The Rise of the African Cup of Nations

The Rise of the African Cup of Nations What started as a three team tournament in 1957 is now 1957 a sixteen team tournament with forty seven countries 3 teams fighting for those sixteen places in the latest edition of the competition. The tournament is now one of the most widely anticipated tournaments on the footballing calendar, and can be best described as a festival of skill, 2013 exhibition, passion, determination, commitment. 47 teams African Cup of Nations Trophy Host Nations 1957 - 2017 tunisia 1969, 94, 2004 morocco 1988, 2015 algeria 1992 egypt 1959, 74, 86, 2006 libya 1982, 2017 00 mali 2002 suddan 1957, 1970 senegal 1992 burkina faso 1998 ghana 1963, 78, 2000, 08 nigeria 1980, 2000 ethiopia 1962, 68, 76 ivory coast 1984 cameroon 1972 ecuatorial guinea 2012 gabon angola 2010 south africa 1996, 2013 Table of African Cup of Nation Winners Eqypt Ghana Caineroon Nigerla Congo DR Ivory Coast Zambla Tunisia Suclan Algeria Morocco Ethiopia South Africa 1 Top 5 all time African Cup of Nation's goalscorers 18 14 13 12 11 11 Hassan El-Shazly EGYPT Samuel Eto'o Laurent Pokou Rashidi Yelkinl Patrick Mboma Hossam Hassan CAMEROON IVORY COAST NIGERIA CAMEROON EGYPT Sources: Markus Schaal and RSSSF 1995/2006. Wikipedia: Africa Cup of Nations records and statistics. Out of Africa Campaign. OUT OF AFRICA Peter Scarks Design FOOTBALL INFOGRAPHICS