Mali2002: How previous African Nations Cup holders fared

1959 Egypt Winners
1962 Egypt Runners-up
1963 Ethiopia Fourth
1965 Ghana Winners
1968 Ghana Runners-up
1970 - DR Congo First round
1972 - Sudan First round
1974 Congo Fourth
1976 DR Congo First round
1978 Morocco First round
1980 Ghana First round
1982 Nigeria First round
1984 Ghana First round
1986 Cameroon Runners-up
1988 Egypt First round
1990 Cameroon First round
1992 Algeria First round
1994 Ivory Coast Third
1996 Nigeria Did not defend title due to political differences
with hosts South Africa
1998 South Africa Runners-up
2000 Egypt Quarter-finals