1998 African Cup of Nations qualification

This page details the process of the 1998 African Cup of Nations Qualification phase. Burkina Faso, as hosts, and South Africa, as title holders, qualified automatically.

Contents 1 Preliminary round 1.1 Note 2 Qualifying group stage 2.1 Group 1 2.2 Group 2 2.3 Group 3 2.4 Group 4 2.5 Group 5 2.6 Group 6 2.7 Group 7 3 External links

Preliminary round

11 August 1996	Mauritius	1–0	Seychelles	Mauritius

24 August 1996	Seychelles	1–1	Mauritius	Seychelles

---

11 August 1996	Congo	0–0	Togo	Congo

25 August 1996	Togo	1–0	Congo	Togo

---

11 August 1996	Botswana	0–0	Namibia	Botswana

25 August 1996	Namibia	6–0	Botswana	Namibia

---

8 August 1996	Benin	4–1	Mauritania	Benin

30 August 1996	Mauritania	0–0	Benin	Mauritania

---

11 August 1996	Uganda	1–1	Ethiopia	Uganda

25 August 1996	Ethiopia	1–1 (4–2 pen.)	Uganda	Ethiopia

---

11 August 1996	Central African Republic	w / o	Burundi	Central Africa

Note

The following countries were banned from entering:

•  Nigeria (for withdrawing from 1996 final tournament)
•  Gambia (for withdrawing during qualifying stages of 1996 tournament)
•  Guinea-Bissau (for withdrawing during qualifying stages of 1996 tournament)
•  Lesotho (for withdrawing during qualifying stages of 1996 tournament)
•  Madagascar (for withdrawing during qualifying stages of 1996 tournament)
•  Niger (for withdrawing during qualifying stages of 1996 tournament)

Some other teams did not enter, including:

•  Chad
•  Djibouti
•  Libya
•  Rwanda
•  Somalia
•  Swaziland
•  Cape Verde

Qualifying group stage

Group 1

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Ghana	7	4	2	1	1	4	3	+1
Angola	6	4	2	0	2	4	4	0
Zimbabwe	4	4	1	1	2	3	4	−1
Sudan	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Note:  Sudan withdrew on January 16, 1997, due to unrest in the east of the country.

---

6 October 1996	Ghana	2–1	Angola	Ghana

---

26 January 1997	Zimbabwe	0–0	Ghana	Zimbabwe

---

23 February 1997	Zimbabwe	1–0	Angola	Zimbabwe

---

22 June 1997	Angola	1–0	Ghana	Angola

---

13 July 1997	Ghana	2–1	Zimbabwe	Ghana

---

27 July 1997	Angola	2–1	Zimbabwe	Angola

---

Group 2

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Côte d'Ivoire	13	6	4	1	1	10	8	+2
Algeria	10	6	3	1	2	9	5	+4
Mali	9	6	3	0	3	9	9	0
Benin	2	6	0	2	4	3	9	−6

6 October 1996	Algeria	4–1	Côte d'Ivoire	Stade 5 Juillet 1962, Algiers
	Meçabih  7', 9' Saïb  41', 89'	Report	Tiéhi  71'

---

6 October 1996	Benin	1–2	Mali	Cotonou Attendance: 40,000
	Latoundji  38'		Touré  54' B. Traoré  78'

---

26 January 1997	Côte d'Ivoire	1–0	Benin	Stade Bouaké, Bouaké Attendance: 20,000
	Guel  12'

---

26 January 1997	Mali	1–0	Algeria	Stade Modibo Kéïta, Bamako
	Touré  63'	Report

---

23 February 1997	Benin	1–1	Algeria	Stade de l'Amitié, Cotonou
	Latoundji  35'	Report	Tasfaout  51'

---

23 February 1997	Mali	1–2	Côte d'Ivoire	Bamako
	M.Sidibé  14'		Bakayoko  13' Tiéhi  22'

---

22 June 1997	Côte d'Ivoire	2–1	Algeria	Stade Bouaké, Bouaké
	Tiéhi  45' Bassole  87'	Report	Dziri  17'

---

22 June 1997	Mali	3–1	Benin	Mali

---

13 July 1997	Algeria	1–0	Mali	Stade 5 Juillet 1962, Algiers
	Kherris  18'	Report

---

13 July 1997	Benin	0–0	Côte d'Ivoire	Benin

---

27 July 1997	Algeria	2–0	Benin	Stade 5 Juillet 1962, Algiers
	Tasfaout  13' Benzerga  27'	Report

---

27 July 1997	Côte d'Ivoire	4–2	Mali	Stade Bouaké, Bouaké Attendance: 10,000
	Tiéhi  22', 26' Guel  51' Bakayoko  75'		Coulibaly  47' M.Sidibé  69'

Group 3

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Morocco	14	6	4	2	0	10	1	+9
Egypt	9	6	2	3	1	12	4	+8
Senegal	8	6	2	2	2	5	6	−1
Ethiopia	2	6	0	1	5	3	19	−16

---

4 October 1996	Egypt	1–1	Morocco	Cairo International Stadium, Cairo Attendance: 50,000
	H.Hassan  88'		Bassir  ?'

---

6 October 1996	Ethiopia	1–2	Senegal	Ethiopia Attendance: 25,000

---

25 January 1997	Senegal	0–0	Egypt	Senegal

---

22 February 1997	Senegal	0–0	Morocco	Senegal

---

23 February 1997	Ethiopia	1–1	Egypt	Addis Ababa Attendance: 25,000
			Mostafa

---

31 May 1997	Morocco	4–0	Ethiopia	Rabat Attendance: 30,000
	Chiba  8' Bahja  18' Naybet  34' El Hadrioui  81'

---

21 June 1997	Morocco	1–0	Egypt	Rabat Attendance: 80,000
	Bassir  71'

---

22 June 1997	Senegal	3–0	Ethiopia	Senegal

---

13 July 1997	Egypt	2–0	Senegal	Cairo Attendance: 35,000
	Emam Khashaba

---

13 July 1997	Ethiopia	0–1	Morocco	Addis Ababa Attendance: 20,000

---

27 July 1997	Egypt	8–1	Ethiopia	Alexandria Attendance: 60,000
	Khashaba  1' Hanafi  5' Emam  19', 36', 44' H.Hassan  55' A.Hassan  62' El-Sayyad  77'

---

27 July 1997	Morocco	3–0	Senegal	Rabat Attendance: 20,000
	Bassir  11', 67' Chiba  40'

---

Group 4

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Tunisia	6	3	2	0	1	3	1	+2
Guinea	6	3	2	0	1	2	1	+1
Sierra Leone	0	2	0	0	2	0	3	−3
Central African Republic	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Note:  Central African Republic disqualified on January 30, 1997, after the government prevented the squad leaving for the game in  Sierra Leone on January 25
Note:  Sierra Leone withdrew two matches before the end of the tournament.

---

6 October 1996	Tunisia	2–0	Sierra Leone	Tunis Attendance: 20,000
	S.Trabelsi  29' Souayah  69'

---

26 January 1997	Guinea	1–0	Tunisia	Conakry Attendance: 50,000
	Sow  49' (pen.)

---

23 February 1997	Guinea	1–0	Sierra Leone	Conakry Attendance: 25,000
	F.Camara  67'

---

13 July 1997	Tunisia	1–0	Guinea	Tunis Attendance: 25,000
	Jelassi  90'

---

Group 5

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Cameroon	10	6	2	4	0	8	3	+5
Namibia	8	6	2	2	2	4	7	−3
Gabon	7	6	1	4	1	5	5	0
Kenya	5	6	1	2	3	2	4	−2

---

6 October 1996	Namibia	1–0	Kenya	Namibia

---

6 October 1996	Gabon	0–0	Cameroon	Gabon

---

25 January 1997	Kenya	1–0	Gabon	Kenya

---

26 January 1997	Cameroon	4–0	Namibia	Cameroon

---

22 February 1997	Kenya	0–0	Cameroon	Kenya

---

22 February 1997	Namibia	1–1	Gabon	Namibia

---

21 June 1997	Kenya	0–1	Namibia	Kenya

---

22 June 1997	Cameroon	2–2	Gabon	Cameroon

---

12 July 1997	Namibia	0–1	Cameroon	Namibia

---

13 July 1997	Gabon	1–0	Kenya	Gabon

---

27 July 1997	Cameroon	1–1	Kenya	Cameroon

---

27 July 1997	Gabon	1–1	Namibia	Gabon

---

Group 6

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Togo	10	6	3	1	2	9	5	+4
Congo DR	9	6	2	3	1	6	5	+1
Liberia	8	6	2	2	2	5	8	−3
Tanzania	5	6	1	2	3	5	7	−2

Note: During the tournament, the country of  Zaire was renamed DR Congo.

---

5 October 1996	Togo	2–1	Tanzania	Togo

---

6 October 1996	Zaire	0–0	Liberia	Congo DR

---

26 January 1997	Tanzania	1–2	Zaire	Tanzania

---

26 January 1997	Liberia	1–2	Togo	Ghana

---

23 February 1997	Tanzania	1–1	Liberia	Tanzania

---

23 February 1997	Togo	1–1	Zaire	Togo

---

22 June 1997	Tanzania	1–0	Togo	Tanzania

---

22 June 1997	Liberia	2–1	Congo DR	Liberia

---

13 July 1997	Togo	4–0	Liberia	Togo

---

13 July 1997	Congo DR	1–1	Tanzania	Congo DR

---

27 July 1997	Liberia	1–0	Tanzania	Liberia

---

27 July 1997	Congo DR	1–0	Togo	Congo DR

---

Group 7

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Zambia	14	6	4	2	0	9	3	+6
Mozambique	10	6	3	1	2	10	7	+3
Malawi	9	6	3	0	3	9	10	−1
Mauritius	1	6	0	1	5	4	12	−8

---

6 October 1996	Mauritius	1–2	Malawi	Mauritius

---

6 October 1996	Zambia	1–0	Mozambique	Zambia

---

25 January 1997	Malawi	0–2	Zambia	Malawi

---

26 January 1997	Mozambique	3–0	Mauritius	Mozambique

---

22 February 1997	Malawi	2–0	Mozambique	Malawi

---

23 February 1997	Mauritius	0–0	Zambia	Mauritius

---

21 June 1997	Malawi	3–2	Mauritius	Malawi

---

22 June 1997	Mozambique	2–2	Zambia	Mozambique

---

12 July 1997	Zambia	3–1	Malawi	Zambia

---

13 July 1997	Mauritius	1–3	Mozambique	Mauritius

---

27 July 1997	Mozambique	2–1	Malawi	Mozambique

---

27 July 1997	Zambia	1–0	Mauritius	Zambia

External links

• African Nations Cup 1998

Africa Cup of Nations Tournaments Sudan 1957 · United Arab Republic 1959 · Ethiopia 1962 · Ghana 1963 · Tunisia 1965 · Ethiopia 1968 · Sudan 1970 · Cameroon 1972 · Egypt 1974 · Ethiopia 1976 · Ghana 1978 · Nigeria 1980 · Libya 1982 · Ivory Coast 1984 · Egypt 1986 · Morocco 1988 · Algeria 1990 · Senegal 1992 · Tunisia 1994 · South Africa 1996 · Burkina Faso 1998 · Ghana/Nigeria 2000 · Mali 2002 · Tunisia 2004 · Egypt 2006 · Ghana 2008 · Angola 2010 · Gabon/Equatorial Guinea 2012 · South Africa 2013 · Morocco 2015 · Libya 2017 Finals 1957 · 1959 · 1962 · 1963 · 1965 · 1968 · 1970 · 1972 · 1974 · 1976 · 1978 · 1980 · 1982 · 1984 · 1986 · 1988 · 1990 · 1992 · 1994 · 1996 · 1998 · 2000 · 2002 · 2004 · 2006 · 2008 · 2010 Qualification 19571 · 19591 · 1962 · 1963 · 1965 · 1968 · 1970 · 1972 · 1974 · 1976 · 1978 · 1980 · 1982 · 1984 · 1986 · 1988 · 1990 · 1992 · 1994 · 1996 · 1998 · 2000 · 2002 · 2004 · 2006 · 2008 · 2010 · 2012 · 2013 Squads 1957 · 1959 · 1962 · 1963 · 1965 · 1968 · 1970 · 1972 · 1974 · 1976 · 1978 · 1980 · 1982 · 1984 · 1986 · 1988 · 1990 · 1992 · 1994 · 1996 · 1998 · 2000 · 2002 · 2004 · 2006 · 2008 · 2010 · 2012 1No qualification took place as places were given by invitation only.