LUANDA - How the Africa Cup of Nations hosts have fared in previous years ahead of the 2010 contest in Angola:
LUANDA - How the Africa Cup of Nations hosts have fared in previous years ahead of the 2010 contest in Angola:
1957 - Sudan (semifinals)
1959 - Egypt (winners)
1962 - Ethiopia (winners)
1963 - Ghana (winners)
1965 - Tunisia (runners-up)
1968 - Ethiopia (third)
1970 - Sudan (winners)
1972 - Cameroon (third)
1974 - Egypt (third)
1976 - Ethiopia (first round)
1978 - Ghana (winners)
1980 - Nigeria (winners)
1982 - Libya (runners-up)
1984 - Ivory Coast (first round)
1986 - Egypt (winners)
1988 - Morocco (fourth)
1990 - Algeria (winners)
1992 - Senegal (quarterfinals)
1994 - Tunisia (first round)
1996 - South Africa (winners)
1998 - Burkina Faso (fourth)
2000 - (co-hosts) Ghana (quarter-finals) and Nigeria (runners-up)
2002 - Mali (fourth)
2004 - Tunisia (winners)
2006 - Egypt (winners)
2008 - Ghana (third)
Summary: |11 winners; 3 runners-up; 4 third; 3 fourth; 2 quarterfinals; 3 first round. - Sapa-AFP
How the hosts did
LUANDA - How the Africa Cup of Nations hosts have fared in previous years ahead of the 2010 contest in Angola:
LUANDA - How the Africa Cup of Nations hosts have fared in previous years ahead of the 2010 contest in Angola:
1957 - Sudan (semifinals)
1959 - Egypt (winners)
1962 - Ethiopia (winners)
1963 - Ghana (winners)
1965 - Tunisia (runners-up)
1968 - Ethiopia (third)
1970 - Sudan (winners)
1972 - Cameroon (third)
1974 - Egypt (third)
1976 - Ethiopia (first round)
1978 - Ghana (winners)
1980 - Nigeria (winners)
1982 - Libya (runners-up)
1984 - Ivory Coast (first round)
1986 - Egypt (winners)
1988 - Morocco (fourth)
1990 - Algeria (winners)
1992 - Senegal (quarterfinals)
1994 - Tunisia (first round)
1996 - South Africa (winners)
1998 - Burkina Faso (fourth)
2000 - (co-hosts) Ghana (quarter-finals) and Nigeria (runners-up)
2002 - Mali (fourth)
2004 - Tunisia (winners)
2006 - Egypt (winners)
2008 - Ghana (third)
Summary: |11 winners; 3 runners-up; 4 third; 3 fourth; 2 quarterfinals; 3 first round. - Sapa-AFP
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