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African Cup of Nations Information

The Africa Cup of Nations, also referred to as the African Nations Cup (ANC) is the main international association football competition in Africa. It is sanctioned by the Confederation of African Football (CAF), and was first held in 1957. Since 1968, it has been held every two years. The title holders at the time of a FIFA Confederations Cup qualify for that competition.

In 1957 there were only three participating nations: Egypt, Sudan and Ethiopia. South Africa were originally scheduled to compete, but were disqualified due to the apartheid policies of the government then in power.[1] Since then, the tournament has grown greatly, making it necessary to hold a qualifying tournament. The number of participants in the final tournament reached 16 in 1998 (16 teams were to compete in 1996 but Nigeria withdrew, reducing the field to 15), and since then, the format has been unchanged, with the sixteen teams being drawn into four groups of four teams each, with the top two teams of each group advancing to a "knock-out" stage.

Egypt is the most successful nation in the cup's history, winning the tournament a record seven times (including when Egypt was known as the United Arab Republic between 1958 and 1971). Ghana and Cameroon have won four titles each. Three different trophies have been awarded during the tournament's history, with Ghana and Cameroon winning the first two versions to keep after each of them won a tournament three times. The current trophy was first awarded in 2002 and with Egypt winning it indefinitely after winning their unprecedented third consecutive title in 2010.

As of 2013, the tournament will switch to being held in odd-numbered years so that it does not clash with the FIFA World Cup.[2]

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History

1950s-60s: Early growth of the ANC competition

The origins of the African Nations Cup date back to June 1956, when the creation of the Confederation of African Football was proposed during the third FIFA congress in Lisbon. There were immediate plans for a continental nations tournament to be held, and in February 1957, the first African Cup of Nations took place in Khartoum, Sudan. There was no qualification for this tournament, the field being made up of the four founding nations of CAF (Sudan, Egypt, Ethiopia, and South Africa). South Africa's insistence on selecting only caucasian players for their squad due to that nation's apartheid policy led to its disqualification, and as a consequence Ethiopia were handed a bye straight to the final.[3] Hence, only two matches were played, with Egypt being crowned as the first continental champion after defeating hosts Sudan in the semi-final and Ethiopia in the final. Two years later, Egypt hosted the second ANC in Cairo with the participation of these same three teams. Host and defending champions Egypt repeated as cup winners, this time downing Sudan.

The field grew to include nine teams for the third ANC in 1962 in Addis Ababa, and for the first time there was a qualification round to determine which four teams would play for the title. Host Ethiopia and reigning champion Egypt received automatic berths, and were joined in the final four by Nigeria and Tunisia. Egypt made its third consecutive final appearance, but it was Ethiopia that emerged as victors, after first beating Tunisia and then downing Egypt in extra time.

1960s: Ghanaian domination

In 1963, Ghana made its first appearance as it hosted the event, and won the title after beating Sudan in the final. They repeated that as they became champions two years later in Tunisia – equalling Egypt as two-time winners – with a squad that included only two returning members from the 1963 team.[4]

The 1968 competition's final tournament format expanded to include eight of the 22 teams entered in the preliminary rounds. The qualifying teams were distributed in two groups of four to play single round-robin tournaments, with the top two teams of each group advancing to semi-finals, a system that remained in use for the finals until 1992. The Democratic Republic of Congo won its first title, beating Ghana in the final. Starting with the 1968 tournament, the competition has been regularly held every two years in even numbered years. Cote d'Ivoire forward Laurent Pokou led the 1968 and 1970 tournaments in scoring, with six and eight goals respectively, and his total of 14 goals remained the all-time record until 2008. Play was covered for television for the first time during the 1970 tournament in Sudan,[4] as the hosts lifted the trophy after defeating Ghana – who were playing their fourth consecutive final.

1970s: A decade of champions

Six different nations won titles from 1970 to 1980: Sudan, Congo-Brazzaville, Zaire, Morocco, Ghana, and Nigeria. Zaire's second title in the 1974 edition (they won their first as the Democratic Republic of Congo) came after facing Zambia in the final. For the only time to date in the history of the competition, the match had to be replayed as the first contest between the two sides ended in a 2-2 draw after extra time. The final was re-staged two days later with Zaire winning 2-0. Forward Mulamba Ndaye scored all four of Zaire's goals in these two matches: he was also the top scorer of the tournament with nine goals, setting a single-tournament record that remains unmatched. Three months earlier, Zaire had become the first black African nation to qualify to the FIFA World Cup. Morocco won their first title in the 1976 ANC held in Ethiopia and Ghana took its third championship in 1978, becoming the first nation to win three titles. In 1980, Nigeria hosted the event and beat Algeria to capture its first honours.

1980s: Cameroonian and Nigerian domination

Ghana's fourth continental title came in the 1982 cup tournament; they beat Algeria in the semi-finals in extra time, and faced host Libya in the final. The match ended in a 1-1 draw after 120 minutes and Ghana won the penalty shootout to become champions. Cameroon won their first title two years later by beating Nigeria and in the 1986 cup they faced Egypt – absent from the final since 1962 – with Egypt winning the title on penalty kicks. Cameroon reached its third consecutive final in the 1988 tournament and won their second championship by repeating their 1984 victory over Nigeria. In 1990, Nigeria lost once again as they made their third final appearance in four tournaments, this time falling to Algeria.

1990s: The return of South Africa

The 1992 Cup of Nations expanded the number of final tournament participants to 12; the teams were divided into four groups of three, with the top two teams of each group advancing to quarter-finals. Ghanaian midfielder Abedi "Pelé" Ayew, who scored three goals, was named the best player of the tournament after his contributions helped Ghana reach the final; he was, however, suspended for that match and Ghana lost to Cote d'Ivoire in a penalty shootout that saw each side make 11 attempts to determine the winner. Cote d'Ivoire set a record for the competition by holding each of their opponents scoreless in the six matches of the final tournament.

The 12-team, three-group format was used again two years later, where hosts Tunisia were humiliated by their first round elimination. Nigeria, who had just qualified to the World Cup for the first time in their history, won the tournament, beating Zambia, who a year before had been struck by disaster when most of their national squad died in a plane crash while traveling to play a 1994 World Cup qualification match. Nigerian forward Rashidi Yekini, who had led the 1992 tournament with four goals, repeated as the top scorer with five goals.

South Africa hosted the 20th ACN competition in 1996, marking their first ever appearance after a decades long ban was lifted with the end of apartheid in the country and a failed attempt to qualify in 1994. The number of final round participants in 1996 was expanded to the current 16, split into four groups. However, the actual number of teams playing in the final was only 15 as Nigeria withdrew from the tournament at the final moment for political reasons.[5]Bafana Bafana won their first title on home soil, defeating Tunisia in the final. BBC Sport (16 January 2004). "African Cup of Nations: 1980-2002". BBC. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/africa/3399773.stm. Retrieved 11 March 2007. </ref>

The South Africans would reach the final again two years later in Burkina Faso, but were unable to defend their title, losing to Egypt who claimed their fourth cup.

2000s: Egypt's unprecedented Treble

The 2000 edition was hosted jointly by Ghana and Nigeria, who replaced the originally designated host Zimbabwe. Following a 2-2 draw after extra time in the final, Cameroon defeated Nigeria on penalty kicks. In 2002, Cameroon's Indomitable Lions made the second consecutive titles since Ghana had done it in the 1960s and after Egypt had done it before in 1957 and 1959. Again via penalty kicks, the Cameroonians beat first-time finalists Senegal, who also debuted in the World Cup later that year. Both finalists were eliminated in quarter finals two years later in Tunisia, where the hosts won their first title, beating Morocco 2-1 in the final. The 2006 tournament was also won by the hosts, Egypt, who reached a continental-record fifth title. The 2008 tournament was hosted by Ghana, and saw Egypt retain the trophy, winning their record-extending sixth tournament by defeating Cameroon 1-0 in the final.[6] Egypt set a new record in the 2010 tournament that was hosted by Angola by winning their third consecutive title in an unprecedented achievement on the African level after defeating Ghana 1-0 in the final, retaining the gold-plated cup indefinitely and extending their record to 7 continental titles (including when Egypt was known as the United Arab Republic between 1958 and 1971).[7]

Egyptian records set in 2010

On 31 January 2010, Egypt set a new African record, not being defeated for 19 consecutive Cup of Nations matches, since a 2-1 loss against Algeria in Tunisia in 2004, and a record 9 consecutive win streak. Egypt also set another record on that day, where it became the first African nation to win three consecutive cups joining Mexico, Argentina, and Iran who won their continent cup 3 times in a row.

Date Opponent Score
3 February 2004 Cameroon 0-0
20 January 2006 Libya 3-0
24 January 2006 Morocco 0-0
28 January 2006 Côte d'Ivoire 3-1
3 February 2006 DR Congo 4-1
7 February 2006 Senegal 2-1
10 February 2006 Côte d'Ivoire 0-0 (4-2 penalties)
22 January 2008 Cameroon 4-2
26 January 2008 Sudan 3-0
30 January 2008 Zambia 1-1
4 February 2008 Angola 2-1
7 February 2008 Côte d'Ivoire 4-1
10 February 2008 Cameroon 1-0
12 January 2010 Nigeria 3-1
16 January 2010 Mozambique 2-0
20 January 2010 Benin 2-0
25 January 2010 Cameroon 3-1
28 January 2010 Algeria 4-0
31 January 2010 Ghana 1-0

Future

Ahead of the 2008 Africa Cup of Nations several European clubs called for a rethink of the tournament's schedule. As it takes place during the European season, players who are involved miss several matches for their clubs.[8]

In January 2008, FIFA president Sepp Blatter announced that he wanted the tournament to be held in either June or July by 2016, to fit in the international calendar, although this would preclude many countries in central and west Africa from hosting the competition (as these months occur during their wet season).[9]

In May 2010, it was announced that the tournament would be moved to odd-numbered years from 2013. This will mean the tournament will not take place in the same year as the World Cup. It also means there will be two tournaments within thirteen months in January 2012 (co-hosted by Gabon and Equatorial Guinea) and January 2013 (hosted by Libya).[2]

South Africa and Morocco are currently bidding to stage either the 2015 or 2017 Africa Cup of Nations.

Results

Year Host nation Final Third Place
Champion Score Second Place
1957 Sudan Egypt

4 - 0

Ethiopia Sudan1
19592 UAR United Arab Republic n/a3 Sudan Ethiopia
Year Host nation Final Third Place Match
Champion Score Second Place Third Place Score Fourth Place
1962 Ethiopia Ethiopia 4 - 2 aet United Arab Republic Tunisia 3 - 0 Uganda
1963 Ghana Ghana 3 - 0 Sudan United Arab Republic 3 - 0 Ethiopia
1965 Tunisia Ghana 3 - 2 aet Tunisia Côte d'Ivoire 1 - 0 Senegal
1968 Ethiopia Congo DR 1 - 0 Ghana Côte d'Ivoire 1 - 0 Ethiopia
1970 Sudan Sudan 3 - 2 Ghana United Arab Republic 3 - 1 Côte d'Ivoire
1972 Cameroon Congo 3 - 2 Mali Cameroon 5 - 2 Zaire
1974 Egypt Zaire 2 - 2 aet 2 - 0 replay Zambia Egypt 4 - 0 Congo
1976 Ethiopia Morocco n/a4 Guinea Nigeria n/a4 Egypt
1978 Ghana Ghana 2 - 0 Uganda Nigeria 2 - 05 Tunisia
1980 Nigeria Nigeria 3 - 0 Algeria Morocco 2 - 0 Egypt
1982 Libya Ghana 1 - 1 aet (7 - 6) penalties Libya Zambia 2 - 0 Algeria
1984 Côte d'Ivoire Cameroon 3 - 1 Nigeria Algeria 3 - 1 Egypt
1986 Egypt Egypt 0 - 0 aet (5 - 4) penalties Cameroon Côte d'Ivoire 3 - 2 Morocco
1988 Morocco Cameroon 1 - 0 Nigeria Algeria 1 - 1 aet (4 - 3) penalties Morocco
1990 Algeria Algeria 1 - 0 Nigeria Zambia 1 - 0 Senegal
1992 Senegal Côte d'Ivoire 0 - 0 aet (11 - 10) penalties Ghana Nigeria 2 - 1 Cameroon
1994 Tunisia Nigeria 2 - 1 Zambia Côte d'Ivoire 3 - 1 Mali
1996 South Africa South Africa 2 - 0 Tunisia Zambia 1 - 0 Ghana
1998 Burkina Faso Egypt 2 - 0 South Africa Congo DR 4 - 46 (4 - 1) penalties Burkina Faso
2000 Ghana & Nigeria Cameroon 2 - 2 aet (4 - 3) penalties Nigeria South Africa 2 - 2 aet (4 - 3) penalties Tunisia
2002 Mali Cameroon 0 - 0 aet (3 - 2) penalties Senegal Nigeria 1 - 0 Mali
2004 Tunisia Tunisia 2 - 1 Morocco Nigeria 2 - 1 Mali
2006 Egypt Egypt 0 - 0 aet (4 - 2) penalties Côte d'Ivoire Nigeria 1 - 0 Senegal
2008 Ghana Egypt 1 - 0 Cameroon Ghana 4 - 2 Côte d'Ivoire
2010 Angola Egypt 1 - 0 Ghana Nigeria 1 - 0 Algeria
2012 Gabon & Equatorial Guinea
2013 Libya
  1. ^ South Africa were disqualified from the tournament due to the country's apartheid policies.
  2. ^ Only three teams participated.
  3. ^ There was no final match; the three teams played each other once, with the winner on points receiving the Cup. It finished: UAR 4pts, Sudan 2, Ethiopia 0.
  4. ^ There was no final match; the tournament was decided in a final group contested by the last four teams. It finished: Morocco 5pts, Guinea 4, Nigeria 3, Egypt 0.
  5. ^ The third-place match was tied 1–1 when the Tunisian team withdrew from the field in the 42nd minute in protest at the officiating. Nigeria were awarded a 2–0 walkover.
  6. ^ No extra time was played.

Trophy

Throughout the history of the Nations Cup, three different trophies have been awarded to the winners of the competition. The original trophy, made of silver, was the "Abdelaziz Abdallah Salem Trophy", which was named after the first CAF president, the Egyptian Abdelaziz Abdallah Salem. As the first winner of three Nations Cup tournaments, Ghana obtained the right to permanently hold the trophy in 1978.[10]

The second trophy was awarded from 1980 to 2000, and it was named "Trophy of African Unity"[11] or "African Unity Cup".[10] It was given by the Supreme Council for Sports in Africa to the CAF prior to the 1980 tournament and it was a cylindrical piece with the Olympic rings over a map of the continent engraved on it. It sat on a squared base and had stylized triangular handles. Cameroon won the Unity Cup indefinitely after they became three-time champions in 2000.

In 2001, the third trophy was revealed, a gold-plated cup designed and made in Italy. Cameroon, permanent holders of the previous trophy, were the first nation to be awarded the new trophy after they won the 2002 edition. Egypt won the gold-plated cup indefinitely after they became three-time champions in 2010, in an unprecedented achievement by winning three consecutive continental titles.

Statistics

Most successful national teams

Team Champions Runners-up Third-place Fourth-place
Egypt 7 (1957, 1959*, 1986*, 1998, 2006*, 2008, 2010) 1 (1962) 3 (1963, 1970, 1974*) 3 (1976, 1980, 1984)
Ghana 4 (1968*, 1965, 1978*, 1982) 4 (1968, 1970, 1992, 2010) 1 (2008*) 1 (1996)
Cameroon 4 (1984, 1988, 2000, 2002) 2 (1986, 2008) 1 (1972) 1 (1992)
Nigeria 2 (1980*, 1994) 4 (1984, 1988, 1990, 2000*) 7 (1976, 1978, 1992, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2010) -
Congo DR 2 (1968, 1974) - 1 (1998) 1 (1972)
Tunisia 1 (2004*) 2 (1965*, 1996) 1 (1962) 2 (1978, 2000)
Sudan 1 (1970*) 2 (1959, 1963) 1 (1957*) -
Côte d'Ivoire 1 (1992) 1 (2006) 4 (1965, 1968, 1986, 1994) 2 (1970, 2008)
Algeria 1 (1990*) 1 (1980) 2 (1984, 1988) 2 (1982, 2010)
Morocco 1 (1976) 1 (2004) 1 (1980) 2 (1986, 1988*)
Ethiopia 1 (1962*) 1 (1957) 1 (1959) 2 (1963, 1968*)
South Africa 1 (1996*) 1 (1998) 1 (2000) -
Congo 1 (1972) - - 1 (1974)
Zambia - 2 (1974, 1994) 3 (1982, 1990, 1996) -
Senegal - 1 (2002) - 3 (1965,1990, 2006)
Mali - 1 (1972) - 3 (1994, 2002*, 2004)
Uganda - 1 (1978) - 1 (1962)
Guinea - 1 (1976) - -
Libya - 1 (1982*) - -
Burkina Faso - - - 1 (1998*)
* as hosts

Most appearances in the final match

Appearances Nation
8 Egypt (once as United Arab Republic) Ghana
6 Cameroon Nigeria
3 Tunisia Sudan
2 Algeria Ethiopia Morocco Côte d'Ivoire South Africa Zambia Congo DR (once as Zaire)
1 Congo Mali Senegal Uganda Guinea Libya Gabon

Tournament appearances

Appearances Nation
22 Egypt (once as United Arab Republic)
19 Côte d'Ivoire
18 Ghana
17 Cameroon Nigeria
15 Congo DR (once as Zaire, Congo-Kinshasa & Congo-Leopoldville)
14 Algeria Tunisia Zambia
13 Morocco
10 Senegal
8 Ethiopia Guinea South Africa
7 Burkina Faso (once as Upper Volta) Sudan
6 Congo Mali Togo Angola
5 Kenya Uganda Gabon
4 Mozambique
3 Benin Malawi
2 Liberia Libya Namibia Sierra Leone Zimbabwe
1 Mauritius Rwanda Tanzania Equatorial Guinea

Most tournaments hosted

Hosts Nation Year(s)
4 times Egypt 1959, 1974, 1986, 2006
4 times Ghana 1963, 1978, 2000*, 2008
3 times Ethiopia 1962, 1968, 1976
3 times Tunisia 1965, 1994, 2004
2 times Nigeria 1980, 2000*
2 times Sudan 1957, 1970
1 time Algeria 1990
1 time Burkina Faso 1998
1 time Cameroon 1972
1 time Libya 1982
1 time Côte d'Ivoire 1984
1 time Mali 2002
1 time Morocco 1988
1 time Senegal 1992
1 time South Africa 1996
1 time Angola 2010

Other future hosts:

Gabon (2012*)
Equatorial Guinea (2012*)
Libya (2013)

Overall top goalscorers

Goals Scorers
18 Samuel Eto'o
14 Laurent Pokou
13 Rashidi Yekini
12 Hassan El-Shazly
11 Hossam Hassan, Patrick Mboma
10 Kalusha Bwalya, Mulamba Ndaye, Francileudo Santos, Joel Tiéhi, Mengistu Worku Ahmed Hassan
9 Abdoulaye Traoré
8 Pascal Feindouno, Wilberforce Kwadwo Mfum, Ahmed Hassan
7 Didier Drogba, Taher Abouzaid, Ali Abugreisha, Benni McCarthy, Roger Milla, Jay-Jay Okocha, Frédéric Kanouté

Top scorers by year

Year Player Goals
1957 Mohamed Ad-Diba 5
1959 Mahmoud Al-Gohari 3
1962 Abdelfatah Badawi Mengistu Worku 3
1963 Hassan El-Shazly 6
1965 Ben Acheampong Osei Kofi Eustache Manglé 3
1968 Laurent Pokou 6
1970 Laurent Pokou 8
1972 Salif Keita 5
1974 Mulamba Ndaye 9
1976 Keita Aliou Mamadou ‘N’Jo Léa’ 4
1978 Phillip Omondi Opoku Afriyie Segun Odegbami 3
1980 Khaled Al Abyad Labied Segun Odegbami 3
1982 George Alhassan 4
1984 Taher Abouzaid 4
1986 Roger Milla 4
1988 Lakhdar Belloumi Roger Milla Abdoulaye Traoré Gamal Abdelhamid 2
1990 Djamel Menad 4
1992 Rashidi Yekini 4
1994 Rashidi Yekini 5
1996 Kalusha Bwalya 5
1998 Hossam Hassan Benni McCarthy 7
2000 Shaun Bartlett 5
2002 Patrick Mboma René Salomon Olembé Julius Aghahowa 3
2004 Patrick Mboma Frédéric Kanouté Youssef Mokhtari Jay-Jay Okocha Francileudo dos Santos 4
2006 Samuel Eto'o 5
2008 Samuel Eto'o 5
2010 Geddo 5

General Statistics

Team P W D L GF GC Dif
Egypt 90 51 15 24 154 84 +70
Nigeria 80 42 19 19 111 78 +33
Ghana 71 40 13 18 96 59 +38
Cameroon 71 37 20 14 110 67 +43
Côte d'Ivoire 71 29 17 25 103 84 +19
Zambia 55 22 13 20 68 62 +6
Algeria 57 20 17 20 67 67 0
Morocco 51 18 19 14 59 46 +13
Tunisia 53 16 21 16 69 66 +3
Congo DR 56 16 15 25 65 81 -16
Senegal 43 15 11 17 49 40 +9
South Africa 31 13 9 9 37 32 +5
Guinea 32 10 11 11 45 48 -3
Mali 28 10 8 10 38 43 -5
Sudan 20 6 5 9 24 31 -7
Ethiopia 24 7 2 15 28 54 -26
Congo 22 5 6 11 21 34 -13
Angola 17 3 8 6 24 28 -4
Togo 18 2 6 10 13 32 -19
Burkina Faso 23 2 6 15 20 46 -26
Libya 8 2 4 2 8 9 -1
Gabon 11 2 3 6 8 18 -10
Uganda 16 3 1 12 17 31 -14
Kenya 14 1 4 9 8 24 -16
Zimbabwe 6 2 0 4 8 13 -5
Liberia 5 1 2 2 5 7 -2
Rwanda 3 1 1 1 3 3 0
Malawi 6 1 1 4 6 11 -5
Sierra Leone 5 1 1 3 2 11 -9
Namibia 6 0 2 4 9 18 -9
Mozambique 12 0 2 10 4 26 -22
Tanzania 3 0 1 2 3 6 -3
Benin 9 0 1 8 4 20 -16
Mauritius 3 0 0 3 2 8 -6

See also

Africa portal

References

  1. ^ African Cup of Nations - How it all began BBC Sport, 14 December 2001
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  11. ^ FIFA.com. "The Great Adventure of African Football". FIFA. http://www.fifa.com/en/print/article/0,4039,10769,00.html. Retrieved 16 March 2007.

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