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The 2025 Africa Cup of Nations is underway in Morocco.
The hosts beat Comoros 2-0 in their opening Group A match and will have high hopes of going all the way as the highest-placed African team in the FIFA rankings.
Ivory Coast are the defending champions after a remarkable triumph as hosts in the previous edition.
The Elephants fought from a goal down in the final in Abidjan to defeat Nigeria 2-1, Sebastien Haller scoring the winning goal less than two years on from a diagnosis of testicular cancer that put his professional career under threat.
Triumphing in front of a jubilant home crowd capped a remarkable tournament for Ivory Coast, who sacked their head coach after a 4-0 loss to Equatorial Guinea in the group stage and only scraped into the knockouts because other results went their way.
They have now won the AFCON three times — a tally bettered only by three nations. Morocco, on the other hand, are looking to end half a century of waiting for a second continental title.
The Sporting News looks which teams have been the most successful in the tournament's storied history.
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Who has won the most Africa Cup of Nations titles?
Egypt have been the dominant nation in Africa Cup of Nations history with The Pharaohs winning seven titles, including the first edition of the competition back in 1957.
Six other nations have won the trophy more than once, with an overall total of 15 winners of the tournament.
| Rank | Nation | AFCON titles | Years won |
| 1. | Egypt | 7 | 1957, 1959, 1986, 1998, 2006, 2008, 2010 |
| 2. | Cameroon | 5 | 1984, 1988, 2000, 2002, 2017 |
| 3. | Ghana | 4 | 1963, 1965, 1978, 1982 |
| 4. | Ivory Coast | 3 | 1992, 2015, 2023 |
| = | Nigeria | 3 | 1980, 1994, 2013 |
| 6. | Algeria | 2 | 1990, 2019 |
| = | DR Congo | 2 | 1968, 1974 |
| 8. | Zambia | 1 | 2012 |
| = | Tunisia | 1 | 2004 |
| = | Sudan | 1 | 1970 |
| = | Senegal | 1 | 2021 |
| = | Ethiopia | 1 | 1962 |
| = | Morocco | 1 | 1976 |
| = | South Africa | 1 | 1996 |
| = | Congo | 1 | 1972 |
When is the next AFCON?
The 2027 African Cup of Nations will be co-hosted by Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania, making it the first edition of the tournament to be staged across three nations.
It will take place between June 19 and July 18, 2027, meaning there will be no disruption to the European club season in terms of clubs being without key players mid-season.
AFCON will then be staged again in 2028 to begin a new quadrennial cycle of the tournament running every four years in parallel with the European Championship and Copa America.
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