National team appearances in the Africa Cup of Nations

This article lists the performances of each of the 38 national teams which have made at least one appearance in the Africa Cup of Nations finals.

Debut of teams

Each successive Africa Cup of Nations has had at least one team appearing for the first time. Teams in parentheses are considered successor teams by FIFA.

Year	Debutants	Total
1957	Egypt Ethiopia Sudan	3
1962	Tunisia Uganda	2
1963	Ghana Nigeria	2
1965	DR Congo Ivory Coast Senegal	3
1968	Algeria Congo	2
1970	Cameroon Guinea	2
1972	Kenya Mali Morocco Togo	4
1974	Mauritius Zambia	2
1978	Upper Volta	1
1980	Tanzania	1
1982	Libya	1
1984	Malawi	1
1986	Mozambique	1
1994	Gabon Sierra Leone	2
1996	Angola Liberia South Africa	3
1998	Namibia	1
2004	Benin Rwanda Zimbabwe	3
2012	Botswana Equatorial Guinea Niger	3
2013	Cape Verde	1

Never qualified: Burundi, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Djibouti, Eritrea, Gambia, Guinea-Bissau, Lesotho, Madagascar, Mauritania, São Tomé and Príncipe, Seychelles, Somalia, South Sudan, Swaziland

Comprehensive team results by tournament

Legend

1st – Champions
2nd – Runners-up
3rd – Third place
4th – Fourth place
QF – Quarter-finals
GS – Group stage
Q — Qualified for upcoming tournament
•• — Qualified but withdrew / Disqualified after qualification
• — Did not qualify
× — Did not enter / Withdrew from the Africa Cup of Nations / Banned
— Hosts

For each tournament, the number of teams in each finals tournament (in brackets) are shown.

Team	1957 (3)	1959 (3)	1962 (4)	1963 (6)	1965 (6)	1968 (8)	1970 (8)	1972 (8)	1974 (8)	1976 (8)	1978 (8)	1980 (8)	1982 (8)	1984 (8)	1986 (8)	1988 (8)	1990 (8)	1992 (12)	1994 (12)	1996 (15)	1998 (16)	2000 (16)	2002 (16)	2004 (16)	2006 (16)	2008 (16)	2010 (15)	2012 (16)	2013 (16)	2015 (16)	Total apps
Central Africa Members
CMR	×	×	×	×	×	•	GS	3rd	•	•	•	•	GS	1st	2nd	1st	GS	4th	•	GS	QF	1st	1st	QF	QF	2nd	QF	•	•	GS	17
COG	×	×	×	×	×	GS	×	1st	4th	•	GS	•	•	•	•	•	×	QF	•	•	•	GS	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	QF	7
COD	×	×	×	×	GS	1st	GS	4th	1st	GS	×	•	•	×	•	GS	•	QF	QF	QF	3rd	GS	QF	GS	QF	•	•	•	GS	3rd	17
EQG	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	•	×	×	×	×	×	•	•	•	•	•	QF	•	4th	2
GAB	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	•	×	×	•	×	×	•	•	•	•	•	GS	QF	•	GS	•	•	•	•	GS	QF	•	GS	6
East Africa Members
ETH	2nd	3rd	1st	4th	GS	4th	GS	•	•	GS	•	•	GS	•	×	×	•	×	•	•	•	×	•	•	•	•	×	•	GS	•	10
KEN	×	×	•	•	•	•	•	GS	•	•	•	•	•	×	•	GS	GS	GS	•	×	•	•	•	GS	•	•	•	•	•	•	5
RWA	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	•	•	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	•	•	GS	•	•	•	•	•	•	1
SDN	3rd	2nd	•	2nd	•	•	1st	GS	•	GS	×	•	×	•	×	•	•	•	•	•	×	×	•	•	•	GS	•	QF	•	•	8
TAN	×	×	×	×	×	×	•	•	•	•	•	GS	×	•	×	•	•	•	×	•	•	•	•	×	•	•	•	•	•	•	1
UGA	×	×	4th	×	•	GS	•	•	GS	GS	2nd	×	×	•	•	•	×	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	5
North Africa Members
ALG	×	×	×	×	×	GS	•	•	•	•	•	2nd	4th	3rd	GS	3rd	1st	GS	••	QF	GS	QF	GS	QF	•	•	4th	•	GS	QF	16
EGY	1st	1st	2nd	3rd	×	×	3rd	•	3rd	4th	•	4th	×	4th	1st	GS	GS	GS	QF	QF	1st	QF	QF	GS	1st	1st	1st	•	•	•	22
LBY	×	×	×	×	×	•	×	•	×	×	×	×	2nd	•	•	×	×	×	×	×	×	•	•	•	GS	•	•	GS	•	•	3
MAR	×	×	×	•	×	×	•	GS	×	1st	GS	3rd	•	•	4th	4th	•	GS	•	•	QF	GS	GS	2nd	GS	GS	•	GS	GS	••	15
TUN	×	×	3rd	GS	2nd	•	×	×	×	•	4th	×	GS	•	•	•	•	•	GS	2nd	QF	4th	GS	1st	QF	QF	GS	QF	GS	QF	17
Southern Africa Members
ANG	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	•	•	×	•	•	•	•	GS	GS	•	•	•	GS	QF	QF	GS	GS	•	7
BOT	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	GS	•	•	1
MWI	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	•	•	•	•	GS	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	GS	•	•	•	2
MRI	×	×	×	×	×	•	•	•	GS	•	•	•	•	•	•	×	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	×	•	1
MOZ	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	•	•	GS	•	•	•	•	GS	GS	•	•	•	•	•	GS	•	•	•	4
NAM	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	•	GS	•	•	•	•	GS	•	•	•	•	2
RSA	••	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	•	1st	2nd	3rd	QF	GS	GS	GS	•	•	QF	GS	9
ZAM	×	×	×	×	×	×	•	•	2nd	•	GS	•	3rd	•	GS	×	3rd	QF	2nd	3rd	GS	GS	GS	•	GS	GS	QF	1st	GS	GS	17
ZIM	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	GS	GS	•	•	•	•	•	2
West Africa Members
BEN	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	•	×	×	×	•	×	•	•	•	•	•	•	×	•	•	•	GS	•	GS	GS	•	•	•	3
BFA	×	×	×	×	×	•	×	×	•	×	GS	×	•	×	×	×	•	•	×	GS	4th	GS	GS	GS	•	•	GS	GS	2nd	GS	10
CPV	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	•	×	×	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	QF	GS	2
CIV																												2nd	QF	1st	20
GHA	×	×	•	1st	1st	2nd	2nd	•	•	•	1st	GS	1st	GS	•	•	•	2nd	QF	4th	GS	QF	QF	•	GS	3rd	2nd	4th	4th	2nd	19
GUI																			GS		GS			QF	QF	QF		GS		QF	11
LBR																															2
MLI																												3rd		GS	9
NIG																												GS	GS		2
NGA	×	×	×	GS	×	•	×	•	•	3rd	3rd	1st	GS	2nd	•	2nd	2nd	3rd	1st	×	×	2nd	3rd	3rd	3rd	QF	3rd	•	1st	•	17
SEN	×	×	×	×	4th	GS	•	•	•	•	•	×	•	•	GS	•	4th	QF	QF	•	•	QF	2nd	QF	4th	GS	•	GS	•	GS	13
SLE																															2
TOG																											••		QF		7

Results of host nations

Year	Host nation	Finish
1957	Sudan	Semi-finalist
1959	United Arab Republic	Champions
1962	Ethiopia	Champions
1963	Ghana	Champions
1965	Tunisia	Runners-up
1968	Ethiopia	Fourth Place
1970	Sudan	Champions
1972	Cameroon	Third Place
1974	Egypt	Third Place
1976	Ethiopia	Group Stage
1978	Ghana	Champions
1980	Nigeria	Champions
1982	Libya	Runners-up
1984	Ivory Coast	Group Stage
1986	Egypt	Champions
1988	Morocco	Fourth Place
1990	Algeria	Champions
1992	Senegal	Quarter-finalist
1994	Tunisia	Group Stage
1996	South Africa	Champions
1998	Burkina Faso	Fourth Place
2000	Ghana	Quarter-finalist
2000	Nigeria	Runners-up
2002	Mali	Fourth Place
2004	Tunisia	Champions
2006	Egypt	Champions
2008	Ghana	Third Place
2010	Angola	Quarter-finalist
2012	Equatorial Guinea	Quarter-finalist
2012	Gabon	Quarter-finalist
2013	South Africa	Quarter-finalist
2015	Equatorial Guinea	Fourth-place
2017	Gabon	TBD
2019	Cameroon	TBD
2021	Ivory Coast	TBD
2023	Guinea	TBD

Results of defending champions

Year	Defending champions	Finish
1959	United Arab Republic	Champions
1962	United Arab Republic	Runners-up
1963	Ethiopia	Fourth Place
1965	Ghana	Champions
1968	Ghana	Runners-up
1970	Congo-Kinshasa	Group Stage
1972	Sudan	Group Stage
1974	Congo	Fourth Place
1976	Zaire	Group Stage
1978	Morocco	Group Stage
1980	Ghana	Group Stage
1982	Nigeria	Group Stage
1984	Ghana	Group Stage
1986	Cameroon	Runners-up
1988	Egypt	Group Stage
1990	Cameroon	Group Stage
1992	Algeria	Group Stage
1994	Ivory Coast	Third Place
1996	Nigeria	Withdrew
1998	South Africa	Runners-up
2000	Egypt	Quarter-finalist
2002	Cameroon	Champions
2004	Cameroon	Quarter-finalist
2006	Tunisia	Quarter-finalist
2008	Egypt	Champions
2010	Egypt	Champions
2012	Egypt	Did not qualify
2013	Zambia	Group Stage
2015	Nigeria	Did not qualify
2017	Ivory Coast	TBD

References

Africa Cup of Nations

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

Qualification	1957 1959 1962 1963 1965 1968 1970 1972 1974 1976 1978 1980 1982 1984 1986 1988 1990 1992 1994 1996 1998 2000 2002 2004 2006 2008 2010 2012 2013 2015 2017

Finals	1957 1959 1962 1963 1965 1968 1970 1972 1974 1976 1978 1980 1982 1984 1986 1988 1990 1992 1994 1996 1998 2000 2002 2004 2006 2008 2010 2012 2013 2015

Squads	1957 1959 1962 1963 1965 1968 1970 1972 1974 1976 1978 1980 1982 1984 1986 1988 1990 1992 1994 1996 1998 2000 2002 2004 2006 2008 2010 2012 2013 2015

Statistics	Appearances Records and statistics

No qualification took place in 1957 and 1959 as places were given by invitation only. In 1959 and 1976, there was no final; the article is about the decisive match of the final group stage.