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Edition Year Hosts Start End Teams # Teams First place Second Place Third Place Fourth Place Notes
1 1957 Sudan 1957-02-10 00:00:00 1957-02-16 00:00:00 3 Egypt; Ethiopia; Sudan Egypt Ethiopia Sudan - South Africa were disqualified
2 1959 United Arab Republic 1959-05-22 00:00:00 1959-05-29 00:00:00 3 United Arab Republic; Sudan; Ethiopia United Arab Republic Sudan Ethiopia -
3 1962 Ethiopia 1962-01-14 00:00:00 1962-01-21 00:00:00 4 Ethiopia; United Arab Republic; Tunisia; Uganda Ethiopia United Arab Republic Tunisia Uganda
4 1963 Ghana 1963-11-24 00:00:00 1963-12-01 00:00:00 6 Ghana; Ethiopia; United Arab Republic; Sudan; Tunisia; Nigeria Ghana Sudan United Arab Republic Ethiopia
5 1965 Tunisia 1965-11-12 00:00:00 1965-11-21 00:00:00 6 Tunisia; Ghana; Ethiopia; Senegal; Ivory Coast; Congo-Léopoldville Ghana Tunisia Ivory Coast Senegal
6 1968 Ethiopia 1968-01-12 00:00:00 1968-01-21 00:00:00 8 Ethiopia; Ghana; Algeria; Ivory Coast; Uganda; Congo-Brazzaville; Congo-Kinshasa; Senegal Congo-Kinshasa Ghana Ivory Coast Ethiopia
7 1970 Sudan 1970-02-06 00:00:00 1970-02-16 00:00:00 8 Sudan; Congo-Kinshasa; Ethiopia; Cameroon; Ghana; United Arab Republic; Ivory Coast; Guinea Sudan Ghana United Arab Republic Ivory Coast
8 1972 Cameroon 1972-02-23 00:00:00 1972-03-05 00:00:00 8 Cameroon; Sudan; Morocco; Togo; Mali; Congo; Kenya; Zaire PR Congo Mali Cameroon Zaire
9 1974 Egypt 1974-03-01 00:00:00 1974-03-14 00:00:00 8 Egypt; Congo; Guinea; Mauritius; Uganda; Zaire; Zambia; Ivory Coast Zaire Zambia Egypt PR Congo
10 1976 Ethiopia 1976-02-29 00:00:00 1976-03-14 00:00:00 8 Ethiopia; Zaire; Morocco; Guinea; Nigeria; Egypt; Sudan; Uganda Morocco Guinea Nigeria Egypt
11 1978 Ghana 1978-03-05 00:00:00 1978-03-16 00:00:00 8 Ghana; Morocco; Nigeria; Uganda; Zambia; Upper Volta[b]; Congo; Tunisia Ghana Uganda Nigeria Tunisia
12 1980 Nigeria 1980-03-08 00:00:00 1980-03-22 00:00:00 8 Nigeria; Ghana; Ivory Coast; Morocco; Algeria; Egypt; Guinea; Tanzania Nigeria Algeria Morocco Egypt
13 1982 Libya 1982-03-05 00:00:00 1982-03-19 00:00:00 8 Libya; Nigeria; Ghana; Cameroon; Zambia; Algeria; Ethiopia; Tunisia Ghana Libya Zambia Algeria
14 1984 Ivory Coast 1984-03-04 00:00:00 1984-03-18 00:00:00 8 Ivory Coast; Ghana; Algeria; Cameroon; Egypt; Malawi; Nigeria; Togo Cameroon Nigeria Algeria Egypt
15 1986 Egypt 1986-03-07 00:00:00 1986-03-21 00:00:00 8 Egypt; Cameroon; Algeria; Zambia; Ivory Coast; Senegal; Morocco; Mozambique Egypt Cameroon Ivory Coast Morocco
16 1988 Morocco 1988-03-16 00:00:00 1988-03-27 00:00:00 8 Morocco; Egypt; Algeria; Cameroon; Kenya; Nigeria; Ivory Coast; Zaire Cameroon Nigeria Algeria Morocco
17 1990 Algeria 1990-03-02 00:00:00 1990-03-16 00:00:00 8 Algeria; Cameroon; Senegal; Kenya; Egypt; Ivory Coast; Nigeria; Zambia Algeria Nigeria Zambia Senegal
18 1992 Senegal 1992-01-12 00:00:00 1992-01-26 00:00:00 12 Senegal; Algeria; Cameroon; Congo; Egypt; Ghana; Ivory Coast; Kenya; Morocco; Nigeria; Zaire; Zambia Ivory Coast Ghana Nigeria Cameroon
19 1994 Tunisia 1994-03-26 00:00:00 1994-04-10 00:00:00 12 Tunisia; Ivory Coast; Nigeria; Egypt; Gabon; Ghana; Mali; Senegal; Zaire; Zambia; Sierra Leone; Guinea Nigeria Zambia Ivory Coast Mali
20 1996 South Africa 1996-01-13 00:00:00 1996-02-03 00:00:00 15 South Africa; Gabon; Zaire; Zambia; Algeria; Angola; Burkina Faso; Cameroon; Egypt; Ghana; Ivory Coast; Liberia; Mozambique; Sierra Leone; Tunisia South Africa Tunisia Zambia Ghana Nigeria withdrew prior to the start
21 1998 Burkina Faso 1998-02-07 00:00:00 1998-02-28 00:00:00 16 Burkina Faso; South Africa; Ghana; Guinea; Tunisia; Algeria; Angola; Cameroon; DR Congo; Egypt; Ivory Coast; Morocco; Mozambique; Namibia; Togo; Zambia Egypt South Africa DR Congo Burkina Faso
22 2000 Ghana and Nigeria 2000-01-22 00:00:00 2000-02-13 00:00:00 16 Egypt; Ghana; Nigeria; Burkina Faso; Cameroon; Morocco; Algeria; Congo; DR Congo; Gabon; Ivory Coast; South Africa; Togo; Tunisia; Zambia; Senegal Cameroon Nigeria South Africa Tunisia
23 2002 Mali 2002-01-19 00:00:00 2002-02-10 00:00:00 16 Mali; Cameroon; Liberia; Morocco; Nigeria; Algeria; Burkina Faso; DR Congo; Egypt; Ghana; Ivory Coast; Senegal; South Africa; Togo; Tunisia; Zambia Cameroon Senegal Nigeria Mali
24 2004 Tunisia 2004-01-24 00:00:00 2004-02-14 00:00:00 16 Tunisia; Cameroon; Nigeria; Guinea; Benin; Burkina Faso; Kenya; Mali; Morocco; Senegal; DR Congo; Egypt; South Africa; Algeria; Rwanda; Zimbabwe Tunisia Morocco Nigeria Mali
25 2006 Egypt 2006-01-20 00:00:00 2006-02-10 00:00:00 16 Angola; Cameroon; DR Congo; Ivory Coast; Egypt; Ghana; Guinea; Libya; Morocco; Nigeria; Senegal; South Africa; Togo; Tunisia; Zambia; Zimbabwe Egypt Ivory Coast Nigeria Senegal
26 2008 Ghana 2008-01-20 00:00:00 2008-02-10 00:00:00 16 Ghana; Ivory Coast; Egypt; Nigeria; Sudan; Cameroon; Angola; Senegal; Guinea; Mali; Namibia; Zambia; Morocco; Tunisia; Benin; South Africa Egypt Cameroon Ghana Ivory Coast
27 2010 Angola 2010-01-10 00:00:00 2010-01-31 00:00:00 15 Algeria; Angola; Benin; Burkina Faso; Cameroon; Egypt; Gabon; Ghana; Ivory Coast; Malawi; Mali; Mozambique; Nigeria; Tunisia; Zambia Egypt Ghana Nigeria Algeria Togo were formally disqualified for failing to fulfil their opening match
28 2012 Equatorial Guinea and Gabon 2012-01-19 00:00:00 2012-02-10 00:00:00 16 Angola; Botswana; Burkina Faso; Ivory Coast; Equatorial Guinea; Gabon; Ghana; Guinea; Libya; Mali; Morocco; Niger; Senegal; Sudan; Tunisia; Zambia Zambia Ivory Coast Mali Ghana
29 2013 South Africa 2013-01-19 00:00:00 2013-02-10 00:00:00 16 South Africa; Ghana; Mali; Zambia; Nigeria; Tunisia; Ivory Coast; Morocco; Ethiopia; Cape Verde; Angola; Niger; Togo; DR Congo; Burkina Faso; Algeria Nigeria Burkina Faso Mali Ghana
30 2015 Equatorial Guinea 2015-01-17 00:00:00 2015-02-08 00:00:00 16 Equatorial Guinea; South Africa; Congo; Algeria; Mali; Gabon; Burkina Faso; Cameroon; Ivory Coast; Ghana; Guinea; Cape Verde; Zambia; Tunisia; Senegal; DR Congo Ivory Coast Ghana DR Congo Equatorial Guinea
31 2017 Gabon 2017-01-14 00:00:00 2017-02-05 00:00:00 16 Gabon; Morocco; Algeria; Cameroon; Senegal; Egypt; Ghana; Guinea-Bissau; Zimbabwe; Mali; Ivory Coast; Uganda; Burkina Faso; Tunisia; DR Congo; Togo Cameroon Egypt Burkina Faso Ghana
32 2019 Egypt 2019-06-21 00:00:00 2019-07-19 00:00:00 24 Egypt; Madagascar; Tunisia; Senegal; Morocco; Nigeria; Uganda; Mali; Guinea; Algeria; Mauritania; Ivory Coast; Kenya; Ghana; Angola; Burundi; Cameroon; Guinea-Bissau; Namibia; Zimbabwe; DR Congo; Benin; Tanzania; South Africa Algeria Senegal Nigeria Tunisia
33 2021 Cameroon 2021-01-09 00:00:00 2021-02-06 00:00:00 24 Cameroon; Senegal; Algeria; Mali; Tunisia; Burkina Faso; Guinea; Comoros; Gabon; Gambia; Egypt; Ghana; Equatorial Guinea; Zimbabwe; Ivory Coast; Morocco; Nigeria; Sudan; Malawi; Ethiopia; Mauritania; Guinea-Bissau; Cape Verde; Sierra Leone Senegal Egypt Cameroon Burkina Faso
34 2023 Ivory Coast 2023-01-13 00:00:00 2023-02-11 00:00:00 24 Ivory Coast; Morocco; Senegal; Tunisia; Algeria; Egypt; Nigeria; Cameroon; Mali; Burkina Faso; Ghana; DR Congo; South Africa; Cape Verde; Guinea; Zambia; Equatorial Guinea; Mauritania; Guinea-Bissau; Mozambique; Namibia; Angola; Gambia; Tanzania Ivory Coast Nigeria South Africa DR Congo
35 2025 Morocco 2025-12-21 00:00:00 2026-01-18 00:00:00 24 Morocco; Senegal; Egypt; Algeria; Nigeria; Ivory Coast; Cameroon; Mali; Tunisia; South Africa; DR Congo; Burkina Faso; Gabon; Angola; Zambia; Uganda; Equatorial Guinea; Benin; Mozambique; Comoros; Tanzania; Sudan; Zimbabwe; Botswana Senegal Morocco Nigeria Egypt
36 2027 Kenya and Tanzania and Uganda 2027-01-01 00:00:00 2027-01-01 00:00:00 24
37 2028 TBD 2028-01-01 00:00:00 2028-01-01 00:00:00 24