Tunisia has participated in the African Cup of Nations 20 times and holds the record for the number of consecutive participations with 15 between 1994 and 2021. First participation in 1962, it took third place by defeating Uganda with a score of 3–0, only 4 countries participated in this edition. In 1965 edition, Tunisia was allowed to stage the compitition and reached the final and lost the title to Ghana 2–3 after extra time.