Benin is a weaker side in the Africa Cup of Nations, and only managed four appearances in the tournament. Benin first appeared in 2004, [1] before qualifying again in 2008, 2010, 2019 and 2025. While Benin has never finished a group stage in the top two in AFCON history, nor even won a single match in the competition, the nation managed its best performance in the 2019 tournament, when they reached the quarter-finals, including a shock win over Morocco on penalties. [2] This made Benin the first team to reach the quarter-finals of the Africa Cup of Nations without ever winning a single competitive match in regulation in their participation history.
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Year | Round | Position | Pld | W | D* | L | GF | GA |
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![]() | Group stage | 16th | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 8 |
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![]() | Group stage | 15th | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 7 |
![]() | Group stage | 14th | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
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![]() | Quarter-finals | 8th | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
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Total | Quarter-finals | 5/35 | 14 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 7 | 24 |
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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![]() | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | +5 | 7 |
![]() | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 2 | +4 | 6 |
![]() | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | −2 | 4 |
![]() | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 8 | −7 | 0 |
South Africa ![]() | 2–0 | ![]() |
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Nomvethe ![]() |
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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![]() | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | +7 | 9 |
![]() | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | +1 | 4 |
![]() | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | −2 | 4 |
![]() | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 7 | −6 | 0 |
Ivory Coast ![]() | 4–1 | ![]() |
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Drogba ![]() Y. Touré ![]() Keïta ![]() Dindane ![]() | Report | Omotoyossi ![]() |
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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![]() | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | +6 | 9 |
![]() | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | +2 | 6 |
![]() | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | −3 | 1 |
![]() | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | −5 | 1 |
Mozambique ![]() | 2–2 | ![]() |
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Miro ![]() Fumo ![]() | Report | Omotoyossi ![]() Khan ![]() |
Egypt ![]() | 2–0 | ![]() |
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Elmohamady ![]() Moteab ![]() | Report |
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | ![]() | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | +2 | 5 | Advance to knockout stage |
2 | ![]() | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | +2 | 5 | |
3 | ![]() | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | |
4 | ![]() | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | −4 | 1 |