Africa Cup of Nations

The Africa Cup of Nations is an international association football tournament run by the Confederation of African Football (CAF). The winning team becomes the champion of Africa.

History
The origin of the African Nations Cup dates back to 1956 with the creation of the Confederation of African Football. There was immediate action of creating a continental competition after the recent success of the European Nations Cup that was held in France. So in February 1957, the first edition would take between the founding members of CAF (Egypt, Sudan, Ethiopia and South Africa). But after South Africa was disqualified for only selecting white players, this gave Ethiopia a spot in the final. It would be that would be crowned champions of Africa after they defeated  in the semi-finals before defeating  in the final.