| Year | Venue | Winner | Runner-up |
| 2022 | Cameroon | ||
| 2019 | Egypt | Algeria | Senegal |
| 2017 | Gabon | Cameroon | Egypt |
| 2015 | Equatorial Guinea | Ivory Coast | Ghana |
| 2013 | South Africa | Nigeria | Burkina Faso |
| 2012 | Eq. Guinea/Gabon | Zambia | Ivory Coast |
| 2010 | Angola | Egypt | Ghana |
| 2008 | Ghana | Egypt | Cameroon |
| 2006 | Egypt | Egypt | Ivory Coast |
| 2004 | Tunisia | Tunisia | Morocco |
| 2002 | Mali | Cameroon | Senegal |
| 2000 | Ghana/Nigeria | Cameroon | Nigeria |
| 1998 | Burkina Faso | Egypt | South Africa |
| 1996 | South Africa | South Africa | Tunisia |
| 1994 | Tunisia | Nigeria | Zambia |
| 1992 | Senegal | Ivory Coast | Ghana |
| 1990 | Algeria | Algeria | Nigeria |
| 1988 | Morocco | Cameroon | Nigeria |
| 1986 | Egypt | Egypt | Cameroon |
| 1984 | Ivory Coast | Cameroon | Nigeria |
| 1982 | Libya | Ghana | Libya |
| 1980 | Nigeria | Nigeria | Algeria |
| 1978 | Ghana | Ghana | Uganda |
| 1976 | Ethiopia | Morocco | Guinea |
| 1974 | Egypt | Zaïre | Zambia |
| 1972 | Cameroon | Congo | Mali |
| 1970 | Sudan | Sudan | Ghana |
| 1968 | Ethiopia | Congo Kinshasa | Ghana |
| 1965 | Tunisia | Ghana | Tunisia |
| 1963 | Ghana | Ghana | Sudan |
| 1962 | Ethiopia | Ethiopia | Egypt |
| 1959 | Egypt | Egypt | Sudan |
| 1957 | Sudan | Egypt | Ethiopia |
