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National team appearances in the Africa Cup of Nations

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This article lists the performances of each of the 39 national teams which have made at least one appearance in the Africa Cup of Nations finals.

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Debut of teams

Each successive Africa Cup of Nations has had at least one team appearing for the first time. Teams in parentheses are considered successor teams by FIFA.

  • Never qualified:  Burundi,  Central African Republic,  Chad,  Comoros,  Djibouti,  Eritrea,  Gambia,  Lesotho,  Madagascar,  Mauritania,  São Tomé and Príncipe,  Seychelles,  Somalia,  South Sudan,  Swaziland

    • Comprehensive team results by tournament

    Legend
  • 1st – Champions
  • 2nd – Runners-up
  • 3rd – Third place
  • 4th – Fourth place
  • QF – Quarter-finals
  • GS – Group stage
  • Q — Qualified for upcoming tournament
  •  ••  — Qualified but withdrew / Disqualified after qualification
  •  •  — Did not qualify
  •  ×  — Did not enter / Withdrew from the Africa Cup of Nations / Banned
  •    — Hosts

    • For each tournament, the number of teams in each finals tournament (in brackets) are shown.

    References

    National team appearances in the Africa Cup of Nations Wikipedia
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