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AFRICAN CUP OF NATIONS
SOUTH AFRICA 1996


Winners:

South Africa
 





Automatically qualified



Team   Notes
South Africa Hosts
Nigeria Title holders - Withdrawn




Qualification - Group 1



Pos Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA    
1 Zaire 7 6 3 1 2 10 5    
2 Cameroon 7 6 3 1 2 7 7    
3 Malawi 5 6 1 3 2 6 7
4 Zimbabwe 5 6 2 1 3 8 12
5 Lesotho * 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Swaziland ** 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
* Lesotho withdrew: all matches were annulled
** Swaziland withdrew
  Final tournament




             
04/09/1994     Kinshasa (ZAI) Zaire - Malawi 1-1  
04/09/1994     Harare (ZIM) Zimbabwe - Lesotho 5-0 annulled  
15/10/1994 Blantyre (MWI) Malawi - Zimbabwe 3-1
16/10/1994 Douala (CMR) Cameroon - Zaire 1-0
13/11/1994 Maseru (LES) Lesotho - Cameroon 2-0 annulled
13/11/1994 Harare (ZIM) Zimbabwe - Zaire 2-1
08/01/1995 Douala (CMR) Cameroon - Malawi 0-0
08/01/1995 Kinshasa (ZAI) Zaire - Lesotho 3-0 annulled
22/01/1995 Maseru (LES) Lesotho - Malawi 0-2 annulled
22/01/1995 Harare (ZIM) Zimbabwe - Cameroon 4-1
09/04/1995 Maseru (LES) Lesotho - Zimbabwe 0-2 annulled
09/04/1995 Lilongwe (MWI) Malawi - Zaire 0-1
23/04/1995 Kinshasa (ZAI) Zaire - Cameroon 2-1
23/04/1995 Harare (ZIM) Zimbabwe - Malawi 1-1
04/06/1995 Yaoundé (CMR) Cameroon - Lesotho 4-1 annulled
04/06/1995 Kinshasa (ZAI) Zaire - Zimbabwe 5-0
16/07/1995 Blantyre (MWI) Malawi - Cameroon 1-3 Qual. Zaire
30/07/1995 Yaoundé (CMR) Cameroon - Zimbabwe 1-0 Qual. Cameroon




Qualification - Group 2



Pos Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA    
1 Tunisia 10 8 3 4 1 7 2    
2 Liberia 10 8 3 4 1 6 5    
3 Senegal 9 8 3 3 2 10 8
4 Mauritania 6 8 1 4 3 3 6
5 Togo 5 8 1 3 4 5 10
6 Guinea-Bissau * 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
* Guinea-Bissau withdrew: all matches were annulled
  Final tournament




             
03/09/1994     Dakar (SEN) Senegal - Mauritania 0-0  
04/09/1994     Bissau (GNB) Guinea-Bissau - Tunisia 1-3 annulled  
04/09/1994 Monrovia (LBR) Liberia - Togo 1-0
14/10/1994 Nouakchott (MTN) Mauritania - Guinea-Bissau 1-1 annulled
16/10/1994 Lomé (TOG) Togo - Senegal 2-0
11/11/1994 Nouakchott (MTN) Mauritania - Liberia 1-1
13/11/1994 Bissau (GNB) Guinea-Bissau - Senegal 1-4 annulled
13/11/1994 Tunis (TUN) Tunisia - Togo 1-1
07/01/1995 Ziguinchor (SEN) Senegal - Tunisia 0-0
07/01/1995 Lomé (TOG) Togo - Mauritania 0-0
22/01/1995 Monrovia (LBR) Liberia - Senegal 1-1
29/01/1995 Tunis (TUN) Tunisia - Mauritania 1-0
10/02/1995 Sfax (LBY) Tunisia - Liberia 0-0
07/04/1995 Nouakchott (MTN) Mauritania - Senegal 0-1
09/04/1995 Lomé (TOG) Togo - Liberia 0-0
22/04/1995 Dakar (SEN) Senegal - Togo 5-1
23/04/1995 Monrovia (LBR) Liberia - Tunisia 1-0
04/06/1995 Monrovia (LBR) Liberia - Mauritania 2-0
04/06/1995 Lomé (TOG) Togo - Tunisia 0-1
14/07/1995 Nouakchott (MTN) Mauritania - Togo 2-1
15/07/1995 Tunis (TUN) Tunisia - Senegal 4-0 Qual. Tunisia
30/07/1995 Nouakchott (MTN) Mauritania - Tunisia 0-0
30/07/1995 Dakar (SEN) Senegal - Liberia 3-0 Qual. Liberia




Qualification - Group 3



Pos Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA    
1 Ghana 6 4 3 0 1 9 3    
2 Sierra Leone 6 4 3 0 1 7 6    
3 Congo 0 4 0 0 4 3 10
4 Gambia * 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Niger * 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Central African Republic ** 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
* Gambia and Niger withdrew: all matches were annulled
** Central African Republic withdrew
  Final tournament




             
04/09/1994     Pointe-Noire (CGO) Congo - Gambia 1-1 annulled  
04/09/1994     Accra (GHA) Ghana - Sierra Leone 4-1  
16/10/1994 Niamey (NIG) Niger - Ghana 1-5 annulled
16/10/1994 Freetown (SLE) Sierra Leone - Congo 3-2
12/11/1994 Bakau (GAM) Gambia - Ghana 1-2 annulled
13/11/1994 Niamey (NIG) Niger - Sierra Leone 4-2 annulled
07/01/1995 Brazzaville (CGO) Congo - Niger 3-1 annulled
07/01/1995 Freetown (SLE) Sierra Leone - Gambia 2-0 annulled
22/01/1995 Accra (GHA) Ghana - Congo 3-1
22/01/1995 Niamey (NIG) Niger - Gambia 1-1 annulled
08/04/1995 Freetown (SLE) Sierra Leone - Ghana 1-0
09/04/1995 Bakau (GAM) Gambia - Congo 1-1 annulled
22/04/1995 Brazzaville (CGO) Congo - Sierra Leone 0-2 Qual. Sierra Leone
23/04/1995 Accra (GHA) Ghana - Niger 1-0 annulled
03/06/1995 Freetown (SLE) Sierra Leone - Niger 5-1 annulled
30/07/1995 Brazzaville (CGO) Congo - Ghana 0-2 Qual. Ghana




Qualification - Group 4



Pos Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA    
1 Egypt 15 10 6 3 1 24 5    
2 Algeria 13 10 4 5 1 12 7    
3 Uganda 10 10 3 4 3 11 16
4 Tanzania 8 10 4 0 6 14 15
5 Sudan 8 10 3 2 5 10 14
6 Ethiopia 6 10 2 2 6 4 18
  Final tournament




             
03/09/1994     Dar es Salaam (TAN) Tanzania - Uganda 4-0  
04/09/1994     Addis Abeba (ETH) Ethiopia - Algeria 0-0  
04/09/1994 Khartoum (SUD) Sudan - Egypt 0-0
14/10/1994 Algiers (ALG) Algeria - Sudan 1-1
14/10/1994 Cairo (EGY) Egypt - Tanzania 5-1
15/10/1994 Kampala (UGA) Uganda - Ethiopia 4-1
11/11/1994 Cairo (EGY) Egypt - Ethiopia 5-0
12/11/1994 Dar es Salaam (TAN) Tanzania - Sudan 2-0
12/11/1994 Kampala (UGA) Uganda - Algeria 1-1
08/01/1995 Algiers (ALG) Algeria - Egypt 1-0
08/01/1995 Addis Abeba (ETH) Ethiopia - Tanzania 1-0
08/01/1995 Omdurman (SUD) Sudan - Uganda 3-1
21/01/1995 Dar es Salaam (TAN) Tanzania - Algeria 2-1
21/01/1995 Kampala (UGA) Uganda - Egypt 0-0
22/01/1995 Addis Abeba (ETH) Ethiopia - Sudan 2-0
07/04/1995 Algiers (ALG) Algeria - Ethiopia 2-0
07/04/1995 Alexandria (EGY) Egypt - Sudan 3-1
08/04/1995 Kampala (UGA) Uganda - Tanzania 2-0
22/04/1995 Dar es Salaam (TAN) Tanzania - Egypt 1-2
23/04/1995 Addis Abeba (ETH) Ethiopia - Uganda 0-0
24/04/1995 Omdurman (SUD) Sudan - Algeria 0-2 - awarded
02/06/1995 Algiers (ALG) Algeria - Uganda 1-1
03/06/1995 Omdurman (SUD) Sudan - Tanzania 2-1
04/06/1995 Addis Abeba (ETH) Ethiopia - Egypt 0-2
14/06/1995 Cairo (EGY) Egypt - Algeria 1-1 Qual. Egypt
15/07/1995 Dar es Salaam (TAN) Tanzania - Ethiopia 2-0
15/07/1995 Kampala (UGA) Uganda - Sudan 2-0
30/07/1995 Algiers (ALG) Algeria - Tanzania 2-1 Qual. Algeria
30/07/1995 Alexandria (EGY) Egypt - Uganda 6-0
30/07/1995 Omdurman (SUD) Sudan - Ethiopia 3-0




Qualification - Group 5



Pos Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA    
1 Gabon 6 4 3 0 1 8 2    
2 Zambia 6 4 3 0 1 7 2    
3 Mauritius 0 4 0 0 4 0 11
4 South Africa * 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Madagascar ** 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Seychelles *** 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
* South Africa withdrew after they were awarded hosting rights, replacing Kenya; 
  all matches were annulled
** Madagascar withdrew; all matches annulled
*** Seychelles withdrew
  Final tournament




             
04/09/1994     Antananarivo (MAD) Madagascar - South Africa 0-1 annulled  
15/10/1994     Mabopane (RSA) South Africa - Mauritius 1-0 annulled  
13/11/1994 Libreville (GAB) Gabon - Mauritius 3-0
13/11/1994 Lusaka (ZAM) Zambia - South Africa 1-1 annulled
20/11/1994 Libreville (GAB) Gabon - Zambia 2-1
09/01/1995 Port Louis (MRI) Mauritius - Zambia 0-3
08/04/1995 Lusaka (ZAM) Zambia - Gabon 1-0
04/06/1995 Port Louis (MRI) Mauritius - Gabon 0-3 Qual. Gabon
15/07/1995 Lusaka (ZAM) Zambia - Mauritius 2-0 Qual. Zambia




Qualification - Group 6



Pos Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA    
1 Angola 14 10 6 2 2 17 8    
2 Mozambique 14 10 6 2 2 16 8    
3 Guinea 12 10 5 2 3 17 9
4 Mali 11 10 5 1 4 15 10
5 Namibia 7 10 1 5 4 8 16
6 Botswana 2 10 0 2 8 5 27
  Final tournament




             
04/09/1994     Luanda (ANG) Angola - Namibia 2-0  
04/09/1994     Gaborone (BOT) Botswana - Guinea 0-1  
04/09/1994 Bamako (MLI) Mali - Mozambique 2-1
15/10/1994 Windhoek (NAM) Namibia - Mali 2-1
16/10/1994 Conakry (GUI) Guinea - Angola 3-1
16/10/1994 Maputo (MOZ) Mozambique - Botswana 3-1
30/10/1994 Bamako (MLI) Mali - Guinea 2-0
13/11/1994 Bamako (MLI) Mali - Angola 0-0
13/11/1994 Maputo (MOZ) Mozambique - Guinea 2-1
13/11/1994 Windhoek (NAM) Namibia - Botswana 1-1
07/01/1995 Gaborone (BOT) Botswana - Mali 1-3
08/01/1995 Luanda (ANG) Angola - Mozambique 1-0
08/01/1995 Conakry (GUI) Guinea - Namibia 3-0
22/01/1995 Gaborone (BOT) Botswana - Angola 1-2
22/01/1995 Maputo (MOZ) Mozambique - Namibia 4-2
09/04/1995 Conakry (GUI) Guinea - Botswana 5-0
09/04/1995 Maputo (MOZ) Mozambique - Mali 1-0
09/04/1995 Windhoek (NAM) Namibia - Angola 2-2
23/04/1995 Luanda (ANG) Angola - Guinea 3-0
23/04/1995 Gaborone (BOT) Botswana - Mozambique 0-3
23/04/1995 Bamako (MLI) Mali - Namibia 2-0
04/06/1995 Luanda (ANG) Angola - Mali 1-0
04/06/1995 Gaborone (BOT) Botswana - Namibia 1-1
04/06/1995 Conakry (GUI) Guinea - Mozambique 0-0
15/07/1995 Bamako (MLI) Mali - Botswana 4-0
16/07/1995 Maputo (MOZ) Mozambique - Angola 2-1
16/07/1995 Windhoek (NAM) Namibia - Guinea 0-0
30/07/1995 Luanda (ANG) Angola - Botswana 4-0 Qual. Angola
30/07/1995 Conakry (GUI) Guinea - Mali 4-1
30/07/1995 Windhoek (NAM) Namibia - Mozambique 0-0 Qual. Mozambique




Qualification - Group 7



Pos Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA    
1 Burkina Faso 5 4 1 3 0 5 4    
2 Ivory Coast 4 4 1 2 1 5 4    
3 Morocco 3 4 1 1 2 2 4
4 Benin * 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Cape Verde * 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Equatorial Guinea * 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
* Benin, Cape Verde and Equatorial Guinea withdrew
  Final tournament




             
04/09/1994     Ouagadougou (BFA) Burkina Faso - Morocco 2-1  
13/11/1994     Casablanca (MAR) Morocco - Ivory Coast 1-0  
22/01/1995 Abidjan (CIV) Ivory Coast - Burkina Faso 2-2
09/04/1995 Rabat (MAR) Morocco - Burkina Faso 0-0 Qual. Burkina Faso
04/06/1995 Abidjan (CIV) Ivory Coast - Morocco 2-0
30/07/1995 Ouagadougou (BFA) Burkina Faso - Ivory Coast 1-1 Qual. Ivory Coast




Participants



Team   Notes
South Africa Winners
Tunisia Final
Zambia Semi-finals
Ghana Semi-finals
Algeria Quarter-finals
Egypt Quarter-finals
Gabon Quarter-finals
Zaire Quarter-finals
Cameroon Group stage
Liberia Group stage
Ivory Coast Group stage
Sierra Leone Group stage
Angola Group stage
Mozambique Group stage
Burkina Faso Group stage




Group A



Pos Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA    
1 South Africa 6 3 2 0 1 4 1    
2 Egypt 6 3 2 0 1 4 3    
3 Cameroon 4 3 1 1 1 5 7
4 Angola 1 3 0 1 2 4 6
  Knockout stage




Matchday 1            
13/01/1996     Johannesburg (RSA) South Africa - Cameroon 3-0  
15/01/1996     Johannesburg (RSA) Egypt - Angola 2-1  
Matchday 2            
18/01/1996     Johannesburg (RSA) Cameroon - Egypt 2-1  
20/01/1996     Johannesburg (RSA) South Africa - Angola 1-0  
Matchday 3            
24/01/1996     Durban (RSA) Angola - Cameroon 3-3  
24/01/1996     Johannesburg (RSA) South Africa - Egypt 0-1 Qual. South Africa and Egypt




Group B



Pos Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA    
1 Zambia 7 3 2 1 0 9 1    
2 Algeria 7 3 2 1 0 4 1    
3 Sierra Leone 3 3 1 0 2 2 7
4 Burkina Faso 0 3 0 0 3 3 9
  Knockout stage




Matchday 1            
14/01/1996     Bloemfontein (RSA) Zambia - Algeria 0-0  
15/01/1996     Bloemfontein (RSA) Sierra Leone - Burkina Faso 2-1  
Matchday 2            
18/01/1996     Bloemfontein (RSA) Algeria - Sierra Leone 2-0  
20/01/1996     Bloemfontein (RSA) Zambia - Burkina Faso 5-1  
Matchday 3            
24/01/1996     Port Elizabeth (RSA) Algeria - Burkina Faso 2-1 Qual. Algeria
24/01/1996     Bloemfontein (RSA) Zambia - Sierra Leone 4-0 Qual. Zambia




Group C



Pos Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA    
1 Gabon 3 2 1 0 1 3 2    
2 Zaire 3 2 1 0 1 2 2    
3 Liberia 3 2 1 0 1 2 3
  Knockout stage




             
16/01/1996     Durban (RSA) Gabon - Liberia 1-2  
19/01/1996     Durban (RSA) Gabon - Zaire 2-0  
25/01/1996 Johannesburg (RSA) Zaire - Liberia 2-0 Qual. Zaire and Gabon




Group D



Pos Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA    
1 Ghana 9 3 3 0 0 6 1    
2 Tunisia 4 3 1 1 1 5 4    
3 Ivory Coast 3 3 1 0 2 2 5
4 Mozambique 1 3 0 1 2 1 4
  Knockout stage




Matchday 1            
14/01/1996     Port Elizabeth (RSA) Ghana - Ivory Coast 2-0  
16/01/1996     Port Elizabeth (RSA) Tunisia - Mozambique 1-1  
Matchday 2            
19/01/1996     Port Elizabeth (RSA) Ghana - Tunisia 2-1 Qual. Ghana
21/01/1996     Port Elizabeth (RSA) Ivory Coast - Mozambique 1-0  
Matchday 3            
25/01/1996     Bloemfontein (RSA) Ghana - Mozambique 2-0  
25/01/1996     Port Elizabeth (RSA) Tunisia - Ivory Coast 3-1 Qual. Tunisia




Knockout stage



Quarter-finals          
27/01/1996 Johannesburg (RSA) South Africa - Algeria 2-1 Qual. South Africa
27/01/1996 Bloemfontein (RSA) Zambia - Egypt 3-1 Qual. Zambia
28/01/1996 Durban (RSA) Gabon - Tunisia 1-1 aet Qual. Tunisia
28/01/1996 Port Elizabeth (RSA) Ghana - Zaire 1-0 Qual. Ghana
Semi-finals            
31/01/1996 Johannesburg (RSA) South Africa - Ghana 3-0 Qual. South Africa
31/01/1996 Durban (RSA) Zambia - Tunisia 2-4 Qual. Tunisia
Match for 3rd place          
03/02/1996 Johannesburg (RSA) Ghana - Zambia 0-1 3rd placed: Zambia
Final            
03/02/1996 Johannesburg (RSA) South Africa - Tunisia 2-0 Winners: South Africa