Africa Cup of Nations

Africa Cup of Nations
Founded	1957
Region	Africa (CAF)
Number of teams	24
Tournament information
Current champions	Senegal (1st title)
Most successful team(s)	Egypt (7 titles)
Current

The Africa Cup of Nations, officially CAN, also referred to as African Cup of Nations, or AFCON, is the main international 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. The title holders at the time of a FIFA Confederations Cup qualify for that competition.

In 1957 there were only three participating nations: Egypt, Sudan and Ethiopia. South Africa was originally scheduled to compete, but were disqualified due to the apartheid policies of the government then in power. Since then, the tournament has grown 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 since then, the format has been unchanged, with the sixteen teams being drawn into four groups of four teams each, with the top two teams of each group advancing to a "knock-out" stage.

Egypt is the most successful nation in the cup's history, winning the tournament a record of seven times (including when Egypt was known as the United Arab Republic between 1958 and 1971). Ghana and Cameroon have won four titles each. Three different 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 and with Egypt winning it indefinitely after winning their unprecedented third consecutive title in 2010.

Results

Edition	Year	Host		Final				Third place playoff				Number of teams
				Winners	Score	Runners-up		Third place	Score	Fourth place
1	1957 Details	Sudan		Egypt	4–0	Ethiopia		Sudan				3/4
2	1959 Details	United Arab Republic		United Arab Republic	2–1	Sudan		Ethiopia				3
3	1962 Details	Ethiopia		Ethiopia	4–2 (a.e.t.)	United Arab Republic		Tunisia	3–0	Uganda		4
4	1963 Details	Ghana		Ghana	3–0	Sudan		United Arab Republic	3–0	Ethiopia		6
5	1965 Details	Tunisia		Ghana	3–2 (a.e.t.)	Tunisia		Ivory Coast	1–0	Senegal		6
6	1968 Details	Ethiopia		Congo-Kinshasa	1–0	Ghana		Ivory Coast	1–0	Ethiopia		8
7	1970 Details	Sudan		Sudan	1–0	Ghana		United Arab Republic	3–1	Ivory Coast		8
8	1972 Details	Cameroon		Congo	3–2	Mali		Cameroon	5–2	Zaire		8
9	1974 Details	Egypt		Zaire	2–2 (a.e.t.) 2–0 (replay)	Zambia		Egypt	4–0	Congo		8
10	1976 Details	Ethiopia		Morocco	1–1	Guinea		Nigeria	3–2	Egypt		8
11	1978 Details	Ghana		Ghana	2–0	Uganda		Nigeria	2–0	Tunisia		8
12	1980 Details	Nigeria		Nigeria	3–0	Algeria		Morocco	2–0	Egypt		8
13	1982 Details	Libya		Ghana	1–1 (a.e.t.) (7–6 p)	Libya		Zambia	2–0	Algeria		8
14	1984 Details	Ivory Coast		Cameroon	3–1	Nigeria		Algeria	3–1	Egypt		8
15	1986 Details	Egypt		Egypt	0–0 (a.e.t.) (5–4 p)	Cameroon		Ivory Coast	3–2	Morocco		8
16	1988 Details	Morocco		Cameroon	1–0	Nigeria		Algeria	1–1 (a.e.t.) (4–3 p)	Morocco		8
17	1990 Details	Algeria		Algeria	1–0	Nigeria		Zambia	1–0	Senegal		8
18	1992 Details	Senegal		Ivory Coast	0–0 (a.e.t.) (11–10 p)	Ghana		Nigeria	2–1	Cameroon		12
19	1994 Details	Tunisia		Nigeria	2–1	Zambia		Ivory Coast	3–1	Mali		12
20	1996 Details	South Africa		South Africa	2–0	Tunisia		Zambia	1–0	Ghana		15/16
21	1998 Details	Burkina Faso		Egypt	2–0	South Africa		DR Congo	4–4 (a.e.t.) (4–1 p)	Burkina Faso		16
22	2000 Details	Ghana Nigeria		Cameroon	2–2 (a.e.t.) (4–3 p)	Nigeria		South Africa	2–2 (a.e.t.) (4–3 p)	Tunisia		16
23	2002 Details	Mali		Cameroon	0–0 (a.e.t.) (3–2 p)	Senegal		Nigeria	1–0	Mali		16
24	2004 Details	Tunisia		Tunisia	2–1	Morocco		Nigeria	2–1	Mali		16
25	2006 Details	Egypt		Egypt	0–0 (a.e.t.) (4–2 p)	Ivory Coast		Nigeria	1–0	Senegal		16
26	2008 Details	Ghana		Egypt	1–0	Cameroon		Ghana	4–2	Ivory Coast		16
27	2010 Details	Angola		Egypt	1–0	Ghana		Nigeria	1–0	Algeria		15/16
28	2012 Details	Gabon Equatorial Guinea		Zambia	0–0 (a.e.t.) (8–7 p)	Ivory Coast		Mali	2–0	Ghana		16
29	2013 Details	South Africa		Nigeria	1–0	Burkina Faso		Mali	3–1	Ghana		16
30	2015 Details	Equatorial Guinea		Ivory Coast	0–0 (a.e.t.) (9–8 p)	Ghana		DR Congo	0–0 (a.e.t.) (4–2 p)	Equatorial Guinea		16
31	2017 Details	Gabon		Cameroon	2–1	Egypt		Burkina Faso	1–0	Ghana		16
32	2019 Details	Egypt		Algeria	1–0	Senegal		Nigeria	1–0	Tunisia		24
33	2022 Details	Cameroon		Senegal	0–0 (a.e.t.) (4-2 p)	Egypt		Burkina Faso	3–3 (3-5 p)	Cameroon		24
34	2023 Details	Ivory Coast		To be played				To be played				24
35	2025 Details	Guinea		To be played				To be played				24

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