The Africa Cup of Nations is without doubt the greatest sporting spectacle on the continent.
Current champions Egypt are the most succesful team in the competition's history, having lifted the title five times.
Four-time African champions Ghana could equal this record if they win on home turf, as could Cameroon's Indomitable Lions who lifted the trophy for the fourth time in 2002.
Nigeria and the DR Congo have each won the tournament twice while Algeria, the Ivory Coast, Ethiopia, Morocco, Congo-Brazzaville, South Africa, Sudan and Tunisia have all won it once.
Nations Cup roll of honour
| Year | Winner | Score | Runner-up | Host |
| 1957 | Egypt | 4-0 | Ethiopia | (Sudan) |
| 1959 | Egypt | 2-1 | Sudan | (Egypt) |
| 1962 | Ethiopia | 4-2 | Egypt | (Ethiopia) |
| 1963 | Ghana | 3-0 | Sudan | (Ghana) |
| 1965 | Ghana | 3-2 | Tunisia | (Tunisia) |
| 1968 |
Congo- Kinshasa |
1-0 | Ghana | (Ethiopia) |
| 1970 | Sudan | 1-0 | Ghana | (Sudan) |
| 1972 |
Congo- Brazzaville |
3-2 | Mali | (Cameroon) |
| 1974 | Zaire | 2-0 | Zambia | (Egypt) |
| 1976 | Morocco | ** | (Ethiopia) | |
| 1978 | Ghana | 2-0 | Uganda | (Ghana) |
| 1980 | Nigeria | 3-0 | Algeria | (Nigeria) |
| 1982 | Ghana |
1-1 7-6 pens |
Libya | (Libya) |
| 1984 | Cameroon | 3-1 | Nigeria | (Ivory Coast) |
| 1986 | Egypt |
0-0 5-4 pens |
Cameroon | (Egypt) |
| 1988 | Cameroon | 1-0 | Nigeria | (Morocco) |
| 1990 | Algeria | 1-0 | Nigeria | (Algeria) |
| 1992 | Ivory Coast |
0-0 11-10 pens |
Ghana | (Senegal) |
| 1994 | Nigeria | 2-1 | Zambia | (Tunisia) |
| 1996 | South Africa | 2-0 | Tunisia | (South Africa) |
| 1998 | Egypt | 2-0 | South Africa | (Burkina Faso) |
| 2000 | Cameroon |
2-2 4-3 pens |
Nigeria | (Ghana/Nigeria) |
| 2002 | Cameroon |
0-0 3-2 pens |
Senegal | (Mali) |
| 2004 | Tunisia | 2-1 | Morocco | (Tunisia) |
| 2006 | Egypt |
0-0 4-2 pens |
Ivory Coast | (Egypt) |
The winning coaches
1957 - Mourad Fahmy (Egypt)
1959 - Josef Titkos (Hungary)
1962 - Milosevic (Yugoslavia)
1963 - Charles Gyamfi (Ghana)
1965 - Charles Gyamfi (Ghana)
1968 - Ferenc Csandai (Hungary)
1970 - Jiri Starosta (Czechoslavkia)
1972 - Amoyan Bibanzulu (Congo)
1974 - Blagoje Vidinic (Yugoslavia)
1976 - Gheorghe Mardarescu (Romania)
1978 - Fred Osam Doudou (Ghana)
1980 - Otto Gloria (Brazil)
1982 - Charles Gyamfi (Ghana)
1984 - Rade Ognanovic (Yugoslavia)
1986 - Mike Smith (Wales)
1988 - Claude LeRoy (France)
1990 - Abdelhamid Kermali (Algeria)
1992 - Martial Yeo (Ivory Coast)
1994 - Clemens Westerhof (Netherlands)
1996 - Clive Barker (South Africa)
1998 - Mahamoud Al Gohari (Egypt)
2000 - Pierre Lechantre (France)
2002 - Winfried Schafer (Germany)
2004 - Roger Lemerre (France)
2006 - Hassan Shehata (Egypt)
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