The first African Nations Cup was held in 1957. Starting from 1968, the Africa Cup of Nations is officially held every two years, and the champion team represents Africa in the Confederations Cup organized by FIFA. 1998, the number of teams participating in the Africa Cup was expanded to 16, and this competition system ended in 20 17. 20 13 The Africa Cup of Nations was held for two consecutive years, 20 12 and 20 13, followed by 1 for the next two years. On 20 19 1.8, Egypt won the right to host the Africa Cup of Nations in 20 19.
There were only three teams in the first African Cup of Nations-Egypt, Sudan and Ethiopia. Although South Africa put forward a request to participate in the competition at that time, it was rejected because of the country's notorious apartheid policy, and Egypt, a powerful country in North Africa, won the first competition. The earliest African Cup was held in 1957, 1959, 1962, 1963, 1965, 1968 for a total of * years.
Historical events about the Africa Cup of Nations
Shortly after the draw for the first African Nations Cup Football Championship, the organizers encountered thorny political problems because South Africa practiced apartheid. Fred Fair, the representative of the South African Football Association, promised to send a black team and a white team to participate in the competition at the same time, but the African Football Association insisted that the South African Football Association could only send a mixed team of multi-ethnic players, so the South African Football Association announced its withdrawal from the competition.
The African Football Association became the first single sports competition organization in Africa to face this kind of trouble. Because other sports competition organizations in Africa are watching the Football Association's actions, the decision of the African Football Association will affect the direction of various competitive sports organizations in Africa in the next few decades.