1996 African Cup of Nations qualification (original) (raw)

Football tournament

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.

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

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

7 January 1995

Senegal	0 – 0	Tunisia

Attendance: 12,000

Referee: Sidi Bekaye Magassa (Mali)

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

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

4 September 1994

Sudan	0 – 0	Egypt

Referee: Sylvanus Anthony Oghina (Kenya)

22 January 1995

Ethiopia	2 – 0	Sudan
Kebede 4'Sessaye 71'

Attendance: 8,000

Referee: Omer Yengo (Congo)

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

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 All results of the withdrawn teams were annulled.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: [_citation needed_]
(H) Awarded hosting rights; (W) Withdrew

Awarded hosting rights

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

13 November 1994

Mali	0 – 0	Angola

Attendance: 20,000

Referee: Malick Sillan (Gambia)

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

| Algeria Angola Burkina Faso Cameroon Ivory Coast Egypt Gabon Ghana | | | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | |

* 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.

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