1996 Africa 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) |
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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 |
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6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 5 | +5 | 7 | |
6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 7 | |
6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 7 | -1 | 5 | |
6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 12 | -4 | 5 | |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Malawi | 3 – 1 | |
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Banda Maduka Mpinganjira |
Sawu |
Malawi | 1 – 3 | |
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Maduka |
Mbarga Mouyémé |
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 |
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8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 2 | +5 | 10 | |
8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 5 | +1 | 10 | |
8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 8 | +2 | 9 | |
8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 6 | -3 | 6 | |
8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 10 | -5 | 5 | |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Senegal | 0 – 0 | |
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Mauritania | 1 – 1 Annulled | |
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Ould Malha |
Mané |
Mauritania | 1 – 1 | |
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Ould Malha |
N'Diaye |
Guinea-Bissau | 1 – 4 Annulled | |
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Khome |
Diallo Sané Diatta |
Togo | 0 – 0 | |
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Tunisia | 1 – 0 | |
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Mahjoubi |
Mauritania | 0 – 1 | |
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Diallo |
Liberia | 2 – 0 | |
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Debbah |
Mauritania | 2 – 1 | |
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Sidibe Wade |
Lantam |
Tunisia | 4 – 0 | |
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Berkhissa Baya Hassen |
Mauritania | 0 – 0 | |
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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 |
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4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 3 | +6 | 6 | |
4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 6 | +1 | 6 | |
4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 10 | -7 | 0 | |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Sierra Leone | 3 – 2 | |
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Diallo Conteh |
Baloki Imboula |
Niger | 4 – 2 Annulled | |
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Djibo Ayi Ide |
Pieter Konté |
Sierra Leone | 2 – 0 Annulled | |
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Koroma Kanu |
Sierra Leone | 1 – 0 | |
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Conteh |
Congo | 0 – 2 | |
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Kallon Sama |
Sierra Leone | 5 – 1 Annulled | |
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Kallon Kallon Zarppa Sama |
Ide |
Group 4
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 24 | 5 | +19 | 15 | |
10 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 12 | 7 | +5 | 13 | |
10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 16 | -5 | 10 | |
10 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 14 | 15 | -1 | 8 | |
10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 14 | -4 | 8 | |
10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 18 | -14 | 6 |
Egypt | 5 – 1 | |
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El-Kass Salah-El-Din Hassan Fathi |
Tazali |
Egypt | 3 – 1 | |
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Aboul-Dahab El-Sawy El-Kass |
Edward Jildo |
Tanzania | 1 – 2 | |
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Selemani |
Aboul-Dahab |
Match awarded 2–0 to Algeria following a protest to CAF.
Ethiopia | 0 – 2 | |
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Aboul-Dahab Khashaba |
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 |
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4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 2 | +6 | 6 | |
4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 2 | +5 | 6 | |
4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 11 | -11 | 0 | |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Madagascar | 0 – 1 Annulled | |
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Masinga |
South Africa | 1 – 0 Annulled | |
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Masinga |
Gabon | 3 – 0 | |
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Amégasse Bekogo Mackaya |
Zambia | 1 – 1 Annulled | |
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Malitoli |
Doctor Khumalo |
Group 6
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 8 | +9 | 14 | |
10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 8 | +8 | 14 | |
10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 9 | +8 | 12 | |
10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 10 | +5 | 11 | |
10 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 16 | -8 | 7 | |
10 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 27 | -22 | 2 |
Mali | 2 – 1 | |
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Sidibé |
Matola |
Mozambique | 3 – 1 | |
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Arnaldo |
Pikati |
Mozambique | 2 – 1 | |
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Tchaka-Tchaka Tico-Tico |
Sylla |
Angola | 1 – 0 | |
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Túbia |
Mozambique | 4 – 2 | |
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Nuro Eurico |
Hoeseb Boonstaander |
Mozambique | 1 – 0 | |
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Chiquinho Conde |
Botswana | 0 – 3 | |
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Chiquinho Conde Nuro |
Guinea | 0 – 0 | |
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Mozambique | 2 – 1 | |
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Faife Nana |
Paulão |
Namibia | 0 – 0 | |
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Group 7
Benin, Cape Verde and Equatorial Guinea withdrew without playing any matches.
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 5 | |
4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 4 | |
4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | -2 | 3 | |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Burkina Faso | 2 – 1 | |
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Ouédraogo Ouattara |
El-Khalej |
Morocco | 1 – 0 | |
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Nader |
Ivory Coast | 2 – 2 | |
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Tiéhi |
Nafou Traoré |
Morocco | 0 – 0 | |
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Ivory Coast | 2 – 0 | |
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Tiéhi Bamba |
Burkina Faso | 1 – 1 | |
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Ouattara |
Tiéhi |
Qualified teams
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* 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.