1996 African Cup of Nations

The 1996 African Cup of Nations, also known as the Coca-Cola 1996 Africa Cup of Nations for sponsorship reasons, was the 20th edition of the Africa Cup of Nations, the football championship of Africa (CAF). It was hosted by South Africa, who replaced original hosts Kenya. The field expanded for the first time to 16 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 under pressure from then-dictator Sani Abacha, reducing the field to 15.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}Template:Cbignore</ref> South Africa won its first championship, beating Tunisia in the final 2–0.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

Qualified teams

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Participating nations

For full qualification see: 1996 African Cup of Nations qualification

Team	Qualified as	Qualified on	Previous appearances in tournamentTemplate:Efn
Template:Fb	Hosts		Template:Sort (debut)
Template:FbTemplate:Efn	Holders	Template:Dts	Template:Sort (1963, 1976, 1978, 1980, 1982, 1984, 1988, 1990, 1992, 1994)
Template:Fb	Group 5 winners	Template:Dts	Template:Sort (1994)
Template:Fb	Group 1 winners	Template:Dts	Template:Sort (1965, 1968, 1970, 1972, 1974, 1976, 1988, 1992, 1994)
Template:Fb	Group 5 runners-up	Template:Dts	Template:Sort (1974, 1978, 1982, 1986, 1990, 1992, 1994)
Template:Fb	Group 4 runners-up	Template:Dts	Template:Sort (1968, 1980, 1982, 1984, 1986, 1988, 1990, 1992)
Template:Fb	Group 6 winners	Template:Dts	Template:Sort (debut)
Template:Fb	Group 7 winners	Template:Dts	Template:Sort (1978)
Template:Fb	Group 1 runners-up	Template:Dts	Template:Sort (1970, 1972, 1982, 1984, 1986, 1988, 1990, 1992)
Template:Fb	Group 4 winners	Template:Dts	Template:Sort (1957, 1959, 1962, 1963, 1970, 1974, 1976, 1980, 1984, 1986, 1988, 1990, 1992, 1994)
Template:Fb	Group 3 winners	Template:Dts	Template:Sort (1963, 1965, 1968, 1970, 1978, 1980, 1982, 1984, 1992, 1994)
Template:Fb	Group 7 runners-up	Template:Dts	Template:Sort (1965, 1968, 1970, 1974, 1980, 1984, 1986, 1988, 1990, 1992, 1994)
Template:Fb	Group 2 runners-up	Template:Dts	Template:Sort (debut)
Template:Fb	Group 6 runners-up	Template:Dts	Template:Sort (1986)
Template:Fb	Group 3 runners-up	Template:Dts	Template:Sort (1994)
Template:Fb	Group 2 winners	Template:Dts	Template:Sort (1962, 1963, 1965, 1978, 1982, 1994)

Notes

Squads

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Venues

Johannesburg		Durban
FNB Stadium		Kings Park Stadium
File:FIFA World Cup 2010 Argentina South Korea.jpg		File:King's Park Stadium, Durban.jpg
Capacity: 80,000		Capacity: 52,000
Bloemfontein		Port Elizabeth
Free State Stadium		EPRU Stadium
File:Free State Stadium1.jpg		File:Boet Erasmus Stadium.jpg
Capacity: 40,000		Capacity: 33,852

First round

Teams highlighted in green progress to the Quarter Finals.

Group A

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Group B

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Group C

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Template:Fb withdrew, so their three matches were canceled.

• vs. Template:Fb, 16 January 1996
• vs. Template:Fb, 19 January 1996
• vs. Template:Fb, 25 January 1996

Group D

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Knockout stage

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Final

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CAF Team of the Tournament

Goalkeeper

• Template:Flagicon Chokri El Ouaer

Defenders

• Template:Flagicon Yasser Radwan
• Template:Flagicon Mark Fish
• Template:Flagicon Elijah Litana
• Template:Flagicon Isaac Asare

Midfielders

• Template:Flagicon Zoubeir Baya
• Template:Flagicon Hazem Emam
• Template:Flagicon Abedi Pele
• Template:Flagicon Mark Williams

Forwards

• Template:Flagicon Kalusha Bwalya
• Template:Flagicon Tony Yeboah

External links

• Details at RSSSF
• Details at www.angelfire.com

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