The Africa Cup of Nations or the AFCON 2022 will be starting from January 9, 2022, to February 6, 2022, in Cameroon, know its all time winners list and prize money
The Africa Cup of Nations 2021 is sponsored by TotalEnergies, a French oil, and gas company.
The 33rd edition of the Africa Cup of Nations is all set to start after several postponing due to bad climate and then the Covid-19 pandemic. The Cup will be played in the cities of Douala, Yaoundé, Garoua, Bafoussam, and Limbe of Cameroon. The Africa Cup of Nations 2021 is organized and managed by the Confederation of African Football or the CAF.
Let us take a look at the previous winners right from the first edition back in 1957.
Africa Cup Of Nations Previous Winners List (1957- 2019)
1957: Egypt
1959: United Arab Republic (Egypt)
1962: Ethiopia
1963: Ghana
1965: Ghana
1968: Democratic Republic of the Congo
1970: Sudan
1972: People’s Republic of the Congo
1974: Zaire
1976: Morocco
1978: Ghana
1980: Nigeria
1982: Ghana
1984: Cameroon
1986: Egypt
1988: Cameroon
1990: Algeria
1992: Ivory Coast
1994: Nigeria
1996: South Africa
1998: Egypt
2000: Cameroon
2002: Cameroon
2004: Tunisia
2006: Egypt
2008: Egypt
2010: Egypt
2012: Zambia
2013: Nigeria
2015: Ivory Coast
2017: Cameroon
2019: Algeria
AFCON Most Wins
Egypt: 7 ( 1957, 1959, 1986, 1998, 2006, 2008, 2010)
Cameroon: 5 (1984, 1988, 2000, 2002, 2017)
Ghana: 4 (1963, 1965, 1978, 1982)
Nigeria: 3 (1980, 1994, 2013)
Ivory Coast: 2 (1992, 2015)
Algeria: 2 (1990, 2019)
Democratic Republic of Congo: 2 (1968, 1974)
Zambia: 1 (2012)
Tunisia: 1 (2004)
Sudan: 1 (1970)
Ethiopia: 1 (1962)
Morocco: 1 (1976)
South Africa: 1 (1996)
Congo: 1 (1972)
Africa Cup of Nations 2021: AFCON Prize Money
The detailed prize money for the Africa Cup of Nations 2021 has not been disclosed yet. Stay tuned!
Here is the detailed prize money breakdown of the Africa Cup of Nations 2019.
Winner: $4.5m
Runners-up: $2.5m
Third Place: $2m
Fourth Place: $2m
Quarterfinalists: $800,000
The TOTAL prize money of the Africa Cup of Nations 2019 was $14.2m