1996 African Cup of Nations qualification

Football tournament July 2023 July 2023 Afcon 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. main WDL Q 2 n y ZAI ZAI CMR CMR MWI MWI ZIM ZIM LES LES 1987 W SWZ SWZ Swaziland W 3 1 2 10 5 3 1 2 7 7 1 3 2 6 7 2 1 3 8 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Withdrew #ccffcc A A #ffcccc WD WD complete 4 September 1994 ZAI 1 – 1 MWI Essende 80 Maduka 85 Stade Kamanyola, Kinshasa Pierre Alain Mounguengui (Gabon) 4 September 1994 ZIM 5 – 0 Annulled LES 1987 Nagoli 10Shonhai 15A. Ndlovu 51Takawira 83 89 National Sports Stadium, Harare 15 October 1994 MWI 3 – 1 ZIM Banda 62Maduka 83Mpinganjira 89 Sawu 35 Chichiri Stadium, Blantyre 8,000 16 October 1994 CMR 1 – 0 ZAI Mouyémé 2 Stade de la Réunification, Douala 20,000 13 November 1994 ZIM 2 – 1 ZAI A.Ndlovu 52P.Ndlovu 89 pen. Essende 66 National Sports Stadium, Harare 45,000 Christian Chikuka (Zambia) 13 November 1994 LES 1987 2 – 0 Annulled CMR Lekoane 48Lekhotla 73 Setsoto Stadium, Maseru 15,000 8 January 1995 CMR 0 – 0 MWI Stade de la Réunification, Douala 25,000 Jean-Fidèle Diramba (Gabon) 8 January 1995 ZAI 3 – 0 Annulled LES 1987 Lukaku 1 pen.Mukanya 37Mbiyavanga 82 Stade Kamanyola, Kinshasa 22 January 1995 ZIM 4 – 1 CMR Takawira 12 50 88Gundani 47 Agbo 83 National Sports Stadium, Harare 25,000 22 January 1995 LES 1987 0 – 2 Annulled MWI Chatunya 62Banda 64 Setsoto Stadium, Maseru 10,000 Roger Raharison (Madagascar) 9 April 1995 MWI 0 – 1 ZAI Essende 11 Silver Stadium, Lilongwe 20,000 9 April 1995 LES 1987 0 – 2 Annulled ZIM Sawu 14Rinyano 16 Setsoto Stadium, Maseru 4,000 23 April 1995 ZAI 2 – 1 CMR N'Dinga 75N'Gole 82 Mouyémé 68 Stade Kamanyola, Kinshasa 45,000 Kouakou N'Dri (Ivory Coast) 23 April 1995 ZIM 1 – 1 MWI P.Ndlovu 14 pen. Banda 43 National Sports Stadium, Harare 35,000 4 June 1995 ZAI 5 – 0 ZIM Kiniambi 26Lembi 29 35 55Lowata 77 Stade Kamanyola, Kinshasa 50,000 4 June 1995 CMR 4 – 1 Annulled LES 1987 Dikoumé 10 73Ntoko 49Mouyémé 87 Lekoane 80 Stade Omnisports, Yaoundé 10,000 16 July 1995 MWI 1 – 3 CMR Maduka 55 Mbarga 5Mouyémé 42 68 Chichiri Stadium, Blantyre 25,000 30 July 1995 CMR 1 – 0 ZIM Simo 49 Stade Omnisports, Yaoundé 90,000 Okoampah (Ghana) Group 2 Guinea Bissau withdrew after competing 3 matches (1 draw, 2 losses); their results were annulled. main WDL Q 2 n y TUN TUN 1959 LBR LBR SEN SEN MTN MTN 1959 TOG TOG GNB GNB W 3 4 1 7 2 3 4 1 6 5 3 3 2 10 8 1 4 3 3 6 1 3 4 5 10 0 0 0 0 0 Withdrew #ccffcc A A #ffcccc WD complete 3 September 1994 SEN 0 – 0 MTN 1959 Stade Léopold Sédar Senghor, Dakar Sidi Bekaye Magassa (Mali) 4 September 1994 LBR 1 – 0 TOG Weah 42 Samuel Doe Stadium, Monrovia 4 September 1994 GNB 1 – 3 Annulled TUN 1959 Pau 44 pen. Trabelsi 5Baya 19Berkhissa 80 Estádio 24 de Setembro, Bissau 14 October 1994 MTN 1959 1 – 1 Annulled GNB Ould Malha 25 Mané 87 Stade Olympique, Nouakchott 5,000 16 October 1994 TOG 2 – 0 SEN Fiawoo 50Salou 73 Stade de Kégué, Lomé 5,000 Bortey Sulemary (Ghana) 11 November 1994 MTN 1959 1 – 1 LBR Ould Malha 79 N'Diaye 28 o.g. Stade Olympique, Nouakchott 15,000 Amadou (Niger) 13 November 1994 TUN 1959 1 – 1 TOG Hamrouni 24 Latmay 56 Stade Olympique d'El Menzah, Tunis 10,000 Gamal Al-Ghandour (Egypt) 13 November 1994 GNB 1 – 4 Annulled SEN Khome 68 Diallo 5Sané 38 65Diatta 73 Estádio 24 de Setembro, Bissau 7 January 1995 SEN 0 – 0 TUN 1959 Stade Aline Sitoe Diatta, Ziguinchor 12,000 Sidi Bekaye Magassa (Mali) 8 January 1995 TOG 0 – 0 MTN 1959 Stade de Kégué, Lomé 8,000 Mamadouba Camara (Guinea) 22 January 1995 LBR 1 – 1 SEN Sogbie 22 pen. Sané 83 Samuel Kanyon Doe Stadium, Monrovia 45,000 Boubacar Alassane (Niger) 29 January 1995 TUN 1959 1 – 0 MTN 1959 Mahjoubi 67 Stade Chedli Zouiten, Tunis 4,000 Abderrezak Nems (Algeria) 10 February 1995 TUN 1959 0 – 0 LBR Stade Taïeb Mhiri, Sfax 25,000 Mohamed Kouradji (Algeria) 7 April 1995 MTN 1959 0 – 1 SEN Diallo 14 Stade Olympique, Nouakchott 8,000 Alain Gerard Milimono (Guinea) 9 April 1995 TOG 0 – 0 LBR Stade de Kégué, Lomé 15,000 Alhagi Faye (Gambia) 22 April 1995 SEN 5 – 1 TOG Diallo 8 pen. 60 Ndao 19 86 Traoré 88 pen. Messa 7 Stade de l'Amitié, Dakar 50,000 Lucien Bouchardeau (Niger) 23 April 1995 LBR 1 – 0 TUN 1959 Boye 64 Samuel Kanyon Doe Stadium, Monrovia 35,000 Sidi Bekaye Magassa (Mali) 4 June 1995 LBR 2 – 0 MTN 1959 Debbah 25 67 Samuel Kanyon Doe Stadium, Monrovia 45,000 4 June 1995 TOG 0 – 1 TUN 1959 Hassen 9 Stade de Kégué, Lomé 5,000 14 July 1995 MTN 1959 2 – 1 TOG Sidibe 12 Wade 60 Lantam 82 Stade Olympique, Nouakchott 6,000 15 July 1995 TUN 1959 4 – 0 SEN Berkhissa 47 83 Baya 56 Hassen 69 Stade Olympique d'El Menzah, Tunis 30,000 30 July 1995 MTN 1959 0 – 0 TUN 1959 Stade Olympique, Nouakchott 12,000 30 July 1995 SEN 3 – 0 LBR Diallo 40 pen. 52 Traoré 80 Stade de l'Amitié, Dakar 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. main WDL Q 2 n y GHA GHA SLE SLE CGO CGO GAM GAM W NIG NIG W CTA CTA W 3 0 1 9 3 3 0 1 7 6 0 0 4 3 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Withdrew #ccffcc A A #ffcccc WD WD WD complete 4 September 1994 GHA 4 – 1 SLE da Costa 55 pen.Duah 63Akonnor 72Aboagye 88 Conteh 87 Accra Sports Stadium, Accra 4 September 1994 CGO 1 – 1 Annulled GAM Mounkassa 64 Johnson 38 Stade Casimir Mvoulalea, Pointe-Noire 16 October 1994 SLE 3 – 2 CGO Diallo 34Conteh 43 53 Baloki 33Imboula 86 National Stadium, Freetown 6,500 16 October 1994 NIG 1 – 5 Annulled GHA Hamidou 6 pen. Preko 2 54 87Ayew 67Addo 69 Stade Général Seyni Kountché, Niamey 6,000 Yacouba Ouédraogo (Burkina Faso) 12 November 1994 GAM 1 – 2 Annulled GHA Manneh 20 Akonnor 34Amankwah 42 Independence Stadium (Bakau), Bakau 30,000 Sackie Kennedy (Liberia) 13 November 1994 NIG 4 – 2 Annulled SLE Djibo 5 22Ayi 55Ide 65 Pieter 37Konté 60 Stade Général Seyni Kountché, Niamey 10,000 Malloum Saleh Abba Alkali (Chad) 7 January 1995 SLE 2 – 0 Annulled GAM Koroma 50Kanu 53 National Stadium, Freetown 30,000 Daniel Forkpah (Liberia) 8 January 1995 CGO 3 – 1 Annulled NIG Ibara 74Imboula 38 50 Moussa 53 Stade Alphonse Massamba, Brazzaville 10,000 Badibake Cinji (Zaire) 22 January 1995 GHA 3 – 1 CGO Ahinful 39Mbélé 69 o.g.Ayew 70 Swing 80 Accra Sports Stadium, Accra 50,000 22 January 1995 NIG 1 – 1 Annulled GAM Hamidou 70 Dramé 17 Stade Général Seyni Kountché, Niamey 10,000 Papa Yeli N'Diouck (Mauritania) 8 April 1995 SLE 1 – 0 GHA Conteh 77 pen. National Stadium, Freetown 50,000 9 April 1995 GAM 1 – 1 Annulled CGO Kargbo 44 Imboula 67 Independence Stadium (Bakau), Bakau 10,000 Lassana Gassama (Mauritania) 22 April 1995 CGO 0 – 2 SLE Kallon 54Sama 90 Stade Alphonse Massamba, Brazzaville 14,000 Ndoye (Senegal) 23 April 1995 GHA 1 – 0 Annulled NIG Yeboah 21 Accra Sports Stadium, Accra 40,000 3 June 1995 SLE 5 – 1 Annulled NIG Kallon 32Kallon 55 69Zarppa 75Sama 78 Ide 18 National Stadium, Freetown 50,000 30 July 1995 CGO 0 – 2 GHA Aboagye 57 89 Stade Alphonse Massamba, Brazzaville 21,000 Pinto (Angola) Group 4 main WDL Q 2 n y EGY EGY ALG ALG UGA UGA TAN TAN SUD SUD ETH ETH 1991 6 3 1 24 5 4 5 1 12 7 3 4 3 11 16 4 0 6 14 15 3 2 5 10 14 2 2 6 4 18 #ccffcc A A complete 3 September 1994 TAN 4 – 0 UGA Salehe 5Lunyamila 9 88Nteze 13 National Stadium, Dar es Salaam 4 September 1994 ETH 1991 0 – 0 ALG Addis Ababa Stadium, Addis Ababa Felix Tangawarima (Zimbabwe) 4 September 1994 SUD 0 – 0 EGY Khartoum Stadium, Khartoum Sylvanus Anthony Oghina (Kenya) 14 October 1994 ALG 1 – 1 SUD Zouani 64 Sabri Elhaj 11 5 July stadium, Algiers 20,000 Miloud Bouchikhi (Morocco) 14 October 1994 EGY 5 – 1 TAN El-Kass 12 52Salah-El-Din 64Hassan 82 pen.Fathi 84 Tazali 55 International Stadium, Cairo 40,000 15 October 1994 UGA 4 – 1 ETH 1991 Mutyaba 55Tamale 75Buwembo 79Semogerere 84 Elias 21 Nakivubo Stadium, Kampala 11,000 11 November 1994 EGY 5 – 0 ETH 1991 Hassan 24 36Sary 30Salah-El-Din 56Farouk 57 International Stadium, Cairo 30,000 https://www.national-football-teams.com/matches/report/28132/Egypt_Ethiopia.html 12 November 1994 TAN 2 – 0 SUD Selemani 26 61 National Stadium, Dar es Salaam 20,000 12 November 1994 UGA 1 – 1 ALG Semogerere 70 pen. Tasfaout 43 Nakivubo Stadium, Kampala 25,000 Bruce Mayhola (South Africa) 8 January 1995 ALG 1 – 0 Report EGY Dziri 16 pen. 5 July stadium, Algiers 60,000 Falla N'Doye (Senegal) 8 January 1995 ETH 1991 1 – 0 TAN Juhar 33 Stade Haile Selassie, Addis Ababa 33,000 Charles Baku Ndukize (Burundi) 8 January 1995 SUD 3 – 1 UGA Nemairi Ahmed Saeed 9 34Amir Mustafa 81 Musisi 22 Al Merreikh Stadium, Omdurman 8,000 Ladoual Hissein (Chad) 21 January 1995 TAN 2 – 1 ALG Kidishi 37Selemani 66 Kaci-Said 13 National Stadium, Dar es Salaam 20,000 Martin Omondi Bita (Kenya) 21 January 1995 UGA 0 – 0 EGY Nakivubo Stadium, Kampala 10,000 22 January 1995 ETH 1991 2 – 0 SUD Kebede 4Sessaye 71 Stade Haile Selassie, Addis Ababa 8,000 Omer Yengo (Congo) 7 April 1995 ALG 2 – 0 ETH 1991 Tasfaout 17 32 5 July stadium, Algiers 25,000 Mahmoud Hosni (Tunisia) 7 April 1995 EGY 3 – 1 SUD Aboul-Dahab 10El-Sawy 70El-Kass 88 Edward Jildo 71 Alexandria Stadium, Alexandria 35,000 Said Belqola (Morocco) 8 April 1995 UGA 2 – 0 TAN Obwiny 30Mutyaba 38 Nakivubo Stadium, Kampala 25,000 22 April 1995 TAN 1 – 2 EGY Selemani 89 Aboul-Dahab 27 68 National Stadium, Dar es Salaam 35,000 23 April 1995 ETH 1991 0 – 0 UGA Stade Haile Selassie, Addis Ababa 30,000 Abogno (Kenya) 24 April 1995 SUD 2 – 0 Original score 0 – 2 Awarded score ALG Babiker Elhilou 22 pen.Khogali 74 Al-Hilal Stadium, Omdurman 30,000 Abdulsattar Abdulfattah (Egypt) Match awarded 2–0 to Algeria following a protest to CAF. 2 June 1995 ALG 1 – 1 Report UGA Tasfaout 16 Mutyaba 76 5 July stadium, Algiers 40,000 Abdelaziz Bellaftouh (Morocco) 3 June 1995 SUD 2 – 1 TAN Zahir Markaz 13Anas Elnour 60 Nteze 36 Al-Hilal Stadium, Omdurman 15,000 4 June 1995 ETH 1991 0 – 2 EGY Aboul-Dahab 7Khashaba 38 Addis Ababa Stadium, Addis Ababa 30,000 Badibake Cinji (Zaire) 14 July 1995 EGY 1 – 1 Report ALG El-Masry 61 Kaci-Saïd 42 Cairo International Stadium, Cairo 100,000 15 July 1995 TAN 2 – 0 ETH 1991 Hussein 8Lunyamila 11 National Stadium, Dar es Salaam 10,000 15 July 1995 UGA 2 – 0 SUD Semogerere 71Barigye 74 Nakivubo Stadium, Kampala 25,000 30 July 1995 ALG 2 – 1 TAN Marsha 29 o.g.Amrouche 59 Hussein 21 5 July stadium, Algiers 45,000 Mahmoud Hosni (Tunisia) 30 July 1995 EGY 6 – 0 UGA El-Kass 4 65 73Sary 8 43Abougreisha 36 Alexandria Stadium, Alexandria 50,000 Cherif Boubacar Mbaye (Senegal) https://www.national-football-teams.com/matches/report/27304/Egypt_Uganda.html 30 July 1995 SUD 3 – 0 ETH 1991 Muntasir Elzaki 15Edward Jildo 36Essam Osman 52 Al-Hilal Stadium, Omdurman 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. main WDL Q 2 n y GAB GAB ZAM ZAM MRI MRI RSA RSA H MAD MAD W SEY SEY 1977 W 3 0 1 8 2 3 0 1 7 2 0 0 4 0 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Awarded hosting rights Withdrew #ccffcc A A #ccffcc AWD #ffcccc WD WD complete Awarded hosting rights 4 September 1994 MAD 0 – 1Annulled RSA Masinga 21 Mahamasina Municipal Stadium, Antananarivo 35,000 Martin Bita (Kenya) 15 October 1994 RSA 1 – 0Annulled MRI Masinga 51 Odi Stadium, Mabopane 12,000 Charles Massembe (Uganda) 13 November 1994 GAB 3 – 0 MRI Amégasse 26 pen.Bekogo 28Mackaya 64 Stade Omnisports, Libreville 25,000 13 November 1994 ZAM 1 – 1Annulled RSA Malitoli 86 pen. Doctor Khumalo 68 Independence Stadium, Lusaka 40,000 Alem Assefa (Ethiopia) 20 November 1994 GAB 2 – 1 ZAM Ondo 60 pen.Nzamba 73 Nyirenda 89 Stade Omnisports, Libreville 20,000 Obafemi (Nigeria) 9 January 1995 MRI 0 – 3 ZAM K.Bwalya 32 87J.Bwalya 76 Stade George V, Curepipe 34,000 Pinto (Angola) 8 April 1995 ZAM 1 – 0 GAB K.Bwalya 83 Independence Stadium, Lusaka 40,000 4 June 1995 MRI 0 – 3 GAB Mackaya 42Ondo 47 88 Stade George V, Curepipe 28,000 Williams (South Africa) 15 July 1995 ZAM 2 – 0 MRI Lota 57J.Bwalya 72 Independence Stadium, Lusaka 35,000 Group 6 main WDL Q 2 n y ANG ANG MOZ MOZ GUI GUI MLI MLI NAM NAM BOT BOT 6 2 2 17 8 6 2 2 16 8 5 2 3 17 9 5 1 4 15 10 1 5 4 8 16 0 2 8 5 27 #ccffcc A A complete 4 September 1994 ANG 2 – 0 NAM Túbia 6 Merodack 40 Estádio da Cidadela, Luanda 4 September 1994 BOT 0 – 1 GUI T. Camara 89 National Stadium, Gaborone 4 September 1994 MLI 2 – 1 MOZ Sidibé 20 30 Matola 69 Stade Modibo Kéïta, Bamako Mohamed Belahmer (Morocco) 15 October 1994 NAM 2 – 1 MLI Goraseb 40 van Wyk 57 Traoré 89 Independence Stadium, Windhoek 7,000 16 October 1994 GUI 3 – 1 ANG Soumah 6 59 T. Camara 9 Castella 69 Stade du 28 Septembre, Conakry 12,000 Boubacar Alassane (Niger) 16 October 1994 MOZ 3 – 1 BOT Arnaldo 34 39 73 Pikati 74 Estádio da Machava, Maputo 9,000 Roger Milson Raharison (Madagascar) 30 October 1994 MLI 2 – 0 GUI Touré 45 Diallo 75 Stade Modibo Kéïta, Bamako 30,000 Omer Yengo (Congo) 13 November 1994 MLI 0 – 0 ANG Stade Modibo Kéïta, Bamako 20,000 Malick Sillan (Gambia) 13 November 1994 MOZ 2 – 1 GUI Tchaka-Tchaka 64 pen. Tico-Tico 89 Sylla 20 Estádio da Machava, Maputo 50,000 Wilbert Onath (Seychelles) 13 November 1994 NAM 1 – 1 BOT van Wyk 89 Modise 25 Independence Stadium, Windhoek 5,000 7 January 1995 BOT 1 – 3 MLI Duiker 75 Touré 5 Diawara 18 26 National Stadium, Gaborone Wallace Mabuza (Swaziland) 8 January 1995 ANG 1 – 0 MOZ Túbia 19 Estádio da Cidadela, Luanda 8 January 1995 GUI 3 – 0 NAM A. Camara 62 Sow 69 Sylla 88 Stade du 28 Septembre, Conakry Emmanuel Okoampah (Ghana) 22 January 1995 BOT 1 – 2 ANG Paul 44 Paulão 55 63 National Stadium, Gaborone 10,000 22 January 1995 MOZ 4 – 2 NAM Nuro 6 30 90 Eurico 68 Hoeseb 72 Boonstaander 90 Estádio da Machava, Maputo 22,000 Jugdish Kisoona (Mauritius) 9 April 1995 NAM 2 – 2 ANG Richter 11 Goraseb 61 Paulão 8 Quinzinho 76 Independence Stadium, Windhoek 5,000 9 April 1995 GUI 5 – 0 BOT F. Camara 6 10 Sylla 54 Diané 60 Sow 88 Stade du 28 Septembre, Conakry 50,000 Sackie Kennedy (Liberia) 9 April 1995 MOZ 1 – 0 MLI Chiquinho Conde 44 Estádio da Machava, Maputo 40,000 Pradeep Kumar Sohan (Mauritius) 23 April 1995 ANG 3 – 0 GUI Akwá 48 75 Paulão 55 Estádio da Cidadela, Luanda 22,000 23 April 1995 BOT 0 – 3 MOZ Chiquinho Conde 15 53 Nuro 69 National Stadium, Gaborone 15,000 23 April 1995 MLI 2 – 0 NAM Sidibé 16 Magassouba 66 Stade Modibo Kéïta, Bamako 30,000 Bruce Kouahlin (Togo) 4 June 1995 ANG 1 – 0 MLI Akwá 28 pen. Estádio da Cidadela, Luanda 80,000 Amuam Aka (Cameroon) 4 June 1995 BOT 1 – 1 NAM Dintle 5 Ananias 18 National Stadium, Gaborone 2,000 4 June 1995 GUI 0 – 0 MOZ Stade du 28 Septembre, Conakry 60,000 16 July 1995 MLI 4 – 0 BOT Diawara 12 50Traoré 46Bagayogo 85 Stade Modibo Kéïta, Bamako 20,000 Ahmed Jalloh (Sierra Leone) 16 July 1995 MOZ 2 – 1 ANG Faife 15Nana 46 Paulão 75 Estádio da Machava, Maputo 50,000 Mady Kanoso Bora (Madagascar) 16 July 1995 NAM 0 – 0 GUI Independence Stadium, Windhoek 2,000 30 July 1995 ANG 4 – 0 BOT Joni 1 9Rosário 43Paulão 50 Estádio da Cidadela, Luanda 25,000 30 July 1995 GUI 4 – 1 MLI T. Camara 28 45Sow 65 pen.M. Camara 87 Diawara 13 Stade du 28 Septembre, Conakry 20,000 30 July 1995 NAM 0 – 0 MOZ Independence Stadium, Windhoek 10,000 Joel Dwarf Mondoka (Zambia) Group 7 Benin, Cape Verde and Equatorial Guinea withdrew without playing any matches. main WDL Q 2 n y BFA BFA CIV CIV MAR MAR BEN BEN W CPV CPV W EQG EQG W 1 3 0 5 4 1 2 1 5 4 1 1 2 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Withdrew #ccffcc A A #ffcccc WD WD WD complete 4 September 1994 BFA 2 – 1 MAR Ouédraogo 49Ouattara 68 El-Khalej 32 Stade du 4 Août, Ouagadougou Idrissa Sarr (Mauritania) 13 November 1994 MAR 1 – 0 CIV Nader 15 Stade Mohamed V, Casablanca 12,000 22 January 1995 CIV 2 – 2 BFA Tiéhi 7 43 Napon 50Traoré 80 Stade Félix Houphouët-Boigny, Abidjan 20,000 9 April 1995 MAR 0 – 0 BFA Moulay Abdellah Stadium, Rabat 45,000 4 June 1995 CIV 2 – 0 MAR Tiéhi 19Bamba 65 Stade Félix Houphouët-Boigny, Abidjan 45,000 Békaye Magassa (Mali) 30 July 1995 BFA 1 – 1 CIV Ouattara 22 Tiéhi 64 Stade du 4 Août, Ouagadougou 40,000 Olanjan (Nigeria) Qualified teams ALG ANG BFA CMR CIV EGY GAB GHA LBR MOZ NGA (holders)* SLE RSA (hosts) TUN 1959 ZAI ZAM 1964 * 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 Qualification 1996 Cup of Nations qualification Cup of Nations qualification