1996 African Cup of Nations

The **1996 African Cup of Nations** was the 20th edition of the Africa Cup of Nations. The tournament was held from 13 January to 3 February in South Africa. It was also won by South Africa. The top scorer was Kalusha Bwalya, with 5 goals.

The winner of this tournament qualified for the 1997 FIFA Confederations Cup tournament in Saudi Arabia.

### Group A

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|2|align=left||3|2|0|1|4|3|+1|**6**||||||||||
|3|align=left||3|1|1|1|5|7|–2|**4**||||||||||
|4|align=left||3|0|1|2|4|6|–2|**1**||||||||||

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|13 January 1996|||||
|****|**3–0**|****|||
|15 January 1996|||||
|****|**2–1**|****|||
|18 January 1996|||||
|****|**2–1**|****|||
|20 January 1996|||||
|****|**1–0**|****|||
|24 January 1996|||||
|****|**0–1**|****|||
|****|**3–3**|****|||

### Group B

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|2|align=left||3|2|1|0|4|1|+3|**7**||||||||||
|3|align=left||3|1|0|2|2|7|–5|**3**||||||||||
|4|align=left||3|0|0|3|3|9|–6|**0**||||||||||

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|14 January 1996|||||
|****|**0–0**|****|||
|15 January 1996|||||
|****|**2–1**|****|||
|18 January 1996|||||
|****|**2–0**|****|||
|20 January 1996|||||
|****|**5–1**|****|||
|24 January 1996|||||
|****|**2–1**|****|||
|****|**4–0**|****|||

### Group C

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|1|align=left||2|1|0|1|3|2|+1|**3**||||||||||
|2|align=left||2|1|0|1|2|2|0|**3**||||||||||
|3|align=left||2|1|0|1|2|3|–1|**3**||||||||||

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|16 January 1996|||||
|****|**1–2**|****|||
|19 January 1996|||||
|****|**2–0**|****|||
|25 January 1996|||||
|****|**2–0**|****|||

### Group D

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|1|align=left||3|3|0|0|6|1|+5|**9**||||||||||
|2|align=left||3|1|1|1|5|4|+1|**4**||||||||||
|3|align=left||3|1|0|2|2|5|–3|**3**||||||||||
|4|align=left||3|0|1|2|1|4|–3|**1**||||||||||

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|14 January 1996|||||
|****|**2–0**|****|||
|16 January 1996|||||
|****|**1–1**|****|||
|19 January 1996|||||
|****|**2–1**|****|||
|21 January 1996|||||
|****|**1–0**|****|||
|25 January 1996|||||
|****|**3–1**|****|||
|****|**2–0**|****|||

## Other websites

- Details at RSSSF
- Details at www.angelfire.com

## Infobox (international football competition)

- **tourney name**: 1996 African Cup of Nations
- **country**: South Africa
- **dates**: 13 January – 3 February
- **num teams**: 15
- **confederations**: 1
- **venues**: 4
- **cities**: 4
- **champion**: South Africa
- **count**: 1
- **second**: Tunisia
- **third**: Zambia
- **fourth**: Ghana
- **matches**: 29
- **goals**: 78
- **top scorer**: Kalusha Bwalya (5)
- **player**: Kalusha Bwalya
- **prevseason**: 1994 African Cup of Nations, 1994
- **nextseason**: 1998 African Cup of Nations, 1998