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
2004 African Women's Championship 2004 African Women's Championship The 2004 African Women's Championship was the sixth edition of the African Women's Championship (now known as the "Africa Women Cup of Nations"), the biennial international football championship organised by the Confederation of African Football (CAF) for the women's national teams of Africa. It was held in South Africa between 18 September and 3 October 2004. Nigeria won its sixth title, after defeating Cameroon 5–0 in the final. South Africa were elected as hosts on 12 December 2003. South Africa qualified automatically as hosts, while the remaining seven spots were determined by the qualifying rounds, which