CAN 2025: All the third-place playoffs in the tournament’s history

All the third-place playoffs in the history of CAN 2025

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Egypt and Nigeria are set to clash this Saturday, January 17, 2026, at 16:00 GMT in the third-place playoff of CAN 2025.

Nigeria holds the record for the most third-place finishes—eight times in 1976, 1978, 1992, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2010, and 2019. The Super Eagles have never lost a third-place match.

Here is the full list of all third-place playoffs in the tournament’s history:

1962: Tunisia 3–0 Uganda

1963: United Arab Republic 3–0 Ethiopia

1965: Ivory Coast 1–0 Senegal

1968: Ivory Coast 1–0 Ethiopia

1970: United Arab Republic 3–1 Ivory Coast

1972: Cameroon 5–2 Zaire

1974: Egypt 4–0 Congo

1976: Nigeria 3–2 Egypt

1978: Nigeria 2–0 Tunisia

1980: Morocco 2–0 Egypt

1982: Zambia 2–0 Algeria

1984: Algeria 3–1 Egypt

1986: Ivory Coast 3–2 Morocco

1988: Algeria 1–1 Morocco (4–3 pens)

1990: Zambia 1–0 Senegal

1992: Nigeria 2–1 Cameroon

1994: Ivory Coast 3–1 Mali

1996: Zambia 1–0 Ghana

1998: DR Congo 4–4 Burkina Faso (4–1 pens)

2000: South Africa 2–2 Tunisia (4–3 pens)

2002: Nigeria 1–0 Mali

2004: Nigeria 2–1 Mali

2006: Nigeria 1–0 Senegal

2008: Ghana 4–2 Ivory Coast

2010: Nigeria 1–0 Algeria

2012: Mali 2–0 Ghana

2013: Mali 3–1 Ghana

2015: DR Congo 0–0 Equatorial Guinea (4–2 pens)

2017: Burkina Faso 1–0 Ghana

2019: Nigeria 1–0 Tunisia

2021: Cameroon 3–3 Burkina Faso (5–3 pens)

2023: South Africa 0–0 DR Congo (6–5 pens)