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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

Zaire	1 – 1	Malawi
Essende 80'		Maduka 85'

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'

Cameroon	1 – 0	Zaire
Mouyémé 2'

Zimbabwe	2 – 1	Zaire
A.Ndlovu 52' P.Ndlovu 89' (pen.)		Essende 66'

Lesotho	2 – 0 Annulled	Cameroon
Lekoane 48' Lekhotla 73'

Cameroon	0 – 0	Malawi

Zaire	3 – 0 Annulled	Lesotho
Lukaku 1' (pen.) Mukanya 37' Mbiyavanga 82'

Zimbabwe	4 – 1	Cameroon
Takawira 12', 50', 88' Gundani 47'		Agbo 83'

Lesotho	0 – 2 Annulled	Malawi
		Chatunya 62' Banda 64'

Malawi	0 – 1	Zaire
		Essende 11'

Lesotho	0 – 2 Annulled	Zimbabwe
		Sawu 14' Rinyano 16'

Zaire	2 – 1	Cameroon
N'Dinga 75' N'Gole 82'		Mouyémé 68'

Zimbabwe	1 – 1	Malawi
P.Ndlovu 14' (pen.)		Banda 43'

Zaire	5 – 0	Zimbabwe
Kiniambi 26' Lembi 29', 35', 55' Lowata 77'

Cameroon	4 – 1 Annulled	Lesotho
Dikoumé 10', 73' Ntoko 49' Mouyémé 87'		Lekoane 80'

Malawi	1 – 3	Cameroon
Maduka 55'		Mbarga 5' Mouyémé 42', 68'

Cameroon	1 – 0	Zimbabwe
Simo 49'

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

Senegal	0 – 0	Mauritania

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'

Togo	2 – 0	Senegal
Fiawoo 50' Salou 73'

Mauritania	1 – 1	Liberia
Ould Malha 79'		N'Diaye 28' (o.g.)

Tunisia	1 – 1	Togo
Hamrouni 24'		Latmay 56'

Guinea-Bissau	1 – 4 Annulled	Senegal
Khome 68'		Diallo 5' Sané 38', 65' Diatta 73'

Senegal	0 – 0	Tunisia

Togo	0 – 0	Mauritania

Liberia	1 – 1	Senegal
Sogbie 22' (pen.)		Sané 83'

Tunisia	1 – 0	Mauritania
Mahjoubi 67'

Tunisia	0 – 0	Liberia

Mauritania	0 – 1	Senegal
		Diallo 14'

Togo	0 – 0	Liberia

Senegal	5 – 1	Togo
Diallo 8' (pen.), 60' Ndao 19', 86' Traoré 88' (pen.)		Messa 7'

Liberia	1 – 0	Tunisia
Boye 64'

Liberia	2 – 0	Mauritania
Debbah 25', 67'

Togo	0 – 1	Tunisia
		Hassen 9'

Mauritania	2 – 1	Togo
Sidibe 12' Wade 60'		Lantam 82'

Tunisia	4 – 0	Senegal
Berkhissa 47', 83' Baya 56' Hassen 69'

Mauritania	0 – 0	Tunisia

Senegal	3 – 0	Liberia
Diallo 40' (pen.), 52' Traoré 80'

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

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'

Niger	1 – 5 Annulled	Ghana
Hamidou 6' (pen.)		Preko 2', 54', 87' Ayew 67' Addo 69'

Gambia	1 – 2 Annulled	Ghana
Manneh 20'		Akonnor 34' Amankwah 42'

Niger	4 – 2 Annulled	Sierra Leone
Djibo 5', 22' Ayi 55' Ide 65'		Pieter 37' Konté 60'

Sierra Leone	2 – 0 Annulled	Gambia
Koroma 50' Kanu 53'

Congo	3 – 1 Annulled	Niger
Ibara 74' Imboula 38', 50'		Moussa 53'

Ghana	3 – 1	Congo
Ahinful 39' Mbélé 69' (o.g.) Ayew 70'		Swing 80'

Niger	1 – 1 Annulled	Gambia
Hamidou 70'		Dramé 17'

Sierra Leone	1 – 0	Ghana
Conteh 77' (pen.)

Gambia	1 – 1 Annulled	Congo
Kargbo 44'		Imboula 67'

Congo	0 – 2	Sierra Leone
		Kallon 54' Sama 90'

Ghana	1 – 0 Annulled	Niger
Yeboah 21'

Sierra Leone	5 – 1 Annulled	Niger
Kallon 32' Kallon 55', 69' Zarppa 75' Sama 78'		Ide 18'

Congo	0 – 2	Ghana
		Aboagye 57', 89'

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

Tanzania	4 – 0	Uganda
Salehe 5' Lunyamila 9', 88' Nteze 13'

Ethiopia	0 – 0	Algeria

Sudan	0 – 0	Egypt

Algeria	1 – 1	Sudan
Zouani 64'		Sabri Elhaj 11'

Egypt	5 – 1	Tanzania
El-Kass 12', 52' Salah-El-Din 64' Hassan 82' (pen.) Fathi 84'		Tazali 55'

Uganda	4 – 1	Ethiopia
Mutyaba 55' Tamale 75' Buwembo 79' Semogerere 84'		Elias 21'

Egypt	5 – 0	Ethiopia
Hassan 24', 36' Sabry 30' Salah-El-Din 56' Farouk 57'

Tanzania	2 – 0	Sudan
Selemani 26', 61'

Uganda	1 – 1	Algeria
Semogerere 70' (pen.)		Tasfaout 43'

Algeria	1 – 0	Egypt
Dziri 16' (pen.)	Report

Ethiopia	1 – 0	Tanzania
Juhar 33'

Sudan	3 – 1	Uganda
Nemairi Ahmed Saeed 9', 34' Amir Mustafa 81'		Musisi 22'

Tanzania	2 – 1	Algeria
Kidishi 37' Selemani 66'		Kaci-Said 13'

Uganda	0 – 0	Egypt

Ethiopia	2 – 0	Sudan
Kebede 4' Sessaye 71'

Algeria	2 – 0	Ethiopia
Tasfaout 17', 32'

Egypt	3 – 1	Sudan
Aboul-Dahab 10' El-Sawy 70' El-Kass 88'		Edward Jildo 71'

Uganda	2 – 0	Tanzania
Obwiny 30' Mutyaba 38'

Tanzania	1 – 2	Egypt
Selemani 89'		Aboul-Dahab 27', 68'

Ethiopia	0 – 0	Uganda

Sudan	2 – 0 Original score 0 – 2 Awarded score	Algeria
Babiker Elhilou 22' (pen.) Khogali 74'

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

Algeria	1 – 1	Uganda
Tasfaout 16'	Report	Mutyaba 76'

Sudan	2 – 1	Tanzania
Zahir Markaz 13' Anas Elnour 60'		Nteze 36'

Ethiopia	0 – 2	Egypt
		Aboul-Dahab 7' Khashaba 38'

Egypt	1 – 1	Algeria
El-Masry 61'	Report	Kaci-Saïd 42'

Tanzania	2 – 0	Ethiopia
Hussein 8' Lunyamila 11'

Uganda	2 – 0	Sudan
Semogerere 71' Barigye 74'

Algeria	2 – 1	Tanzania
Marsha 29' (o.g.) Amrouche 59'		Hussein 21'

Egypt	6 – 0	Uganda
El-Kass 4', 65', 73' Sabry 8', 43' Abougreisha 36'

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

Awarded hosting rights

Madagascar	0 – 1 Annulled	South Africa
		Masinga 21'

South Africa	1 – 0 Annulled	Mauritius
Masinga 51'

Gabon	3 – 0	Mauritius
Amégasse 26' (pen.) Bekogo 28' Mackaya 64'

Zambia	1 – 1 Annulled	South Africa
Malitoli 86' (pen.)		Doctor Khumalo 68'

Gabon	2 – 1	Zambia
Ondo 60' (pen.) Nzamba 73'		Nyirenda 89'

Mauritius	0 – 3	Zambia
		K.Bwalya 32', 87' J.Bwalya 76'

Zambia	1 – 0	Gabon
K.Bwalya 83'

Mauritius	0 – 3	Gabon
		Mackaya 42' Ondo 47', 88'

Zambia	2 – 0	Mauritius
Lota 57' J.Bwalya 72'

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

Angola	2 – 0	Namibia
Túbia 6' Merodack 40'

Botswana	0 – 1	Guinea
		T. Camara 89'

Mali	2 – 1	Mozambique
Sidibé 20', 30'		Matola 69'

Namibia	2 – 1	Mali
Goraseb 40' van Wyk 57'		Traoré 89'

Guinea	3 – 1	Angola
Soumah 6', 59' T. Camara 9'		Castella 69'

Mozambique	3 – 1	Botswana
Arnaldo 34', 39', 73'		Pikati 74'

Mali	2 – 0	Guinea
Touré 45' Diallo 75'

Mali	0 – 0	Angola

Mozambique	2 – 1	Guinea
Tchaka-Tchaka 64' (pen.) Tico-Tico 89'		Sylla 20'

Namibia	1 – 1	Botswana
van Wyk 89'		Modise 25'

Botswana	1 – 3	Mali
Duiker 75'		Touré 5' Diawara 18', 26'

Angola	1 – 0	Mozambique
Túbia 19'

Guinea	3 – 0	Namibia
A. Camara 62' Sow 69' Sylla 88'

Botswana	1 – 2	Angola
Paul 44'		Paulão 55', 63'

Mozambique	4 – 2	Namibia
Nuro 6', 30', 90' Eurico 68'		Hoeseb 72' Boonstaander 90'

Namibia	2 – 2	Angola
Richter 11' Goraseb 61'		Paulão 8' Quinzinho 76'

Guinea	5 – 0	Botswana
F. Camara 6', 10' Sylla 54' Diané 60' Sow 88'

Mozambique	1 – 0	Mali
Chiquinho Conde 44'

Angola	3 – 0	Guinea
Akwá 48', 75' Paulão 55'

Botswana	0 – 3	Mozambique
		Chiquinho Conde 15', 53' Nuro 69'

Mali	2 – 0	Namibia
Sidibé 16' Magassouba 66'

Angola	1 – 0	Mali
Akwá 28' (pen.)

Botswana	1 – 1	Namibia
Dintle 5'		Ananias 18'

Guinea	0 – 0	Mozambique

Mali	4 – 0	Botswana
Diawara 12', 50' Traoré 46' Bagayogo 85'

Mozambique	2 – 1	Angola
Faife 15' Nana 46'		Paulão 75'

Namibia	0 – 0	Guinea

Angola	4 – 0	Botswana
Joni 1', 9' Rosário 43' Paulão 50'

Guinea	4 – 1	Mali
T. Camara 28', 45' Sow 65' (pen.) M. Camara 87'		Diawara 13'

Namibia	0 – 0	Mozambique

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

Burkina Faso	2 – 1	Morocco
Ouédraogo 49' Ouattara 68'		El-Khalej 32'

Morocco	1 – 0	Ivory Coast
Nader 15'

Ivory Coast	2 – 2	Burkina Faso
Tiéhi 7', 43'		Nafou 50' Traoré 80'

Morocco	0 – 0	Burkina Faso

Ivory Coast	2 – 0	Morocco
Tiéhi 19' Bamba 65'

Burkina Faso	1 – 1	Ivory Coast
Ouattara 22'		Tiéhi 64'

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.

External links

• African Nations Cup 1996
• International Matches 1994 - Africa
• International Matches 1995 - Africa

• Africa Cup of Nations qualification
• 1994 in African football
• 1995 in African football
• 1996 African Cup of Nations