Africa Cup of Nations

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continental football championship international football tournament

The Africa Cup of Nations is the premier international men's football championship in Africa, organized by the Confederation of African Football and contested by national teams from across the continent.

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Observed surface forms (23)

Surface form Occurrences
1994 Africa Cup of Nations 5
1996 Africa Cup of Nations 3
2013 Africa Cup of Nations 3

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf continental football championship ⓘ
international football tournament ⓘ
abbreviation Africa Cup of Nations self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: AFCON
competitionType national teams ⓘ
confederation CAF ⓘ
confederationMembershipRequirement CAF member association ⓘ
confersTitle champions of Africa ⓘ
continent Africa ⓘ
eligibilityRule FIFA-eligible players for represented country ⓘ
firstEditionHostCity Khartoum ⓘ
firstEditionHostCountry Sudan ⓘ
firstEditionWinner Egypt national football team ⓘ
format group stage and knockout phase ⓘ
formerName Africa Cup of Nations self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: African Cup of Nations
frequency biennial ⓘ
gender men ⓘ
governingBody Confederation of African Football ⓘ
governingBodyFounded 1957 ⓘ
governingBodyHeadquarters Cairo ⓘ
governingBodyHeadquartersCountry Egypt ⓘ
inception 1957 ⓘ
knockoutStageIncludes final ⓘ
quarter-finals ⓘ
round of 16 ⓘ
semi-finals ⓘ
third place play-off ⓘ
languageOfOfficialName English ⓘ
French ⓘ
level senior ⓘ
mostCommonHostRegion Sub-Saharan Africa ⓘ
mostSuccessfulTeam Egypt national football team ⓘ
mostTitlesNumber 7 ⓘ
officialNameInFrench Africa Cup of Nations self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Coupe d'Afrique des nations
organizer Confederation of African Football ⓘ
organizerAbbreviation CAF ⓘ
participants men's national football teams ⓘ
qualificationProcess CAF Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers ⓘ
region Africa ⓘ
relatedCompetition CAF Women’s Africa Cup of Nations ⓘ
surface form: Africa Women’s Cup of Nations

African Nations Championship ⓘ
CAF Champions League ⓘ
FIFA World Cup ⓘ
sport association football ⓘ
sportCategory international association football competitions ⓘ
squadType professional footballers ⓘ
teamType national A team ⓘ
trophyName Africa Cup of Nations trophy ⓘ
typicalSchedule January–February ⓘ

Referenced by (41)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Africa Cup of Nations → abbreviation → Africa Cup of Nations self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: AFCON
Rashidi Yekini → awardReceived → Africa Cup of Nations ⓘ
this entity surface form: Africa Cup of Nations top scorer
this entity surface form: 1996 Africa Cup of Nations
Africa Cup of Nations → formerName → Africa Cup of Nations self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: African Cup of Nations
FNB Stadium (Soccer City) → hostedEvent → Africa Cup of Nations ⓘ
subject surface form: FNB Stadium
this entity surface form: 1996 Africa Cup of Nations matches
FNB Stadium (Soccer City) → hostedEvent → Africa Cup of Nations ⓘ
subject surface form: FNB Stadium
this entity surface form: 1996 Africa Cup of Nations Final
Libreville → hostedEvent → Africa Cup of Nations ⓘ
this entity surface form: 2012 Africa Cup of Nations matches
Libreville → hostedEvent → Africa Cup of Nations ⓘ
this entity surface form: 2017 Africa Cup of Nations matches
Loftus Versfeld Stadium → hostedTournament → Africa Cup of Nations ⓘ
this entity surface form: 1996 African Cup of Nations
John Obi Mikel → majorTournament → Africa Cup of Nations ⓘ
this entity surface form: 2013 Africa Cup of Nations
Africa Cup of Nations → officialNameInFrench → Africa Cup of Nations self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Coupe d'Afrique des nations
CAF → organizesCompetition → Africa Cup of Nations ⓘ
Finidi George → participantIn → Africa Cup of Nations ⓘ
this entity surface form: 1992 Africa Cup of Nations
Finidi George → participantIn → Africa Cup of Nations ⓘ
this entity surface form: 1994 Africa Cup of Nations
Finidi George → participantIn → Africa Cup of Nations ⓘ
this entity surface form: 2000 Africa Cup of Nations
Rashidi Yekini → participatedIn → Africa Cup of Nations ⓘ
this entity surface form: 1992 Africa Cup of Nations
Rashidi Yekini → participatedIn → Africa Cup of Nations ⓘ
this entity surface form: 1994 Africa Cup of Nations
Sunday Oliseh → participatedIn → Africa Cup of Nations ⓘ
this entity surface form: 1994 Africa Cup of Nations
Vincent Enyeama → participatedIn → Africa Cup of Nations ⓘ
Nwankwo Kanu → participatedInTournament → Africa Cup of Nations ⓘ
Sunday Oliseh → playedInTournament → Africa Cup of Nations ⓘ
this entity surface form: 1994 African Cup of Nations
Sunday Oliseh → playedInTournament → Africa Cup of Nations ⓘ
this entity surface form: 2000 African Cup of Nations
Sunday Oliseh → playedInTournament → Africa Cup of Nations ⓘ
this entity surface form: 2002 African Cup of Nations
Liberia national football team → playsInCompetition → Africa Cup of Nations ⓘ
this entity surface form: Africa Cup of Nations qualification
this entity surface form: 1996 Africa Cup of Nations
Ghana national football team → regionalTournament → Africa Cup of Nations ⓘ
Liberia national football team → regionalTournament → Africa Cup of Nations ⓘ
Nigeria national football team → regionalTournament → Africa Cup of Nations ⓘ
NGA → usedIn → Africa Cup of Nations ⓘ
Finidi George → winnerOf → Africa Cup of Nations ⓘ
this entity surface form: 1994 Africa Cup of Nations
Sunday Oliseh → winnerOf → Africa Cup of Nations ⓘ
this entity surface form: 1994 Africa Cup of Nations
Vincent Enyeama → won → Africa Cup of Nations ⓘ
this entity surface form: 2013 Africa Cup of Nations
Cameroon national football team → wonTournament → Africa Cup of Nations ⓘ
this entity surface form: Africa Cup of Nations 1984
Cameroon national football team → wonTournament → Africa Cup of Nations ⓘ
this entity surface form: Africa Cup of Nations 1988
Cameroon national football team → wonTournament → Africa Cup of Nations ⓘ
this entity surface form: Africa Cup of Nations 2000
Cameroon national football team → wonTournament → Africa Cup of Nations ⓘ
this entity surface form: Africa Cup of Nations 2002
Cameroon national football team → wonTournament → Africa Cup of Nations ⓘ
this entity surface form: Africa Cup of Nations 2017
John Obi Mikel → wonTournament → Africa Cup of Nations ⓘ
this entity surface form: 2013 Africa Cup of Nations
South Africa national football team → wonTournament → Africa Cup of Nations ⓘ
this entity surface form: 1996 Africa Cup of Nations