Africa Cup 1996 / qualification

Attendees

A total of 44 teams registered to take part in the 1996 Africa Cup , which was originally supposed to take place in Kenya. Defending champions Nigeria and the originally planned hosts Kenya were automatically seeded for the finals. The 42 remaining teams were divided into seven groups of six. The seven group winners and seven runners-up qualified for the final tournament, the field of participants was expanded from 8 to 16 teams.

Kenya, however, decided not to host the final tournament and was therefore excluded from qualifying by the African Football Federation ( CAF ); and was not allowed to take part in the final tournament. South Africa was chosen as the substitute host of the final tournament. South Africa was automatically set for the finals. The qualifying matches already played by South Africa have been removed from the rating.

In addition, eleven teams withdrew in the course of qualifying and defending champions Nigeria did not make it to the finals in South Africa. Guinea was offered to fill in for Nigeria, but Guinea also waived. The final round was then played with only 15 teams.

•  Nigeria   (defending champion)
•  Kenya   (intended host)
•  South Africa   (substitute host)

Group 1

Pl.	team	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Pt.
1.	Zaire	6th	3	1	2	10: 5	+5	7th
2.	Cameroon	6th	3	1	2	7: 7	0	7th
3.	Malawi	6th	1	3	2	6: 7	−1	5
4th	Zimbabwe	6th	2	1	3	8:12	−4	5
	Lesotho	Withdrawn after 6 games
	Swaziland	Withdrawn with no play

09/04/1994	Kinshasa	Zaire	-	Malawi	1: 1
09/04/1994	Harare	Zimbabwe	-	Lesotho	5-0
10/15/1994	Blantyre	Malawi	-	Zimbabwe	3: 1
10/16/1994	Douala	Cameroon	-	Zaire	1-0
11/13/1994	Maseru	Lesotho	-	Cameroon	2-0
11/13/1994	Harare	Zimbabwe	-	Zaire	2: 1
01/08/1995	Yaoundé	Cameroon	-	Malawi	0-0
01/08/1995	Kinshasa	Zaire	-	Lesotho	3-0
01/22/1995	Maseru	Lesotho	-	Malawi	0: 2

01/22/1995	Harare	Zimbabwe	-	Cameroon	4: 1
04/09/1995	Lilongwe	Malawi	-	Zaire	0: 1
04/09/1995	Maseru	Lesotho	-	Zimbabwe	0: 2
04/23/1995	Kinshasa	Zaire	-	Cameroon	2: 1
04/23/1995	Harare	Zimbabwe	-	Malawi	1: 1
06/04/1995	Yaoundé	Cameroon	-	Lesotho	4: 1
06/04/1995	Kinshasa	Zaire	-	Zimbabwe	5-0
07/16/1995	Blantyre	Malawi	-	Cameroon	1: 3
07/30/1995	Yaoundé	Cameroon	-	Zimbabwe	1-0

Group 2

Pl.	team	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Pt.
1.	Tunisia	8th	3	4th	1	7: 2	+5	10
2.	Liberia	8th	3	4th	1	6: 5	+1	10
3.	Senegal	8th	3	3	2	10: 8	+2	9
4th	Mauritania	8th	1	4th	3	3: 6	−3	6th
5.	Togo	8th	1	3	4th	5:10	−5	5
	Guinea-Bissau	Withdrawn after 3 games

09/03/1994	Dakar	Senegal	-	Mauritania	0-0
09/04/1994	Bissau	Guinea-Bissau	-	Tunisia	1: 3
09/04/1994	Monrovia	Liberia	-	Togo	1-0
10/14/1994	Nouakchott	Mauritania	-	Guinea-Bissau	1: 1
10/16/1994	Lomé	Togo	-	Senegal	2-0
11/11/1994	Nouakchott	Mauritania	-	Liberia	1: 1
11/13/1994	Tunis	Tunisia	-	Togo	1: 1
11/13/1994	Bissau	Guinea-Bissau	-	Senegal	1: 4
07/01/1995	Ziguinchor	Senegal	-	Tunisia	0-0
01/08/1995	Lomé	Togo	-	Mauritania	0-0
01/22/1995	Monrovia	Liberia	-	Senegal	1: 1
01/29/1995	Tunis	Tunisia	-	Mauritania	1-0

02/10/1995	Tunis	Tunisia	-	Liberia	0-0
04/07/1995	Nouakchott	Mauritania	-	Senegal	0: 1
04/09/1995	Lomé	Togo	-	Liberia	0-0
04/22/1995	Dakar	Senegal	-	Togo	5: 1
04/23/1995	Monrovia	Liberia	-	Tunisia	1-0
06/04/1995	Monrovia	Liberia	-	Mauritania	2-0
06/04/1995	Lomé	Togo	-	Tunisia	0: 1
07/14/1995	Nouakchott	Mauritania	-	Togo	2: 1
07/15/1995	Tunis	Tunisia	-	Senegal	4-0
07/30/1995	Nouakchott	Mauritania	-	Tunisia	0-0
07/30/1995	Dakar	Senegal	-	Liberia	3-0

Group 3

Pl.	team	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Pt.
1.	Ghana	4th	3	0	1	9: 3	+6	6th
2.	Sierra Leone	4th	3	0	1	7: 6	+1	6th
3.	Republic of the Congo	4th	0	0	4th	3:10	−7	0
	Gambia	Withdrawn after 5 games
	Niger	Withdrawn after 5 games
	Central African Republic	Withdrawn with no play

09/04/1994	Pointe Noire	Republic of the Congo	-	Gambia	1: 1
09/04/1994	Accra	Ghana	-	Sierra Leone	4: 1
10/16/1994	Niamey	Niger	-	Ghana	1: 5
10/16/1994	Freetown	Sierra Leone	-	Republic of the Congo	3: 2
11/12/1994	Banjul	Gambia	-	Ghana	1: 2
11/13/1994	Niamey	Niger	-	Sierra Leone	4: 2
01/07/1994	Freetown	Sierra Leone	-	Gambia	2-0
01/08/1995	Brazzaville	Republic of the Congo	-	Niger	3: 1

01/22/1995	Accra	Ghana	-	Republic of the Congo	3: 1
01/22/1995	Niamey	Niger	-	Gambia	1: 1
04/08/1995	Freetown	Sierra Leone	-	Ghana	1-0
04/09/1995	Banjul	Gambia	-	Republic of the Congo	1: 1
04/22/1995	Brazzaville	Republic of the Congo	-	Sierra Leone	0: 2
04/23/1995	Accra	Ghana	-	Niger	1-0
06/03/1995	Freetown	Sierra Leone	-	Niger	5: 1
07/30/1995	Brazzaville	Republic of the Congo	-	Ghana	0: 2

Group 4

Pl.	team	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Pt.
1.	Egypt	10	6th	3	1	24: 5	+19	15th
2.	Algeria	10	4th	5	1	12: 7	+5	13
3.	Uganda	10	3	4th	3	11:16	−5	10
4th	Tanzania	10	4th	0	6th	14:15	−1	8th
5.	Sudan	10	3	2	5	10:14	−4	8th
6th	Ethiopia	10	2	2	6th	4:18	−14	6th

09/03/1994	Dar es Salaam	Tanzania	-	Uganda	4-0
09/04/1994	Addis Ababa	Ethiopia	-	Algeria	0-0
09/04/1994	Khartoum	Sudan	-	Egypt	0-0
10/14/1994	Algiers	Algeria	-	Sudan	1: 1
10/14/1994	Cairo	Egypt	-	Tanzania	5: 1
10/15/1994	Kampala	Uganda	-	Ethiopia	4: 1
11/11/1994	Cairo	Egypt	-	Ethiopia	5-0
11/12/1994	Dar es Salaam	Tanzania	-	Sudan	2-0
11/12/1995	Kampala	Uganda	-	Algeria	1: 1
01/08/1995	Algiers	Algeria	-	Egypt	1-0
01/08/1995	Addis Ababa	Ethiopia	-	Tanzania	1-0
01/08/1995	Omdurman	Sudan	-	Uganda	3: 1
01/21/1995	Dar es Salaam	Tanzania	-	Algeria	2: 1
01/21/1995	Kampala	Uganda	-	Egypt	0-0
01/22/1995	Addis Ababa	Ethiopia	-	Sudan	2-0

04/07/1995	Algiers	Algeria	-	Ethiopia	2-0
04/07/1995	Cairo	Egypt	-	Sudan	3: 1
04/08/1995	Kampala	Uganda	-	Tanzania	2-0
04/22/1995	Dar es Salaam	Tanzania	-	Egypt	1: 2
04/23/1995	Addis Ababa	Ethiopia	-	Uganda	0-0
04/24/1995	Khartoum	Sudan	-	Algeria	0: 2
06/02/1995	Algiers	Algeria	-	Uganda	1: 1
06/03/1995	Khartoum	Sudan	-	Tanzania	2: 1
06/04/1995	Addis Ababa	Ethiopia	-	Egypt	0: 2
07/14/1995	Cairo	Egypt	-	Algeria	1: 1
07/15/1995	Dar es Salaam	Tanzania	-	Ethiopia	2-0
07/15/1995	Kampala	Uganda	-	Sudan	2-0
07/30/1995	Algiers	Algeria	-	Tanzania	2: 1
07/30/1995	Cairo	Egypt	-	Uganda	6-0
07/30/1995	Khartoum	Sudan	-	Ethiopia	3-0

Group 5

Pl.	team	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Pt.
1.	Gabon	4th	3	0	1	8: 2	+6	6th
2.	Zambia	4th	3	0	1	7: 2	+5	6th
3.	Mauritius	4th	0	0	4th	0:11	−11	0
	Madagascar	Withdrawn after 1 game
	Seychelles	Withdrawn with no play
	South Africa	Substitute host for Kenya

09/04/1994		Madagascar	-	South Africa	0: 1
10/15/1994		South Africa	-	Mauritius	1-0
11/13/1994		Zambia	-	South Africa	1: 1
11/13/1994		Gabon	-	Mauritius	3-0
11/20/1994		Gabon	-	Zambia	2: 1
01/09/1995		Mauritius	-	Zambia	0: 3
04/08/1995		Zambia	-	Gabon	1-0
06/04/1995		Mauritius	-	Gabon	0: 3
07/15/1995		Zambia	-	Mauritius	2-0

Group 6

Pl.	team	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Pt.
1.	Angola	10	7th	0	3	17: 8	+9	14th
2.	Mozambique	10	6th	2	2	16: 8	+8	14th
3.	Guinea	10	5	2	3	17: 9	+8	12
4th	Mali	10	5	1	4th	15:10	+5	11
5.	Namibia	10	1	5	4th	8:16	−8	7th
6th	Botswana	10	0	2	8th	5:27	−22	2

09/04/1994	Luanda	Angola	-	Namibia	2-0
09/04/1994	Gaborone	Botswana	-	Guinea	0: 1
09/04/1994	Bamako	Mali	-	Mozambique	2: 1
10/15/1994	Windhoek	Namibia	-	Mali	2: 1
10/16/1994	Conakry	Guinea	-	Angola	3: 1
10/16/1994	Maputo	Mozambique	-	Botswana	3: 1
10/30/1994	Bamako	Mali	-	Guinea	2-0
11/13/1994	Bamako	Mali	-	Angola	0-0
11/13/1994	Maputo	Mozambique	-	Guinea	2: 1
11/13/1994	Windhoek	Namibia	-	Botswana	1: 1
07/01/1995	Gaborone	Botswana	-	Mali	1: 3
01/08/1995	Luanda	Angola	-	Mozambique	1-0
01/08/1995	Conakry	Guinea	-	Namibia	3-0
01/22/1995	Gaborone	Botswana	-	Angola	1: 2
01/22/1995	Maputo	Mozambique	-	Namibia	4: 2

04/09/1995	Windhoek	Namibia	-	Angola	2: 2
04/09/1995	Conakry	Guinea	-	Botswana	5-0
04/09/1995	Maputo	Mozambique	-	Mali	1-0
04/23/1995	Luanda	Angola	-	Guinea	3-0
04/23/1995	Gaborone	Botswana	-	Mozambique	0: 3
04/23/1995	Bamako	Mali	-	Namibia	2-0
06/04/1995	Luanda	Angola	-	Mali	1-0
06/04/1995	Gaborone	Botswana	-	Namibia	1: 1
06/04/1995	Conakry	Guinea	-	Mozambique	0-0
07/16/1995	Bamako	Mali	-	Botswana	4-0
07/16/1995	Maputo	Mozambique	-	Angola	2: 1
07/16/1995	Windhoek	Namibia	-	Guinea	0-0
07/30/1995	Luanda	Angola	-	Botswana	4-0
07/30/1995	Conakry	Guinea	-	Mali	4: 1
07/30/1995	Windhoek	Namibia	-	Mozambique	0-0

Group 7

Pl.	team	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Pt.
1.	Burkina Faso	4th	1	3	0	5: 4	+1	5
2.	Ivory Coast	4th	1	2	1	5: 4	+1	4th
3.	Morocco	4th	1	1	2	2: 4	−2	3
	Benin	Withdrawn with no play
	Cape Verde	Withdrawn with no play
	Equatorial Guinea	Withdrawn with no play

09/04/1994	Ouagadougou	Burkina Faso	-	Morocco	2: 1
11/13/1994	Casablanca	Morocco	-	Ivory Coast	1-0
01/22/1995	Abidjan	Ivory Coast	-	Burkina Faso	2: 2
04/09/1995	Casablanca	Morocco	-	Burkina Faso	0-0
06/04/1995	Abidjan	Ivory Coast	-	Morocco	2-0
07/30/1995	Ouagadougou	Burkina Faso	-	Ivory Coast	1: 1