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Africa Cup of Nations

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Africa Cup of Nations
Founded10 February 1957
RegionAfrica
Number of teams16
Current championsFile:Flag of Cameroon.svg Cameroon (5th title)
Most successful club(s)File:Flag of Egypt.svg Egypt (7 titles)
WebsiteOfficial website
File:Soccerball current event.svg 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 File:Flag of Algeria.svg Algeria after winning over File:Flag of Senegal.svg Senegal in the final.[1]

Results[change]

Team Winners Runners-up Third place Fourth place Total top four
File:Flag of Egypt.svg Egypt 7 (1957, 1959*, 1986*, 1998, 2006*, 2008, 2010) 2 (1962, 2017) 3 (1963, 1970, 1974*) 3 (1976, 1980, 1984) 15
File:Flag of Cameroon.svg Cameroon 5 (1984, 1988, 2000, 2002, 2017) 2 (1986, 2008) 1 (1972*) 1 (1992) 9
File:Flag of Ghana.svg Ghana 4 (1963*, 1965, 1978*, 1982) 5 (1968, 1970, 1992, 2010, 2015) 1 (2008*) 4 (1996, 2012, 2013, 2017) 14
File:Flag of Nigeria.svg Nigeria 3 (1980*, 1994, 2013) 4 (1984, 1988, 1990, 2000*) 7 (1976, 1978, 1992, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2010) 14
File:Flag of Côte d'Ivoire.svg Ivory Coast 2 (1992, 2015) 2 (2006, 2012) 4 (1965, 1968, 1986, 1994) 2 (1970, 2008) 10
File:Flag of Algeria.svg Algeria 2 (1990*, 2019) 1 (1980) 2 (1984, 1988) 2 (1982, 2010) 6
File:Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.svg DR Congo 2 (1968, 1974) 2 (1998, 2015) 1 (1972) 5
File:Flag of Zambia.svg Zambia 1 (2012) 2 (1974, 1994) 3 (1982, 1990, 1996) 6
File:Flag of Tunisia.svg Tunisia 1 (2004*) 2 (1965*, 1996) 1 (1962) 2 (1978, 2000) 6
File:Flag of Sudan.svg Sudan 1 (1970*) 2 (1959, 1963) 1 (1957*) 4
File:Flag of Morocco.svg Morocco 1 (1976) 1 (2004) 1 (1980) 2 (1986, 1988*) 5
File:Flag of Ethiopia.svg Ethiopia 1 (1962*) 1 (1957) 1 (1959) 2 (1963, 1968*) 5
File:Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa 1 (1996*) 1 (1998) 1 (2000) 3
File:Flag of the Republic of the Congo.svg Congo 1 (1972) 1 (1974) 2
File:Flag of Mali.svg Mali 1 (1972) 2 (2012, 2013) 3 (1994, 2002*, 2004) 6
File:Flag of Burkina Faso.svg Burkina Faso 1 (2013) 1 (2017) 1 (1998*) 3
File:Flag of Senegal.svg Senegal 1 (2002) 3 (1965, 1990, 2006) 4
File:Flag of Uganda.svg Uganda 1 (1978) 1 (1962) 2
File:Flag of Guinea.svg Guinea 1 (1976) 1
File:Flag of Libya.svg Libya 1 (1982*) 1
File:Flag of Equatorial Guinea.svg Equatorial Guinea 1 (2015*) 1

* hosts

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