However, it was the 2000s witnessed the most successful Egyptian side in AFCON, as Egypt won the tournament back to back from 2006 to 2010, expanding their result to seven, an African record. Egypt then missed three AFCON editions from 2012 to 2015, before returning in 2017 where the Pharaohs almost conquered its eighth title until losing to Cameroon 1–2 in the final.