The African Nations Cup for Football is a championship organized by the African Association for Football. This championship takes place every two years among the African countries which pass the qualifiers to determine the champion of the continent, it is the third strongest championship after the World Cup and European Cup because it has strong competitors.
History of the Championship
On 8 June, 1956. The Egyptian athletic figure Abdul Aziz Salem who was the first chief of African Association, met with M. Latif, Y. Muhammad, A. Shaddad, B. Muhammad , and A. Muhammad, who were from Sudan and South Africa, in Portugal to negotiate the establishment of an association that runs the African ball affairs and championships. The Sudanese Dr. Abdul Halim Muhammad came up with an idea to establish this championship in Sudan in 1957. Egypt won the first championship. Below is a list of all the winners of the African Nations Cup since its establishment.
Egypt 1957
Egypt 1959
Ethiopia 1962
Ghana 1963
Ghana 1965
Zaire 1968
The Sudan 1970
Congo Republic 1972
Zaire 1974
Morocco 1976
Ghana 1978
Nigeria 1980
Ghana 1982
Cameron 1984
Egypt 1986
Cameron 1988
Algeria 1990
Ivory Coast 1992
Nigeria 1994
South Africa 1996
Egypt 1998
Cameron 2000
Cameron 2002
Tunis 2004
Egypt 2006
Egypt 2008
Egypt 2010
Prepared by:
Mushriq A. Jaber
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