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2025 - CAF - ALL AFRICAN CUP OF NATIONS WINNERS

This video contains all the African Cup of Nations winners since 1957.

 

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AFCON Winners from 1957 - 2019

Here’s a list of all the winners of the Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) from its inception in 1957:

1957 - Egypt

1959 - Egypt

1962 - Ethiopia

1963 - Ghana

1965 - Ghana

1968 - Congo-Kinshasa (now the Democratic Republic of Congo)

1970 - Somalia

1972 - Cameroon

1974 - Zaire (now the Democratic Republic of Congo)

1976 - Morocco

1978 - Ghana

1980 - Nigeria

1982  Cameroon

1984 - Cameroon

1986 - Egypt

1988 - Cameroon

1990 - Algeria

1992 - Ivory Coast

1994 - Nigeria

1996 - South Africa

1998 - Egypt

2000 - Cameroon

2002 - Cameroon

2004 - Tunisia

2006 - Egypt

2008 - Egypt

2010 - Egypt

2012 - Zambia

2013 - Nigeria

2015 - Ivory Coast

2017 - Cameroon

2019 - Algeria

2021 - Senegal

The tournament originally began in 1957 and has been held every four years (with a few exceptions). In recent years, there have been adjustments to the tournament’s schedule.

Egypt has been the most successful nation in the history of the Africa Cup of Nations, having won it seven times (1957, 1959, 1986, 1998, 2006, 2008, 2010).

 

 

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