1957: EGYPT 4-0 Ethiopia [Sudan]
1959: EGYPT 2-1 Sudan [Egypt]
1962: ETHIOPIA 4-2 Egypt (aet) [Ethiopia]
1963: GHANA 3-0 Sudan [Ghana]
1965: GHANA 3-2 Tunisia (aet) [Tunisia]
1968: CONGO (Kinshasa) 1-0 Ghana [Ethiopia]
1970: SUDAN 1-0 Ghana [Sudan]
1972: CONGO (Brazzaville) 3-2 Mali [Cameroon]
1974: ZAIRE 2-0 Zambia (aet; replay after 2-2 draw) [Egypt]
1976: MOROCCO (group format) [Ethiopia]
1978: GHANA 2-0 Uganda [Ghana]
1980: NIGERIA 3-0 Algeria [Nigeria]
1982: GHANA 1-1 Libya (aet, Ghana won 7-6 on penalties) [Libya]
1984: CAMEROON 3-1 Nigeria [Ivory Coast]
1986: EGYPT 0-0 Cameroon (aet, Egypt won 5-4 on penalties) [Egypt]
1988: CAMEROON 1-0 Nigeria [Morocco]
1990: ALGERIA 1-0 Nigeria [Algeria]
1992: IVORY COAST 0-0 Ghana (aet, Ivory Coast won 11-10 on penalties) [Senegal]
1994: NIGERIA 2-1 Zambia [Tunisia]
1996: SOUTH AFRICA 2-0 Tunisia [South Africa]
1998: EGYPT 2-0 South Africa [Burkina Faso]
2000: CAMEROON 2-2 Nigeria [aet, Cameroon won 4-3 on penalties]
2002: CAMEROON 0-0 Senegal [aet, Cameroon won 3-2 on penalties]
2004: TUNISIA 2-1 Morocco [Tunisia]
2006: IVORY COAST 0-0 Egypt (aet Ivory Coast won 4-2 on penalties) [Egypt]

Jay-Jay Okocha was presented with a special award for scoring the 1,000th goal of the African Nations Cup as Nigeria cantered to a win.