Africa Cup of Nations, 1996
- qualifying
All competitions Africa Cup of Nations home
Group Stage
| Group 1 | P | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Zaire | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 5 | 8 | 10 |
| Zimbabwe | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 12 | 3 | 9 |
| Cameroon | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 9 |
| Malawi | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 8 |
| Lesotho | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 16 | -13 | 4 |
| Group 2 | P | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Tunisia | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 3 | 7 | 12 |
| Senegal | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 9 | 5 | 11 |
| Liberia | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 10 |
| Mauritania | 9 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 7 | -3 | 7 |
| Togo | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 10 | -5 | 5 |
| Guinea-Bissau | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | -5 | 1 |
| Group 3 | P | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Ghana | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 5 | 12 | 12 |
| Sierra Leone | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 11 | 5 | 10 |
| Niger | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 17 | -9 | 4 |
| Congo | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 8 | -3 | 3 |
| Gambia | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 7 | -3 | 3 |
| Congo Brazzaville | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | -2 | 2 |
| Group 4 | P | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Egypt | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 24 | 5 | 19 | 15 |
| Algeria | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 11 |
| Uganda | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 16 | -5 | 10 |
| Tanzania | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 13 | 13 | 0 | 8 |
| Sudan | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 11 | -1 | 8 |
| Ethiopia | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 18 | -14 | 6 |
| Group 5 | P | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Zambia | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 7 |
| Gabon | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 6 |
| South Africa | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| Madagascar | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 |
| Mauritius | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 12 | -12 | 0 |
| Group 6 | P | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Angola | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 8 | 9 | 14 |
| Mozambique | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 8 | 8 | 14 |
| Guinea | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 9 | 8 | 12 |
| Mali | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 10 | 5 | 11 |
| Namibia | 10 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 16 | -8 | 7 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Botswana | 10 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 27 | -22 | 2 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 0 |
| Group 7 | P | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Burkina Faso | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| Ivory Coast | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 4 |
| Morocco | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | -2 | 3 |