African Cup Of Nations Betting Guide (Odds, Contenders, History)

The best betting sites have launched their odds on the Total Africa Cup Of Nations. The AFCON competition will showcase many of the best players in the world with 24 countries battling it out to lift the trophy.
African Cup Of Nations Betting Guide (Odds, Contenders, History)
Nigel Skinner
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Total Africa Cup Of Nations Headlines

  • Senegal win AFCON defeating Egypt on penalties. 

  • Senegal were 1/2 to lift the trophy with Egypt the outsiders at around 13/8.

  • After 51 matches at the African Cup Of Nations, 25 favourites have won, there have been 16 draws, and 10 wins went to the outsider in the betting.

  • AFCON 2023 will be held in the Ivory Coast, with the 2025 tournament planned for Guinea. 

AFCON IMAGE


African Cup Of Nations History Of Winners - 2000 Onwards

Low Scoring AFCON Finals
In the last 11 years, there have only been 10 goals scored in the AFCON Final, that small total includes those finals that went into extra time.


YearHostsWinnersRunners UpResult
2021CameroonSenegalEgypt0-0 (4-2 Penalties)
2019EgyptAlgeria Senegal1-0
2017GabonCameroon Egypt2-1
2015Equatorial GuineaIvory CoastGhana0-0 AET: (9-8 Penalties)
2013South AfricaNigeriaBurkina Faso1-0
2012Gabon/Equatorial GuineaZambiaIvory Coast0-0 AET: (8-7 Penalties)
2010AngolaEgyptGhana1-0
2008GhanaEgyptCameroon1-0
2006EgyptEgyptIvory Coast0-0 AET: (4-2 Penalties)
2004TunisiaTunisiaMorocco2-1
2002MaliCameroonSenegal0-0 AET: (3-2 Penalties)
2000Ghana/NigeriaCameroonNigeria2-2 AET: (4-3 Penalties)







African Cup Of Nations History Of Winners 1957 -1998

AFCON Host Country
11 host countries have won the tournament in their country.


YearHostsWinnersRunners UpResult
1998Burkina FasoEgyptSouth Africa2-0
1996South AfricaSouth AfricaTunisia2-1
1994TunisiaNigeriaZambia2-1
1992SenegalIvory CoastGhana0-0 AET: (11-10 Penalties)
1990AlgeriaAlgeriaNigeria1-0
1988MoroccoCameroonNigeria1-0
1986EgyptEgyptCameroon0-0 AET: (5-4 Penalties)
1984Ivory CoastCameroonNigeria3-1
1982LibyaGhanaLibya1-1 AET: (7-6 Penalties)
1980NigeriaNigeriaAlgeria3-0
1978GhanaGhanaUganda2-0
1976EthiopiaMoroccoGuinea1-1
1974EgyptZaireZambia2-2 (Replay Won 2-0 By Zaire)
1972CameroonPR CongoMali3-2
1970SudanSudanGhana1-0
1968EthiopiaDR CongoGhana1-0
1965TunisiaGhanaTunisia3-2 AET
1963GhanaGhanaSudan3-0
1962Ethiopia EthiopiaUnited Arab Republic4-2 AET
1959United Arab RepublicUnited Arab RepublicSudan2-1
1957SudanEgyptEthiopia4-0

AFCON Semi Finals

In the last 24 AFCON Semi-Finals, only 6 favourites have won in 90 minutes, there have been 4 draws and 2 outsiders have won.
Nigel Skinner - OLBG.com Betting Expert
9 Semi-Final favourites out of 12 have made it through to the African Cup Of Nations Finals. This includes 3 teams who won on penalties and in extra time.
Nigel Skinner - OLBG.com Betting Expert

Here is the betting for the African Cup Of Nations Odds outright. 

You can check the best odds, and place a tip or bet from the following African Cup Of Nations Football Page.

AFCON 2022 Betting Odds Timeline

Below are the original prices for each team in the African Cup Of Nations. We will follow the prices right up until the final. 

The advent of betting exchanges enables us to back selections and then lay them (bet against) as or if they progress in the tournament, thus giving you a completely free bet. 

E.G Cameroon the hosts were 9.0 (8/1) on the 1st of January, as you can see by the odds at the top of the page they are now 4.0 (3/1).

A £10 pre-tournament bet on Cameroon at 9.0 returns a profit of 80.00, a  £10 Lay bet gives you liability of £20, so if Cameroon wins the tournament you win £60 and if Cameroon do not win you lose nothing. 

To read more about all the options you have with a Betfair, Smarkets or Matchbook betting exchange account please visit the comprehensive betting exchange guide. 

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To win in 90 Mins
4/02/2022
To Lift The Trophy
Senegal655.25.85.854.2542.651.82.251.5
Egypt7815.413131313.56.64.5
4.52.62
Algeria866.4








Ivory Coast897.87.67.87.27




Nigeria8107.266






Cameroon9107.25.65.44.64.543.0


Morocco11109.477.26.65.755



Ghana121325








Tunisia13152520.620.69.69.759



Mali262615.411.211.29.810.75




Guinea34345143.643.640.2





Burkina Faso41414939.639.625.4262311.0


Gabon515160.24949






Gambia5110164.6575760.236.2542.6



Cape Verde Islands6767









Zimbabwe101101171








Ethiopia151201481








Guinea Bissau151201181








Sierra Leone151401211








Comoros251301421241261261





Equatorial Guinea251251476176176176184.356



Malawi251251371121121131





Mauritania251251421








Sudan251301351








Cape Verde

67818194.33







2021 AFCON Tournament

Online bookmakers were originally split on which country to make favourite before plumping for Senegal, it will be interesting to see after group stages whether Algeria, Egypt and Senegal top the African Cup Of Nations market.

 You can see by the bookmaker AFCON odds that there looks to be lots of deadwood in the competition, with a hardcore of 8 or 9 countries with a genuine chance of winning AFCON.

The African Cup Of Nations tournament starts on the 9th January 2022 with the final on the 6th February. 

Six Groups of 4 (A-F) will play each other at this stage before the top 2 from each group and the four highest-ranked third-placed teams advance to the knockout round of 16. 

African Cup Of Nations Last 8 Betting & TIps

In the last tournament of the 4 quarter final games, 2 favourites won, 1 outsider won, and 1 outsider won in extra time.
Nigel Skinner - OLBG Betting Expert
Outsiders Qualifying For The Semi Finals
8 outsiders have gone thru to the Semi-Finals in the last 6 tournaments (24 games), this includes 5 teams who won on penalties or in extra time.


African Cup Of Nations Last 16 Betting & TIps

  • Four favourites and four outsiders went through to the last 8. 
  • Three matches were decided on penalties, with only one fav winning the penalty shootout. 
  • Only 12 goals were scored in 90 minutes, indicating that there is no real stand out team going into the last eight.

Sunday, January 23

Burkina Faso 1 v Gabon 1 (Burkina Faso Go Through After Penalties)

Nigeria 0 v Tunisia 1

Monday, January 24

Guinea 0 v Gambia 1

Cameroon 2 v Comoros 1 

Tuesday, January 25

Senegal 2 v Cape Verde 0

Morocco 2 v Malawi 1 

Wednesday, January 26

Ivory Coast 0 v Egypt 0 (Egypt Go Through After Penalties)

Mali 0 v Equatorial Guinea 0 (Equatorial Guinea Go Through After Penalties)

You can check the best odds, and place a tip or bet from the following African Cup Of Nations Football Page.

African Cup Of Nations Groups A -F

Cameroon scored the most goals at the group stages with 7.
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Senegal has yet to concede a goal in their 4 AFCON games.
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AFCON Tips

African Cup Of Nations Top Scorer

Mohamed Salah of Liverpool headed the AFCON Top Scorer betting but Egypt has performed poorly so far. 

Aboubakar of Cameroon leads the way with 5 goals in 3 games, followed by Kone of Mali with 3. 

Naturally, all players have a better chance of winning the AFCON Golden Boot the longer their country stays in the tournament.

AFCON Top Scorer Betting
In the 2019 tournament, Odion Ighalo of Nigeria was the top scorer with 5 goals. Nigeria finished in third place after losing to Algeria in the Semi-Finals.

AFCON Betting Odds



2019 AFCON

Algeria are the current AFCON champions having won the tournament in 2019 when it was held in Egypt.

In the final, they defeated Senegal 1-0 having scored very early in the game. 

Both finalists came from the same group (C) with Algeria already having beaten Senegal in the group match by the same scoreline. 

Nigeria took on Tunisia in the third-place game, with the score ending 1-0 to the Nigerians. 

Total Goals Betting
As a guide to this year's AFCON, there were 102 goals scored in the 2019 tournament at an average of 1.96 goals per game.

AFCON Betting



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