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Cameroon at the Africa Cup of Nations

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Cameroon are one of Africa's major forces in the Africa Cup of Nations. Cameroon won its first tournament in 1984, Cameroon emerged and became a fearsome power of the tournament, winning the tournament again in 2000 and 2002.^[1]^[2]

The 2017 tournament was the last tournament to date Cameroon has won.^[3]

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[table_hth_ZAM0.94609714622893-4] The tie-breaking criteria for teams level on points consider only the results of matches between those teams (in this case, this excludes their results against Tunisia). All three teams were level on points and goal difference, and were ranked based on goals scored: Zambia 4, Cameroon 3, Gabon 2.

[table_hth_GUI0.27869346331744-9] Guinea and Mali were tied on head-to-head record, overall goal difference, and overall goals scored. A drawing of lots took place on 29 January 2015, 16:00 local time at the Hilton Malabo. Guinea selected the lot for 2nd place and advanced to the quarter-finals as the group runner-up.^[5]^[6]^[7]

[table_hth_BFA0.24961157899798-18] Head-to-head result: Cape Verde 0–1 Burkina Faso.

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The match was originally due to be held on 6 February 2022 at 17:00, but was rescheduled due to security and convenience reasons.^[18]

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Africa Cup of Nations record
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D*	L	GF	GA
1957	Part of France
1959	Part of France
1962	Not affiliated to CAF
1963	Not affiliated to CAF
1965	Did not enter
1968	Did not qualify
1970	Group stage	5th	3	2	0	1	7	5
1972	Third place	3rd	5	3	1	1	10	5
1974	Did not qualify
1976
1978
1980
1982	Group stage	5th	3	0	3	0	1	1
1984	Champions	1st	5	3	1	1	9	3
1986	Runners-up	2nd	5	3	2	0	8	5
1988	Champions	1st	5	3	2	0	4	1
1990	Group stage	5th	3	1	0	2	2	3
1992	Fourth place	4th	5	2	2	1	4	3
1994	Did not qualify
1996	Group stage	9th	3	1	1	1	5	7
1998	Quarter-finals	8th	4	2	1	1	5	4
2000	Champions	1st	6	3	2	1	11	5
2002	Champions	1st	6	5	1	0	9	0
2004	Quarter-finals	6th	4	1	2	1	7	6
2006	Quarter-finals	5th	4	3	1	0	8	2
2008	Runners-up	2nd	6	4	0	2	14	8
2010	Quarter-finals	7th	4	1	1	2	6	8
2012	Did not qualify
2013	Did not qualify
2015	Group stage	13th	3	0	2	1	2	3
2017	Champions	1st	6	3	3	0	7	3
2019	Round of 16	13th	4	1	2	1	4	3
2021	Third place	3rd	7	4	3	0	14	7
2023	Qualified
2025	To be determined
2027	To be determined
Total	5 Titles	20/35	91	45	30	16	137	82

Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Ivory Coast	3	2	1	9	4	+5	4
Sudan	3	2	1	5	2	+3	4
Cameroon	3	2	1	7	6	+1	4
Ethiopia	3	0	3	3	12	−9	0

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Cameroon	3	2	1	0	5	2	+3	5
Mali	3	0	3	0	5	5	0	3
Kenya	3	0	2	1	3	4	−1	2
Togo	3	0	2	1	4	6	−2	2

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Libya	3	1	2	0	4	2	+2	4
Ghana	3	1	2	0	3	2	+1	4
Cameroon	3	0	3	0	1	1	0	3
Tunisia	3	0	1	2	1	4	−3	1

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Egypt	3	2	1	0	3	1	+2	5
Cameroon	3	2	0	1	6	2	+4	4
Ivory Coast	3	1	0	2	4	4	0	2
Togo	3	0	1	2	1	7	−6	1

Cameroon_at_the_Africa_Cup_of_Nations

Cameroon at the Africa Cup of Nations

Africa Cup of Nations

Participation history

Cameroon at the 1970 African Cup of Nations

Cameroon at the 1972 African Cup of Nations

Cameroon at the 1982 African Cup of Nations

Cameroon at the 1984 African Cup of Nations

Cameroon at the 1986 African Cup of Nations

Cameroon at the 1988 African Cup of Nations

Cameroon at the 1990 African Cup of Nations

Cameroon at the 1992 African Cup of Nations

Cameroon at the 1996 African Cup of Nations

Cameroon at the 1998 African Cup of Nations

Cameroon at the 2000 African Cup of Nations

Cameroon at the 2002 African Cup of Nations

Cameroon at the 2004 African Cup of Nations

Cameroon at the 2006 African Cup of Nations

Cameroon at the 2008 African Cup of Nations

Cameroon at the 2010 African Cup of Nations

Cameroon at the 2015 African Cup of Nations

Cameroon at the 2017 African Cup of Nations

Cameroon at the 2019 African Cup of Nations

Cameroon at the 2021 African Cup of Nations

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Algeria	0–0 (a.e.t.)	Cameroon
	Report
Penalties
Belloumi Yahi Kaci-Saïd Guendouz Madjer	4–5	Kundé Ebongué Aoudou Bell Ndoumbé

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Cameroon	3	2	1	0	7	5	+2	5
Morocco	3	1	2	0	2	1	+1	4
Algeria	3	0	2	1	2	3	−1	2
Zambia	3	0	1	2	2	4	−2	1

Egypt	0–0	Cameroon
	Report
Penalties
Yehia Abdelghani Abdou Mayhoub Shehata Kassem	5–4	M'Fédé Kundé M'Bida Milla Aoudou Kana-Biyik

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Nigeria	3	1	2	0	4	1	+3	4
Cameroon	3	1	2	0	2	1	+1	4
Egypt	3	1	1	1	3	1	+2	3
Kenya	3	0	1	2	0	6	−6	1

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Zambia	3	2	1	0	2	0	+2	5
Senegal	3	1	2	0	2	0	+2	4
Cameroon	3	1	0	2	2	3	−1	2
Kenya	3	0	1	2	0	3	−3	1

Cameroon	0–0 (a.e.t.)	Ivory Coast
	Report
Penalties
Makanaky Ebwelle Omam-Biyik Bell	1–3	Diaby M. Traoré Yago A. Traoré

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
South Africa	3	2	0	1	4	1	+3	6
Egypt	3	2	0	1	4	3	+1	6
Cameroon	3	1	1	1	5	7	−2	4
Angola	3	0	1	2	4	6	−2	1

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Cameroon	3	2	1	0	5	3	+2	7
Burkina Faso	3	2	0	1	3	2	+1	6
Guinea	3	1	1	1	3	3	0	4
Algeria	3	0	0	3	2	5	−3	0

Nigeria	2–2 (a.e.t.)	Cameroon
Chukwu 45' Okocha 47'	Report	Eto'o 26' M'Boma 31'
Penalties
Okocha Okpara Kanu Ikpeba Oliseh	3–4	M'Boma Wome Geremi Foé Song

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Cameroon	3	3	0	0	5	0	+5	9
DR Congo	3	1	1	1	3	2	+1	4
Togo	3	0	2	1	0	3	−3	2
Ivory Coast	3	0	1	2	1	4	−3	1

Senegal	0–0 (a.e.t.)	Cameroon
	Report
Penalties
Coly Fadiga Faye Diouf Cissé	2–3	Wome Suffo Lauren Geremi Song

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Cameroon	3	1	2	0	6	4	+2	5	Advance to knockout stage
2	Algeria	3	1	1	1	4	4	0	4	Advance to knockout stage
3	Egypt	3	1	1	1	3	3	0	4
4	Zimbabwe	3	1	0	2	6	8	−2	3

Cameroon	1–1 (a.e.t.)	Ivory Coast
Meyong 95'	Report	B. Koné 92'
Penalties
Eto'o Geremi Atouba Kome Meyong Makoun Song Saidou Douala Bikey Hamidou Eto'o	11–12	Drogba K. Touré B. Koné Faé A. Koné Kouassi Romaric Boka Zokora Zoro Tizié Drogba

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
Egypt	3	2	1	0	8	3	+5	7	Advanced to the quarter-finals
Cameroon	3	2	0	1	10	5	+5	6	Advanced to the quarter-finals
Zambia	3	1	1	1	5	6	−1	4
Sudan	3	0	0	3	0	9	−9	0

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts	Qualification
1	Zambia	3	1	1	1	5	5	4^{[lower-alpha 1]}	Advance to knockout stage
2	Cameroon	3	1	1	1	5	5	4^{[lower-alpha 1]}	Advance to knockout stage
3	Gabon	3	1	1	1	2	2	4^{[lower-alpha 1]}
4	Tunisia	3	0	3	0	3	3	3


20 January 2015
Ivory Coast	1–1	Guinea	Estadio de Malabo, Malabo
Mali	1–1	Cameroon	Estadio de Malabo, Malabo
24 January 2015
Ivory Coast	1–1	Mali	Estadio de Malabo, Malabo
Cameroon	1–1	Guinea	Estadio de Malabo, Malabo
28 January 2015
Cameroon	0–1	Ivory Coast	Estadio de Malabo, Malabo
Guinea	1–1	Mali	Estadio de Mongomo, Mongomo

Senegal	0–0 (a.e.t.)	Cameroon
	Report
Penalties
Koulibaly Mbodji Sow Saivet Mané	4–5	Moukandjo Oyongo Teikeu Zoua Aboubakar

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Cameroon (H)	3	2	1	0	7	3	+4	7	Advance to knockout stage
2	Burkina Faso	3	1	1	1	3	3	0	4^{[lower-alpha 1]}
3	Cape Verde	3	1	1	1	2	2	0	4^{[lower-alpha 1]}
4	Ethiopia	3	0	1	2	2	6	−4	1

Cameroon	0–0 (a.e.t.)	Egypt
	Report
Penalties
Aboubakar Moukoudi Léa Siliki N'Jie	1–3	Zizo Abdelmonem Lasheen

Burkina Faso	3–3	Cameroon
Yago 24' A. Onana 43' (o.g.) Dj. Ouattara 49'	Report	Bahoken 71' Aboubakar 85', 87'
Penalties
Kaboré S. Ouattara Touré Yago	3–5	Aboubakar Ngamaleu Toko Ekambi Kunde Oyongo