List of Africa Cup of Nations finals explained

Africa Cup of Nations Final
Organiser:	CAF
Region:	Africa

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

Tournament!scope=col

Winners	scope=col	Score	scope=col	Runners-up	scope=col	Venue	scope=col	Location	scope=col	Attendance	scope=col class=unsortable	Ref.
1957		4–0		Municipal Stadium	Khartoum, Sudan	30,000	^[3]
1959		2–1		Prince Farouk Stadium	Cairo, Egypt	30,000	^[4]
1962				Hailé Sélassié Stadium	Addis Ababa, Ethiopia	30,000	^[5]
1963		3–0		Accra Sports Stadium	Accra, Ghana		^[6]
1965				Chedly Zouiten Stadium	Tunis, Tunisia	16,000	^[7]
1968		1–0		Hailé Sélassié Stadium	Addis Ababa, Ethiopia	25,000	^[8]
1970		1–0		Municipal Stadium	Khartoum, Sudan	12,187	^[9]
1972		3–2		Stade Omnisports	Yaoundé, Cameroon	40,000	^[10]
1974		2–2 2–0 (re.)		Nasser Stadium	Cairo, Egypt	55,000 1,000 (re.)	^[11]
1976		1–1		Addis Ababa Stadium	Addis Ababa, Ethiopia	30,000	^[12]
1978		2–0		Accra Sports Stadium	Accra, Ghana	40,000	^[13]
1980		3–0		Surulere Stadium	Lagos, Nigeria	85,000	^[14]
1982		1–1		June 11 Stadium	Tripoli, Libya	80,000	^[15]
1984		3–1		Felix Houphouet Boigny Stadium	Abidjan, Ivory Coast	27,456	^[16]
1986		0–0		Cairo International Stadium	Cairo, Egypt	95,000	^[17]
1988		1–0		Stade Mohammed V	Casablanca, Morocco	60,000	^[18]
1990		1–0		Stade du 5 Juillet	Algiers, Algeria	105,032	^[19]
1992		0–0		Stade de l'Amitié	Dakar, Senegal	47,500	^[20]
1994		2–1		El Menzah Stadium	Tunis, Tunisia	25,000	^[21]
1996		2–0		FNB Stadium	Johannesburg, South Africa	80,000	^[22]
1998		2–0		Stade du 4 Août	Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso	40,000	^[23]
2000		2–2		National Stadium	Lagos, Nigeria	60,000	^[24]
2002		0–0		Stade du 26 Mars	Bamako, Mali	50,000	^[25]
2004		2–1		7 November Stadium	Radès, Tunisia	60,000	^[26]
2006		0–0		Cairo International Stadium	Cairo, Egypt	74,100	^[27]
2008		1–0		Ohene Djan Stadium	Accra, Ghana	50,000	^[28]
2010		1–0		Estádio 11 de Novembro	Luanda, Angola	50,000	^[29]
2012		0–0		Stade d'Angondjé	Libreville, Gabon	40,000	^[30]
2013		1–0		FNB Stadium	Johannesburg, South Africa	85,000	^[31]
2015		0–0		Estadio de Bata	Bata, Equatorial Guinea	32,857	^[32]
2017		2–1		Stade de l'Amitié	Libreville, Gabon	38,250	^[33]
2019		1–0		Cairo International Stadium	Cairo, Egypt	75,000	^[34]
2021		0–0		Olembe Stadium	Yaoundé, Cameroon	48,000	^[35]
2023		2–1		Alassane Ouattara Stadium	Abidjan, Ivory Coast	57,094	^[36]
Upcoming finals
Tournament	Winners	Score	Runners-up	Venue	Location	Attendance	Ref.
2025	TBD	v	TBD	TBD	TBD, Morocco	TBD

Notes

Results by nation

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

scope=col	Team	scope=col	Winners	scope=col	Runners-up	scope=col	Total finals	scope=col class=unsortable	Years won	scope=col class=unsortable	Years runners-up
	7	3	10	1957, 1959^1, 1986, 1998, 2006, 2008, 2010	1962^1, 2017, 2021
	5	2	7	1984, 1988, 2000, 2002, 2017	1986, 2008
	4	5	9	1963, 1965, 1978, 1982	1968, 1970, 1992, 2010, 2015
	3	5	8	1980, 1994, 2013	1984, 1988, 1990, 2000, 2023
	3	2	5	1992, 2015, 2023	2006, 2012
	2	1	3	1990, 2019	1980
	2	0	2	1968^2, 1974^3	—
	1	2	3	2012	1974, 1994
	1	2	3	2004	1965, 1996
	1	2	3	1970	1959, 1963
	1	2	3	2021	2002, 2019
	1	1	2	1962	1957
	1	1	2	1976	2004
	1	1	2	1996	1998
	1	0	1	1972	—
	0	1	1	—	1972
	0	1	1	—	2013
	0	1	1	—	1978
	0	1	1	—	1976
	0	1	1	—	1982

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

See also

• List of FIFA World Cup finals
• List of UEFA European Championship finals
• List of Copa América finals
• List of CONCACAF Gold Cup finals
• List of AFC Asian Cup finals
• List of OFC Nations Cup finals

External links

• African Nations Cup at the RSSSF

Notes and References

1. Web site: African Nations Cup 1957 . 6 September 2017 . RSSSF.
2. News: Senegal win Afcon in penalty shootout . BBC Sport . 23 February 2022.
3. Web site: Match Report of Egypt vs Ethiopia - 1957-02-16 - Africa Cup of Nations . 2 October 2022 . Global Sports Archive.
4. Web site: Match Report of United Arab Republic vs Sudan - 1959-05-29 - Africa Cup of Nations . 2 October 2022 . Global Sports Archive.
5. Web site: Match Report of Ethiopia vs United Arab Republic - 1962-01-21 - Africa Cup of Nations . 2 October 2022 . Global Sports Archive.
6. Web site: Match Report of Ghana vs Sudan - 1963-12-01 - Africa Cup of Nations . 2 October 2022 . Global Sports Archive.
7. Web site: Match Report of Tunisia vs Ghana - 1965-11-21 - Africa Cup of Nations . 2 October 2022 . Global Sports Archive.
8. Web site: Match Report of Congo-Kinshasa vs Ghana - 1968-01-21 - Africa Cup of Nations . 2 October 2022 . Global Sports Archive.
9. Web site: Match Report of Sudan vs Ghana - 1970-02-16 - Africa Cup of Nations . 2 October 2022 . Global Sports Archive.
10. Web site: Match Report of Congo vs Mali - 1972-03-05 - Africa Cup of Nations . 2 October 2022 . Global Sports Archive.
11. Web site: Africa Cup of Nations 1974 Egypt - Results, fixtures, tables and stats . 2 October 2022 . Global Sports Archive.
12. Web site: Match Report of Morocco vs Guinea - 1976-03-14 - Africa Cup of Nations . 2 October 2022 . Global Sports Archive.
13. Web site: Match Report of Ghana vs Uganda - 1978-03-18 - Africa Cup of Nations . 2 October 2022 . Global Sports Archive.
14. Web site: Match Report of Nigeria vs Algeria - 1980-03-22 - Africa Cup of Nations . 2 October 2022 . Global Sports Archive.
15. Web site: Match Report of Libya vs Ghana - 1982-03-19 - Africa Cup of Nations . 2 October 2022 . Global Sports Archive.
16. Web site: Match Report of Cameroon vs Nigeria - 1984-03-18 - Africa Cup of Nations . 2 October 2022 . Global Sports Archive.
17. Web site: Match Report of Egypt vs Cameroon - 1986-03-21 - Africa Cup of Nations . 2 October 2022 . Global Sports Archive.
18. Web site: Match Report of Cameroon vs Nigeria - 1988-03-27 - Africa Cup of Nations . 2 October 2022 . Global Sports Archive.
19. Web site: Match Report of Algeria vs Nigeria - 1990-03-16 - Africa Cup of Nations . 2 October 2022 . Global Sports Archive.
20. Web site: Match Report of Côte d'Ivoire vs Ghana - 1992-01-26 - Africa Cup of Nations . 2 October 2022 . Global Sports Archive.
21. Web site: Match Report of Nigeria vs Zambia - 1994-04-10 - Africa Cup of Nations . 2 October 2022 . Global Sports Archive.
22. Web site: Match Report of South Africa vs Tunisia - 1996-02-03 - Africa Cup of Nations . 2 October 2022 . Global Sports Archive.
23. Web site: Match Report of South Africa vs Egypt - 1998-02-28 - Africa Cup of Nations . 2 October 2022 . Global Sports Archive.
24. Web site: Match Report of Nigeria vs Cameroon - 2000-02-13 - Africa Cup of Nations . 2 October 2022 . Global Sports Archive.
25. Web site: Match Report of Cameroon vs Senegal - 2002-02-10 - Africa Cup of Nations . 2 October 2022 . Global Sports Archive.
26. Web site: Match Report of Tunisia vs Morocco - 2004-02-14 - Nokia Africa Cup of Nations . 2 October 2022 . Global Sports Archive.
27. Web site: Match Report of Egypt vs Côte d'Ivoire - 2006-02-10 - MTN Africa Cup of Nations . 2 October 2022 . Global Sports Archive.
28. Web site: Match Report of Cameroon vs Egypt - 2008-02-10 - MTN Africa Cup of Nations . 2 October 2022 . Global Sports Archive.
29. News: 31 January 2010 . Ghana 0–1 Egypt . 2 October 2022.
30. Web site: 13 February 2012 . Zambia 0–0 Ivory Coast (8–7 on pens) Africa Cup of Nations final report . 2 October 2022 . The Guardian .
31. Web site: Nigeria 1–0 Burkina Faso . BBC Sport . 2 October 2022.
32. Web site: Ivory Coast 0–0 Ghana (9–8 on pens) . BBC Sport . 2 October 2022.
33. Web site: Match Report of Egypt vs Cameroon - 2017-02-05 - Total Africa Cup of Nations . 2 October 2022 . Global Sports Archive.
34. Web site: Match Report of Senegal vs Algeria - 2019-07-19 - Total Africa Cup of Nations . 2 October 2022 . Global Sports Archive.
35. Web site: Match Report of Senegal vs Egypt - 2022-02-06 - TotalEnergies Africa Cup of Nations . 2 October 2022 . Global Sports Archive.
36. News: Haller the hero as Ivory Coast seal improbable Afcon win against Nigeria . The Guardian . 11 February 2024 . 13 February 2024 . Jonathan . Wilson .