Previous Africa Cup of Nations champions ahead of 2012 tournament between January 21 and February 12 in Gabon and Equatorial Guinea:
1957 - Egypt
1959 - Egypt
1962 - Ethiopia
1963 - Ghana
1965 - Ghana
1968 - Zaire
1970 - Sudan
1972 - Congo Brazzaville
1974 - Zaire
1976 - Morocco
1978 - Ghana
1980 - Nigeria
1982 - Ghana
1984 - Cameroon
1986 - Egypt
1988 - Cameroon
1990 - Algeria
1992 - Ivory Coast
1994 - Nigeria
1996 - South Africa
1998 - Egypt
2000 - Cameroon
2002 - Cameroon
2004 - Tunisia
2006 - Egypt
2008 - Egypt
2010 - Egypt
Titles
7 - Egypt
4 - Cameroon, Ghana
2 - Nigeria, Zaire
1 - Algeria, Congo Brazzaville, Ethiopia, Ivory Coast, Morocco, South Africa, Sudan, Tunisia
Note: Zaire renamed Democratic Republic of Congo
Source: AFP
