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.

#	Group A	Conf	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	South Africa ★ 1 2South Africa and Egypt both finished on 6 pts; despite Egypt's 1-0 head-to-head win (24 Jan), South Africa placed 1st on superior goal difference (+3 vs +1) — head-to-head was not the primary tiebreaker. South Africa's AFCON debut (first major tournament since post-apartheid readmission).	CAF	3	2	0	1	4	1	3	6
2	Egypt 7 3 2South Africa and Egypt both finished on 6 pts; despite Egypt's 1-0 head-to-head win, South Africa placed 1st on superior goal difference (+3 vs +1).	CAF	3	2	0	1	4	3	1	6
3	Cameroon ★★★★★ 2 2	CAF	3	1	1	1	5	7	-2	4
4	AngolaAngola's AFCON debut.	CAF	3	0	1	2	4	6	-2	1

#	Group B	Conf	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Zambia ★ 2 3	CAF	3	2	1	0	9	1	8	7
2	Algeria ★★ 1 2	CAF	3	2	1	0	4	1	3	7
3	Sierra Leone	CAF	3	1	0	2	2	7	-5	3
4	Burkina Faso 1 2	CAF	3	0	0	3	3	9	-6	0

#	Group C	Conf	P	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	GabonGroup C had only 3 teams (Nigeria withdrew before the tournament), each playing 2 matches. All three finished level on 3 points (each with one win and one loss); final order was decided by goal difference: Gabon +1, DR Congo 0, Liberia −1.	CAF	2	1	1	3	2	1	3
2	DR Congo ★★ 1Group C reduced to 3 teams (see adjacent rows). The team's official name at the time was «Zaire» — the unified name «DR Congo» is used here per the phase-4 convention.	CAF	2	1	1	2	2	0	3
3	LiberiaGroup C reduced to 3 teams (see adjacent rows).	CAF	2	1	1	2	3	-1	3