Africa Cup of Nations

Africa Cup of Nations

Founded	10 February 1957
Region	Africa
Number of teams	16
Current champions	Cameroon (5th title)
Most successful club(s)	Egypt (7 titles)
Website	Official website
2019 Africa Cup of Nations

The Africa Cup of Nations, officially CAN (French: Coupe d'Afrique des Nations), also known as the African Cup of Nations, African Nations Cup or AFCON, is the main international association football tournament in Africa. It is held every two years, and the winners that win at the time of the FIFA Confederations Cup automatically qualify for that tournament.

The team with the most titles is Egypt, with 7 titles. The most recent winner was Cameroon in 2017 after winning over Egypt in the final.

Results

Team	Winners	Runners-up	Third place	Fourth place	Total top four
Egypt	7 (1957, 1959*, 1986*, 1998, 2006*, 2008, 2010)	2 (1962, 2017)	3 (1963, 1970, 1974*)	3 (1976, 1980, 1984)	15
Cameroon	5 (1984, 1988, 2000, 2002, 2017)	2 (1986, 2008)	1 (1972*)	1 (1992)	9
Ghana	4 (1963*, 1965, 1978*, 1982)	5 (1968, 1970, 1992, 2010, 2015)	1 (2008*)	4 (1996, 2012, 2013, 2017)	14
Nigeria	3 (1980*, 1994, 2013)	4 (1984, 1988, 1990, 2000*)	7 (1976, 1978, 1992, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2010)	–	14
Ivory Coast	2 (1992, 2015)	2 (2006, 2012)	4 (1965, 1968, 1986, 1994)	2 (1970, 2008)	10
Congo DR	2 (1968, 1974)	–	2 (1998, 2015)	1 (1972)	5
Zambia	1 (2012)	2 (1974, 1994)	3 (1982, 1990, 1996)	–	6
Tunisia	1 (2004*)	2 (1965*, 1996)	1 (1962)	2 (1978, 2000)	6
Sudan	1 (1970*)	2 (1959, 1963)	1 (1957*)	–	4
Algeria	1 (1990*)	1 (1980)	2 (1984, 1988)	2 (1982, 2010)	6
Morocco	1 (1976)	1 (2004)	1 (1980)	2 (1986, 1988*)	5
Ethiopia	1 (1962*)	1 (1957)	1 (1959)	2 (1963, 1968*)	5
South Africa	1 (1996*)	1 (1998)	1 (2000)	–	3
Congo	1 (1972)	–	–	1 (1974)	2
Mali	–	1 (1972)	2 (2012, 2013)	3 (1994, 2002*, 2004)	6
Burkina Faso	–	1 (2013)	1 (2017)	1 (1998*)	3
Senegal	–	1 (2002)	–	3 (1965, 1990, 2006)	4
Uganda	–	1 (1978)	–	1 (1962)	2
Guinea	–	1 (1976)	–	–	1
Libya	–	1 (1982*)	–	–	1
Equatorial Guinea	–	–	–	1 (2015*)	1

* hosts