Unofficial ranking CAF Africa Cup of Nations-1996 (South Africa)
The 1996 CAF Africa Cup of Nations was held in South Africa with 15 teams. South Africa won the tournament, beating Tunisia in the final 2:0. Tunisia finished second, Zambia third and Ghana fourth. Below you will find the final order of the teams, the group tables, the knockout bracket and the rating points every team received.
| # | Team | Conf | P | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  South Africa ★ 1 2 | CAF | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 2 | 9 | 15 | 4 000 |
| 2 |  Tunisia ★ 2 1 | CAF | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 8 | 3 950 |
| 3 |  Zambia ★ 2 3 | CAF | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 6 | 9 | 13 | 3 900 |
| 4 |  Ghana ★★★★ 5 1 | CAF | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 12 | 3 850 |
| 5 |  Algeria ★★ 1 2 | CAF | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 3 800 |
| 6 |  Egypt 7 3 2 | CAF | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | -1 | 6 | 3 780 |
| 7 |  Gabon | CAF | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 3 760 |
| 8 |  DR Congo ★★ 1 | CAF | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | -1 | 3 | 3 740 |
| 9 |  Cameroon ★★★★★ 2 2 | CAF | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 7 | -2 | 4 | 3 690 |
| 10 |  Côte d'Ivoire ★★★ 2 5 | CAF | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | -3 | 3 | 3 670 |
| 11 |  Sierra Leone | CAF | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 7 | -5 | 3 | 3 650 |
| 12 |  Angola | CAF | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | -2 | 1 | 3 630 |
| 13 |  Mozambique | CAF | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | -3 | 1 | 3 610 |
| 14 |  Burkina Faso 1 2 | CAF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 9 | -6 | 0 | 3 590 |
| 15 |  Liberia | CAF | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -1 | 3 | 3 570 |