Jul 01, 2019 · Egypt and Nigeria had already qualified before their last group games. Uganda and Madagascar sealed their spots in the round of 16 on Sunday and Guinea and Congo will wait to see if they are among the four best third-place teams who will also go through. The African Cup increased from 16 to 24 teams this year.
Egypt Winners: ×7 (1957, 1959, 1986, 1988, 2006, 2008, 2010) Runners Up: 2 The pharaohs are synonymous with one thing, the African Cup of Nations, and although they may have only appeared at the World Cup just on two occasions, the North Africans have won a record 7 titles including a treble from 2006 to 2010, the last time they won it. Jun 26, 2019 · The 32nd edition of the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) is underway in Egypt. In total 24 teams are participating in the tournament for the first time in history, making it the biggest yet, and Egypt is the most successful national team on the African continent, having won the Africa Cup of Nations multiple times. It's the third time for the North African country to participate in the Jun 14, 2018 · Egypt Vs Uruguay, Friday June 15 Argentina who they have been matches four times at five World Cup appearances. The West African side who won the game 1-0, went on to go all the way to the Jul 19, 2019 · Algerian fans chant for Egypt's Aboutrika during African Cup win. al-Ahly had unexpectedly won 3-1. when the teams faced each other in northeast Algeria at the African Cup of Nations,
EGYPT has won 5 African Nations Cup in their history, making it the most successful African nation in the history of the tournament. they won it 3 times when they hosted the tournament in 1959, 1986 & 2006. EGYPT's African Nations Cup honours: 1957 - EGYPT 4-0 ETHIOPIA. 1959 - EGYPT 2-1 SUDAN. 1962 - ETHIOPIA 4-2 EGYPT
Algeria won the Africa Cup of Nations for the second time as a freak early goal secured a 1-0 win against Senegal in the final in Cairo. Baghdad Bounedjah's shot took a huge deflection off Salif Egypt. The Egyptian team and people have been waiting for this tournament a long time for many reasons. First, the Egyptian team has not qualified for the World Cup in 16 years, and they failed to pass the first round in the last African Cup in Tunisia after a dramatic 1-2 defeat by Algeria, even though Algeria was playing with only 10 players during the second half. Egypt has been in only two FIFA World Cups, 1934 and 1990. In neither they did any good. No African team has actually ever made as far as to the World Cup semifinals. Egypt has won a bunch of African Nations Cups, though!
Jun 26, 2019 · The 32nd edition of the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) is underway in Egypt. In total 24 teams are participating in the tournament for the first time in history, making it the biggest yet, and
Get the full list of the previous winners of the Africa Cup of Nations. 1957 - Egypt (Sudan) 1959 - Egypt (Egypt) 1962 - Ethiopia (Ethiopia) 1963 - Ghana (Ghana) 1965 - Ghana (Tunisia) 1968 - Congo-Kinshasa (Ethiopia) 1970 - Sudan (Sudan) 1972 - Congo (Cameroon) 1974 - Zaire (Egypt) 1976 - Morocco (Ethiopia) 1978 - Ghana The African Cup of Nations was first held in February 1957 in Khartoum, Sudan, where Egypt defeated the host nation in the final to win the Abdel Aziz Abdallah Salem Trophy, named after its donor, an Egyptian who was the first CAF president. That trophy was permanently awarded to Ghana in 1978 when it became the first country to win the tournament three times.