24 teams eye the Africa Cup of Nations honour

Dar es Salaam. The 2019 Africa Cup of Nations (Afcon) finals kick off on June 7 in Egypt.

The Citizen takes a look at various countries that have qualified for the finals and their records.

Tanzania

Africa/world rankings: 37/137

Previous appearances: 1

Best placing: first round (1980)

Algeria

Africa/world rankings: 13/69

Previous appearances: 17

Best placing: champions (1990)

Angola

Africa/world rankings: 33/125

Previous appearances: 7

Best placing: quarter-finals (2008, 2010)

Burundi

Africa/world rankings: 38/139

Previous appearances: none

Benin

Africa/world rankings: 20/94

Previous appearances: 3

Best placing: first round

Cameroon

Africa/world rankings: 7/56

Previous appearances: 18

Best placing: champions (1984, 1988, 2000, 2002, 2017)

DR Congo

Africa/world rankings: 5/51

Previous appearances: 18

Best placing: champions (1968, 1974)

Egypt

Africa/world rankings: 8/57

Previous appearances: 23

Best placing: champions (1957, 1959, 1986, 1998, 2006, 2008, 2010)

Ghana

Africa/world rankings: 6/53

Previous appearances: 21

Best placing: champions (1963, 1965, 1978, 1982)

Guinea

Africa/world rankings: 12/68

Previous appearances: 11

Best placing: runners-up (1976)

Guinea-Bissau

Africa/world rankings: 31/118

Previous appearances: 1

Best placing: first round

Cote d’Ivoire

Coach: Ibrahim Kamara (CIV)

Africa/world rankings: 11/66

Previous appearances: 22

Best placing: champions (1992, 2015)

Kenya

Africa/world rankings: 23/106

Previous appearances: 5

Best placing: first round

Madagascar

Coach: Nicolas Dupuis (FRA)

Africa/world rankings: 24/107

Previous appearances: none

Mali

Africa/world rankings: 10/65

Previous appearances: 10

Best placing: runners-up (1972)

Mauritania

Africa/world rankings: 18/84

Previous appearances: none

Morocco

Africa/world rankings: 3/43

Previous appearances: 16

Best placing: champions (1976)

Namibia

Africa/world rankings: 26/110

Previous appearances: 2

Best placing: first round

Nigeria

Africa/world rankings: 4/46

Previous appearances: 17

Best placing: champions (1980, 1994, 2013)

Senegal

Africa/world rankings: 1/24

Previous appearances: 14

Best placing: runners-up (2002)

South Africa

Africa/world rankings: 14/74

Previous appearances: 9

Best placing: champions (1996)

Tunisia

Africa/world rankings: 2/28

Previous appearances: 18

Best placing: champions (2004)

Uganda

Africa/world rankings: 16/77

Previous appearances: 6

Best placing: runners-up (1978)

Zimbabwe

Africa/world rankings: 28/113

Previous appearances: 3

Best placing: first round