2019 Africa Cup of Nations

The 2019 Africa Cup of Nations (abbreviated as AFCON 2019 or CAN 2019), known as the Total2019 Africa Cup of Nations for sponsorship reasons, was the 32nd edition of the Africa Cup of Nations, the biennial international men's football championship of Africa organized by the Confederation of African Football (CAF). The tournament was hosted by Egypt. The competition was held from 21 June to 19 July 2019, following the decision of the CAF Executive Committee on 20 July 2017 to move the event from January/February to June/July for the first time. It was also the first Africa Cup of Nations expanded from 16 to 24 teams.

The tournament was initially scheduled to be hosted by Cameroon. Cameroon would have hosted the competition for the first time since 1972. They were also the title holders after winning the 2017 tournament. On 30 November 2018, Cameroon was stripped of hosting the 2019 tournament due to delays in the delivery of infrastructure, the Boko Haram insurgency and the Anglophone Crisis. Instead, the country was given the right to host the 2021 tournament. On 8 January 2019, Egypt was chosen by the CAF Executive Committee as the host nation of the competition. The tournament was also moved from the original dates of 15 June – 13 July to 21 June – 19 July due to Ramadan.

Cameroon, the defending champions, were eliminated in the round of 16 by Nigeria. Hosts Egypt were eliminated at the same stage after losing 0–1 to South Africa. Algeria defeated Senegal 1–0 in the final, winning their second title and first since 1990, while Nigeria came third after beating Tunisia 1–0 in the third-place play-off match.