South Africa qualify as holders Burkina Faso qualify as hosts
11- 8-96 Port Louis Mauritius 1-0 Seychelles
[Bax 25; att: 1,500]
24- 8-96 Victoria Seychelles 1-1 Mauritius [Mauritius to group 7]
[Rose 50; Mocude 20; att: 1,500]
11- 8-96 Pointe Noire Congo 0-0 Togo
[att: 8,000]
25- 8-96 Lomé Togo 1-0 Congo [Togo to group 6]
[B.Salou 57; att: 18,000]
11- 8-96 Gaborone Botswana 0-0 Namibia
[att: 15,000]
25- 8-96 Windhoek Namibia 6-0 Botswana [Namibia to group 5]
[att: 4,000]
Central Africa w/o Burundi
[Burundi withdrew due to inability to organise
transportation to Bangui; Central Africa to group 4]
8- 8-96 Cotonou Benin 4-1 Mauritania
[R.Coles 3, L.Bessan 54, 72, 89; O.Bechir 67; att: 11,500]
30- 8-96 Nouakchott Mauritania 0-0 Benin [Benin to group 2]
[att: 4,000]
11- 8-96 Kampala Uganda 1-1 Ethiopia
[Buwembo 65; ?; att: 12,000]
25- 8-96 Addis Ababa Ethiopia 1-1 Uganda [4-2 pen, Ethiopia to group 3]
[att: 25,000]
Suspended countries: Nigeria (for failure to participate in final tournament
1996), Gambia, Guinea Bissau, Lesotho, Madagascar, Niger (for withdrawing
during qualifying stages of 1996 tournament). Several other teams did not
enter, among others Chad, Djibouti, Libya, Ruanda, Somalia, Swaziland.
6-10-96 Kumasi Ghana 2-1 Angola
[F.Aboagye 7, K.Grant 30; Paulão 2; att: 34,000]
6-10-96 Khartoum Sudan 0-3 Zimbabwe [annulled]
[C.Yohane, A.Sawu (2); att: 25,000]
26- 1-97 Harare Zimbabwe 0-0 Ghana
[att: 45,000]
23- 2-97 Harare Zimbabwe 1-0 Angola
[Mugeyi 31pen; att: 45,0009
22- 6-97 Luanda Angola 1-0 Ghana
[Akwa 23; att: 10,000]
13- 7-97 Accra Ghana 2-1 Zimbabwe
[A.Pelé 22, O.Kuffour 39; Muradzi 24; att: 40,000]
27- 7-97 Luanda Angola 2-1 Zimbabwe
[Aurelio 9, Akwa 70; Marisa 80; att: 32,000]
1.GHANA 4 2 1 1 4- 3 7
2.ANGOLA 4 2 0 2 4- 4 6
3.Zimbabwe 4 1 1 2 3- 4 4
NB: Sudan withdrew on January 16, 1997, due to unrest in the east of the country.
6-10-96 Algiers Algeria 4-1 Ivory Coast
[A.Messabih 7, 69, M.Saib 41, 89; J.Tiéhi 71; att: 20,000]
6-10-96 Cotonou Benin 1-2 Mali
[M.Latoundji 38; B.Touré 54, B.Traoré 78; att: 40,000]
26- 1-97 Bouaké Ivory Coast 1-0 Benin
[T.Guel 12; att; 20,000]
26- 1-97 Bamako Mali 1-0 Algeria
[B.Touré 63; att: 40,000]
23- 2-97 Cotonou Benin 1-1 Algeria
[M.Latoundji 35; A.Tasfaout 51; att: 15,000]
23- 2-97 Bamako Mali 1-2 Ivory Coast
[M.Sidibe 14; I.Bakayoko 13, J.Tiéhi 22; att: 30,000]
22- 6-97 Bouaké Ivory Coast 2-1 Algeria
[J.Tiéhi 45, Bassolé 87; K.Said 17; att: 20,000]
22- 6-97 Bamako Mali 3-1 Benin
[B.Touré 12, Dissa 68, S.Traoré 85pen; Keitac 40; att: 20,000]
13- 7-97 Algiers Algeria 1-0 Mali
[K.Kerris 18; att; 40,000]
13- 7-97 Cotonou Benin 0-0 Ivory Coast
[att: 25,000]
27- 7-97 Algiers Algeria 2-0 Benin
[A.Tasfaout 13, B.Zarga 27; att; 20,000]
27- 7-97 Bouaké Ivory Coast 4-2 Mali
[J.Tiéhi 22, 26, T.Guel 51, I.Bakayoko 75; S.Coulibaly 47,
M.Sidibe 69pen; att: 10,000]
1.IVORY COAST 6 4 1 1 10- 8 13
2.ALGERIA 6 3 1 2 9- 5 10
3.Mali 6 3 0 3 9- 9 9
4.Benin 6 0 2 4 3- 9 2
4-10-96 Cairo Egypt 1-1 Morocco
[H.Hassan 88; S.Bassir; att: 50,000]
6-10-96 Addis Ababa Ethiopia 1-2 Senegal
[E.Juhar 3; I.Diandye 17, A.Keita 36; att: 25,000]
25- 1-97 Dakar Senegal 0-0 Egypt
[att: 50,000]
22- 2-97 Dakar Senegal 0-0 Morocco
[att: 30,000]
23- 2-97 Addis Ababa Ethiopia 1-1 Egypt
[A.Tesfaye 58; A.Abdulmajid 71; att: 25,000]
31- 5-97 Rabat Morocco 4-0 Ethiopia
[S.Chiba 8, A.Baeja 18, N.Naybet 34, A.Hadrioui 81; att: 30,000]
21- 6-97 Rabat Morocco 1-0 Egypt
[S.Bassir 71; att: 80,000]
22- 6-97 Dakar Senegal 3-0 Ethiopia
[S.Sané 38, 53, O.Traoré 68; att: 28,000]
13- 7-97 Cairo Egypt 2-0 Senegal
[H.Imam 12, H.Khashaba 55pen; att: 35,000]
13- 7-97 Addis Ababa Ethiopia 0-1 Morocco
[S.Bassir 21; att: 20,000]
27- 7-97 Alexandria Egypt 8-1 Ethiopia
[H.Khashaba 1, H.Hanfi 5, H.Imam 19, 36, 44, H.Hassan 55,
A.Hassan 62, M.Sayad 77; S.Elias 60; att: 60,000]
27- 7-97 Rabat Morocco 3-0 Senegal
[S.Bassir 11, 67, S.Chiba 40; att: 20,000]
1.MOROCCO 6 4 2 0 10- 1 14
2.EGYPT 6 2 3 1 12- 4 9
3.Senegal 6 2 2 2 5- 6 8
4.Ethiopia 6 0 1 5 3-19 1
6-10-96 Tunis Tunisia 2-0 Sierra Leone
[S.Trabelsi 29, S.Soyah 69; att: 20,000]
6-10-96 Bangui Central Africa 2-3 Guinea [annulled]
[G.Matondo 30, A.Azo 48pen; M.Souma 27, 79, M.Keita 85;
att: 15,000]
26- 1-97 Conakry Guinea 1-0 Tunisia
[A.Sow 49pen; att: 50,000]
23- 2-97 Conakry Guinea 1-0 Sierra Leone
[F.Camara 67; att: 25,000]
13- 7-97 Tunis Tunisia 1-0 Guinea
[Jelassi 90; att: 25,000]
Sierra Leone n/p Tunisia
Sierra Leone n/p Guinea
1.TUNISIA 3 2 0 1 3- 1 6
2.GUINEA 3 2 0 1 2- 1 6
3.Sierra Leone 2 0 0 2 0- 3 0
NB: Central Africa disqualified on January 30, 1997, after the government had
prevented the squad to leave for the away game in Sierra Leone on January 25;
Sierra Leone withdrew two matches before the end of the tournament.
6-10-96 Windhoek Namibia 1-0 Kenya
[F.Oduor (og); att: 15,000]
6-10-96 Libreville Gabon 0-0 Cameroon
[att; 11,000]
25- 1-97 Nairobi Kenya 1-0 Gabon
[Muiruri 70; att; 35,000]
26- 1-97 Yaoundé Cameroon 4-0 Namibia
[P.Mboma 3, 85, M.Missé 35, 48; att: 40,000]
22- 2-97 Nairobi Kenya 0-0 Cameroon
[att: 40,000]
22- 2-97 Windhoek Namibia 1-1 Gabon
[R.van Wyk 86; P.Aubame 19pen; att: 15,000]
21- 6-97 Nairobi Kenya 0-1 Namibia
[G.Urikhob 35; att: 20,000]
22- 6-97 Yaoundé Cameroon 2-2 Gabon
[Tchoutang 12, Cyril 33; O.Maya 38pen, A.Bekogo 87;
att: 60,000]
12- 7-97 Windhoek Namibia 0-1 Cameroon
[Tchango 69; att: 10,000]
13- 7-97 Libreville Gabon 1-0 Kenya
[N.Nguema 50; att: 45,000]
27- 7-97 Yaoundé Cameroon 1-1 Kenya
[Moreau 89pen; Were 49; att: 30,000]
27- 7-97 Libreville Gabon 1-1 Namibia
[P.Aubame 22pen; J.Hindjou 60pen; att: 20,000]
1.CAMEROON 6 2 4 0 8- 3 10
2.NAMIBIA 6 2 2 2 4- 7 8
3.Gabon 6 1 4 1 5- 5 7
4.Kenya 6 1 2 3 2- 4 5
5-10-96 Lomé Togo 2-1 Tanzania
[S.Tadju 17, A.Dosseh 57; L.Samieh 72; att: 20,000]
6-10-96 Kinshasa Zaire 0-0 Liberia
[att: 75,000]
26- 1-97 Dar es Salaam Tanzania 1-2 Zaire
[S.Kizito 79; M.Kibemba 52, N.Kayu 55; att: 12,000]
26- 1-97 Accra (Ghana) Liberia 1-2 Togo
[Sogbie 24; B.Salou 26, A.Komlaga 67; att: 10,000]
23- 2-97 Dar es Salaam Tanzania 1-1 Liberia
[D.Said 75; Sogbie 27; att: 10,000]
23- 2-97 Lomé Togo 1-1 Zaire
[K.Noutsoudjé 90; S.Ekanza 26; att: 20,000]
22- 6-97 Arusha Tanzania 1-0 Togo
[Amlima 41; att: 10,000]
22- 6-97 Monrovia Liberia 2-1 Congo-Kinshasa
[Sebwe 20, G.Weah 66; Nzalambila 81; att: 45,000]
13- 7-97 Lomé Togo 4-0 Liberia
[S.Tadju 52, K.Noutsoudjé 86, A.Komlaga 89, B.Salou 90;
att: 20,000]
13- 7-97 Kinshasa Congo-Kinshasa 1-1 Tanzania
[Kidoda 90pen; Youssef 12; att: 25,000]
27- 7-97 Monrovia Liberia 1-0 Tanzania
[Z.Roberts 54; att: 20,000]
27- 7-97 Kinshasa Congo-Kinshasa 1-0 Togo
[Kidoda 15; att: 60,000]
1.TOGO 6 3 1 2 9- 5 10
2.CONGO-KINSHASA 6 2 3 1 6- 5 9
3.Liberia 6 2 2 2 5- 8 8
4.Tanzania 6 1 2 3 5- 7 5
NB: during the tournament, the country of Zaire were renamed DR Congo (Democratic
Republic Congo) following a change of power; their matches since the renaming
are listed here under the (old) name Congo-Kinshasa (after the capital rather
than a political pretension)
6-10-96 Belle Vue Mauritius 1-2 Malawi
[R.Rateau 75; B.Mpinganjira 29, F.Jonas 90og; att: 7,000]
6-10-96 Lusaka Zambia 1-0 Mozambique
[K.Malitoli 4; att: 30,000]
25- 1-97 Blantyre Malawi 0-2 Zambia
[Tana 40, A.Tembo 83; att: 40,000]
26- 1-97 Maputo Mozambique 3-0 Mauritius
[C.Conde 55, Matsolo 62, Macamo 65; att: 30,000]
22- 2-97 Blantyre Malawi 2-0 Mozambique
[Maduka 6, Kamanga 60; att: 60,000]
23- 2-97 Curepipe Mauritius 0-0 Zambia
[att: 5,000]
21- 6-97 Lilongwe Malawi 3-2 Mauritius
[J.Maduka 19, 81, H.Banda 76; Philogene 87, Pierre-Louis 89;
att: 30,000]
22- 6-97 Maputo Mozambique 2-2 Zambia
[Tico-Tico 11, C.Conde 62pen; F.Kamwandi 15, A.Tembo 57;
att: 25,000]
12- 7-97 Lusaka Zambia 3-1 Malawi
[H.Chilombo 30pen, F.Kamwandi 55, F.Mwila 75; H.Banda 89;
att; 35,000]
13- 7-97 Port Louis Mauritius 1-3 Mozambique
[Appou 65; C.Conde 6, N.Tualibudine 33, M.Bucuane 89;
att: 2,000]
27- 7-97 Maputo Mozambique 2-1 Malawi
[?, Tico-Tico 88; J.Nkhwazi]
27- 7-97 Chililabombwe Zambia 1-0 Mauritius
[Mutale 57; att: 20,000]
1.ZAMBIA 6 4 2 0 9- 3 14
2.MOZAMBIQUE 6 3 1 2 10- 7 10
3.Malawi 6 3 0 3 9-10 9
4.Mauritius 6 0 1 5 4-12 1
Venues: Ouagadougou (Municipal Stadium and 4 Août Stadium)
and Bobo-Dioulasso.
Click here for details final tournament
Group A (Ouagadougou)
7- 2-98 Burkina Faso 0-1 Cameroon
8- 2-98 Algeria 0-1 Guinea
11- 2-98 Cameroon 2-2 Guinea
11- 2-98 Burkina Faso 2-1 Algeria
15- 2-98 Burkina Faso 1-0 Guinea
15- 2-98 Cameroon 2-1 Algeria
1.CAMEROON 3 2 1 0 5- 3 7
2.BURKINA FASO 3 2 0 1 3- 2 6
3.Guinea 3 1 1 1 3- 3 4
4.Algeria 3 0 0 3 2- 5 0
Group B (Ouagadougou)
9- 2-98 Togo 1-2 Congo-Kinshasa
9- 2-98 Ghana 2-0 Tunisia
12- 2-98 Tunisia 2-1 Congo-Kinshasa
12- 2-98 Ghana 1-2 Togo
16- 2-98 Ghana 0-1 Congo-Kinshasa
16- 2-98 Tunisia 3-1 Togo
1.TUNISIA 3 2 0 1 5- 4 6
2.CONGO-KINSHASA 3 2 0 1 4- 3 6
3.Ghana 3 1 0 2 3- 3 3
4.Togo 3 1 0 2 4- 6 3
Group C (Bobo-Dioulasso)
8- 2-98 South Africa 0-0 Angola
8- 2-98 Ivory Coast 4-3 Namibia
11- 2-98 South Africa 1-1 Ivory Coast
12- 2-98 Angola 3-3 Namibia
16- 2-98 Angola 2-5 Ivory Coast (in Ouagadougou)
16- 2-98 South Africa 4-1 Namibia
1.IVORY COAST 3 2 1 0 10- 6 7
2.SOUTH AFRICA 3 1 2 0 5- 2 5
3.Angola 3 0 2 1 5- 8 2
4.Namibia 3 0 1 2 7-11 1
Group D (Bobo-Dioulasso)
9- 2-98 Zambia 1-1 Morocco
10- 2-98 Egypt 2-0 Mozambique
13- 2-98 Zambia 0-4 Egypt
13- 2-98 Morocco 3-0 Mozambique
17- 2-98 Zambia 3-1 Mozambique
17- 2-98 Morocco 1-0 Egypt (in Ouagadougou)
1.MOROCCO 3 2 1 0 5- 1 7
2.EGYPT 3 2 0 1 6- 1 6
3.Zambia 3 1 1 1 4- 6 4
4.Mozambique 3 0 0 3 1- 8 0
Quarterfinals
(Bobo-Dioulasso)
20- 2-98 Cameroon 0-1 Congo-Kinshasa
(Ouagadougou)
21- 2-98 Tunisia 1-1 Burkina Faso [aet]
Burkina Faso win 8-7 on penalties
21- 2-98 Ivory Coast 0-0 Egypt [aet]
Egypt win 5-4 on penalties
22- 2-98 Morocco 1-2 South Africa
Semifinals
(Ouagadougou)
25- 2-98 Congo-Kinshasa 1-2 South Africa [aet]
(Bobo-Dioulasso)
25- 2-98 Burkina Faso 0-2 Egypt
Third Place Match (Ouagadougou, Municipal Stadium)
27- 2-98 Burkina Faso 4-4 Congo-Kinshasa
Congo-Kinshasa win 4-1 on penalties
Final (Ouagadougou, 4 Août Stadium)
28- 2-98 Egypt 2-0 South Africa
[Ahmed Hassan 5, Tarek Mostafa 13]
Egypt: Al Sayed; Ramzy, Radwan, Abdel Sakka, Kamouna, Omara, Ahmed Hassan,
Abdel Hady, Emam (Sabri), Mostafa (Nabih), Hossam Hassan.
South Africa: Baloyi, Rabutla, Fish, Jackson, Radebe, Augustine (Fortune),
Moeti, Moshoeu, Mkhalele, McCarthy, Masinga (Ndlanya).
Referee: Said Belqola (Morocco)
Topscorers final tournament: Hossam Hassan (Egypt) and McCarthy (South Africa) 7 goals.
Thanks to Ali Sfar
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