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Cameroon overtake Ghana on trophy count
Cameroon and Egypt have won five titles each, after Ghana last won the Africa Cup of Nations in 1982
Year Champion Host
1957 Egypt Sudan
1959 United Arab Republic (Egypt) United Arab Republic (Egypt)
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1962 Ethiopia Ethiopia
1963 Ghana Ghana
1965 Ghana Tunisia
1968 Congo DR Ethiopia
1970 Sudan Sudan
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1972 Congo Cameroon
1974 Zaire Egypt
1976 Morocco Ethiopia
1978 Ghana Ghana
1980 Nigeria Nigeria
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1982 Ghana Libya
1984 Cameroon Cote d'Ivoire
1986 Egypt Egypt
1988 Cameroon Morocco
1990 Algeria Algeria
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1992 Cote d'Ivoire Senegal
1994 Nigeria Tunisia
1996 South Africa South Africa
1998 Egypt Burkina Faso
2000 Cameroon Ghana/Nigeria
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2002 Cameroon Nigeria
2004 Tunisia Tunisia
2006 Egypt Egypt
2008 Egypt Ghana
2010 Egypt Angola
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2012 Zambia Gabon/Equatorial Guinea
2013 Nigeria South Africa
2015 Ivory Coast Equatorial Guinea
2017 Cameroon Gabon
Summar
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Egypt-7
Cameroon-5
Ghana-4
Nigeria-3
DR Congo-2
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Ivory Coast-2
Ethiopia, Sudan, Congo, Morocco, Algeria,South Africa, Tunisia, Zambia
Egypt are the most successful nation in the competitions history with seven (7) titles, followed by Cameroon with five (5) titles.
Ghana were the first to win the AFCON three occasions, follwoed by Egypt. Cameroon the third to do so and Nigeria, after winning the title in 2013 made it three three titles.
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