The origins of the date of the Africa Cup of Nations back to June 1956, when the founding of the Confederation of African Football in the third FIFA congress in Lisbon has been proposed. There were plans to take place for an immediate continental nations tournament, and in February 1957, the first African Cup of Nations in Khartoum, Sudan.
There was no qualification for this tournament, the field of the four nations of CAF (Sudan, Egypt, Ethiopia, South Africa). refusal of South Africa to send you a multi-racial competition led to his disqualification and Ethiopia was a direct to the final. Therefore, only two games were played, with Egypt as the first Continental champion after defeating hosts in the Sudan in the semifinal and final was crowned in Ethiopia.
Two years later, the second ANC in Cairo, Egypt, organized with the participation of three teams the same. Hosts and defending champions Egypt as a Cup-winner, this time Downing Sudan repeatedly. The field has now nine teams for the ANC in 1962 was third in Addis Ababa, and for the first time, a qualifying round to determine which four teams play for the title, include.
Host Ethiopia and defending champion Egypt received automatic berths, and were joined in the quarterfinals by Nigeria and Tunisia. Egypt has made its third consecutive final appearance, but it was Ethiopia that emerged as the winner against Tunisia and Egypt after the first overtime Downing.
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