Africa Cup of Nations

Africa Cup of Nations	Africa Cup of Nations
 	
Founded 	1957
Ryion 	Africa
Number of Teams 	16
Current Champions 	(1st title)
Most Successful 	(7 titles)
The Africa Cup of Nations, also referred to as the African Cup of Nations or African Nations Cup, is the main international association football comphition 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.
== Results ==
Year 	Host nation 		Final 	Final 	Final 		Third Place 	Third Place 	Third Place
Year 	Host nation 		Champion 	Score 	Second Place		Third Place 	Third Place 	Third Place
1957 	 		Egypt 	4 – 0 	Ethiopia 		 	 	
1959Details	Egypt 		Egypt 	2 – 1 	 		Ethiopia 	Ethiopia 	Ethiopia
Year 	Host nation 		Final 	Final 	Final 		Third Place Match	Third Place Match 	Third Place Match
Year 	Host nation 		Champion 	Score 	Second Place		Third Place 	Score 	Fourth Place
1962Details	Ethopia 		Ethiopia 	4 – 2aet 	Egypt 		Tunisia 	3 – 0 	
1963Details	Ghana 		Ghana 	3 – 0 	 		Egypt 	3 – 0 	Ethiopia
1965Details	Tunisia 		Ghana 	3 – 2aet 	Tunisia 		Ivory Coast 	1 – 0 	
1968 	 		Congo DR 	1 – 0 	Ghana 		Ivory Coast 	1 – 0 	Ethiopia
1970Details	 		 	3 – 2 	Ghana 		Egypt 	3 – 1 	Ivory Coast
1972Details	Cameroon 		 	3 – 2 	Mali 		Cameroon 	5 – 2 	Congo DR
1974Details	Egypt 		Zaire 	2 – 2aet2 – 0replay 	Zambia 		Egypt 	4 – 0 	
1976Details	Ethiopia 		Morocco 	n/a 	 		Nigeria 	n/a 	Egypt
1978Details	Ghana 		Ghana 	2 – 0 	 		Nigeria 	2 – 0 	Tunisia
1980 	Nigeria 		Nigeria 	3 – 0 	Algeria 		Morocco 	2 – 0 	Egypt
1982Details	 		Ghana 	1 – 1(7 – 6)penalties 	 		Zambia 	2 – 0 	Algeria
1984 	Ivory Coast 		Cameroon 	3 – 1 	Nigeria 		Algeria 	3 – 1 	Egypt
1986 	Egypt 		Egypt 	0 – 0(5 – 4)penalties 	Cameroon 		Ivory Coast 	3 – 2 	Morocco
1988 	Morocco 		Cameroon 	1 – 0 	Nigeria 		Algeria 	1 – 1(4 – 3)penalties	Morocco
1990Details	Algeria 		Algeria 	1 – 0 	Nigeria 		Zambia 	1 – 0 	
1992Details	 		 	0 – 0(11 – 10)penalties	Ghana 		Nigeria 	2 – 1 	Cameroon
1994 	Tunisia 		Nigeria 	2 – 1 	Zambia 		Ivory Coast 	3 – 1 	Mali
1996 	South Africa 		South Africa	2 – 0 	Tunisia 		Zambia 	1 – 0 	Ghana
1998Details	 		Egypt 	2 – 0 	South Africa		Congo DR 	4 – 4
(4 – 1)penalties	
2000 	Ghana Nigeria		Cameroon 	2 – 2(4 – 3)penalties 	Nigeria 		South Africa 	2 – 2(4 – 3)penalties	Tunisia
2002Details	Mali 		Cameroon 	0 – 0(3 – 2)penalties 	 		Nigeria 	1 – 0 	Mali
2004 	Tunisia 		Tunisia 	2 – 1 	Morocco 		Nigeria 	2 – 1 	Mali
2006Details	Egypt 		Egypt 	0 – 0(4 – 2)penalties 	Ivory Coast 		Nigeria 	1 – 0 	
2008 	Ghana 		Egypt 	1 – 0 	Cameroon 		Ghana 	4 – 2 	Ivory Coast
2010 	 		Egypt 	1 – 0 	Ghana 		Nigeria 	1 – 0 	Algeria
2012 	 		Zambia 	0 – 0(8 – 7)penalties 	Ivory Coast 		Mali 	2 – 0 	Ghana
2013Details	 		To be played	To be played 	To be played		To be played 	To be played 	To be played
2015Details	Morocco 		To be played	To be played 	To be played		To be played 	To be played 	To be played
2017Details	 		To be played	To be played 	To be played		To be played 	To be played 	To be played
== Records and statistics ==
== Participating nations ==
Category:Africa Cup of Nations
Category:Confederation of African Football