Africa Cup of Nations Africa Cup of Nations The CAF Africa Cup of Nations, officially CAN (), also referred to as AFCON, or Total Africa Cup of Nations for sponsorship reasons, is the main international association football competition in Africa. It is sanctioned by the Confederation of African Football (CAF) and was first held in 1957. Since 1968, it has been held every two years. The title holders at the time of a FIFA Confederations Cup qualify for that competition. In 1957 there were only three participating nations: Egypt, Sudan and Ethiopia. South Africa was originally scheduled to compete, but were disqualified due to
2018 African Nations Championship squads Corentin Martins Manager: Ibrahim Kamara Manager: Wedson Nyirenda Manager: Sébastien Desabre Manager: Ricardo Mannetti Coach: Omar Al-Maryami Manager: Salisu Yusuf Manager: Antoine Hey Coach: Rodolfo Bodipo Manager: Srdjan Vasiljevic Manager: Rigobert Song Manager: Barthélémy Ngatsono Manager: Idrissa Malo Traoré 2018 African Nations Championship squads The 2018 African Nations Championship is an international football tournament to be held in Morocco from 13 January to 4 February 2018. Unlike the Africa Cup of Nations, this tournament requires players to be registered to a club within the country to be eligible. The 16 national teams involved in the tournament were required to register