Cika wannan jumla:
An fadada tsarin wasan karshe na gasar 1968 don hada da kungiyoyi takwas daga cikin 22 da suka shiga zagaye na farko. An rarraba kungiyoyin da suka cancanta a cikin rukuni biyu na hudu don yin wasan zagaye na zagaye guda, tare da manyan kungiyoyi biyu na kowane rukuni suna ci gaba zuwa wasan kusa da na karshe, tsarin da ya kasance a cikin amfani har zuwa 1992. Jamhuriyar Demokradiyyar Kongo ta lashe taken ta na farko, inda ta doke Ghana a wasan karshe. Farawa da gasar 1968, an gudanar da gasar a kai a kai a kowace shekara biyu a cikin shekaru masu lamba; wannan ya ƙare tare da gasar 2012, wanda ya biyo bayan gasar a 2013, da kuma abubuwan da suka biyo baya a kowace shekara mai ban mamaki. Dan wasan gaba na Ivory Coast Laurent Pokou ya jagoranci wasannin 1968 da 1970 a raga, tare da kwallaye shida da takwas, kuma jimlar kwallaye 14 ya kasance tarihin tarihi har zuwa 2008. An buga wasan a talabijin a karon farko a lokacin gasar 1970 a Sudan, yayin da masu masaukin baki suka daga kofin bayan sun doke Ghana, wacce ke buga wasan karshe na hudu a jere.