| YEAR | HOST | CHAMPION | 2ND PLACE | 3RD PLACE |
| 1957 | Sudan | Egypt | Ethiopia | Sudan |
| 1959 | Egypt | Egypt | Sudan | Ethiopia |
| 1962 | Ethiopia | Ethiopia | Egypt | Tunisia |
| 1963 | Ghana | Ghana | Sudan | Egypt |
| 1965 | Tunisia | Ghana | Tunisia | Cote d’Ivoire |
| 1968 | Ethiopia | DR Congo | Ghana | Cote d’Ivoire |
| 1970 | Sudan | Sudan | Ghana | Egypt |
| 1972 | Cameroon | Congo | Mali | Cameroon |
| 1974 | Egypt | DR Congo | Zambia | Egypt |
| 1976 | Ethiopia | Morocco | Guinea | Nigeria |
| 1978 | Ghana | Ghana | Uganda | Nigeria |
| 1980 | Nigeria | Nigeria | Algeria | Morocco |
| 1982 | Libya | Ghana | Libya | Zambia |
| 1984 | Cote d’Ivoire | Cameroon | Nigeria | Algeria |
| 1986 | Egypt | Egypt | Cameroon | Cote d’Ivoire |
| 1988 | Morocco | Cameroon | Nigeria | Algeria |
| 1990 | Algeria | Algeria | Nigeria | Zambia |
| 1992 | Senegal | Cote d’Ivoire | Ghana | Nigeria |
| 1994 | Tunisia | Nigeria | Zambia | Cote d’Ivoire |
| 1996 | South Africa | South Africa | Tunisia | Zambia |
| 1998 | Burkina Faso | Egypt | South Africa | DR Congo |
| 2000 | Ghana / Nigeria | Cameroon | Nigeria | South Africa |
| 2002 | Mali | Cameroon | Senegal | Nigeria |
| 2004 | Tunisia | Tunisia | Morocco | Nigeria |
| 2006 | Egypt | Egypt | Cote d’Ivoire | Nigeria |
| 2008 | Ghana | Egypt | Cameroon | Ghana |
| 2010 | Angola | Egypt | Ghana | Nigeria |
| 2012 | Gabon / Equatorial Guinea | Zambia | Cote d’Ivoire | Mali |
| 2013 | South Africa | Nigeria | Burkina Faso | Mali |
| 2015 | Equatorial Guinea | Cote d’Ivoire | Ghana | DR Congo |