The Africa Cup of Nations is the highest football tournament in Africa. Since its inception in 1957, only 14 Countries have registered their names in title holders history book. Egypt won the first ever AFCON Edition in Sudan in 1957 and the most successful country to have won it 7 times. Current title holders is Algeria.
Below are the records;
- Egypt – 7 Titles
(1957, 1959, 1986, 1998, 2006, 2008, 2010) - Cameroon – 5 Titles
(1984, 1988, 2000, 2002, 2017) - Ghana – 4 Titles
(1963, 1965, 1978, 1982) - Nigeria – 3 Titles
(1980, 1994, 2013) - Algeria – 2 Titles
(1990, 2019) - Ivory Coast – 2 Titles
(1992, 2015) - Democratic Republic of Congo – 2 Titles
(1968, 1974) - Zambia – 1 Title
(2012) - Tunisia – 1 Title
(2004) - South Africa – 1 Title
(1996) - Morocco – 1 Title
(1976) - Republic of Congo / Congo Brazzaville ?? 1 Title
(1972) - Sudan – 1 Title
(1970) - Ethiopia – 1 Title
(1962)
AFCON Title Winners since 1957
1957: Egypt
1959: Egypt
1962: Ethiopia
1963: Ghana
1965: Ghana
1968: DRC
1970: Sudan
1972: Congo Brazzaville
1974: DRC
1976: Morocco
1978: Ghana
1980: Nigeria
1982: Ghana
1984: Cameroon
1986: Egypt
1988: Cameroon
1990: Algeria
1992: Cote d’ivoire
1994: Nigeria
1996: South Africa
1998: Egypt
2000: Cameroon
2002: Cameroon
2004: Tunisia
2006: Egypt
2008: Egypt
2010: Egypt
2012: Zambia
2013: Nigeria
2015: Cote d’ivoire
2017: Cameroon
2019: Algeria
The 2022 edition will be hosted by Cameron, which will start on the 9th January to 6th February, 2022.
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