The African Nations Cup (more formally the African Cup of Nations) is the main national football competition for CAF nations. It has been held every two years since 1968, and before that was held at irregular intervals.

In the first African Nations Cup in 1957, there were only three participating nations: Egypt, Sudan and Ethiopia. Since then the field has grown to include almost every African nation, thus making it necessary to hold a qualifying tournament. The number of participants in the final tournament reached 16 in 1998.

Results

Year	Host		Final				Third Place Match
			Champion	Score	Second Place		Third Place	Score	Fourth Place
1957 Details	Sudan		Egypt	4 - 0	Ethiopia		Sudan	(only three teams participated)
1959 Details	Egypt		Egypt	2 - 1(1)	Sudan		Ethiopia	(only three teams participated)
1962 Details	Ethiopia		Ethiopia	4 - 2 aet	Egypt		Tunisia	3 - 0	Uganda
1963 Details	Ghana		Ghana	3 - 0	Sudan		Egypt	3 - 0	Ethiopia
1965 Details	Tunisia		Ghana	3 - 2 aet	Tunisia		Côte d'Ivoire	1 - 0	Senegal
1968 Details	Ethiopia		Congo DR	1 - 0	Ghana		Côte d'Ivoire	1 - 0	Ethiopia
1970 Details	Sudan		Sudan	1 - 0	Ghana		Egypt	3 - 1	Côte d'Ivoire
1972 Details	Cameroon		Congo	3 - 2	Mali		Cameroon	5 - 2	Zaire
1974 Details	Egypt		Zaire	2 - 2 aet	Zambia		Egypt	4 - 0	Congo
			Final replay: 2 - 0
1976 Details	Ethiopia		Morocco	n/a(2)	Guinea		Nigeria	n/a(2)	Egypt
1978 Details	Ghana		Ghana	2 - 0	Uganda		Nigeria	2 - 0(3)	Tunisia
1980 Details	Nigeria		Nigeria	3 - 0	Algeria		Morocco	2 - 0	Egypt
1982 Details	Libya		Ghana	1 - 1 aet	Libya		Zambia	2 - 0	Algeria
			7 - 6 on penalty shootout
1984 Details	Côte d'Ivoire		Cameroon	3 - 1	Nigeria		Algeria	3 - 1	Egypt
1986 Details	Egypt		Egypt	0 - 0 aet	Cameroon		Côte d'Ivoire	3 - 2	Morocco
			5 - 4 on penalty shootout
1988 Details	Morocco		Cameroon	1 - 0	Nigeria		Algeria	1 - 1 aet	Morocco
							4 - 3 on penalty shootout
1990 Details	Algeria		Algeria	1 - 0	Nigeria		Zambia	1 - 0	Senegal
1992 Details	Senegal		Côte d'Ivoire	0 - 0 aet	Ghana		Nigeria	2 - 1	Cameroon
			11 - 10 on penalty shootout
1994 Details	Tunisia		Nigeria	2 - 1	Zambia		Côte d'Ivoire	3 - 1	Mali
1996 Details	South Africa		South Africa	2 - 0	Tunisia		Zambia	1 - 0	Ghana
1998 Details	Burkina Faso		Egypt	2 - 0	South Africa		Congo DR	4 - 4	Burkina Faso
							4 - 1 on penalty shootout
2000 Details	Ghana & Nigeria		Cameroon	2 - 2 aet	Nigeria		South Africa	2 - 2 aet	Tunisia
			4 - 3 on penalty shootout				4 - 3 on penalty shootout
2002 Details	Mali		Cameroon	0 - 0 aet	Senegal		Nigeria	1 - 0	Mali
			3 - 2 on penalty shootout
2004 Details	Tunisia		Tunisia	2 - 1	Morocco		Nigeria	2 - 1	Mali
2006 Details	Egypt

⁽¹⁾ In 1959, the three teams played each other once. The 2-1 victory over Sudan that made Egypt champions was also the last game of the tournament.
⁽²⁾ There was no official final match in 1976. The tournament was decided in a final group contested by four teams.
⁽³⁾ In 1978, third place was awarded 2-0 to Nigeria after Tunisia withdrew with the third-place match tied 1-1 in the 42nd minute.

• Key:
  • aet - after extra time
  • asdet - after sudden death extra time

Total Wins

• Cameroon, Egypt, Ghana - 4 wins
• Nigeria, Democratic Republic of the Congo (1 as Zaire) - 2 wins
• Algeria, Côte d'Ivoire, Ethiopia, Morocco, Republic of the Congo, South Africa, Sudan, Tunisia - 1 win

External links

• Confédération Africaine de Football
• Coverage for the rec.sport.soccer.statistics foundation