African Cup of Nations
| Year | Winner | Score | Runner-up | Host |
| 2012 | ||||
| 2010 | Egypt | 1-0 |
Ghana | (Angola) |
| 2008 | Egypt | 1-0 | Cameroon | (Ghana) |
| 2006 | Egypt | 0-0 4-0 pens |
Ivory Coast | (Egypt) |
| 2004 | Tunisia | 2-1 | Morocco | (Tunisia) |
| 2002 | Cameroon | 0-0 3-2 pens |
Senegal | (Mali) |
| 2000 | Cameroon | 2-2 4-3 pens |
Nigeria | (Ghana/Nigeria) |
| 1998 | Egypt | 2-0 | South Africa | (Burkina Faso) |
| 1996 | South Africa | 2-0 | Tunisia | (South Africa) |
| 1994 | Nigeria | 2-1 | Zambia | (Tunisia) |
| 1992 | Ivory Coast | 0-0 11-10 pens |
Ghana | (Senegal) |
| 1990 | Algeria | 1-0 | Nigeria | (Algeria) |
| 1988 | Cameroon | 1-0 | Nigeria | (Morocco) |
| 1986 | Egypt | 0-0 5-4 pens |
Cameroon | (Egypt) |
| 1984 | Cameroon | 3-1 | Nigeria | (Ivory Coast) |
| 1982 | Ghana | 1-1 7-6 pens |
Libya | (Libya) |
| 1980 | Nigeria | 3-0 | Algeria | (Nigeria) |
| 1978 | Ghana | 2-0 | Uganda | (Ghana) |
| 1976 | Morocco | ** | (Ethiopia) | |
| 1974 | Zaire | 2-0 | Zambia | (Egypt) |
| 1972 | Congo- Brazzaville |
3-2 | Mali | (Cameroon) |
| 1970 | Sudan | 1-0 | Ghana | (Sudan) |
| 1968 | Congo- Kinshasa |
1-0 | Ghana | (Ethiopia) |
| 1965 | Ghana | 3-2 | Tunisia | (Tunisia) |
| 1963 | Ghana | 3-0 | Sudan | (Ghana) |
| 1962 | Ethiopia | 4-2 | Egypt | (Ethiopia) |
| 1959 | Egypt | 2-1 | Sudan | (Egypt) |
| 1957 | Egypt | 4-0 | Ethiopia | (Sudan) |