Top seven moments in African Nations' Cup history

Algerian central defender Rafik Halliche says he would prefer the African Nations Cup to be held in Morocco.

The African Nations' Cup (ANC) has enjoyed 29 editions and 561 games in its 57-year existence.

Egypt are the team with the most titles, with seven trophies and are the only country to have registered more than 50 victories at the tournament.

Samuel Eto'o is the ANC's all-time top scorer with 18 goals.

It is a place where records are broken and memories made. Here are seven of the best moments in ANC history:

The 1957 final: Egypt 4-0 Ethiopia Scorelines rarely come as emphatically as this one, especially in a final where even the most creative players can be cagey. But this was 1957 and the concept of a continental competition was brand new.

Only four teams participated in the event and one, South Africa, were disqualified because of the country's apartheid policies. That gave Ethiopia a walkover into the final, where they were trounced.

Egypt had beaten Sudan 2-1 in their semifinal and bossed their way to a better result over Ethiopia. Remarkably, one man netted all four goals: Ad-Diba, who later became a referee in his life.

United Arab Republic 6-3 Nigeria The United Arab Republic was a composite Egyptian and Syrian team that played in two ANCs and was part of the match with the most goals.

In their Group B opener against Nigeria in 1963, nine goals were scored between the 30th and 89th minutes, an average of a goal every 7 minutes, 40 seconds. Egyptian Hassan El-Shazly was the top scorer with four goals.

The opening match of the 1970 tournament This marked the first time an ANC game was on television and Cameroon and Ivory Coast made sure they did not disappoint the viewers.

Cameroon came from 2-0 down to beat Ivory Coast 3-2 in a goal-scoring feast.

Ivory Coast's two goals in the first half were scored by Laurent Pokou, who went on to become the leading goal scorer at that tournament, netting eight times, after also being the most successful striker previously at the 1968 event.

Cameroon's hat trick came in nine minutes with goals in the 57th, 60th and 66th minutes.

The 1974 final: Zaire 2-0 Zambia after a replay Before penalty shootouts provided a snappy solution to deciding a tiebreaker, finals were replayed and that's what had to happen after Zaire and Zambia could not be separated in the final in 1974.

They were locked at 2-2 after extra time with both teams scoring one goal in the regular period and a second in the dying stages.

Zaire led 2-1 after 117 minutes and Zambia's equaliser came on 120 minutes. That required a second final, played two days later, but Zambia were not up for another fight. They were beaten 2-0. Both Zaire's goals that day came from Ndaye Mulamba, who had also scored their two goals in the first final. In fact, he scored all nine goals they managed at the tournament.

The 1982 final: Ghana beat Libya 7-6 on penalties The penalty shootout had already made an appearance at a World Cup when West Germany beat France in the 1982 semifinal and in the same year, it was used to decide who would be crowned African champions.

Ghana and Libya had shared points in their group stage game, a 2-2 draw, and were on level terms at 1-1 in the final. Ghana were more accurate in the spot kicks which followed, netting seven compared to Libya's six. Abedi Pele played in that final. He was just 16 at the time.

The 1992 final Ivory Coast beat Ghana 11-10 on penalties Part of the reason for introducing the penalty shootout was to shorten the time taken to decide a match, but this ANC actually got longer.

The field had expanded from eight to 12 teams and a quarterfinal round was introduced, meaning 20 matches, not 16 would be played. Just when it seemed things could not get any longer, Ivory Coast and Ghana were goal-less after extra time in the final and then 10-10 in the shootout.

All the players on each side were involved in the shootout, goalkeepers included, and eventually Tony Baffoe missed, giving Ivory Coast the victory.

The 2010 final After being crowned in both 2006 and 2008, Egypt were chasing an unprecedented treble in 2010. They breezed through their group stage, beating Nigeria, Mozambique and Benin, left it to extra time to run out 3-1 winners over Cameroon in the quarterfinals but then stamped their authority with a 4-0 win over Algeria in the semifinal.

Their moment of magic came in the final versus Ghana. Gedo, who was later named the discovery of the tournament, scored an 85th minute winner to give both him and his team a place in history. Gedo has gone on to play for Hull City but Egypt have not been back to the tournament in two editions since and will also miss the 2015 edition.