| Year |
Winner |
Score |
Runner-Up |
Host |
| 1957 |
Egypt |
4 - 0 |
Ethiopia |
Sudan |
| 1959 |
Egypt |
2 - 1 |
Sudan |
Egypt |
| 1962 |
Ethiopia |
4 - 2 |
Egypt |
Ethiopia |
| 1963 |
Ghana |
3 - 0 |
Sudan |
Ghana |
| 1965 |
Ghana |
3 - 2 |
Tunisia |
Tunisia |
| 1968 |
Zaire |
1 - 0 |
Ghana |
Ethiopia |
| 1970 |
Sudan |
1 - 0 |
Ghana |
Sudan |
| 1972 |
Congo |
3 - 2 |
Mali |
Cameroon |
| 1974 |
Zaire |
2 - 0 |
Zambia |
Egypt |
| 1976 |
Morocco ** |
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Ethiopia |
| 1978 |
Ghana |
2 - 0 |
Uganda |
Ghana |
| 1980 |
Nigeria |
3 - 0 |
Algeria |
Nigeria |
| 1982 |
Ghana |
1-1 (7-6 pens ) |
Libya |
Libya |
| 1984 |
Cameroon |
3 - 1 |
Nigeria |
Ivory Coast |
| 1986 |
Egypt |
0-0 (5-4 pens) |
Cameroon |
Egypt |
| 1988 |
Cameroon |
1 - 0 |
Nigeria |
Morocco |
| 1990 |
Algeria |
1 - 0 |
Nigeria |
Algeria |
| 1992 |
Ivory Coast |
0-0 (11-10 pens) |
Ghana |
Senegal |
| 1994 |
Nigeria |
2 - 1 |
Zambia |
Tunisia |
| 1996 |
South Africa |
2 - 0 |
Tunisia |
South Africa |
| 1998 |
Egypt |
2 - 0 |
South Africa |
Burkina Faso |
| 2000 |
Cameroon |
2-2 (4-3 pens) |
Nigeria |
Ghana/Nigeria |
| 2002 |
Cameroon |
0-0 (3-2 pens) |
Senegal |
Mali |
| 2004 |
Tunisia |
2 - 1 |
Morocco |
Tunisia |
| 2006 |
Egypt |
0-0 (4-2 pen) |
Cote d’ Ivoire |
Egypt |
| 2008 |
Egypt |
1 - 0 |
Cameroon |
Ghana |
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