1996 African Cup of Nations qualification

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Qualification for championships (CAF)
FIFA World Cup
Africa Cup of Nations

The Qualification for the 1996 African Cup of Nations took place in 7 groups of 6 teams each, with the top 2 teams from each group progressing to the tournament. Nigeria and South Africa qualified automatically, as champions and hosts respectively. Qualification began in September 1994 and ended in July 1995.

Qualifying round

Group 1

Lesotho withdrew after competing 6 matches (1 win, 5 losses); Their results were annulled. Swaziland withdrew without playing any matches.

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Zaire 6 3 1 2 10 5 +5 7
 Cameroon 6 3 1 2 7 7 0 7
 Malawi 6 1 3 2 6 7 −1 5
 Zimbabwe 6 2 1 3 8 12 −4 5
 Lesotho (W) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
 Swaziland (W) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Source: [citation needed]
(W) Withdrew
Zaire 1 – 1Malawi 
Essende 80' Maduka 85'
Referee: Pierre Alain Mounguengui (Gabon)
Zimbabwe 5 – 0
Annulled		Lesotho 
Nagoli 10'
Shonhai 15'
A. Ndlovu 51'
Takawira 83', 89'
Malawi 3 – 1 Zimbabwe
Banda 62'
Maduka 83'
Mpinganjira 89'		 Sawu 35'
Attendance: 8,000
Cameroon 1 – 0 Zaire
Mouyémé 2'
Attendance: 20,000
Zimbabwe 2 – 1 Zaire
A.Ndlovu 52'
P.Ndlovu 89' (pen.)		 Essende 66'
Attendance: 45,000
Referee: Christian Chikuka (Zambia)
Lesotho 2 – 0
Annulled		 Cameroon
Lekoane 48'
Lekhotla 73'
Attendance: 15,000
Cameroon 0 – 0 Malawi
Attendance: 25,000
Zaire 3 – 0
Annulled		 Lesotho
Lukaku 1' (pen.)
Mukanya 37'
Mbiyavanga 82'
Zimbabwe 4 – 1 Cameroon
Takawira 12', 50', 88'
Gundani 47'		 Agbo 83'
Attendance: 25,000
Lesotho 0 – 2
Annulled		 Malawi
Chatunya 62'
Banda 64'
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Roger Raharison (Madagascar)
Malawi 0 – 1 Zaire
Essende 11'
Attendance: 20,000
Lesotho 0 – 2
Annulled		 Zimbabwe
Sawu 14'
Rinyano 16'
Attendance: 4,000
Zaire 2 – 1 Cameroon
N'Dinga 75'
N'Gole 82'		 Mouyémé 68'
Attendance: 45,000
Referee: Kouakou N'Dri (Ivory Coast)
Zimbabwe 1 – 1 Malawi
P.Ndlovu 14' (pen.) Banda 43'
Attendance: 35,000
Zaire 5 – 0 Zimbabwe
Kiniambi 26'
Lembi 29', 35', 55'
Lowata 77'
Attendance: 50,000
Cameroon 4 – 1
Annulled		 Lesotho
Dikoumé 10', 73'
Ntoko 49'
Mouyémé 87'		 Lekoane 80'
Attendance: 10,000
Malawi 1 – 3 Cameroon
Maduka 55' Mbarga 5'
Mouyémé 42', 68'
Attendance: 25,000
Cameroon 1 – 0 Zimbabwe
Simo 49'
Attendance: 90,000
Referee: Okoampah (Ghana)

Group 2

Guinea Bissau withdrew after competing 3 matches (1 draw, 2 losses); their results were annulled.

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Tunisia 8 3 4 1 7 2 +5 10
 Liberia 8 3 4 1 6 5 +1 10
 Senegal 8 3 3 2 10 8 +2 9
 Mauritania 8 1 4 3 3 6 −3 6
 Togo 8 1 3 4 5 10 −5 5
 Guinea-Bissau (W) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Source: [citation needed]
(W) Withdrew
Senegal 0 – 0 Mauritania
Referee: Sidi Bekaye Magassa (Mali)
Liberia 1 – 0 Togo
Weah 42'
Guinea-Bissau 1 – 3
Annulled		 Tunisia
Pau 44' (pen.) Trabelsi 5'
Baya 19'
Berkhissa 80'
Mauritania 1 – 1
Annulled		 Guinea-Bissau
Ould Malha 25' Mané 87'
Attendance: 5,000
Togo 2 – 0 Senegal
Fiawoo 50'
Salou 73'
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Bortey Sulemary (Ghana)
Mauritania 1 – 1 Liberia
Ould Malha 79' N'Diaye 28' (o.g.)
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Amadou (Niger)
Tunisia 1 – 1 Togo
Hamrouni 24' Latmay 56'
Attendance: 10,000
Guinea-Bissau 1 – 4
Annulled		 Senegal
Khome 68' Diallo 5'
Sané 38', 65'
Diatta 73'
Senegal 0 – 0 Tunisia
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Sidi Bekaye Magassa (Mali)
Togo 0 – 0 Mauritania
Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Mamadouba Camara (Guinea)
Liberia 1 – 1 Senegal
Sogbie 22' (pen.) Sané 83'
Attendance: 45,000
Referee: Boubacar Alassane (Niger)
Tunisia 1 – 0 Mauritania
Mahjoubi 67'
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Abderrezak Nems (Algeria)
Tunisia 0 – 0 Liberia
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Mohamed Kouradji (Algeria)
Mauritania 0 – 1 Senegal
Diallo 14'
Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Alain Gerard Milimono (Guinea)
Togo 0 – 0 Liberia
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Alhagi Faye (Gambia)
Senegal 5 – 1 Togo
Diallo 8' (pen.), 60'
Ndao 19', 86'
Traoré 88' (pen.)		 Messa 7'
Attendance: 50,000
Liberia 1 – 0 Tunisia
Boye 64'
Attendance: 35,000
Referee: Sidi Bekaye Magassa (Mali)
Liberia 2 – 0 Mauritania
Debbah 25', 67'
Attendance: 45,000
Togo 0 – 1 Tunisia
Hassen 9'
Attendance: 5,000
Mauritania 2 – 1 Togo
Sidibe 12'
Wade 60'		 Lantam 82'
Attendance: 6,000
Tunisia 4 – 0 Senegal
Berkhissa 47', 83'
Baya 56'
Hassen 69'
Attendance: 30,000
Mauritania 0 – 0 Tunisia
Attendance: 12,000
Senegal 3 – 0 Liberia
Diallo 40' (pen.), 52'
Traoré 80'
Attendance: 20,000

Group 3

Gambia and Niger withdrew after competing 5 matches each; their results were annulled. Central African Republic withdrew without playing any match.

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Ghana 4 3 0 1 9 3 +6 6
 Sierra Leone 4 3 0 1 7 6 +1 6
 Congo 4 0 0 4 3 10 −7 0
 Gambia (W) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
 Niger (W) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
 Central African Republic (W) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Source: [citation needed]
(W) Withdrew
Ghana 4 – 1 Sierra Leone
da Costa 55' (pen.)
Duah 63'
Akonnor 72'
Aboagye 88'		 Conteh 87'
Congo 1 – 1
Annulled		 Gambia
Mounkassa 64' Johnson 38'
Sierra Leone 3 – 2 Congo
Diallo 34'
Conteh 43', 53'		 Baloki 33'
Imboula 86'
Attendance: 6,500
Niger 1 – 5
Annulled		 Ghana
Hamidou 6' (pen.) Preko 2', 54', 87'
Ayew 67'
Addo 69'
Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Yacouba Ouédraogo (Burkina Faso)
Gambia 1 – 2
Annulled		 Ghana
Manneh 20' Akonnor 34'
Amankwah 42'
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Sackie Kennedy (Liberia)
Niger 4 – 2
Annulled		 Sierra Leone
Djibo 5', 22'
Ayi 55'
Ide 65'		 Pieter 37'
Konté 60'
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Malloum Saleh Abba Alkali (Chad)
Sierra Leone 2 – 0
Annulled		 Gambia
Koroma 50'
Kanu 53'
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Daniel Forkpah (Liberia)
Congo 3 – 1
Annulled		 Niger
Ibara 74'
Imboula 38', 50'		 Moussa 53'
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Badibake Cinji (Zaire)
Ghana 3 – 1 Congo
Ahinful 39'
Mbélé 69' (o.g.)
Ayew 70'		 Swing 80'
Attendance: 50,000
Niger 1 – 1
Annulled		 Gambia
Hamidou 70' Dramé 17'
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Papa Yeli N'Diouck (Mauritania)
Sierra Leone 1 – 0 Ghana
Conteh 77' (pen.)
Attendance: 50,000
Gambia 1 – 1
Annulled		 Congo
Kargbo 44' Imboula 67'
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Lassana Gassama (Mauritania)
Congo 0 – 2 Sierra Leone
Kallon 54'
Sama 90'
Attendance: 14,000
Referee: Ndoye (Senegal)
Ghana 1 – 0
Annulled		 Niger
Yeboah 21'
Attendance: 40,000
Sierra Leone 5 – 1
Annulled		 Niger
Kallon 32'
Kallon 55', 69'
Zarppa 75'
Sama 78'		 Ide 18'
Attendance: 50,000
Congo 0 – 2 Ghana
Aboagye 57', 89'
Attendance: 21,000
Referee: Pinto (Angola)

Group 4

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Egypt 10 6 3 1 24 5 +19 15
 Algeria 10 4 5 1 12 7 +5 13
 Uganda 10 3 4 3 11 16 −5 10
 Tanzania 10 4 0 6 14 15 −1 8
 Sudan 10 3 2 5 10 14 −4 8
 Ethiopia 10 2 2 6 4 18 −14 6
Source: [citation needed]
Tanzania 4 – 0 Uganda
Salehe 5'
Lunyamila 9', 88'
Nteze 13'
Ethiopia 0 – 0 Algeria
Referee: Felix Tangawarima (Zimbabwe)
Sudan 0 – 0 Egypt
Referee: Sylvanus Anthony Oghina (Kenya)
Algeria 1 – 1 Sudan
Zouani 64' Sabri Elhaj 11'
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Miloud Bouchikhi (Morocco)
Egypt 5 – 1 Tanzania
El-Kass 12', 52'
Salah-El-Din 64'
Hassan 82' (pen.)
Fathi 84'		 Tazali 55'
Attendance: 40,000
Uganda 4 – 1 Ethiopia
Mutyaba 55'
Tamale 75'
Buwembo 79'
Semogerere 84'		 Elias 21'
Attendance: 11,000
Egypt 5 – 0 Ethiopia
Hassan 24', 36'
Sabry 30'
Salah-El-Din 56'
Farouk 57'
Attendance: 30,000
Tanzania 2 – 0 Sudan
Selemani 26', 61'
Attendance: 20,000
Uganda 1 – 1 Algeria
Semogerere 70' (pen.) Tasfaout 43'
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Bruce Mayhola (South Africa)
Algeria 1 – 0 Egypt
Dziri 16' (pen.) Report
Attendance: 60,000
Ethiopia 1 – 0 Tanzania
Juhar 33'
Attendance: 33,000
Referee: Charles Baku Ndukize (Burundi)
Sudan 3 – 1 Uganda
Nemairi Ahmed Saeed 9', 34'
Amir Mustafa 81'		 Musisi 22'
Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Ladoual Hissein (Chad)
Tanzania 2 – 1 Algeria
Kidishi 37'
Selemani 66'		 Kaci-Said 13'
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Martin Omondi Bita (Kenya)
Uganda 0 – 0 Egypt
Attendance: 10,000
Ethiopia 2 – 0 Sudan
Kebede 4'
Sessaye 71'
Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Omer Yengo (Congo)
Algeria 2 – 0 Ethiopia
Tasfaout 17', 32'
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Mahmoud Hosni (Tunisia)
Egypt 3 – 1 Sudan
Aboul-Dahab 10'
El-Sawy 70'
El-Kass 88'		 Edward Jildo 71'
Attendance: 35,000
Uganda 2 – 0 Tanzania
Obwiny 30'
Mutyaba 38'
Attendance: 25,000
Tanzania 1 – 2 Egypt
Selemani 89' Aboul-Dahab 27', 68'
Attendance: 35,000
Ethiopia 0 – 0 Uganda
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Abogno (Kenya)
Sudan 2 – 0
Original score
0 – 2
Awarded score		 Algeria
Babiker Elhilou 22' (pen.)
Khogali 74'
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Abdulsattar Abdulfattah (Egypt)

Match awarded 2–0 to Algeria following a protest to CAF.

Algeria 1 – 1 Uganda
Tasfaout 16' Report Mutyaba 76'
Attendance: 40,000
Referee: Abdelaziz Bellaftouh (Morocco)
Sudan 2 – 1 Tanzania
Zahir Markaz 13'
Anas Elnour 60'		 Nteze 36'
Attendance: 15,000
Ethiopia 0 – 2 Egypt
Aboul-Dahab 7'
Khashaba 38'
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Badibake Cinji (Zaire)
Egypt 1 – 1 Algeria
El-Masry 61' Report Kaci-Saïd 42'
Attendance: 100,000
Tanzania 2 – 0 Ethiopia
Hussein 8'
Lunyamila 11'
Attendance: 10,000
Uganda 2 – 0 Sudan
Semogerere 71'
Barigye 74'
Attendance: 25,000
Algeria 2 – 1 Tanzania
Marsha 29' (o.g.)
Amrouche 59'		 Hussein 21'
Attendance: 45,000
Referee: Mahmoud Hosni (Tunisia)
Egypt 6 – 0 Uganda
El-Kass 4', 65', 73'
Sabry 8', 43'
Abougreisha 36'
Attendance: 50,000
Referee: Cherif Boubacar Mbaye (Senegal)

Group 5

South Africa withdrew from qualification (played 3 matches) after they were awarded hosting rights. They were replaced by Kenya, which later withdrew.
Madagascar withdrew after one match (lost to South Africa). Seychelles withdrew before playing any match. All results of the withdrawn teams were annulled.

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Gabon 4 3 0 1 8 2 +6 6
 Zambia 4 3 0 1 7 2 +5 6
 Mauritius 4 0 0 4 0 11 −11 0
 South Africa (H) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
 Madagascar (W) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
 Seychelles (W) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Source: [citation needed]
(H) Awarded hosting rights; (W) Withdrew

Awarded hosting rights

Madagascar 0 – 1
Annulled		 South Africa
Masinga 21'
Attendance: 35,000
Referee: Martin Bita (Kenya)
South Africa 1 – 0
Annulled		 Mauritius
Masinga 51'
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Charles Massembe (Uganda)
Gabon 3 – 0 Mauritius
Amégasse 26' (pen.)
Bekogo 28'
Mackaya 64'
Attendance: 25,000
Zambia 1 – 1
Annulled		 South Africa
Malitoli 86' (pen.) Doctor Khumalo 68'
Attendance: 40,000
Referee: Alem Assefa (Ethiopia)
Gabon 2 – 1 Zambia
Ondo 60' (pen.)
Nzamba 73'		 Nyirenda 89'
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Obafemi (Nigeria)
Mauritius 0 – 3 Zambia
K.Bwalya 32', 87'
J.Bwalya 76'
Attendance: 34,000
Referee: Pinto (Angola)
Zambia 1 – 0 Gabon
K.Bwalya 83'
Attendance: 40,000
Mauritius 0 – 3 Gabon
Mackaya 42'
Ondo 47', 88'
Attendance: 28,000
Referee: Williams (South Africa)
Zambia 2 – 0 Mauritius
Lota 57'
J.Bwalya 72'
Attendance: 35,000

Group 6

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Angola 10 6 2 2 17 8 +9 14
 Mozambique 10 6 2 2 16 8 +8 14
 Guinea 10 5 2 3 17 9 +8 12
 Mali 10 5 1 4 15 10 +5 11
 Namibia 10 1 5 4 8 16 −8 7
 Botswana 10 0 2 8 5 27 −22 2
Source: [citation needed]
Angola 2 – 0 Namibia
Túbia 6'
Merodack 40'
Botswana 0 – 1 Guinea
T. Camara 89'
Mali 2 – 1 Mozambique
Sidibé 20', 30' Matola 69'
Referee: Mohamed Belahmer (Morocco)
Namibia 2 – 1 Mali
Goraseb 40'
van Wyk 57'		 Traoré 89'
Attendance: 7,000
Guinea 3 – 1 Angola
Soumah 6', 59'
T. Camara 9'		 Castella 69'
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Boubacar Alassane (Niger)
Mozambique 3 – 1 Botswana
Arnaldo 34', 39', 73' Pikati 74'
Attendance: 9,000
Referee: Roger Milson Raharison (Madagascar)
Mali 2 – 0 Guinea
Touré 45'
Diallo 75'
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Omer Yengo (Congo)
Mali 0 – 0 Angola
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Malick Sillan (Gambia)
Mozambique 2 – 1 Guinea
Tchaka-Tchaka 64' (pen.)
Tico-Tico 89'		 Sylla 20'
Attendance: 50,000
Referee: Wilbert Onath (Seychelles)
Namibia 1 – 1 Botswana
van Wyk 89' Modise 25'
Attendance: 5,000
Botswana 1 – 3 Mali
Duiker 75' Touré 5'
Diawara 18', 26'
Referee: Wallace Mabuza (Swaziland)
Angola 1 – 0 Mozambique
Túbia 19'
Guinea 3 – 0 Namibia
A. Camara 62'
Sow 69'
Sylla 88'
Referee: Emmanuel Okoampah (Ghana)
Botswana 1 – 2 Angola
Paul 44' Paulão 55', 63'
Attendance: 10,000
Mozambique 4 – 2 Namibia
Nuro 6', 30', 90'
Eurico 68'		 Hoeseb 72'
Boonstaander 90'
Attendance: 22,000
Referee: Jugdish Kisoona (Mauritius)
Namibia 2 – 2 Angola
Richter 11'
Goraseb 61'		 Paulão 8'
Quinzinho 76'
Attendance: 5,000
Guinea 5 – 0 Botswana
F. Camara 6', 10'
Sylla 54'
Diané 60'
Sow 88'
Attendance: 50,000
Referee: Sackie Kennedy (Liberia)
Mozambique 1 – 0 Mali
Chiquinho Conde 44'
Attendance: 40,000
Referee: Pradeep Kumar Sohan (Mauritius)
Angola 3 – 0 Guinea
Akwá 48', 75'
Paulão 55'
Attendance: 22,000
Botswana 0 – 3 Mozambique
Chiquinho Conde 15', 53'
Nuro 69'
Attendance: 15,000
Mali 2 – 0 Namibia
Sidibé 16'
Magassouba 66'
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Bruce Kouahlin (Togo)
Angola 1 – 0 Mali
Akwá 28' (pen.)
Attendance: 80,000
Referee: Amuam Aka (Cameroon)
Botswana 1 – 1 Namibia
Dintle 5' Ananias 18'
Attendance: 2,000
Guinea 0 – 0 Mozambique
Attendance: 60,000
Mali 4 – 0 Botswana
Diawara 12', 50'
Traoré 46'
Bagayogo 85'
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Ahmed Jalloh (Sierra Leone)
Mozambique 2 – 1 Angola
Faife 15'
Nana 46'		 Paulão 75'
Attendance: 50,000
Referee: Mady Kanoso Bora (Madagascar)
Namibia 0 – 0 Guinea
Attendance: 2,000
Angola 4 – 0 Botswana
Joni 1', 9'
Rosário 43'
Paulão 50'
Attendance: 25,000
Guinea 4 – 1 Mali
T. Camara 28', 45'
Sow 65' (pen.)
M. Camara 87'		 Diawara 13'
Attendance: 20,000
Namibia 0 – 0 Mozambique
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Joel Dwarf Mondoka (Zambia)

Group 7

Benin, Cape Verde and Equatorial Guinea withdrew without playing any matches.

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Burkina Faso 4 1 3 0 5 4 +1 5
 Ivory Coast 4 1 2 1 5 4 +1 4
 Morocco 4 1 1 2 2 4 −2 3
 Benin (W) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
 Cape Verde (W) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
 Equatorial Guinea (W) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Source: [citation needed]
(W) Withdrew
Burkina Faso 2 – 1 Morocco
Ouédraogo 49'
Ouattara 68'		 El-Khalej 32'
Referee: Idrissa Sarr (Mauritania)
Morocco 1 – 0 Ivory Coast
Nader 15'
Attendance: 12,000
Ivory Coast 2 – 2 Burkina Faso
Tiéhi 7', 43' Nafou 50'
Traoré 80'
Attendance: 20,000
Morocco 0 – 0 Burkina Faso
Attendance: 45,000
Ivory Coast 2 – 0 Morocco
Tiéhi 19'
Bamba 65'
Attendance: 45,000
Referee: Békaye Magassa (Mali)
Burkina Faso 1 – 1 Ivory Coast
Ouattara 22' Tiéhi 64'
Attendance: 40,000
Referee: Olanjan (Nigeria)

Qualified teams

* Nigeria withdrew prior to the start of the finals. Guinea, as the best side to not qualify, was offered Nigeria's spot in the finals, but declined due to a lack of preparation time.