AFCON: List of all host nations

Ivory Coast are hosting AFCON 2023

The Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) is held after every two years. Some of the top nations in the African continent contest to win the African crown.

AFCON was held for the first time in 1957 and only four teams participated. Now, 24 teams compete in AFCON with six groups of four teams in each group. The top two teams from each group make the last 16, while the four third-place teams with the best record also make it into the last 16.

The tournament started in 1957 and has expanded from just four teams to the current format of 24. It is played every two years. AFCON has been co-hosted only on two occasions till now.

Egypt have the most titles with seven (1957, 1959, 1986, 1998, 2006, 2008, 2010), while Cameroon have five (1984, 1988, 2000, 2002, 2017), Ghana have four (1963, 1965, 1978, 1982), Nigeria have won three titles (1980, 1994, 2013), hosts Ivory Coast have won it twice (1992, 2015). Algeria (1990 and 2019) and DR Congo (1968 and 1974) round out the nations who have won multiple titles, with reigning champs Senegal (2021), Zambia (2012), Tunisia (2004), Sudan (1970), Ethiopia (1962), Morocco (1976), South Africa (1996) and Congo (1972) all winning the title once in their history.

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AFCON: List of hosts

• 1957 – Sudan
• 1959 – Egypt
• 1962 – Ethiopia
• 1963 – Ghana
• 1965 – Tunisia
• 1968 – Ethiopia
• 1970 – Sudan
• 1972 – Cameroon
• 1974 – Egypt
• 1976 – Ethiopia
• 1978 – Ghana
• 1980 – Nigeria
• 1982 – Libya
• 1984 – Ivory Coast
• 1986 – Egypt
• 1988 – Morocco
• 1990 – Algeria
• 1992 – Senegal
• 1994 – Tunisia
• 1996 – South Africa
• 1998 – Burkina Faso
• 2000 – Ghana, Nigeria
• 2002 – Mali
• 2004 – Tunisia
• 2006 – Egypt
• 2008 – Ghana
• 2010 – Angola
• 2012 – Equatorial Guinea, Gabon
• 2013 – South Africa
• 2015 – Equatorial Guinea
• 2017 – Gabon
• 2019 – Egypt
• 2021 – Cameroon
• 2023 – Ivory Coast
• 2025 – Morocco
• 2027 – Kenya, Tanzania & Uganda

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