Benin is a weaker side in the Africa Cup of Nations, and only managed four appearances in the tournament. Benin first appeared in 2004, 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. 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.
Overall record Africa Cup of Nations recordYearRoundPosition* 1957Part of 1959 1962Not affiliated to CAF 1963 1965Did not enter 1968 1970 1972Did not qualify 1974Withdrew 1976 1978Did not enter 1980Did not qualify 1982Did not enter 1984Did not qualify 1986 1988 1990 1992 1994 1996Withdrew 1998Did not qualify 2000 2002 2004Group stage16th300318 2006Did not qualify 2008Group stage15th300317 2010Group stage14th301225 2012Did not qualify 2013 2015 2017 2019Quarter-finals8th504134 2021Did not qualify 2023 2025Qualified 2027To be determinedTotalQuarter-finals5/3514059724
Squads
Participation history 2004 Tunisia
Group stage
Team 321061+57 320162+46 311135−24 300318−70
2008 Ghana
Group stage Team 330081+79 311121+14 311113−24 300317−60
2010 Angola
Group stage
Team 330071+69320153+26301225−31301227−51
2019 Egypt
Group stage
Round of sixteen
Quarter-finals
References
External links Africa Cup of Nations - Archives competitions - cafonline.com