African Amputee Football Cup of Nations

African Amputee Football Cup of Nations
Status	Active
Genre	Sports event
Years active	18
Inaugurated	2007
Previous event	2024
Organised by	CAAF

The African Amputee Football Cup of Nations, also called AAFCON, is an African tournament in association football for amputee people. It is organized by the Confederation of African Amputee Football (CAAF). It was first held in 2007 in Freetown, Sierra Leone. ^{[1] [2]} The last one was held in Cairo, Egypt in 2024. ^{[3] [4]}

Competitions by year

Number	Year	Host city	Teams	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th place
1	2007	Freetown	4	Ghana	Liberia	Sierra Leone	Sierra Leone
2	2008	Monrovia	4	Liberia	Sierra Leone	Angola	Nigeria
3	2011	Accra	6	Liberia	Ghana	Angola	Sierra Leone
4	2013	Nairobi	6	Liberia	Angola	Ghana	Nigeria
5	2019	Benguela	6	Angola	Nigeria	Liberia	Tanzania
6	2021	Dar es Salaam	15	Ghana	Liberia	Angola	Tanzania
7	2024	Cairo	13	Ghana	Morocco	Algeria	Nigeria

Medals summary

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Liberia	3	2	1	6
2	Ghana	3	1	1	5
3	Angola	1	1	3	5
4	Sierra Leone	0	1	1	2
5	Morocco	0	1	0	1
	Nigeria	0	1	0	1
7	Algeria	0	0	1	1
Totals (7 entries)		7	7	7	21

Participating nations

Team	2007	2008	2011	2013	2019	2021	2024	Years
Algeria	×	×	×	×	×	×	3rd	1
Angola	×	3rd	3rd	2nd	1st	3rd	QF	6
Burundi	×	×	×	×	×	×	GS	1
Cameroon	×	×	×	×	GS	QF	×	2
Egypt	×	×	×	×	×	QF	QF	2
Ethiopia	×	×	×	×	×	GS	×	1
Kenya	×	×	×	GS	×	QF	GS	3
Liberia	2nd	1st	1st	1st	3rd	2nd	QF	7
Gambia	×	×	×	×	×	GS	GS	2
Ghana	1st	×	2nd	3rd	×	1st	1st	5
Niger	×	×	GS	×	×	×	×	1
Nigeria	×	4th	GS	4th	2nd	GS	4th	6
Morocco	×	×	×	×	×	QF	2nd	2
Rwanda	×	×	×	×	×	GS	×	1
Sierra Leone	3rd	2nd	4th	GS	GS	GS	GS	7
Tanzania	×	×	×	×	4th	4th	QF	3
Uganda	×	×	×	×	×	GS	GS	2
Zanzibar	×	×	×	×	×	GS	×	1
Total	3	4	6	6	6	15	13

Legend

1st – Champions 2nd – Runners-up 3rd – Third place 4th – Fourth place QF – Quarter-finals GS – Group stage

FR – Final round Q – Qualified for upcoming tournament  •• — Qualified but withdrew / Disqualified after qualification  • — Did not qualify  × — Did not enter / Withdrew / Disqualified   — Hosts

See also

• Amputee football
• Amputee Football World Cup

References

1. "Ghana Wins First All Africa Tournament". Archived from the original on April 1, 2007. Retrieved October 11, 2025.
2. "African amputees' cup kicks off". BBC News . Redaction. 9 February 2007.
3. "Cairo to host African Amputee Football Nations Cup 2024". WAFF official website. Redaction. 14 August 2023.
4. "The streets of Cairo, Egypt set for the AAFCON tournament in April 2024". CAAF Fb page. Redaction. 6 February 2024.

External links

• African Amputee Football Cup of Nations Facebook page