1996 African Cup of Nations - South Africa

Teams	15
Host	South Africa
Champions	South Africa (1st title)
Matches Played	29
Goals Scored	78 (2.69 per match)
Top Scorer(s)	Mark Williams (RSA) Kalusha Bwalya (ZAM) 5 goals

The 1996 African Cup of Nations was the 20th edition of the African 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.

Contents 1 Host Cities & Venues 2 Squads 3 Participating teams 4 Finals 4.1 Group Stages 4.1.1 Group A 4.1.2 Group B 4.1.3 Group C 4.1.4 Group D 4.2 Knockout Stages 4.2.1 Quarterfinals 4.2.2 Semifinals 4.2.3 Third place playoff 4.2.4 Final 5 Individual scorers 6 External links

[edit] Host Cities & Venues

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

[edit] Squads

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

[edit] Participating teams

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.

[edit] Finals

[edit] Group Stages

Teams in Bold progress to the Quarter Finals, teams in italics are eliminated from the tournament.

[edit] 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	FNB Stadium, Johannesburg Attendance: 80,000 Ref: Said Belqola (Morocco)
	Masinga 15' Williams 37' Moshoeu 55'

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

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

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January 20, 1996	South Africa	1-0	Angola	FNB Stadium, Johannesburg Attendance: 30,000 Ref: Fethi Boucetta (Tunisia)
	Williams 57'

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January 24, 1996	South Africa	0-1	Egypt	FNB Stadium, Johannesburg Attendance: 20,000 Ref: Lucien Bouchardeau (Niger)
			El-Kass 7'

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

[edit] 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 Ref: Ali Bujsaim (UAE)

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January 15, 1996	Sierra Leone	2-1	Burkina Faso	Free State Stadium, Bloemfontein Attendance: 1,500 Ref: 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 Ref: 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 Ref: 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	EPRFU Stadium, Port Elizabeth Attendance: 180 Ref: 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 Ref: Lim Kee Chong (Mauritius)
	K. Bwalya 2', 9', 84' Malitoli 87'

[edit] 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 Ref: 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 Ref: Yengo (Congo)
	Mackaya 21' (pen) Bekogo 34'

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January 25, 1996	Zaire	2-0	Liberia	FNB Stadium, Johannesburg Attendance: 3,000 Ref: Belqola (Morocco)
	Lukaku 5' (pen) Essende 72'

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 Nigeria withdrew, so their three matches were cancelled.

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

[edit] 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	EPRFU Stadium, Port Elizabeth Attendance: 8,000 Ref: Masayoshi Okada (Japan)
	Yeboah 20' Pelé 70'

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January 16, 1996	Tunisia	1-1	Mozambique	EPRFU Stadium, Port Elizabeth Attendance: 1,000 Ref: Charles Masembe (Uganda)
	Ben Rekhissa 24'		Bucane 4'

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

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

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January 25, 1996	Tunisia	3-1	Côte d'Ivoire	EPRFU Stadium, Port Elizabeth Attendance: 1,000 Ref: 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 Ref: Ali Bujsaim (UAE)
	Pele 42' Aboagye 68'

[edit] 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

[edit] Quarterfinals

January 27, 1996	South Africa	2-1	Algeria	FNB Stadium, Johannesburg Attendance: 30,000 Ref: 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 Ref: 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 Ref: Lim Kee Chong (Mauritius)
	Mackaya 16'		Beya 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	EPRFU Stadium, Port Elizabeth Attendance: 8,000 Ref: Sidi Bekaye Magassa (Mali)
	Yeboah 22'

[edit] Semifinals

January 31, 1996	South Africa	3-0	Ghana	FNB Stadium, Johannesburg Attendance: 75,000 Ref: Al-Ghandour (Egypt)
	Moshoeu 22', 87' Williams 46'

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

[edit] Third place playoff

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

[edit] Final

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

African Cup of Nations 1996 Champions
South Africa First title

[edit] Individual scorers

5 goals Mark Williams Kalusha Bwalya 4 goals John Moshoeu 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 Beya Adel Sellimi Johnson Bwalya Kenneth Malitoli Own goals Helder Vicente (1)

1 goal Billel Dziri Tarek Lazizi Khaled Lounici Joni Paulao 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 Bucane Mohamed Kallon John Gbassay Sessay Mark Fish Phil Masinga Abdelkader Ben Hassen Hedi Ben Rekhissa Khais Godhbane Liombi Essende Menana Lukaku Elijah Litana Hillary Makasa Vincent Mutale

[edit] External links

• Details at RSSSF

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