Benin is a weaker side in the Africa Cup of Nations, and only managed four appearances in the tournament. Benin first appeared in 2004,[1] before qualified again in 2008, 2010 and 2019. While Benin has not been unable to join the top two highest ranked team in AFCON history, nor even win a single match in the competition, Benin managed its best performance in the tournament, during the 2019 AFCON when Benin came to quarter-finals, including a shock win over Morocco after penalty shootout.[2] This means Benin is the first team to reach the quarter-finals of AFCON without ever winning a single competitive match in their participation history.
| Africa Cup of Nations record | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Round | Position | |||||||
 1957 | Part of | ||||||||
| 1959 | |||||||||
 1962 | Not affiliated to CAF | ||||||||
 1963 | |||||||||
 1965 | Did not enter | ||||||||
| 1968 | |||||||||
| 1970 | |||||||||
 1972 | Did not qualify | ||||||||
 1974 | Withdrew | ||||||||
| 1976 | |||||||||
| 1978 | Did not enter | ||||||||
 1980 | Did not qualify | ||||||||
 1982 | Did not enter | ||||||||
 1984 | Did not qualify | ||||||||
| 1986 | |||||||||
 1988 | |||||||||
| 1990 | |||||||||
 1992 | |||||||||
| 1994 | |||||||||
| 1996 | Withdrew | ||||||||
 1998 | Did not qualify | ||||||||
| 2000 | |||||||||
 2002 | |||||||||
| 2004 | Group stage | 16th | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 8 | |
| 2006 | Did not qualify | ||||||||
| 2008 | Group stage | 15th | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 7 | |
| 2010 | Group stage | 14th | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | |
 2012 | Did not qualify | ||||||||
| 2013 | |||||||||
| 2015 | |||||||||
| 2017 | |||||||||
| 2019 | Quarter-finals | 8th | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 4 | |
| 2021 | Did not qualify | ||||||||
| 2023 | |||||||||
| 2025 | To be determined | ||||||||
  2027 | |||||||||
| Total | Quarter-finals | 4/34 | 14 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 7 | 24 | |
| width=165 | Team | width=20 | width=20 | width=20 | width=20 | width=20 | width=20 | width=20 | width=20 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| align=left | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | +5 | 7 | |||||||||
| align=left | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 2 | +4 | 6 | |||||||||
| align=left | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | −2 | 4 | |||||||||
| align=left | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 8 | −7 | 0 |
See main article: 2008 Africa Cup of Nations.
| width=165 | Team | width=20 | width=20 | width=20 | width=20 | width=20 | width=20 | width=20 | width=20 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | +7 | 9 | ||||||||||
| align=left | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | +1 | 4 | |||||||||
| align=left | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | −2 | 4 | |||||||||
| align=left | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 7 | −6 | 0 |
See main article: 2010 Africa Cup of Nations.
| Team | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | +6 | 9 | ||
| 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | +2 | 6 | ||
| 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | −3 | 1 | ||
| 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | −5 | 1 |
See main article: 2019 Africa Cup of Nations.