1996 African Cup of Nations qualification

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.

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

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:
(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:
(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:
(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 (Burkina Faso)
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:
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'
Al Merreikh Stadium, Omdurman
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)
Sudan 3 – 0 Ethiopia
Muntasir Elzaki  15'
Edward Jildo  36'
Essam Osman  52'

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:
(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: 4,000
Referee: Pinto (Angola)
Zambia 1 – 0 Gabon
K.Bwalya  83'
Attendance: 40,000
Mauritius 0 – 3 Gabon
Mackaya  42'
Ondo  47', 88'
Attendance: 8,000
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:
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 (Nigeria)
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:
(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: 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.

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