Africa Cup of Nations
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{{ infobox football tournament
| current = [[2008 Africa Cup of Nations]]
| logo =
| founded = [[1957]]
| number of teams = 16
| region = [[Africa]] ([[Confederation of African Football|CAF]])
| current champions = {{fb|Egypt}}
}}
{{wikinews|Egypt wins 2008 Africa Cup of Nations}}
The '''Africa Cup of Nations''', also referred to as the '''African Nations Cup''' (ANC) 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 African Nations Cup|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 national football team|Egypt]], [[Sudan national football team|Sudan]] and [[Ethiopia national football team|Ethiopia]]. [[South Africa national football team|South Africa]] was to compete, but was disqualified due to the [[apartheid]] policies of the government then in power. Since then, the tournament has grown, 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 national football team|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 national football team|Egypt]] is the most successful nation in the cup's history, winning the tournament a record six times. [[Ghana national football team|Ghana]] and [[Cameroon national football team|Cameroon]] have won four titles each. Three different trophies have been awarded during the tournament's history, with [[Ghana national football team|Ghana]] and [[Cameroon national football team|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.
==History==
===1950s-60s: Early growth of the ANC competition===
The origins of the African Nations Cup date back to 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 nations tournament to be held, and in February 1957, the [[1957 African Cup of Nations|first African Cup of Nations]] took place in [[Khartoum]], [[Sudan]]. There was no qualification for this tournament, the field being made up of the four founding nations of CAF (Sudan, Egypt, Ethiopia, and South Africa). South Africa's refusal to send a [[multi-racial]] squad to the competition led to its disqualification and handed Ethiopia a bye straight to the final.<ref name="BBC-began">
{{cite web
| url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/africa/cup_of_nations/1709599.stm
| author=[[news.bbc.co.uk]]
| publisher=[[BBC]]
| title=African Nations Cup - How it all began
| accessdate=2007-03-09}}
</ref>
As a result, only two matches were played, with Egypt being crowned as the first continental champion after defeating hosts Sudan in the semifinal and Ethiopia in the final. Two years later, Egypt hosted the second ANC in [[Cairo]] with the participation of these same three teams. Host and defending champions Egypt repeated as cup winners, this time downing Sudan.
The field grew to include nine teams for the [[1962 African Cup of Nations|third ANC in 1962]] 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 national football team|Nigeria]] and [[Tunisia national football team|Tunisia]]. Egypt made its third consecutive final appearance, but it was Ethiopia that emerged as victors, after first beating Tunisia and then downing Egypt in [[Extra time (football)|extra time]].
===1960s: Ghanaian domination===
In 1963, [[Ghana national football team|Ghana]] made its first appearance as it hosted the event, and won the title after beating Sudan in the final. They repeated as 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.<ref name="BBC-1957-1978">
{{cite web
| url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/africa/3396199.stm
| author=[[news.bbc.co.uk]]
| publisher=[[BBC]]
| title=The early years
| accessdate=2007-03-09}}
</ref>
The [[1968 African Cup of Nations|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 tournament]]s, with the top two teams of each group advancing to semifinals, a system that remained in use for the finals until 1992. The [[Congo DR national football team|Democratic Republic of Congo]] won its first title, beating Ghana in the final. Starting with the 1968 tournament, the competition has been regularly held every two years in even numbered years. [[Cote d'Ivoire national football team|Cote d'Ivoire]] 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 African Cup of Nations|1970 tournament]] in Sudan,<ref name="BBC-1957-1978" /> as the hosts lifted the trophy after defeating Ghana – who were playing their fourth consecutive final.
===1970s: A decade of champions===
Six different nations won titles from 1970 to 1980: [[Sudan]], [[Republic of the Congo national football team|Congo-Brazzaville]], [[Zaire national football team|Zaire]], [[Morocco national football team|Morocco]], Ghana, and Nigeria. Zaire's second title in the [[1974 African Cup of Nations|1974 edition]] (they won their first as the Democratic Republic of Congo) came after facing [[Zambia national football team|Zambia]] in the final. For the first and 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 black 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. In 1980, [[Nigeria national football team|Nigeria]] hosted the event and beat [[Algeria national football team|Algeria]] to capture its first honours.
===1980s: Cameroonian and Nigerian domination===
Ghana's fourth continental title came in the [[1982 African Cup of Nations|1982 cup tournament]]; they beat Algeria in the semifinals in extra time, and faced host [[Libya national football team|Libya]] in the final. The match ended in a 1-1 draw after 120 minutes and Ghana won the [[penalty shootout (football)|penalty shootout]] to become champions. Cameroon won their first title two years later by beating Nigeria and in the [[1986 African Cup of Nations|1986 cup]] they faced Egypt – absent from the final since 1962 – with Egypt winning the title on penalty kicks. Cameroon reached its third consecutive final in the [[1988 African Cup of Nations|1988 tournament]] and won their second championship by repeating their 1984 victory over Nigeria. In 1990, Nigeria lost once again as they made their third final appearance in four tournaments, this time falling to Algeria.
===1990s: The arrival of South Africa===
The [[1992 African Cup of Nations|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 quarterfinals. [[Ghana]]ian [[midfielder]] [[Abédi Pelé|Abedi "Pelé" 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 Cote d'Ivoire in a penalty shootout that saw each side make 11 attempts to determine the winner. Cote d'Ivoire 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 national football team|Tunisia]] were humiliated by their first round elimination. [[Nigeria national football team|Nigeria]], who had just qualified to the World Cup for the first time in their history, won [[1994 African Cup of Nations|the tournament]], beating [[Zambia national football team|Zambia]], who a year before had been struck by disaster when most of their national squad died in a [[Zambia national football team#Gabon air disaster|plane crash]] while traveling to play a [[1994 FIFA World Cup qualification (CAF)|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 [[1996 African Cup of Nations|20th ANC competition]] in 1996, marking their first ever appearance after a decades long ban was lifted with the end of apartheid in the country and a failed attempt to qualify in 1994. The number of final round participants in 1996 was expanded to the current 16, split into four groups. However, the actual number of teams playing in the final was only 15 as Nigeria withdrew from the tournament at the final moment for political reasons.<ref name="BBC Sport">
{{cite web
| url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/africa/3736102.stm
| author=Mark Gleeson, BBC Sport, Cape Town
| publisher=BBC Sport
| title=SA to meet Nigeria60
| accessdate=2007-12-10}}
</ref> The ''[[South Africa national football team|Bafana Bafana]]'' won their first title on home soil, defeating Tunisia in the final. South African captain [[Neil Tovey]] became the first white player to raise the trophy.<ref name="BBC-1980-2002">
{{cite web
| url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/africa/3399773.stm
| author=[[news.bbc.co.uk]]
| publisher=[[BBC]]
| title=African Cup of Nations: 1980-2002
| accessdate=2007-03-11}}
</ref>
The South Africans would reach the final again [[1998 African Cup of Nations|two years later]] in [[Burkina Faso]], but were unable to defend their title, losing to Egypt who claimed their fourth cup.
===2000s: Cameroon's consecutive titles, followed by Egypt's===
The [[2000 African Cup of Nations|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, the ''[[Cameroon national football team|Indomitable Lions]]'' made the second consecutive titles since Ghana had done it in the 1960s and after Egypt had done it before in 1957 and 1959. Again via penalty kicks, the Cameroonians beat first-time finalists [[Senegal national football team|Senegal]], who also debuted in the [[2002 FIFA World Cup|World Cup]] later that year. Both finalists were eliminated in quarter finals [[2004 African Cup of Nations|two years later]] in [[Tunisia]], where the hosts won their first title, beating Morocco 2-1 in the final. The [[2006 African Cup of Nations|2006 tournament]] was also won by the hosts, [[Egypt national football team|Egypt]], who reached a continental-record fifth title. The [[2008 African Cup of Nations|2008 tournament]] was hosted by [[Ghana]], and saw Egypt retain the trophy, winning their record-extending sixth tournament by defeating Cameroon 1-0 in the final.
===Future===
Ahead of the [[2008 African Cup of Nations]] several European clubs called for a rethink of the tournament's schedule. As it takes place during the European season, players who are involved miss several matches for their clubs<ref name="BBC news">
{{cite web
| url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/africa/7140013.stm
| author=[[news.bbc.co.uk]]
| publisher=[[BBC]]
| title=African Nations Cup - Possible changes
| accessdate=2007-12-14}}
</ref>. 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. This would preclude many countries in central and west Africa from hosting the competition (as these months occur during their [[wet season]]) and the tournament would have to be moved to odd-numbered years so as not to clash with the [[FIFA World Cup|World Cup]].<ref>{{cite news | date=[[2008-01-18]] | url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/africa/7194966.stm| title=Blatter wants Cup of Nations move | publisher=[[BBC Sport]] | accessdate=2008-01-18}}</ref>
==Format==
===Qualification===
Since the 1962 tournament, qualification matches have been held to determine the participants for the finals. From 1962 to 1990 the qualification matches were generally two-legged knockout ties, with the number of rounds depending upon the number of participants. From 1994 onwards teams attempting to qualify have been divided into groups, with teams playing each other on a [[round robin]] basis. Until 2006 the title holders and tournament hosts qualified for the finals automatically; from 2008 only the hosts qualify automatically. The nature of the qualification groups varies from tournament to tournament. As of the 2008 tournament, qualification consists of eleven groups of four teams and one group of three teams. Each group winner qualifies, along with the three runners-up with the best records.
==Trophy==
Throughout the history of the Nations Cup, three different trophies have been awarded to the winners of the competition. The original trophy, made of silver, was the '''"Abdelaziz Abdallah Salem Trophy"''', which was named after the first CAF president, the [[Egypt]]ian [[Abdelaziz Abdallah Salem]]. As the first winner of three Nations Cup tournaments, [[Ghana national football team|Ghana]] obtained the right to permanently hold the trophy in 1978.<ref name="BBC-Newtrophy">
{{cite web
| url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/africa/1562471.stm
| author=[[news.bbc.co.uk]]
| publisher=[[BBC]]
| title=Nations Cup trophy revealed
| accessdate=2007-03-16}}
</ref>
The second trophy was awarded from 1980 to 2000, and it was named '''"Trophy of African Unity"'''<ref name="FIFA-adventure">
{{cite web
| url=http://www.fifa.com/en/print/article/0,4039,10769,00.html
| author=FIFA.com
| publisher=[[FIFA]]
| title=The Great Adventure of African Football
| accessdate=2007-03-16}}
</ref> or '''"African Unity Cup"'''.<ref name="BBC-Newtrophy" /> It was given by the Supreme Council for Sports in Africa to the CAF prior to the 1980 tournament and it was a cylindrical piece with the [[Olympic symbols#Olympic emblem|Olympic rings]] over a map of the continent engraved on it. It sat on a squared base and had stylized triangular handles. [[Cameroon national football team|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]]. Cameroon, permanent holders of the previous trophy, were the first nation to be awarded the new trophy after they won the 2002 edition.
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==Results==
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%; text-align: center;"
|-
!rowspan="2" width="5%"|Year
!rowspan="2" width="10%"|Host nation
!colspan="3"|Final
!colspan="3"|Third Place Match
|-
!width="15%"|Champion
!width="10%"|Score
!width="15%"|Second Place
!width="15%"|Third Place
!width="10%"|Score
!width="15%"|Fourth Place
|-
|[[1957]]<br />''[[1957 African Nations Cup|Details]]''
|{{flag|Sudan|1956}}
|'''{{fb-big|Egypt|1952}}'''
|
'''4 - 0'''
|{{fb-big|Ethiopia|1897}}
|{{fb-big|Sudan|1956}}
|colspan=2|({{fb|South Africa|1928}} disqualified)<sup>(1)</sup>
|-style="background: #D0E6FF;"
|[[1959]]<br />''[[1959 African Nations Cup|Details]]''
|{{flag|United Arab Republic}}
|'''{{fb-big|United Arab Republic}}'''
|'''2 - 1'''<sup>(2)</sup>
|{{fb-big|Sudan|1956}}
|{{fb-big|Ethiopia|1897}}
|colspan=2|(only three teams participated)
|-
|[[1962]]<br />''[[1962 African Nations Cup|Details]]''
|{{flag|Ethiopia|1897}}
|{{fb-big|Ethiopia|1897}}
|'''4 - 2'''<br />[[extra time|aet]]
|{{fb-big|United Arab Republic}}
|{{fb-big|Tunisia}}
|'''3 - 0'''
|{{fb-big|Uganda}}
|-style="background: #D0E6FF;"
|[[1963]]<br />''[[1963 African Nations Cup|Details]]''
|{{flag|Ghana}}
|'''{{fb-big|Ghana}}'''
|'''3 - 0'''
|{{fb-big|Sudan|1956}}
|{{fb-big|United Arab Republic}}
|'''3 - 0'''
|{{fb-big|Ethiopia|1897}}
|-
|[[1965]]<br />''[[1965 African Nations Cup|Details]]''
|{{flag|Tunisia}}
|'''{{fb-big|Ghana|1964}}'''
|'''3 - 2'''<br />[[extra time|aet]]
|{{fb-big|Tunisia}}
|{{fb-big|Cote d'Ivoire|name=Ivory Coast}}
|'''1 - 0'''
|{{fb-big|Senegal}}
|-style="background: #D0E6FF;"
|[[1968]]<br />''[[1968 African Nations Cup|Details]]''
|{{flag|Ethiopia|1897}}
|'''{{fb-big|Congo DR|1966}}'''
|'''1 - 0'''
|{{fb-big|Ghana}}
|{{fb-big|Cote d'Ivoire|name=Ivory Coast}}
|'''1 - 0'''
|{{fb-big|Ethiopia|1897}}
|-
|[[1970]]<br />''[[1970 African Nations Cup|Details]]''
|{{flag|Sudan|1956}}
|'''{{fb-big|Sudan|1956}}'''
|'''1 - 0'''
|{{fb-big|Ghana}}
|{{fb-big|United Arab Republic}}
|'''3 - 1'''
|{{fb-big|Cote d'Ivoire|name=Ivory Coast}}
|-style="background: #D0E6FF;"
|[[1972]]<br />''[[1972 African Nations Cup|Details]]''
|{{flag|Cameroon|1961}}
|'''{{fb-big|Congo|1970}}'''
|'''3 - 2'''
|{{fb-big|Mali}}
|{{fb-big|Cameroon|1961}}
|'''5 - 2'''
|{{fb-big|Zaire}}
|-
|[[1974]]<br />''[[1974 African Nations Cup|Details]]''
|{{flag|Egypt|1972}}
|'''{{fb-big|Zaire}}'''
|'''2 - 2''' [[extra time|aet]]<br /> '''2 - 0''' replay
|{{fb-big|Zambia}}
|{{fb-big|Egypt|1972}}
|'''4 - 0'''
|{{fb-big|Congo|1970}}
|-style="background: #D0E6FF;"
|[[1976]]<br />''[[1976 African Nations Cup|Details]]''
|{{flag|Ethiopia|1975}}
|'''{{fb-big|Morocco}}'''
|'''n/a'''<sup>(3)</sup>
|{{fb-big|Guinea}}
|{{fb-big|Nigeria}}
|'''n/a'''<sup>(3)</sup>
|{{fb-big|Egypt|1972}}
|-
|[[1978]]<br />''[[1978 African Nations Cup|Details]]''
|{{flag|Ghana}}
|'''{{fb-big|Ghana}}'''
|'''2 - 0'''
|{{fb-big|Uganda}}
|{{fb-big|Nigeria}}
|'''2 - 0'''<sup>(4)</sup>
|{{fb-big|Tunisia}}
|-style="background: #D0E6FF;"
|[[1980]]<br />''[[1980 African Nations Cup|Details]]''
|{{flag|Nigeria}}
|'''{{fb-big|Nigeria}}'''
|'''3 - 0'''
|{{fb-big|Algeria}}
|{{fb-big|Morocco}}
|'''2 - 0'''
|{{fb-big|Egypt|1972}}
|-
|[[1982]]<br />''[[1982 African Nations Cup|Details]]''
|{{flag|Libya}}
|'''{{fb-big|Ghana}}'''
|'''1 - 1''' [[extra time|aet]]<br />'''(7 - 6)''' [[penalty shootout (football)|ps]]
|{{fb-big|Libya}}
|{{fb-big|Zambia}}
|'''2 - 0'''
|{{fb-big|Algeria}}
|-style="background: #D0E6FF;"
|[[1984]]<br />''[[1984 African Nations Cup|Details]]''
|{{flagicon|Côte d'Ivoire}} [[Ivory Coast]]
|'''{{fb-big|Cameroon}}'''
|'''3 - 1'''
|{{fb-big|Nigeria}}
|{{fb-big|Algeria}}
|'''3 - 1'''
|{{fb-big|Egypt|1972}}
|-
|[[1986]]<br />''[[1986 African Nations Cup|Details]]''
|{{flag|Egypt}}
|'''{{fb-big|Egypt}}'''
|'''0 - 0''' [[extra time|aet]]<br />'''(5 - 4)''' [[penalty shootout (football)|ps]]
|{{fb-big|Cameroon}}
|{{fb-big|Côte d'Ivoire}}
|'''3 - 2'''
|{{fb-big|Morocco}}
|-style="background: #D0E6FF;"
|[[1988]]<br />''[[1988 African Nations Cup|Details]]''
|{{flag|Morocco}}
|'''{{fb-big|Cameroon}}'''
|'''1 - 0'''
|{{fb-big|Nigeria}}
|{{fb-big|Algeria}}
|'''1 - 1''' [[extra time|aet]]<br />'''(4 - 3)''' [[penalty shootout (football)|ps]]
|{{fb-big|Morocco}}
|-
|[[1990]]<br />''[[1990 African Nations Cup|Details]]''
|{{flag|Algeria}}
|'''{{fb-big|Algeria}}'''
|'''1 - 0'''
|{{fb-big|Nigeria}}
|{{fb-big|Zambia}}
|'''1 - 0'''
|{{fb-big|Senegal}}
|-style="background: #D0E6FF;"
|[[1992]]<br />''[[1992 African Nations Cup|Details]]''
|{{flag|Senegal}}
|'''{{fb-big|Côte d'Ivoire}}'''
|'''0 - 0''' [[extra time|aet]]<br />'''(11 - 10)''' [[penalty shootout (football)|ps]]
|{{fb-big|Ghana}}
|{{fb-big|Nigeria}}
|'''2 - 1'''
|{{fb-big|Cameroon}}
|-
|[[1994]]<br />''[[1994 African Nations Cup|Details]]''
|{{flag|Tunisia}}
|'''{{fb-big|Nigeria}}'''
|'''2 - 1'''
|{{fb-big|Zambia}}
|{{fb-big|Côte d'Ivoire}}
|'''3 - 1'''
|{{fb-big|Mali}}
|-style="background: #D0E6FF;"
|[[1996]]<br />''[[1996 African Nations Cup|Details]]''
|{{flag|South Africa}}
|'''{{fb-big|South Africa}}'''
|'''2 - 0'''
|{{fb-big|Tunisia}}
|{{fb-big|Zambia}}
|'''1 - 0'''
|{{fb-big|Ghana}}
|-
|[[1998]]<br />''[[1998 African Nations Cup|Details]]''
|{{flag|Burkina Faso}}
|'''{{fb-big|Egypt}}'''
|'''2 - 0'''
|{{fb-big|South Africa}}
|{{fb-big|Democratic Republic of the Congo|1997}}
|'''4 - 4'''<sup>(5)</sup><br />'''(4 - 1)''' [[penalty shootout (football)|ps]]
|{{fb-big|Burkina Faso}}
|-style="background: #D0E6FF;"
|[[2000]]<br />''[[2000 African Nations Cup|Details]]''
|{{flag|Ghana}} &<br />{{flag|Nigeria}}
|'''{{fb-big|Cameroon}}'''
|'''2 - 2''' [[extra time|aet]]<br />'''(4 - 3)''' [[penalty shootout (football)|ps]]
|{{fb-big|Nigeria}}
|{{fb-big|South Africa}}
|'''2 - 2''' [[extra time|aet]]<br />'''(4 - 3)''' [[penalty shootout (football)|ps]]
|{{fb-big|Tunisia}}
|-
|[[2002]]<br />''[[2002 African Nations Cup|Details]]''
|{{flag|Mali}}
|'''{{fb-big|Cameroon}}'''
|'''0 - 0''' [[extra time|aet]]<br />'''(3 - 2)''' [[penalty shootout (football)|ps]]
|{{fb-big|Senegal}}
|{{fb-big|Nigeria}}
|'''1 - 0'''
|{{fb-big|Mali}}
|-style="background: #D0E6FF;"
|[[2004]]<br />''[[2004 African Nations Cup|Details]]''
|{{flag|Tunisia}}
|'''{{fb-big|Tunisia}}'''
|'''2 - 1'''
|{{fb-big|Morocco}}
|{{fb-big|Nigeria}}
|'''2 - 1'''
|{{fb-big|Mali}}
|-
|[[2006]]<br />''[[2006 African Nations Cup|Details]]''
|{{flag|Egypt}}
|'''{{fb-big|Egypt}}'''
|'''0 - 0''' [[extra time|aet]]<br />'''(4 - 2)''' [[penalty shootout (football)|ps]]
|{{fb-big|Côte d'Ivoire}}
|{{fb-big|Nigeria}}
|'''1 - 0'''
|{{fb-big|Senegal}}
|-style="background: #D0E6FF;"
|[[2008]]<br />''[[2008 African Cup of Nations|Details]]''
|{{flag|Ghana}}
|'''{{fb-big|Egypt}}'''
|'''1 - 0'''
|{{fb-big|Cameroon}}
|{{fb-big|Ghana}}
|'''4 - 2'''
|{{fb-big|Côte d'Ivoire}}
|-
|[[2010]]<br />''[[2010 African Cup of Nations|Details]]''
|{{flag|Angola}}
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|-style="background: #D0E6FF;"
|[[2012]]<br />''[[2012 African Cup of Nations|Details]]''
|{{flag|Gabon}} / {{flag|Equatorial Guinea}}
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|[[2014]]<br />''[[2014 African Cup of Nations|Details]]''
|{{flag|Libya}}
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|[[2016]]<br />''[[2016 African Cup of Nations|Details]]''
|{{flag|Nigeria}} / {{flag|Niger}}
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<sup>(1)</sup> ''In 1957, {{fb|RSA|1928}} was disqualified from the tournament due to [[History of South Africa in the apartheid era|Apartheid]].'' <br>
<sup>(2)</sup> ''In 1959, the three teams played each other once. In the last game of the tournament, Egypt's 2-1 victory over Sudan made Egypt champions''<br>
<sup>(3)</sup> ''There was no official final match in 1976, as the tournament was decided in a final group contested by the last four teams.''<br>
<sup>(4)</sup> ''In 1978, third place was awarded to Nigeria 2-0 after Tunisia walked off with the third-place match tied 1-1 in the 42nd minute.''<br>
<sup>(5)</sup> ''No extra time was played.''
*'''Key:'''
**<u>aet</u> – ''after [[extra time]]''
**<u>ps</u> – ''after [[penalty shootout (football)|penalty shootout]]''
== Statistics ==
=== Most championships won ===
[[Image:Africa cup of Nations champions as of 2008.svg|thumb|300px|Map of the number of championships in African Cup of Nations]]
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!Wins!!Nation!!Year(s)
|-
|align=center| 6 times ||{{fb|EGY}} ||1957, 1959, 1986, 1998, 2006, 2008
|-
|align=center| 4 times ||{{fb|GHA}} ||1963, 1965, 1978, 1982
|-
|align=center| 4 times ||{{fb|CMR}}||1984, 1988, 2000, 2002
|-
|align=center| 2 times ||{{fb|COD}}||1968, 1974
|-
|align=center| 2 times ||{{fb|NGA}}||1980, 1994
|-
|align=center| 1 time ||{{fb|ETH}}||1962
|-
|align=center| 1 time ||{{fb|CGO}}||1972
|-
|align=center| 1 time ||{{fb|CIV}}||1992
|-
|align=center| 1 time ||{{fb|ALG}}||1990
|-
|align=center| 1 time ||{{fb|MAR}}||1976
|-
|align=center| 1 time ||{{fb|RSA}}||1996
|-
|align=center| 1 time ||{{fb|SUD}}||1970
|-
|align=center| 1 time ||{{fb|TUN}}||2004
|-
|}
=== Most appearances in the final match ===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
|-
|align=center| '''7''' || {{fb|EGY}}</br>{{fb|GHA}}
|-
|align=center| '''6''' || {{fb|CMR}}</br>{{fb|NGA}}
|-
|align=center| '''3''' || {{fb|TUN}}</br>{{fb|SUD}}
|-
|align=center| '''2''' || {{fb|ALG}}</br>{{fb|ETH}}</br>{{fb|MAR}}</br>{{fb|CIV}}</br>{{fb|RSA}}</br>{{fb|ZAM}}</br>{{fb|COD}} (once as {{fb|Zaire}})
|-
|align=center| '''1''' || {{fb|CGO}}</br>{{fb|MLI}}</br>{{fb|SEN}}</br>{{fb|UGA}}</br>{{fb|GUI}}</br>{{fb|LBY}}
|-
|}
=== Tournament appearances ===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!Appearances!!Nation
|-
|align=center| '''21''' || {{fb|EGY}}
|-
|align=center| '''17''' || {{fb|CIV}}
|-
|align=center| '''16''' || {{fb|GHA}}
|-
|align=center| '''15''' || {{fb|COD}} (seven times as {{fb|Zaire}})</br>{{fb|NGA}}</br>{{fb|CMR}}
|-
|align=center| '''13''' || {{fb|ALG}}</br>{{fb|MAR}}</br>{{fb|TUN}}</br>{{fb|ZAM}}
|-
|align=center| '''11''' || {{fb|SEN}}
|-
|align=center| '''9''' || {{fb|ETH}}</br>{{fb|GUI}}
|-
|align=center| '''7''' || {{fb|RSA}}</br>{{fb|SUD}}
|-
|align=center| '''6''' || {{fb|BFA}}</br>{{fb|CGO}} </br>{{fb|TOG}}
|-
|align=center| '''5''' || {{fb|KEN}}</br>{{fb|MLI}}</br>{{fb|UGA}}
|-
|align=center| '''4''' || {{fb|ANG}}
|-
|align=center| '''3''' || {{fb|GAB}}</br>{{fb|MOZ}}
|-
|align=center| '''2''' || {{fb|BEN}}</br>{{fb|LBR}}</br>{{fb|LBY}}</br>{{fb|NAM}}</br>{{fb|SLE}}</br>{{fb|ZIM}}
|-
|align=center| '''1''' || {{fb|MWI}}</br>{{fb|MRI}} </br>{{fb|RWA}}</br>{{fb|TAN}}
|-
|}
=== Most tournaments hosted ===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!Hosts!!Nation!!Year(s)
|-
|align=center| 4 times ||{{fb|EGY}} ||1959, 1974, 1986, 2006
|-
|align=center| 4 times ||{{fb|GHA}} ||1963, 1978, 2000^, 2008
|-
|align=center| 3 times ||{{fb|ETH}} ||1962, 1968, 1976
|-
|align=center| 3 times ||{{fb|TUN}} ||1965, 1994, 2004
|-
|align=center| 2 times ||{{fb|NGA}}* ||1980, 2000^
|-
|align=center| 2 times ||{{fb|SUD}} ||1957, 1970
|-
|align=center| 1 time ||{{fb|ALG}} ||1990
|-
|align=center| 1 time ||{{fb|BFA}} ||1998
|-
|align=center| 1 time ||{{fb|CMR}} ||1972
|-
|align=center| 1 time ||{{fb|LBY}}† ||1982
|-
|align=center| 1 time ||{{fb|CIV}} ||1984
|-
|align=center| 1 time ||{{fb|MLI}} ||2002
|-
|align=center| 1 time ||{{fb|MAR}} ||1988
|-
|align=center| 1 time ||{{fb|SEN}} ||1992
|-
|align=center| 1 time ||{{fb|RSA}} ||1996
|}
* † Scheduled to host 2014 tournament
* <nowiki>*</nowiki>Scheduled to host 2018 tournament
'''Other future hosts:'''
:{{fb|ANG}} (2010)
:{{fb|GAB}} (2012^)
:{{fb|EQG}} (2012^)
* ^ Co-hosts
===Overall top goalscorers===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!Goals
!Scorers
|-
|16||{{flagicon|Cameroon}} [[Samuel Eto'o]]
|-
|14||{{flagicon|Côte d'Ivoire}} [[Laurent Pokou]]
|-
|13||{{flagicon|Nigeria}} [[Rashidi Yekini]]
|-
|12||{{flagicon|Egypt}} [[Hassan El-Shazly]] {{flagicon|Ghana}} [[Michael Essien]]
|-
|11
|{{flagicon|Cameroon}} [[Patrick Mboma]], {{flagicon|Egypt}} [[Hossam Hassan]]
|-
|10
|{{flagicon|Tunisia}} [[Francileudo Santos]], {{flagicon|Ethiopia}} [[Mengistu Worku]], {{flagicon|Côte d'Ivoire}} [[Joel Tiéhi]], {{flagicon|Zaire}} [[Mulamba Ndaye]], {{flagicon|Zambia}} [[Kalusha Bwalya]]
|-
|9
|{{flagicon|Côte d'Ivoire}} [[Abdoulaye Traoré (Côte d'Ivoire footballer)|Abdoulaye Traoré]]
|-
|8
| {{flagicon|Ghana}} [[Wilberforce Kwadwo Mfum]] {{flagicon|Ghana}} [[Junior Agogo]]
|-
|7
|{{flagicon|Egypt}} [[Ali Abugresha]], {{flagicon|Egypt}} [[Taher Abouzaid]], {{flagicon|Egypt}} [[Mohamed Aboutreika]], {{flagicon|Cameroon}} [[Roger Milla]], {{flagicon|South Africa}} [[Benni McCarthy]], {{flagicon|Nigeria}} [[Jay-Jay Okocha]]
|-
|}
===Top scorers===
{| class="wikitable"
!Year
!Player
!Goals
|-
|1957
|{{flagicon|EGY}} [[Diab Mohammed Diab El-Attar]] ([[Ad-Diba]])
|align=center|5
|-
|1959
|{{flagicon|EGY}} [[Mahmoud Al-Gohari]]
|align=center|3
|-
|1962
|{{flagicon|EGY}} [[Abdelfatah Badawi]] <br />{{flagicon|ETH}} [[Menguistou Worku]]
|align=center|3
|-
|1963
|{{flagicon|EGY}} [[Hassan El-Shazly]]
|align=center|6
|-
|1965
|{{flagicon|GHA}} [[Ben Acheampong]] <br />{{flagicon|GHA}} [[Osei Kofi]] <br />{{flagicon|CIV}} [[Eustache Manglé]]
|align=center|3
|-
|1968
|{{flagicon|CIV}} [[Laurent Pokou]]
|align=center|6
|-
|1970
|{{flagicon|CIV}} [[Laurent Pokou]]
|align=center|8
|-
|1972
|{{flagicon|Mali}} [[Salif Keita]]
|align=center|5
|-
|1974
|{{flagicon|Zaire}} [[Mulamba Ndaye]]
|align=center|9
|-
|1976
|{{flagicon|GUI}} [[Keita Aliou Mamadou ‘N’Jo Léa’]]
|align=center|4
|-
|1978
|{{flagicon|UGA}} [[Philip Omondi]] <br />{{flagicon|GHA}} [[Opoku Afriyie]] <br />{{flagicon|NGA}} [[Segun Odegbami]]
|align=center|3
|-
|1980
|{{flagicon|MAR}} [[Khaled Al Abyad Labied]] <br />{{flagicon|NGA}} [[Segun Odegbami]]
|align=center|3
|-
|1982
|{{flagicon|GHA}} [[George Alhassan]]
|align=center|4
|-
|1984
|{{flagicon|EGY}} [[Taher Abouzaid]]
|align=center|4
|-
|1986
|{{flagicon|CMR}} [[Roger Milla]]
|align=center|4
|-
|1988
|{{flagicon|EGY}} [[Gamal Abdelhamid]] <br />{{flagicon|ALG}} [[Lakhdar Belloumi]] <br />{{flagicon|CMR}} [[Roger Milla]] <br />{{flagicon|CIV}} [[Abdoulaye Traoré]]
|align=center|2
|-
|1990
|{{flagicon|ALG}} [[Djamel Menad]]
|align=center|4
|-
|1992
|{{flagicon|NGA}} [[Rashidi Yekini]]
|align=center|4
|-
|1994
|{{flagicon|NGA}} [[Rashidi Yekini]]
|align=center|5
|-
|1996
|{{flagicon|ZAM}} [[Kalusha Bwalya]]
|align=center|5
|-
|1998
|{{flagicon|EGY}} [[Hossam Hassan]] <br />{{flagicon|RSA}} [[Benedict McCarthy]]
|align=center|7
|-
|2000
|{{flagicon|RSA}} [[Shaun Bartlett]]
|align=center|5
|-
|2002
|{{flagicon|CMR}} [[Patrick Mboma]] <br />{{flagicon|CMR}} [[René Salomon Olembe]] <br />{{flagicon|NGA}} [[Julius Aghahowa]]
|align=center|3
|-
|2004
|{{flagicon|CMR}} [[Patrick Mboma]] <br />{{flagicon|Mali}} [[Frédéric Kanouté]] <br />{{flagicon|MAR}} [[Youssef Mokhtari]] <br />{{flagicon|NGA}} [[Jay-Jay Okocha]] <br />{{flagicon|TUN}} [[Francileudo dos Santos]]
|align=center|4
|-
|2006
|{{flagicon|CMR}} [[Samuel Eto'o]]
|align=center|5
|-
|2008
|{{flagicon|CMR}} [[Samuel Eto'o]]
|align=center|5
|-
|}
===General Statistics===
{| align=center cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" style="background: #f9f9f9; border: 1px #aaa solid; border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 90%;" width=60%
|- align=center bgcolor=#069 style="color:white;"
!width=50% colspan=2|Team
!width=5%|'''Pts'''
!width=5%|'''P'''
!width=5%|'''W'''
!width=5%|'''D'''
!width=5%|'''L'''
!width=5%|'''GF'''
!width=5%|'''GC'''
!width=10%|'''Dif'''
!width=10%|%
|- align=center bgcolor=#F5FAFF
|'''1
|align=left|{{fb|Ghana}}
|'''137'''||71||40||17||15||110||70||+40||63,4%
|- align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF
|'''2
|align=left|{{fb|Egypt}}
|'''134'''||78||40||14||24||123||77||+46||57,3%
|- align=center bgcolor=#F5FAFF
|'''3
|align=left|{{fb|Cameroon}}
|'''115'''||61||32||19||10||90||51||+39||62,8%
|- align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF
|'''4
|align=left|{{fb|Nigeria}}
|'''109'''||60||32||13||15||80||51||+29||60,6%
|- align=center bgcolor=#F5FAFF
|'''5
|align=left|{{fb|Ivory Coast}}
|'''88'''||62||24||16||22||82||72||+10||47,3%
|- align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF
|'''6
|align=left|{{fb|Togo}}
|'''70'''||48||17||19||12||52||40||+12||48,6%
|- align=center bgcolor=#F5FAFF
|'''7
|align=left|{{fb|Zambia}}
|'''70'''||48||20||10||18||58||50||+8||48,6%
|- align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF
|'''8
|align=left|{{fb|Algeria}}
|'''70'''||51||18||16||17||63||57||+6||45,8%
|- align=center bgcolor=#F5FAFF
|'''9
|align=left|{{fb|COD}}
|'''63'''||56||16||15||25||64||80||-16||37,5%
|- align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF
|'''10
|align=left|{{fb|Tunisia}}
|'''61'''||46||15||16||15||59||57||+2||44,2%
|- align=center bgcolor=#F5FAFF
|'''11
|align=left|{{fb|Senegal}}
|'''54'''||40||15||9||16||45||34||+11||45,0%
|- align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF
|'''12
|align=left|{{fb|South Africa}}
|'''46'''||28||13||7||8||34||27||+7||54,8%
|- align=center bgcolor=#F5FAFF
|'''13
|align=left|{{fb|Guinea}}
|'''37'''||28||9||10||9||40||38||+2||44,0%
|- align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF
|'''14
|align=left|{{fb|Mali}}
|'''30'''||22||8||6||8||30||34||-4||45,5%
|- align=center bgcolor=#F5FAFF
|'''15
|align=left|{{fb|Sudan}}
|'''23'''||17||6||5||6||24||22||+2||45,1%
|- align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF
|'''16
|align=left|{{fb|Ethiopia}}
|'''23'''||24||7||2||15||28||54||-26||31,9%
|- align=center bgcolor=#F5FAFF
|'''17
|align=left|{{fb|Congo}}
|'''21'''||22||5||6||11||21||34||-13||31,8%
|- align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF
|'''18
|align=left|{{fb|Morocco}}
|'''12'''||18||2||6||10||13||32||-19||22,2%
|- align=center bgcolor=#F5FAFF
|'''19
|align=left|{{fb|Burkina Faso}}
|'''11'''||21||2||5||14||20||45||-25||17,5%
|- align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF
|'''20
|align=left|{{fb|Libya}}
|'''10'''||8||2||4||2||8||9||-1||41,7%
|- align=center bgcolor=#F5FAFF
|'''21
|align=left|{{fb|Uganda}}
|'''10'''||16||3||1||12||17||31||-14||20,8%
|- align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF
|'''22
|align=left|{{fb|Angola}}
|'''7'''||9||1||4||4||13||19||-6||25,9%
|- align=center bgcolor=#F5FAFF
|'''23
|align=left|{{fb|Kenya}}
|'''7'''||14||1||4||9||8||24||-16||16,7%
|- align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF
|'''24
|align=left|{{fb|Zimbabwe}}
|'''6'''||6||2||0||4||8||13||-5||33,3%
|- align=center bgcolor=#F5FAFF
|'''25
|align=left|{{fb|Liberia}}
|'''5'''||5||1||2||2||5||7||-2||33,3%
|- align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF
|'''26
|align=left|{{fb|Gabon}}
|'''5'''||8||1||2||5||6||16||-10||20,8%
|- align=center bgcolor=#F5FAFF
|'''27
|align=left|{{fb|Rwanda}}
|'''4'''||3||1||1||1||3||3||0||44,4%
|- align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF
|'''28
|align=left|{{fb|Sierra Leone}}
|'''4'''||5||1||1||3||2||11||-9||26,7%
|- align=center bgcolor=#F5FAFF
|'''29
|align=left|{{fb|Namibia}}
|'''2'''||6||0||2||4||9||18||-9||22,2%
|- align=center bgcolor=#DOE7FF
|'''30
|align=left|{{fb|Tanzania}}
|'''1'''||3||0||1||2||3||6||-3||11,1%
|- align=center bgcolor=#F5FAFF
|'''31
|align=left|{{fb|Malawi}}
|'''1'''||3||0||1||2||2||6||-4||11,1%
|- align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF
|'''32
|align=left|{{fb|Mozambique}}
|'''1'''||9||0||1||8||2||19||-17||3,7%
|- align=center bgcolor=#F5FAFF
|'''33
|align=left|{{fb|Mauritius}}
|'''0'''||3||0||0||3||2||8||-6||0,0%
|- align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF
|'''34
|align=left|{{fb|Benin}}
|'''0'''||6||0||0||6||2||16||-14||0,0%
|}
==See also==
* [[List of football (soccer) competitions]]
==References==
<references />
==Further reading==
* [http://www.fifa.com/en/print/article/0,4039,10769,00.html The Great Adventure of African Football] ([[FIFA]])
* [http://www.sis.gov.eg/En/Society/acup/History/091302000000000001.htm History of African Nations cup since 1957] (Egypt State Information Service)
==External links==
* [http://www.cafonline.com/ Confédération Africaine de Football]
* [http://www.rsssf.com/tablesa/afrchamp.html Coverage for the rec.sport.soccer.statistics foundation]
* [http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/africa/3374029.stm Historical Records from BBC Sport]
* [http://sports.thinkghana.com/ghanacan2008 Ghana CAN 2008 - African Cup of Nations News]
* [http://arogeraldes.blogspot.com/2007/10/sorteo-de-la-copa-africana-de-naciones.html Ghana CAN 2008 - All results]
* [http://www.angelfire.com/ak/EgyptianSports/africanhistory.html African Cup of Nations - Full Details]
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