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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Label Occurrences
Africa Cup of Nations canonical 42
1994 Africa Cup of Nations 5
2013 Africa Cup of Nations 4

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 (117)

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

Nigeria national football team → regionalTournament → Africa 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
CAF → organizesCompetition → Africa Cup of Nations ⓘ
Loftus Versfeld Stadium → hostedTournament → Africa Cup of Nations ⓘ
this entity surface form: 1996 African Cup of Nations
Liberia national football team → regionalTournament → Africa Cup of Nations ⓘ
Liberia national football team → regionalCupFirstAppearance → Africa Cup of Nations ⓘ
this entity surface form: 1996 Africa Cup of Nations
Liberia national football team → playsInCompetition → Africa Cup of Nations ⓘ
this entity surface form: Africa Cup of Nations qualification
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
NGA → usedIn → Africa Cup of Nations ⓘ
Africa Cup of Nations → formerName → Africa Cup of Nations self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: African Cup of Nations
Africa Cup of Nations → abbreviation → Africa Cup of Nations self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: AFCON
Africa Cup of Nations → officialNameInFrench → Africa Cup of Nations self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Coupe d'Afrique des nations
South Africa national football team → wonTournament → Africa Cup of Nations ⓘ
this entity surface form: 1996 Africa Cup of Nations
South Africa national football team → firstAFCONAppearance → Africa Cup of Nations ⓘ
this entity surface form: 1996 Africa Cup of Nations
South Africa national football team → playsInCompetition → 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
Rashidi Yekini → awardReceived → Africa Cup of Nations ⓘ
this entity surface form: Africa Cup of Nations top scorer
Ghana national football team → regionalTournament → Africa Cup of Nations ⓘ
Sunday Oliseh → participatedIn → 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
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
Vincent Enyeama → participatedIn → Africa Cup of Nations ⓘ
Vincent Enyeama → won → Africa Cup of Nations ⓘ
this entity surface form: 2013 Africa Cup of Nations
John Obi Mikel → majorTournament → Africa Cup of Nations ⓘ
this entity surface form: 2013 Africa Cup of Nations
John Obi Mikel → wonTournament → Africa Cup of Nations ⓘ
this entity surface form: 2013 Africa Cup of Nations
Nwankwo Kanu → participatedInTournament → Africa Cup of Nations ⓘ
Cameroon national football team → continentalCompetition → 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
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
Finidi George → winnerOf → Africa Cup of Nations ⓘ
this entity surface form: 1994 Africa Cup of Nations
Moses Mabhida Stadium → hostedEvent → Africa Cup of Nations ⓘ
this entity surface form: 2013 African Cup of Nations matches
Obafemi Martins → participatedIn → Africa Cup of Nations ⓘ
this entity surface form: 2010 Africa Cup of Nations
Obafemi Martins → participatedIn → Africa Cup of Nations ⓘ
this entity surface form: 2006 Africa Cup of Nations
National Stadium → hostedEvent → Africa Cup of Nations ⓘ
this entity surface form: 2013 Africa Cup of Nations final
Mohamed Salah → participatedIn → Africa Cup of Nations ⓘ
this entity surface form: Africa Cup of Nations 2017
Mohamed Salah → participatedIn → Africa Cup of Nations ⓘ
this entity surface form: Africa Cup of Nations 2019
Mohamed Salah → participatedIn → Africa Cup of Nations ⓘ
this entity surface form: Africa Cup of Nations 2021
Confederation of African Football → overseesCompetition → Africa Cup of Nations ⓘ
Alexandria Stadium → hostedTournament → Africa Cup of Nations ⓘ
this entity surface form: Africa Cup of Nations 1959