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Not to be confused with List of African Nations Championship finals. Football tournament
Africa Cup of Nations final
Senegal, champions of the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations
Organising bodyCAF
Founded1957; 67 years ago (1957)
RegionAfrica
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. The last final hosted in Abidjan in 2024 was won by the Ivory Coast, defeating Nigeria 2–1.

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
Tournament Winners Score Runners-up Venue Location Attendance Ref.
1957 Egypt  4–0  Ethiopia Municipal Stadium Khartoum, Sudan 30,000
1959 United Arab Republic  2–1  Sudan Prince Farouk Stadium Cairo, Egypt 30,000
1962 Ethiopia  4–2 (a.e.t.)  United Arab Republic Hailé Sélassié Stadium Addis Ababa, Ethiopia 30,000
1963 Ghana  3–0  Sudan Accra Sports Stadium Accra, Ghana
1965 Ghana  3–2 (a.e.t.)  Tunisia Chedly Zouiten Stadium Tunis, Tunisia 16,000
1968 DR Congo  1–0  Ghana Hailé Sélassié Stadium Addis Ababa, Ethiopia 25,000
1970 Sudan  1–0  Ghana Municipal Stadium Khartoum, Sudan 12,187
1972 PR Congo  3–2  Mali Stade Omnisports Yaoundé, Cameroon 40,000
1974 Zaire  2–2 (a.e.t.)
2–0 (re.) 		 Zambia Nasser Stadium Cairo, Egypt 55,000
1,000 (re.)
1976 Morocco  1–1  Guinea Addis Ababa Stadium Addis Ababa, Ethiopia 30,000
1978 Ghana  2–0  Uganda Accra Sports Stadium Accra, Ghana 40,000
1980 Nigeria  3–0  Algeria Surulere Stadium Lagos, Nigeria 85,000
1982 Ghana  1–1 (a.e.t.)
(7–6 p) 		 Libya June 11 Stadium Tripoli, Libya 80,000
1984 Cameroon  3–1  Nigeria Felix Houphouet Boigny Stadium Abidjan, Ivory Coast 27,456
1986 Egypt  0–0 (a.e.t.)
(5–4 p) 		 Cameroon Cairo International Stadium Cairo, Egypt 95,000
1988 Cameroon  1–0  Nigeria Stade Mohammed V Casablanca, Morocco 60,000
1990 Algeria  1–0  Nigeria Stade du 5 Juillet Algiers, Algeria 105,032
1992 Ivory Coast  0–0 (a.e.t.)
(11–10 p) 		 Ghana Stade de l'Amitié Dakar, Senegal 47,500
1994 Nigeria  2–1  Zambia El Menzah Stadium Tunis, Tunisia 25,000
1996 South Africa  2–0  Tunisia FNB Stadium Johannesburg, South Africa 80,000
1998 Egypt  2–0  South Africa Stade du 4 Août Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso 40,000
2000 Cameroon  2–2 (a.e.t.)
(4–3 p) 		 Nigeria National Stadium Lagos, Nigeria 60,000
2002 Cameroon  0–0 (a.e.t.)
(3–2 p) 		 Senegal Stade du 26 Mars Bamako, Mali 50,000
2004 Tunisia  2–1  Morocco 7 November Stadium Radès, Tunisia 60,000
2006 Egypt  0–0 (a.e.t.)
(4–2 p) 		 Ivory Coast Cairo International Stadium Cairo, Egypt 74,100
2008 Egypt  1–0  Cameroon Ohene Djan Stadium Accra, Ghana 50,000
2010 Egypt  1–0  Ghana Estádio 11 de Novembro Luanda, Angola 50,000
2012 Zambia  0–0 (a.e.t.)
(8–7 p) 		 Ivory Coast Stade d'Angondjé Libreville, Gabon 40,000
2013 Nigeria  1–0  Burkina Faso FNB Stadium Johannesburg, South Africa 85,000
2015 Ivory Coast  0–0 (a.e.t.)
(9–8 p) 		 Ghana Estadio de Bata Bata, Equatorial Guinea 32,857
2017 Cameroon  2–1  Egypt Stade de l'Amitié Libreville, Gabon 38,250
2019 Algeria  1–0  Senegal Cairo International Stadium Cairo, Egypt 75,000
2021 Senegal  0–0 (a.e.t.)
(4–2 p) 		 Egypt Olembe Stadium Yaoundé, Cameroon 48,000
2023 Ivory Coast  2–1  Nigeria Alassane Ouattara Stadium Abidjan, Ivory Coast 57,094
Upcoming finals
Tournament Winners Score Runners-up Venue Location Attendance Ref.
2025 TBD v TBD Prince Moulay Abdellah Stadium Rabat, Morocco TBD
Notes
  1. 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.
  2. 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.

Yaya Touré of Ivory Coast lifts the Africa Cup of Nations trophy after winning against Ghana in the 2015 final in Bata, Equatorial Guinea.
Team Winners Runners-up Total finals Years won Years runners-up
 Egypt 7 3 10 1957, 1959, 1986, 1998, 2006, 2008, 2010 1962, 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 1968, 1974 —
 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

as United Arab Republic
as Congo-Kinshasa
as Zaire

Map

List of Africa Cup of Nations finals is located in Africa1957, 19701957, 19701965, 1994, 20041965, 1994, 20041959, 1974, 1986, 2006, 20191959, 1974, 1986, 2006, 20191963, 1978, 20081963, 1978, 20081972, 20211972, 20211980, 20001980, 2000199019901988198819821982199819982002200219921992201020101996, 20131996, 20132012, 20172012, 20171984, 20231984, 20231962, 1968, 19761962, 1968, 19762015201520252025class=notpageimage| Final match venue locations

See also

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Notes
The 2021 and 2023 tournaments were actually held in 2022 and 2024 respectively.
There were no 1957 and 1959 qualifications as places were given by invitation only.
The "finals" articles for 1959 and 1976 are about the decisive matches of final group stages.
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