1996 African Cup of Nations

1996 African Cup of Nations

1996 Africa Cup of Nations
Tournament details
Host country	South Africa
Dates	13 January – 3 February
Teams	15 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	4 (in 4 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	South Africa (1st title)
Runners-up	Tunisia
Third place	Zambia
Fourth place	Ghana
Tournament statistics
Matches played	29
Goals scored	78 (2.69 per match)
Attendance	640,880 (22,099 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Kalusha Bwalya (5 goals)
Best player	Mark Williams
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The 1996 African Cup of Nations was the 20th edition of the Africa Cup of Nations, the soccer championship of Africa (CAF). It was hosted by South Africa, who replaced original hosts Kenya. The field expanded for the first time to sixteen teams, split into four groups of four; the top two teams in each group advancing to the quarterfinals. However, Nigeria withdrew from the tournament at the final moment, reducing Group C to only three teams, and the field to fifteen. South Africa won its first championship, beating Tunisia in the final 2-0.

Host Cities & Venues

Cities	Venues	Capacity
Johannesburg	Soccer City	80,000
Durban	Kings Park Stadium	52,000
Bloemfontein	Free State Stadium	40,000
Port Elizabeth	EPRU Stadium	33,852

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Squads

For a list of all squads that played in the final tournament, see 1996 African Cup of Nations (squads)

Participating teams

Participating nations

For full qualification see: 1996 African Cup of Nations qualification

Algeria Angola Burkina Faso Cameroon Côte d'Ivoire Egypt Gabon Ghana

Liberia Mozambique Nigeria (qualified as holders) Sierra Leone South Africa (qualified as hosts) Tunisia Zaire Zambia

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.

Final tournament

First Round

Teams highlighted in green progress to the Quarter Finals.

Group A

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
South Africa	6	3	2	0	1	4	1	+3
Egypt	6	3	2	0	1	4	3	+1
Cameroon	4	3	1	1	1	5	7	-2
Angola	1	3	0	1	2	4	6	-2

January 13, 1996	South Africa	3 - 0	Cameroon	Soccer City, Johannesburg Attendance: 80,000 Referee: Said Belqola (Morocco)
	Masinga 15' Williams  37' Moshoeu  55'

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January 15, 1996	Egypt	2 - 1	Angola	Soccer City, Johannesburg Attendance: 6,000 Referee: Sidi Bekaye Magassa (Mali)
	El-Kass  30', 33'		Quinzinho  77'

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January 18, 1996	Cameroon	2 - 1	Egypt	Soccer City, Johannesburg Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Lim Kee Chong (Mauritius)
	Omam-Biyik  36' (pen.) Tchami  59'		Maher  48'

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January 20, 1996	South Africa	1 - 0	Angola	Soccer City, Johannesburg Attendance: 78,000 Referee: Fethi Boucetta (Tunisia)
	Williams  57'

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January 24, 1996	South Africa	0 - 1	Egypt	Soccer City, Johannesburg Attendance: 80,000 Referee: Lucien Bouchardeau (Niger)
			El-Kass  7'

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January 24, 1996	Angola	3 - 3	Cameroon	Kings Park Stadium, Durban Attendance: 6,000 Referee: Mohamed Kouradji (Algeria)
	Joni  38' (pen.) Paulão  57' Quinzinho  80'		Omam-Biyik  25' Mouyeme  82' Vicente  90' (o.g.)

Group B

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Zambia	7	3	2	1	0	9	1	+8
Algeria	7	3	2	1	0	4	1	+3
Sierra Leone	3	3	1	0	2	2	7	-5
Burkina Faso	0	3	0	0	3	3	9	-6

January 14, 1996	Zambia	0 - 0	Algeria	Free State Stadium, Bloemfontein Attendance: 9,000 Referee: Ali Bujsaim (UAE)

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January 15, 1996	Sierra Leone	2 - 1	Burkina Faso	Free State Stadium, Bloemfontein Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Okoampa (Ghana)
	Sessay  11' Mohamed Kallon  89'		Ouédraogo  74'

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January 18, 1996	Algeria	2 - 0	Sierra Leone	Free State Stadium, Bloemfontein Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Ian McLeod (South Africa)
	Mecabih  41', 63'

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January 20, 1996	Zambia	5 - 1	Burkina Faso	Free State Stadium, Bloemfontein Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Masayoshi Okada (Japan)
	Malitoli  18' K. Bwalya  24', 35' Lota  44' J. Bwalya  45'		Y. Traoré  53'

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January 24, 1996	Algeria	2 - 1	Burkina Faso	EPRU Stadium, Port Elizabeth Attendance: 180 Referee: Charles Masembe (Uganda)
	Lounici  2' Dziri  75'		Zongo  83'

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January 24, 1996	Zambia	4 - 0	Sierra Leone	Free State Stadium, Bloemfontein Attendance: 200 Referee: Lim Kee Chong (Mauritius)
	K. Bwalya  2', 9', 84' Malitoli  87'

Group C

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Gabon	3	2	1	0	1	3	2	+1
Zaire	3	2	1	0	1	2	2	0
Liberia	3	2	1	0	1	2	3	-1

January 16, 1996	Gabon	1 - 2	Liberia	Kings Park Stadium, Durban Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Gamal Al-Ghandour (Egypt)
	Nzeng  59'		Sebwe  5' (pen.) Sarr  54'

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January 19, 1996	Gabon	2 - 0	Zaire	Kings Park Stadium, Durban Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Omer Yengo (Congo)
	Mackaya  21' (pen.) Bekogo  34'

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January 25, 1996	Zaire	2 - 0	Liberia	Soccer City, Johannesburg Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Said Belqola (Morocco)
	Lukaku  5' (pen.) Essende  72'

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Nigeria withdrew, so their three matches were canceled.

• vs. Zaire, January 16, 1996
• vs. Liberia, January 19, 1996
• vs. Gabon, January 25, 1996

Group D

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Ghana	9	3	3	0	0	6	1	+5
Tunisia	4	3	1	1	1	5	4	+1
Côte d'Ivoire	3	3	1	0	2	2	5	-3
Mozambique	1	3	0	1	2	1	4	-3

January 14, 1996	Ghana	2 - 0	Côte d'Ivoire	EPRU Stadium, Port Elizabeth Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Masayoshi Okada (Japan)
	Yeboah  20' Pelé  70'

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January 16, 1996	Tunisia	1 - 1	Mozambique	EPRU Stadium, Port Elizabeth Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Charles Masembe (Uganda)
	Berkhissa  24'		Bucuane  4'

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January 19, 1996	Ghana	2 - 1	Tunisia	EPRU Stadium, Port Elizabeth Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Petros Mathabela (South Africa)
	Pelé  50' Akonnor  77'		Ben Younes  72'

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January 21, 1996	Côte d'Ivoire	1 - 0	Mozambique	EPRU Stadium, Port Elizabeth Attendance: 500 Referee: Gamal Al-Ghandour (Egypt)
	Tiéhi  32'

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January 25, 1996	Tunisia	3 - 1	Côte d'Ivoire	EPRU Stadium, Port Elizabeth Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Sidi Bekaye Magassa (Mali)
	Ben Younes  32', 38' Ben Hassen  48'		M. Traoré  57'

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January 25, 1996	Ghana	2 - 0	Mozambique	Free State Stadium, Bloemfontein Attendance: 3,500 Referee: Ali Bujsaim (UAE)
	Pele  42' Aboagye  68'

Knockout Stages

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	January 27 - Johannesburg
	South Africa	2
					January 31 - Johannesburg
	Algeria	1
					South Africa	3
	January 28 - Port Elizabeth
					Ghana	0
	Ghana	1
									February 3 - Johannesburg
	Zaire	0
									South Africa	2
	January 27 - Bloemfontein
									Tunisia	0
	Zambia	3
					January 31 - Durban
	Egypt	1
					Zambia	2			Third place
	January 28 - Durban
					Tunisia	4
	Gabon	1 (1)							Ghana	0
	Tunisia (pen)	1 (4)							Zambia	1
									February 3 - Johannesburg

Quarterfinals

January 27, 1996	South Africa	2 - 1	Algeria	Soccer City, Johannesburg Attendance: 80,000 Referee: Ali Bujsaim (UAE)
	Fish  72' Moshoeu  85'		Lazizi  84'

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January 27, 1996	Zambia	3 - 1	Egypt	Free State Stadium, Bloemfontein Attendance: 8,500 Referee: Charles Masembe (Uganda)
	Litana  58' Mutale  65' Lota  76'		S. Kamouna  43'

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January 28, 1996	Gabon	1 - 1 (AET) 1 - 4 (PEN)	Tunisia	Kings Park Stadium, Durban Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Lim Kee Chong (Mauritius)
	Mackaya  16'		Baya  10'
		Penalties
	Mackaya Kassa-Ngoma Bekogo-Zogo	1-4	Sellimi Fekhi Ben Slimane El Ouaer

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January 28, 1996	Ghana	1 - 0	Zaire	EPRU Stadium, Port Elizabeth Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Sidi Bekaye Magassa (Mali)
	Yeboah  22'

Semifinals

January 31, 1996	South Africa	3 - 0	Ghana	Soccer City, Johannesburg Attendance: 80,000 Referee: Gamal Al-Ghandour (Egypt)
	Moshoeu  22', 87' Bartlett  46'

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January 31, 1996	Zambia	2 - 4	Tunisia	Kings Park Stadium, Durban Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Lucien Bouchardeau (Niger)
	Lota  68' Makasa  90'		Sellimi  16', 85' (pen.) Baya  20' Ghodhbane  47'

Third place playoff

February 3, 1996	Ghana	0 - 1	Zambia	Soccer City, Johannesburg Attendance: 80,000 Referee: Omer Yengo (Congo)
			J. Bwalya  51'

Final

February 3, 1996	South Africa	2 - 0	Tunisia	Soccer City, Johannesburg Attendance: 80,000 Referee: Charles Masembe (Uganda)
	Williams  73', 75'

African Cup of Nations 1996 Champions
South Africa 1st title

Scorers

5 goals

• Kalusha Bwalya

4 goals

• John Moshoeu
• Mark Williams

3 goals

• Abédi Pelé
• Ahmed El-Kass
• Imed Ben Younes
• Dennis Lota

2 goals

• Ali Mecabih
• Quinzinho
• François Omam-Biyik
• Brice Mackaya
• Anthony Yeboah
• Zoubeir Baya
• Adel Sellimi
• Johnson Bwalya
• Kenneth Malitoli

Own goals

• Helder Vicente (1)

1 goal

• Billel Dziri
• Tarek Lazizi
• Khaled Lounici
• Joni
• Paulão
• Aboubakari Ouédraogo
• Youssouf Traoré
• Boureima Zongo
• George Mouyeme
• Alphonse Tchami
• Joël Tiéhi
• Moussa Traoré
• Samir "Kamouna" Ibrahim
• Aly Maher
• Aurelien Bekogo
• Guy Nzeng
• Felix Aboagye
• Charles Akonnor
• Kwame Ayew
• Mass Sarr Jr
• Kelvin Sebwe
• Manuel Bucuane
• Mohamed Kallon
• John Gbassay Sessay
• Shaun Bartlett
• Mark Fish
• Phil Masinga
• Abdelkader Ben Hassen
• Hédi Berkhissa
• Kais Ghodhbane
• Liombi Essende
• Roger Lukaku
• Elijah Litana
• Hillary Makasa
• Vincent Mutale

CAF Team of the Tournament

Goalkeeper

• Chokri El Ouaer

Defenders

• Yasser Radwan
• Mark Fish
• Elijah Litana
• Isaac Asare

Midfielders

• Zoubeir Baya
• Hazem Emam
• Abedi Pele
• Mark Williams

Forwards

• Kalusha Bwalya
• Anthony Yeboah

External links

• Details at RSSSF
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