Africa Cup of Nations awards
Football competition award
At the end of each Africa Cup of Nations final tournament, several awards are presented to the players and teams which have distinguished themselves in various aspects of the match.
Awards
There are currently six post-tournament awards
- the Best Player for most valuable player;
- the Top Goalscorer for most prolific goal scorer;
- the Best Goalkeeper for most outstanding goalkeeper;
- the Best Young Player for most outstanding young player;
- the Team of the Tournament for best combined team of players at the tournament;
- the Fair Play Award for the team with the best record of fair play.
Best Player
Top Goalscorer
Best Goalkeeper
Year | Hosts | Best Goalkeeper |
---|---|---|
2008 | Ghana | Essam El-Hadary |
2010 | Angola | Essam El-Hadary |
2012 | Gabon Equatorial Guinea | Not Awarded |
2013 | South Africa | Not Awarded |
2015 | Equatorial Guinea | Sylvain Gbohouo |
2017 | Gabon | Not Awarded |
2019 | Egypt | Raïs M'Bolhi |
2021 | Cameroon | Édouard Mendy |
2023 | Ivory Coast | Ronwen Williams |
Best Young Player
Year | Hosts | Best Young Player |
---|---|---|
2019 | Egypt | Krépin Diatta |
2021 | Cameroon | Issa Kaboré |
2023 | Ivory Coast | Simon Adingra |
Team of the Tournament
Fair Play Award
Year | Hosts | Winner |
---|---|---|
2012 | Gabon Equatorial Guinea | Ivory Coast |
2013 | South Africa | Not Awarded |
2015 | Equatorial Guinea | DR Congo |
2017 | Gabon | Egypt |
2019 | Egypt | Senegal |
2021 | Cameroon | Senegal |
2023 | Ivory Coast | South Africa |
See also
- FIFA World Cup awards
- UEFA European Championship awards
- Copa América awards
- AFC Asian Cup awards
- CONCACAF Gold Cup awards
- OFC Nations Cup awards
References
- ^ @CAF_Online (February 7, 2022). "Not your average players Here is the #TotalEnergiesAFCON2021 best XI #AFCON2021" (Tweet). Retrieved 7 February 2022 – via Twitter.
- ^ "CAF TSG Group releases TotalEnergies CAF Africa Cup of Nation Cote d'Ivoire 2023 Best XI". Confederation of African Football. CAF. 14 February 2024. Archived from the original on 14 February 2024. Retrieved 14 February 2024.
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- Sudan 1957
- United Arab Republic 1959
- Ethiopia 1962
- Ghana 1963
- Tunisia 1965
- Ethiopia 1968
- Sudan 1970
- Cameroon 1972
- Egypt 1974
- Ethiopia 1976
- Ghana 1978
- Nigeria 1980
- Libya 1982
- Ivory Coast 1984
- Egypt 1986
- Morocco 1988
- Algeria 1990
- Senegal 1992
- Tunisia 1994
- South Africa 1996
- Burkina Faso 1998
- Ghana/Nigeria 2000
- Mali 2002
- Tunisia 2004
- Egypt 2006
- Ghana 2008
- Angola 2010
- Gabon/Equatorial Guinea 2012
- South Africa 2013
- Equatorial Guinea 2015
- Gabon 2017
- Egypt 2019
- Cameroon 2021
- Ivory Coast 2023
- Morocco 2025
- Kenya/Tanzania/Uganda 2027
- TBD 2029
Notes: The 2021 and 2023 tournaments were actually held in 2022 and 2024 respectively. • There were no 1957 and 1959 qualifications as places were given by invitation only. • The "finals" articles for 1959 and 1976 are about the decisive matches of final group stages.
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