Football at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Men's African Qualifiers

1996 Summer Olympics – Men's Football African Qualifiers

Dates	15 January 1995 – 17 March 1996
← 1992 2000 →

The African Men's Olympic Qualifiers was held to determine the tree African national teams for under 23 that will participate at the 1996 Summer Olympics football tournament held in Atlanta.^[1]

Preliminary round[]

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Burundi	w/o		—	—
	1–3		1–0	0–3
Burkina Faso	w/o		—	—

Burundi advance. Djibouti withdrew.

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Namibia won 3–1 on aggregate.

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Burkina Faso advance. Djibouti withdrew.

First round[]

Group 1[]

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Nigeria	3–0		0–0	3–0
Zimbabwe	4–0		4–0	0–0
Zambia	6–1		2–0	4–1
Egypt	2–0		1–0	1–0

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Group 2[]

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Algeria	1–3		1–1	0–2
	1–3		1–2	0–1
Morocco	0–1	Senegal	0–0	0–1
Tunisia	4–2	Burkina Faso	4–1	0–1

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Group 3[]

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
South Africa	2–5	Burundi	1–1	1–4
Cameroon	1–0		0–0	1–0
Gabon	1–5	Angola	1–3	0–2
Ghana	w/o		0–0	—

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Second round[]

Group 1[]

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Nigeria	4–3	Egypt	3–2	1–1
Zimbabwe	3–2	Zambia	1–1	2–1

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Group 2[]

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Senegal	2–5		2–3	0–2
Tunisia	2–31		1–1	1–2

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^1 Togo won 3-2 on aggragate, however it was later suspended because of age limit violation, Tunisia advanced to the third round.

Group 3[]

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Ghana	3–2	Angola	3–1	0–1
Cameroon	2–1	Burundi	2–0	0–1

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Third round[]

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Tunisia	5–4		5–2	0–2
Zimbabwe	0–2	Nigeria	0–1	0–1
Ghana	3–0	Cameroon	3–0	0–0

Tunisia won 5–4 on aggregate and qualified for the 1996 Summer Olympics.

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Nigeria won 2–0 on aggregate and qualified for the 1996 Summer Olympics.

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Ghana won 3–0 on aggregate and qualified for the 1996 Summer Olympics.

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