The 32nd edition of the Africa Cup of Nations gets underway on Friday, June 21 in Egypt.
Mali
Algeria
Sudan (The first AFCON tournament took place in 1957 with Sudan as the host nation)
Senegal
Benin
Cote D’Ivoire (Cote D’Ivoire has won the trophy twice in 1992 and 2015)
Burkina Faso
Senegal
Sudan
Egypt
Ethiopia
South Africa (They planned to play the competition with only white men)
Raafat Attia (He scored a penalty against Sudan in 1957)
Sayed Mostafa
Samuel Zewode
Adamu Alemu
Ghana
Cote D’Ivoire
Senegal (Senegal has never won the trophy before. Their best result of the competition was in 2002 were the came us first runner ups)
Nigeria
Burundi (Burundi qualified for their first ever AFCON after they a 1-1 draw with Gabon)
Tanzania
Namibia
Kenya
Two
Four
One
Three (Mauritania, Burundi and Madagascar are debutants for this years’ AFCON)
Egypt and Mali
Cote D’Ivoire and Cameroon (Cote D’Ivoire won the title in 1992 after their opponents failed to score against them, Cameroon repeated this record in 2002)
Ghana and Algeria
Nigeria and Morocco
Ghana
Egypt (They have won the title a record of seven times)
Nigeria
Tunisia
The tournament was held in two countries
The competition was televised (For the first time, the tournament was aired on TV with Sudan hosting.
Two countries were disqualified
South Africa won the trophy
Didier Drogba
Asamoah Gyan
Mohamed Aboutrika
Jay-Jay Okocha (He scored a penalty in the 24th edition of the African Cup of Nations Championship which was held in Tunisia)
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