List of Africa Cup of Nations finals

Africa Cup of Nations Final
	Senegal, champions of the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations
Organising body	CAF
Founded	1957; 67 years ago
Region	Africa
Current champions	Ivory Coast (3rd title)
Most successful team(s)	Egypt (7 titles)

The Africa Cup of Nations is a football competition established in 1957. It is contested by the men's national teams of members of the Confederation of African Football (CAF), the African governing body for the sport, and is held every two years. The winner of the first final was Egypt, who defeated Ethiopia 4–0 in Khartoum, after extra time.^[1] The last final hosted in Abidjan in 2024 was won by the Ivory Coast, defeating Nigeria 2–1.^[2]

The Africa Cup of Nations final is the last match of the competition, and the result determines which team will be declared African champion. As of the 2021 edition, if the score is tied after 90 minutes of regular play, an additional 30-minute period of play, called overtime, is added. If such a match remains tied after extra time, it is decided by a penalty shoot-out. The team that wins the penalty shootout is then declared the champion.

The 34 finals to-date have produced twelve drawn matches, the eventual winners of which have been determined variously by replay (1974), extra time (1962, 1965), or penalty shoot-out (1982, 1986, 1992, 2000, 2002, 2006, 2012, 2015, 2021). Egypt is the most successful teams in the history of the tournament, winning seven times.

List of finals

Key to the list
a.e.t.	Result after extra time
pen.	Match was won on a penalty shoot-out
re.	Match was won after a replay

List of finals of the Africa Cup of Nations^[3]
Tournament	Winners	Score	Runners-up	Venue	Location	Attendance	Ref.
1957	Egypt	4–0	Ethiopia	Municipal Stadium	Khartoum, Sudan	30,000	^[4]
1959	United Arab Republic	2–1 ^{[n 1]}	Sudan	Prince Farouk Stadium	Cairo, Egypt	30,000	^[5]
1962	Ethiopia	4–2 (a.e.t.)	United Arab Republic	Hailé Sélassié Stadium	Addis Ababa, Ethiopia	30,000	^[6]
1963	Ghana	3–0	Sudan	Accra Sports Stadium	Accra, Ghana		^[7]
1965	Ghana	3–2 (a.e.t.)	Tunisia	Stade Chedli Zouiten	Tunis, Tunisia	16,000	^[8]
1968	DR Congo	1–0	Ghana	Hailé Sélassié Stadium	Addis Ababa, Ethiopia	25,000	^[9]
1970	Sudan	1–0	Ghana	Municipal Stadium	Khartoum, Sudan	12,187	^[10]
1972	PR Congo	3–2	Mali	Stade Omnisports	Yaoundé, Cameroon	40,000	^[11]
1974	Zaire	2–2 (a.e.t.) 2–0 (re.)	Zambia	Nasser Stadium	Cairo, Egypt	55,000 1,000 (re.)	^[12]
1976	Morocco	1–1 ^{[n 2]}	Guinea	Addis Ababa Stadium	Addis Ababa, Ethiopia	30,000	^[13]
1978	Ghana	2–0	Uganda	Accra Sports Stadium	Accra, Ghana	40,000	^[14]
1980	Nigeria	3–0	Algeria	Surulere Stadium	Lagos, Nigeria	85,000	^[15]
1982	Ghana	1–1 (a.e.t.) (7–6 p)	Libya	June 11 Stadium	Tripoli, Libya	80,000	^[16]
1984	Cameroon	3–1	Nigeria	Stade Félix Houphouët-Boigny	Abidjan, Ivory Coast	27,456	^[17]
1986	Egypt	0–0 (a.e.t.) (5–4 p)	Cameroon	Cairo International Stadium	Cairo, Egypt	95,000	^[18]
1988	Cameroon	1–0	Nigeria	Stade Mohammed V	Casablanca, Morocco	60,000	^[19]
1990	Algeria	1–0	Nigeria	Stade du 5 Juillet	Algiers, Algeria	105,032	^[20]
1992	Ivory Coast	0–0 (a.e.t.) (11–10 p)	Ghana	Stade de l'Amitié	Dakar, Senegal	47,500	^[21]
1994	Nigeria	2–1	Zambia	Stade El Menzah	Tunis, Tunisia	25,000	^[22]
1996	South Africa	2–0	Tunisia	FNB Stadium	Johannesburg, South Africa	80,000	^[23]
1998	Egypt	2–0	South Africa	Stade du 4 Août	Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso	40,000	^[24]
2000	Cameroon	2–2 (a.e.t.) (4–3 p)	Nigeria	National Stadium	Lagos, Nigeria	60,000	^[25]
2002	Cameroon	0–0 (a.e.t.) (3–2 p)	Senegal	Stade du 26 Mars	Bamako, Mali	50,000	^[26]
2004	Tunisia	2–1	Morocco	Stade 7 November	Radès, Tunisia	60,000	^[27]
2006	Egypt	0–0 (a.e.t.) (4–2 p)	Ivory Coast	Cairo International Stadium	Cairo, Egypt	74,100	^[28]
2008	Egypt	1–0	Cameroon	Ohene Djan Stadium	Accra, Ghana	50,000	^[29]
2010	Egypt	1–0	Ghana	Estádio 11 de Novembro	Luanda, Angola	50,000	^[30]
2012	Zambia	0–0 (a.e.t.) (8–7 p)	Ivory Coast	Stade d'Angondjé	Libreville, Gabon	40,000	^[31]
2013	Nigeria	1–0	Burkina Faso	FNB Stadium	Johannesburg, South Africa	85,000	^[32]
2015	Ivory Coast	0–0 (a.e.t.) (9–8 p)	Ghana	Estadio de Bata	Bata, Equatorial Guinea	32,857	^[33]
2017	Cameroon	2–1	Egypt	Stade de l'Amitié	Libreville, Gabon	38,250	^[34]
2019	Algeria	1–0	Senegal	Cairo International Stadium	Cairo, Egypt	75,000	^[35]
2021	Senegal	0–0 (a.e.t.) (4–2 p)	Egypt	Olembe Stadium	Yaoundé, Cameroon	48,000	^[36]
2023	Ivory Coast	2–1	Nigeria	Alassane Ouattara Stadium	Abidjan, Ivory Coast	57,094	^[37]

Notes

^ There was no official Africa Cup of Nations final match in 1959. The tournament winner was decided by a final round-robin group contested by three teams (United Arab Republic, Sudan, and Ethiopia). Coincidentally, the last match of the tournament pitted the two top ranked teams against each other, with United Arab Republic's 2–1 victory over Sudan thus often being considered the de facto final of the 1959 Africa Cup of Nations.
^ There was no official African Cup of Nations final match in 1976. The tournament winner was decided by a final round-robin group contested by four teams (Morocco, Guinea, Nigeria, and Egypt). Coincidentally, one of the last two matches of the tournament pitted the two top ranked teams against each other, with Morocco's 1–1 draw with Guinea thus often being considered the de facto final of the 1976 African Cup of Nations. Likewise, the game between the lowest ranked teams, played on the same day as Morocco vs Guinea, can be considered equal to a 3rd place match, with Nigeria's 3–2 victory over Egypt ensuring that they finished third.

Results by nation

Years shown in bold indicate that the country also hosted that tournament.

Team	Winners	Runners-up	Total finals	Years won	Years runners-up
Egypt	7	3	10	1957, 1959¹, 1986, 1998, 2006, 2008, 2010	1962¹, 2017, 2021
Cameroon	5	2	7	1984, 1988, 2000, 2002, 2017	1986, 2008
Ghana	4	5	9	1963, 1965, 1978, 1982	1968, 1970, 1992, 2010, 2015
Nigeria	3	5	8	1980, 1994, 2013	1984, 1988, 1990, 2000, 2023
Ivory Coast	3	2	5	1992, 2015, 2023	2006, 2012
Algeria	2	1	3	1990, 2019	1980
DR Congo	2	0	2	1968², 1974³	—
Zambia	1	2	3	2012	1974, 1994
Tunisia	1	2	3	2004	1965, 1996
Sudan	1	2	3	1970	1959, 1963
Senegal	1	2	3	2021	2002, 2019
Ethiopia	1	1	2	1962	1957
Morocco	1	1	2	1976	2004
South Africa	1	1	2	1996	1998
Congo	1	0	1	1972	—
Mali	0	1	1	—	1972
Burkina Faso	0	1	1	—	2013
Uganda	0	1	1	—	1978
Guinea	0	1	1	—	1976
Libya	0	1	1	—	1982

¹ as United Arab Republic
² as Congo-Kinshasa
³ as Zaire

References

External links

African Nations Cup at the RSSSF

[1959final-5] There was no official Africa Cup of Nations final match in 1959. The tournament winner was decided by a final round-robin group contested by three teams (United Arab Republic, Sudan, and Ethiopia). Coincidentally, the last match of the tournament pitted the two top ranked teams against each other, with United Arab Republic's 2–1 victory over Sudan thus often being considered the de facto final of the 1959 Africa Cup of Nations.

[1976final-14] There was no official African Cup of Nations final match in 1976. The tournament winner was decided by a final round-robin group contested by four teams (Morocco, Guinea, Nigeria, and Egypt). Coincidentally, one of the last two matches of the tournament pitted the two top ranked teams against each other, with Morocco's 1–1 draw with Guinea thus often being considered the de facto final of the 1976 African Cup of Nations. Likewise, the game between the lowest ranked teams, played on the same day as Morocco vs Guinea, can be considered equal to a 3rd place match, with Nigeria's 3–2 victory over Egypt ensuring that they finished third.

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Contents

List of finals

Results by nation

See also

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