| # | Year | Host | Final | Third Place | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Venue | Date | Winner | Result | Runner-up | ||||
| 35 | 2025 |  Morocco | Rabat | 18.01.2026 | ||||
| 34 | 2023 |  Ivory Coast | Abidjan | 11.02.2024 | Ivory Coast | 2:1 |  Nigeria |  South Africa |
| 33 | 2021 |  Cameroon | Yaounde | 06.02.2022 |  Senegal | 0:0 aet 4:2 pso |  Egypt | Cameroon |
| 32 | 2019 | Egypt | Cairo | 19.07.2019 |  Algeria | 1:0 | Senegal | Nigeria |
| 31 | 2017 |  Gabon | Libreville | 05.02.2017 | Cameroon | 2:1 | Egypt |  Burkina Faso |
| 30 | 2015 |  Equatorial Guinea | Bata | 08.02.2015 | Ivory Coast | 0:0 aet 9:8 pso |  Ghana |  Congo DR |
| 29 | 2013 | South Africa | Johannesburg | 10.02.2013 | Nigeria | 1:0 | Burkina Faso |  Mali |
| 28 | 2012 | Equatorial Guinea Gabon | Libreville | 12.02.2012 |  Zambia | 0:0 aet 8:7 pso | Ivory Coast | Mali |
| 27 | 2010 |  Angola | Luanda | 31.01.2010 | Egypt | 1:0 | Ghana | Nigeria |
| 26 | 2008 | Ghana | Accra | 10.02.2007 | Egypt | 1:0 | Cameroon | Ghana |
| 25 | 2006 | Egypt | Cairo | 10.02.2006 | Egypt | 0:0 aet 4:2 pso | Ivory Coast | Nigeria |
| 24 | 2004 |  Tunisia | Rades | 14.02.2004 | Tunisia | 2:1 | Morocco | Nigeria |
| 23 | 2002 | Mali | Bamako | 10.02.2002 | Cameroon | 0:0 aet 3:2 pso | Senegal | Nigeria |
| 22 | 2000 | Ghana Nigeria | Lagos | 13.02.2000 | Cameroon | 2:2 aet 4:3 pso | Nigeria | South Africa |
| 21 | 1998 | Burkina Faso | Ouagadougou | 28.02.1998 | Egypt | 2:0 | South Africa |  Congo DR |
| 20 | 1996 | South Africa | Johannesburg | 03.02.1996 | South Africa | 2:0 | Tunisia | Zambia |
| 19 | 1994 | Tunisia | Tunis | 10.04.1994 | Nigeria | 2:1 | Zambia | Ivory Coast |
| 18 | 1992 | Senegal | Dakar | 26.01.1992 | Ivory Coast | 0:0 aet 11:10 pso | Ghana | Nigeria |
| 17 | 1990 | Algeria | Algiers | 16.03.1990 | Algeria | 1:0 | Nigeria | Zambia |
| 16 | 1988 | Morocco | Casablanca | 27.03.1988 | Cameroon | 1:0 | Nigeria | Algeria |
| 15 | 1986 | Egypt | Cairo | 21.03.1986 | Egypt | 0:0 aet 5:4 pso | Cameroon | Ivory Coast |
| 14 | 1984 | Ivory Coast | Abidjan | 18.03.1984 | Cameroon | 3:1 | Nigeria | Algeria |
| 13 | 1982 |  Libya | Tripoli | 19.03.1982 | Ghana | 1:1 aet 7:6 pso | Libya | Zambia |
| 12 | 1980 | Nigeria | Lagos | 22.03.1980 | Nigeria | 3:0 | Algeria | Morocco |
| 11 | 1978 | Ghana | Accra | 16.03.1978 | Ghana | 2:0 |  Uganda | Nigeria |
| 10 | 1976 |  Ethiopia | Addis-Abeba | Group Games | Morocco |  Guinea | Nigeria | |
| 9 | 1974 | Egypt | Cairo | 14.03.1974 |  Zaire | 2:0 | Zambia | Egypt |
| 8 | 1972 | Cameroon | Yaounde | 05.03.1972 |  Congo-Brazzaville | 3:2 | Mali | Cameroon |
| 7 | 1970 |  Sudan | Khartoum | 16.02.1970 | Sudan | 1:0 | Ghana | Egypt |
| 6 | 1968 | Ethiopia | Addis-Abeba | 21.01.1968 |  Congo-Kinshasa | 1:0 | Ghana | Ivory Coast |
| 5 | 1965 | Tunisia | Tunis | 21.11.1965 | Ghana | 3:2 aet | Tunisia | Ivory Coast |
| 4 | 1963 | Ghana | Accra | 01.12.1963 | Ghana | 3:0 | Sudan | Egypt |
| 3 | 1962 | Ethiopia | Addis-Abeba | 21.01.1962 | Ethiopia | 4:2 aet | Egypt | Tunisia |
| 2 | 1959 | Egypt | Cairo | Group Games | Egypt | Sudan | Ethiopia | |
| 1 | 1957 | Sudan | Khartoum | 16.02.1957 | Egypt | 4:0 | Ethiopia | |