
 expansion from 16 to 24 teams (effective from
the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations)
On 20 July 2017, the CAF Executive Commission approved
the propositions at a meeting in Rabat, Morocco.[4]
The prize money awarded to the 2019 Africa Cup of
Nations winner amounted to $4.5 million.[27]
2021
Covid-19 delay
Match days 3 and 4 of the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations
qualifiers, which was slated from 25 to 30 March 2020,
were postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[28]
2021 Africa Cup of Nations tournament, hosted
by Cameroon, and taking place from 9 January to 6
February 2022.

Trophy and medals[edit]

Trophy[edit]

The current trophy

 Throughout the history of the Africa Cup of Nations,
three trophies have been awarded to the winners of the
competition. The original trophy, made of silver, was the
Abdelaziz Abdallah Salem Trophy, named after the first
CAF president, Egyptian Abdelaziz Abdallah Salem. As
the first winner of three Africa Cup of Nations
tournaments, Ghana obtained the right to permanently
hold the trophy in 1978.[29]
The second trophy was awarded from 1980 to 2000,
and was named "Trophy of African Unity"[30] or "African
Unity Cup".[29] It was given to CAF by the Supreme
Council for Sports in Africa prior to the 1980 tournament
and it was a cylindrical piece with the Olympic
rings over a map of the continent engraved on it. It sat
on a squared base and had stylized triangular
handles. Cameroon won the Unity Cup indefinitely after
they became three-time champions in 2000.
In 2001, the third trophy was revealed, a gold-plated
cup designed and made in Italy.[29] Cameroon,
permanent holders of the previous trophy, were the first
nation to be awarded the new trophy after they won the
2002 edition. Egypt won the gold-plated cup indefinitely
after they became three-time champions in 2010. Unlike
previous winners who would have then taken the trophy
home, Egypt were presented with a special full size
replica that they were allowed to keep. The winner of
each edition receives a replica whose dimensions are
equal to that of the original trophy.
Medals[edit]
CAF give 30 gold medals to the winning team, 30 silver
medals to the runners-up, 30 bronze medals to the
team ranked third and 30 diplomas to the team ranked
fourth in the final tournament.

Results[edit]

Edition Year Hosts Champions Score R

1 1957  Sudan 4–0

Egypt
2 1959  United Arab 2–1[b]
Republic United Arab Republic

3 1962  Ethiopia 4–2 (a.e.t.)

Ethiopia Unite

4 1963  Ghana 3–0

Ghana

5 1965  Tunisia 3–2 (a.e.t.)

Ghana

6 1968  Ethiopia 1–0

DR Congo

7 1970  Sudan 1–0

Sudan

8 1972  Cameroon 3–2

PR Congo

2–2 (a.e.t.)
9 1974  Egypt
Zaire 2–0 (replay)

10 1976  Ethiopia 1–1[c]

Morocco

11 1978  Ghana 2–0

Ghana

12 1980  Nigeria 3–0

Nigeria
  Libya 1–1 (a.e.t.)
13 1982
Ghana (7–6 p)

14 1984  Ivory Coast 3–1

Cameroon

0–0 (a.e.t.)
15 1986  Egypt
Egypt (5–4 p)

16 1988  Morocco 1–0

Cameroon

17 1990  Algeria 1–0

Algeria

0–0 (a.e.t.)
18 1992  Senegal
Ivory Coast (11–10 p)

19 1994  Tunisia 2–1

Nigeria

20 1996  South Africa 2–0

South Africa

21 1998  Burkina Faso 2–0

Egypt S

 Ghana 2–2 (a.e.t.)
22 2000
 Nigeria Cameroon (4–3 p)

23 2002  Mali 0–0 (a.e.t.)

(3–2 p)
Cameroon
24 2004  Tunisia 2–1
Tunisia

0–0 (a.e.t.)
25 2006  Egypt
Egypt (4–2 p)

26 2008  Ghana 1–0

Egypt

27 2010  Angola 1–0

Egypt

 Gabon
0–0 (a.e.t.)
28 2012  Equatorial
Zambia (8–7 p)
Guinea

29 2013  South Africa 1–0

Nigeria B

 Equatorial 0–0 (a.e.t.)
30 2015
Guinea Ivory Coast (9–8 p)

31 2017  Gabon 2–1

Cameroon

32 2019  Egypt 1–0

Algeria

33 2021  Cameroon v

34 2023  Ivory Coast TBD

35 2025  Guinea TBD

 a.e.t.: after extra time

 p: after penalty shoot-out
 TBD: to be determined
Notes

1. ^ South Africa were disqualified from the tournament

due to the country's apartheid policies.
2. ^ There was no official Africa Cup of Nations final
match in 1959. The tournament winner was decided
by a final round-robin group contested by three
teams (United Arab Republic, Sudan, and Ethiopia).
Coincidentally, the last match of the tournament
pitted the two top ranked teams against each other,
with United Arab Republic's 2–1 victory over
Sudan thus often being considered the de facto final
of the 1959 Africa Cup of Nations.
3. ^ Jump up to:a b There was no official African Cup of
Nations final match in 1976. The tournament winner
was decided by a final round-robin group contested
by four teams (Morocco, Guinea, Nigeria, and
Egypt). Coincidentally, one of the last two matches
of the tournament pitted the two top ranked teams
against each other, with Morocco's 1–1 draw with
Guinea thus often being considered the de facto final
of the 1976 African Cup of Nations. Likewise, the
game between the lowest ranked teams, played on
the same day as Morocco vs Guinea, can be
considered equal to a 3rd place match, with Nigeria's
3–2 victory over Egypt ensuring that they finished
third.
4. ^ The third-place match was tied 1–1 when the
Tunisian team withdrew from the field in the 42nd
minute in protest at the officiating. Nigeria were
awarded a 2–0 walkover.[31]
5. ^ Nigeria withdrew prior to the start of the finals.
Guinea, as the best side to not qualify, were offered
Nigeria's spot in the finals, but declined due to a lack
of preparation time.
6. ^ Togo team withdrew from the competition
after their bus was attacked by gunmen in Cabinda,
Angola. Following their departure from Angola, Togo
were formally disqualified from the tournament after
failing to fulfil their opening Group B game against
Ghana on 11 January.

Summary[edit]
Years shown in bold indicate that the country also
hosted that tournament.
 T
Tea Fourth
Winners Runners-up Third place ot
m place
al

7
3
 Eg (1957, 19591, 1986, 1
2 (19621, 2017) 3 (19631, 19701, 1974) (1976, 1980,  15
ypt 998, 2006, 2008, 201
1984)
0)

5
 Ca
(1984, 1988, 2000, 2 2 (1986, 2008) 2 (1972, 2021) 1 (1992) 10
meroon
002, 2017)

5
4 4
 Gh (1968, 1970, 1
(1963, 1965, 1978, 1 1 (2008) (1996, 2012,  14
ana 992, 2010, 201
982) 2013, 2017)
5)

8
4
 Ni (1976, 1978, 1992, 200
3 (1980, 1994, 2013) (1984, 1988, 1 – 15
geria 2, 2004, 2006, 2010, 20
990, 2000)
19)

 Ivo 4
2
ry 2 (1992, 2015) 2 (2006, 2012) (1965, 1968, 1986, 199 10
(1970, 2008)
Coast 4)

 Al 2
2 (1990, 2019) 1 (1980) 2 (1984, 1988) 7
geria (1982, 2010)

 DR
2 (19682, 19743) – 2 (1998, 2015) 1 (19723) 5
Congo

 Za
1 (2012) 2 (1974, 1994) 3 (1982, 1990, 1996) – 6
mbia

 Tu 1 (2004) 2 (1965, 1996) 1 (1962) 3 7

nisia (1978, 2000, 
 T
Tea Fourth
Winners Runners-up Third place ot
m place
al

2019)

 Su
1 (1970) 2 (1959, 1963) 1 (1957) – 4
dan

 Eth 2
1 (1962) 1 (1957) 1 (1959) 5
iopia (1963, 1968)

 Mo 2
1 (1976) 1 (2004) 1 (1980) 5
rocco (1986, 1988)

 So
uth 1 (1996) 1 (1998) 1 (2000) – 3
Africa

 Co
1 (1972) – – 1 (1974) 2
ngo

3
 Se
– 2 (2002, 2019) – (1965, 1990,  5
negal
2006)

3
 Ma
– 1 (1972) 2 (2012, 2013) (1994, 2002,  6
li
2004)

 Bu
2
rkina – 1 (2013) 1 (2017) 4
(1998, 2021)
Faso
 T
Tea Fourth
Winners Runners-up Third place ot
m place
al

 Ug
– 1 (1978) – 1 (1962) 2
anda

 Gu
– 1 (1976) – – 1
inea

 Lib
– 1 (1982) – – 1
ya

 Eq
uatorial – – – 1 (2015) 1
Guinea

Countries coloured according to their highest ever achievement at

the Africa Cup of Nations.
1
 as United Arab Republic
2
 as Congo-Kinshasa
3
 as Zaire
 All-time record[edit]
Tournaments Matches Goals Scored Goals per match

1957 2 7 3.50

1959 3 8 2.67

1962 4 18 4.50

1963 8 33 4.13

1965 8 31 3.88

1968 16 52 3.25

1970 16 51 3.19

1972 16 53 3.31

1974 17 54 3.18

1976 18 54 3.00

1978 16 38 2.38

1980 16 33 2.06

1982 16 32 2.00

1984 16 39 2.44
Tournaments Matches Goals Scored Goals per match

1986 16 31 1.94

1988 16 23 1.44

1990 16 30 1.88

1992 20 34 1.70

1994 20 44 2.20

1996 29 78 2.69

1998 32 93 2.91

2000 32 73 2.28

2002 32 48 1.50

2004 32 88 2.75

2006 32 73 2.28

2008 32 99 3.09

2010 29 71 2.45

2012 32 76 2.38
Tournaments Matches Goals Scored Goals per match

2013 32 69 2.16

2015 32 68 2.13

2017 32 66 2.06

2019 52 102 1.96

Champions by region[edit]
Regional federation Champion(s) Title(s)

Egypt (7), Algeria (2), Morocco (1), Tunisia (1
UNAF (North Africa) 11
)

WAFU (West Africa) Ghana (4), Nigeria (3), Ivory Coast (2) 9

UNIFFAC (Central Africa) Cameroon (5), DR Congo (2), Congo (1) 8

CECAFA (East Africa) Ethiopia (1), Sudan (1) 2

COSAFA (Southern Africa) South Africa (1), Zambia (1) 2

Records and statistics[edit]

Main article: Africa Cup of Nations records and
statistics
Further information: National team appearances in the
Africa Cup of Nations

See also[edit]
 African Nations Championship 
 African Women's Championship
 List of association football competitions

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