1998 African Cup of Nations qualification

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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.

Banned and withdrawn teams[]

 Nigeria was banned for withdrawing from the 1996 final tournament.

The following countries were banned from entering for withdrawing during the qualifying stages:

These teams did not enter:

Qualification rounds[]

Preliminary round[]

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Mauritius  2–1  Seychelles 1–0 1–1
Congo  0–1  Togo 0–0 0–1
Botswana  0–6  Namibia 0–0 0–6
Central African Republic  w/o  Burundi — —
Benin  4–1  Mauritania 4–1 0–0
Uganda  2–2 (2–4 p)  Ethiopia 1–1 1–1
Mauritius 1–0 Seychelles
Bax Goal 25'
Stade Anjalay, Belle Vue Maurel
Attendance: 15,000
Seychelles 1–1 Mauritius
Rose Goal 50' Goal 20'
Stade Linité, Victoria
Attendance: 1,500
Congo 0–0 Togo
Stade Municipal, Pointe-Noire
Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Pierre Mounguengui (Gabon)
Togo 1–0 Congo
Salou Goal 57'
Attendance: 18,000
Referee: Olufemi Olaniyan (Nigeria)
Botswana 0–0 Namibia
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Felix Tangawarima (Zimbabwe)
Namibia 6–0 Botswana
Attendance: 4,000
Central African Republic Cancelled Burundi
Withdrew
Bangui
Burundi Cancelled Central African Republic
Withdrew
Bujumbura
Benin 4–1 Mauritania
Goal 3'
Goal 54', 72', 89'		 Ould Bechir Goal 67'
Attendance: 11,500
Referee: Dodji Hounnake-Kouassi (Togo)
Mauritania 0–0 Benin
Stade Olympique, Nouakchott
Attendance: 4,000
Uganda 1–1 Ethiopia
Goal 65' Goal
Attendance: 12,000
Ethiopia 1–1 Uganda
Penalties
4–2
Addis Ababa Stadium, Addis Ababa
Attendance: 25,000

Qualifying group stage[]

Group 1[]

Sudan withdrew on 16 January 1997, due to unrest in the east of the country. They had already competed one match (0–3 lost to Zimbabwe at home), but this result was later annulled.

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Ghana 4 2 1 1 4 3 +1 7
 Angola 4 2 0 2 4 4 0 6
 Zimbabwe 4 1 1 2 3 4 −1 4
 Sudan (W) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Source:[citation needed]
(W) Withdrew
Ghana 2–1 Angola
Aboagye Goal 7'
Kim Grant Goal 30'		 Paulão Goal 2'
Attendance: 34,000
Zimbabwe 0–0 Ghana
Attendance: 45,000
Zimbabwe 1–0 Angola
Mugeyi Goal 31' (pen.)
Attendance: 45,000
Angola 1–0 Ghana
Akwá Goal 23'
Attendance: 10,000
Ghana 2–1 Zimbabwe
Pele Goal 22'
Kuffour Goal 39'		 Goal 24'
Attendance: 40,000
Referee: Ousseynou Dieng (Ivory Coast)
Angola 2–1 Zimbabwe
Aurélio Goal 9'
Akwá Goal 70'		 Murisa Goal 80'
Attendance: 32,000

Group 2[]

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Ivory Coast 6 4 1 1 10 8 +2 13
 Algeria 6 3 1 2 9 5 +4 10
 Mali 6 3 0 3 9 9 0 9
 Benin 6 0 2 4 3 9 −6 2
Source:[citation needed]
Algeria 4–1 Ivory Coast
Meçabih Goal 7', 9'
Saïb Goal 41', 89'		 Report Tiéhi Goal 71'
5 July Stadium, Algiers
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Sidi Bekaye Magassa (Mali)
Benin 1–2 Mali
Latoundji Goal 38' Touré Goal 54'
Goal 78'
Attendance: 40,000
Ivory Coast 1–0 Benin
Guel Goal 12'
Attendance: 20,000
Mali 1–0 Algeria
Touré Goal 63' Report
Attendance: 40,000
Referee: Falla Ndoye (Senegal)
Benin 1–1 Algeria
Latoundji Goal 35' Report Tasfaout Goal 51'
Attendance: 15,000
Mali 1–2 Ivory Coast
Goal 14' Bakayoko Goal 13'
Tiéhi Goal 22'
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Abderrahim El Arjoun (Morocco)
Ivory Coast 2–1 Algeria
Tiéhi Goal 45'
Bassole Goal 87'		 Report Dziri Goal 17'
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Emmanuel Okoampah (Ghana)
Mali 3–1 Benin
Touré Goal 12'
Dissa Goal 68'
Goal 85' (pen.)		 Keita Goal 40'
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Ibrahim Djingarey Amadou (Niger)
Algeria 1–0 Mali
Kherris Goal 18' Report
5 July Stadium, Algiers
Attendance: 40,000
Benin 0–0 Ivory Coast
Attendance: 25,000
Algeria 2–0 Benin
Tasfaout Goal 13'
Benzerga Goal 27'		 Report
5 July Stadium, Algiers
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Abderrahim El Arjoun (Morocco)
Ivory Coast 4–2 Mali
Tiéhi Goal 22', 26'
Guel Goal 51'
Bakayoko Goal 75'		 Coulibaly Goal 47'
Goal 69'
Attendance: 10,000

Group 3[]

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Morocco 6 4 2 0 10 1 +9 14
 Egypt 6 2 3 1 12 4 +8 9
 Senegal 6 2 2 2 5 6 −1 8
 Ethiopia 6 0 1 5 3 19 −16 1
Source:[citation needed]
Egypt 1–1 Morocco
H.Hassan Goal 88' Bassir Goal 74'
Attendance: 50,000
Ethiopia 1–2 Senegal
Goal 3' Goal 17'
A. Keita Goal 36'
Addis Ababa Stadium, Addis Ababa
Attendance: 25,000
Senegal 0–0 Egypt
Attendance: 50,000
Referee: Camara Ba (Guinea)
Senegal 0–0 Morocco
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Mohamed Kouradji (Algeria)
Ethiopia 1–1 Egypt
Tesfaye Goal 58' Tarek Goal 71'
Addis Ababa Stadium, Addis Ababa
Attendance: 25,000
Morocco 4–0 Ethiopia
Chiba Goal 8'
Bahja Goal 18'
Naybet Goal 34'
El Hadrioui Goal 81'
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Mahmoud Hosni (Tunisia)
Morocco 1–0 Egypt
Bassir Goal 71'
Attendance: 80,000
Referee: Sidi Bekaye Megassa (Mali)
Senegal 3–0 Ethiopia
Sané Goal 38', 53'
O. Traoré Goal 68'
Attendance: 28,000
Egypt 2–0 Senegal
Emam Goal
Khashaba Goal
Attendance: 35,000
Ethiopia 0–1 Morocco
Bassir Goal 21'
Addis Ababa Stadium, Addis Ababa
Attendance: 20,000
Egypt 8–1 Ethiopia
Khashaba Goal 1'
Hanafy Goal 5'
Emam Goal 19', 36', 44'
H.Hassan Goal 55'
A.Hassan Goal 62'
Goal 77'		 S. Elias Goal 60'
Alexandria Stadium, Alexandria
Attendance: 20,000
Morocco 3–0 Senegal
Bassir Goal 11', 67'
Chiba Goal 40'
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Mamadouba Camara (Guinea)

Group 4[]

Central African Republic were disqualified on 30 January 1997 after the government refused to allow their squad to travel for a match in Sierra Leone on 25 January. Their results were annulled.
Due to the civil war, Sierra Leone withdrew two matches before the end of the tournament, but their results stood.

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Tunisia 3 2 0 1 3 1 +2 6
 Guinea 3 2 0 1 2 1 +1 6
 Sierra Leone (W) 2 0 0 2 0 3 −3 0
 Central African Republic (D) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Source:[citation needed]
(D) Disqualified; (W) Withdrew
Tunisia 2–0 Sierra Leone
S.Trabelsi Goal 29'
Souayah Goal 69'
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Said Belqola (Morocco)
Central African Republic 2–3
Annulled		 Guinea
Goal 30'
Goal 48' (pen.)		 Soumah Goal 27', 89'
Goal 85'
National Stadium, Bangui
Attendance: 15,000
Guinea 1–0 Tunisia
Sow Goal 49' (pen.)
Stade 28 Septembre, Conakry
Attendance: 50,000
Guinea 1–0 Sierra Leone
F. Camara Goal 67'
Stade 28 Septembre, Conakry
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Moussa Kanouté (Mali)
Tunisia 1–0 Guinea
Jelassi Goal 90'
Attendance: 25,000

Group 5[]

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Cameroon 6 2 4 0 8 3 +5 10
 Namibia 6 2 2 2 4 7 −3 8
 Gabon 6 1 4 1 5 5 0 7
 Kenya 6 1 2 3 2 4 −2 5
Source:[citation needed]
Namibia 1–0 Kenya
Goal (o.g.)
Attendance: 15,000
Gabon 0–0 Cameroon
Stade Omar Bongo, Libreville
Attendance: 11,000
Kenya 1–0 Gabon
Goal 70'
Attendance: 35,000
Cameroon 4–0 Namibia
M'Boma Goal 3', 85'
Missé-Missé Goal 35', 48'
Attendance: 40,000
Kenya 0–0 Cameroon
Attendance: 40,000
Namibia 1–1 Gabon
Van Wyk Goal 86' Aubameyang Goal 19' (pen.)
Attendance: 15,000
Kenya 0–1 Namibia
Uri Khob Goal 35'
Attendance: 20,000
Cameroon 2–2 Gabon
Tchoutang Goal 12'
Mangan Goal 33'		 Goal 38' (pen.)
Bakogo Goal 87'
Attendance: 60,000
Namibia 0–1 Cameroon
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Felix Tangawarima (Zimbabwe)
Gabon 1–0 Kenya
Nguema Goal 50'
Stade Omar Bongo, Libreville
Attendance: 45,000
Cameroon 1–1 Kenya
Moreau Goal 89' (pen.) Goal 49'
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Sidi Bekaye Megassa (Mali)
Gabon 1–1 Namibia
Aubameyang Goal 22' (pen.) Hindjou Goal 60' (pen.)
Stade Omar Bongo, Libreville
Attendance: 20,000

Group 6[]

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

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Togo 6 3 1 2 9 5 +4 10
 DR Congo 6 2 3 1 6 5 +1 9
 Liberia 6 2 2 2 5 8 −3 8
 Tanzania 6 1 2 3 5 7 −2 5
Source:[citation needed]
Togo 2–1 Tanzania
T. Salou Goal 17'
Abalo Goal 57'		 Goal 72'
Attendance: 20,000
Zaire 0–0 Liberia
Stade Kamanyola, Kinshasa
Attendance: 75,000
Tanzania 1–2 Zaire
Goal 79' Mbayo Goal 52'
Goal 85'
National Stadium, Dar es Salaam
Attendance: 12,000
Liberia 1–2 Togo
Sogbie Goal 24' B. Salou Goal 26'
Assignon Goal 67'
Accra Sports Stadium, Accra (neutral ground)
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Emmanuel Okoampah (Ghana)
Tanzania 1–1 Liberia
Goal 75' Sogbie Goal 27'
National Stadium, Dar es Salaam
Attendance: 10,000
Togo 1–1 Zaire
Noutsoudje Goal 90' Simba Goal 26'
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Yahya Hadqa (Morocco)
Tanzania 1–0 Togo
Goal 31'
Attendance: 10,000
Liberia 2–1 DR Congo
Sebwe Goal 20'
Weah Goal 66'		 Goal 81'
Attendance: 45,000
Togo 4–0 Liberia
T. Salou Goal 52'
Noutsoudje Goal 86'
Assignon Goal 89'
B. Salou Goal 90'
Attendance: 20,000
DR Congo 1–1 Tanzania
Stade Kamanyola, Kinshasa
Attendance: 25,000
Liberia 1–0 Tanzania
Zizi Roberts Goal 54'
Attendance: 20,000
DR Congo 1–0 Togo
Goal 15'
Stade Kamanyola, Kinshasa
Attendance: 60,000
Referee: Edwin Senai (Botswana)

Group 7[]

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Zambia 6 4 2 0 9 3 +6 14
 Mozambique 6 3 1 2 10 7 +3 10
 Malawi 6 3 0 3 9 10 −1 9
 Mauritius 6 0 1 5 4 12 −8 1
Source:[citation needed]
Mauritius 1–2 Malawi
Rateau Goal 75' Goal 29'
Goal 90' (o.g.)
Stade Anjalay, Port Louis
Attendance: 16,000
Zambia 1–0 Mozambique
Malitoli Goal 4'
Independence Stadium, Lusaka
Attendance: 30,000
Malawi 0–2 Zambia
Tana Goal 40'
Tembo Goal 83'
Attendance: 40,000
Referee: Felix Tangawarima (Zimbabwe)
Mozambique 3–0 Mauritius
Chiquinho Conde Goal 55'
Faife Goal 62'
Goal 65'
Attendance: 30,000
Malawi 2–0 Mozambique
Maduka Goal 6'
Goal 60'
Attendance: 60,000
Mauritius 0–0 Zambia
Stade Anjalay, Port Louis
Attendance: 15,000
Malawi 3–2 Mauritius
Maduka Goal 19', 81'
Goal 76'		 Goal 87'
Goal 89'
Silver Stadium, Lilongwe
Attendance: 30,000
Mozambique 2–2 Zambia
Tico-Tico Goal 11'
Chiquinho Conde Goal 62' (pen.)		 Goal 15'
Tembo Goal 57'
Attendance: 25,000
Zambia 3–1 Malawi
Goal 30' (pen.)
Goal 55'
Mwila Goal 75'		 Goal 89'
Independence Stadium, Lusaka
Attendance: 35,000
Mauritius 1–3 Mozambique
Goal 65' Chiquinho Conde Goal 6'
Goal 33'
Tico-Tico Goal 89'
Stade Anjalay, Port Louis
Attendance: 12,000
Mozambique 2–1 Malawi
Pinto Barros Goal 85'
Tico-Tico Goal 88'		 Goal 62'
Attendance: 35,000
Zambia 1–0 Mauritius
Mutale Goal 57'
Konkola Stadium, Chililabombwe
Attendance: 20,000

Qualified teams[]

  •  Algeria
  •  Angola
  •  Burkina Faso (hosts)
  •  Cameroon
  •  DR Congo
  •  Ivory Coast
  •  Egypt
  •  Ghana
  •  Guinea
  •  Morocco
  •  Mozambique
  •  Namibia
  •  South Africa (holders)
  •  Togo
  •  Tunisia
  •  Zambia

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