The African Men's Olympic Qualifiers was held to determine the three African national teams for under 23 that would participate at the 1996 Summer Olympics football tournament held in Atlanta.[1]
Dates | 15 January 1995 – 17 March 1996 |
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Preliminary round edit
Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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Burundi | w/o | Djibouti | — | — |
Lesotho | 1–3 | Namibia | 1–0 | 0–3 |
Burkina Faso | w/o | Guinea-Bissau | — | — |
Burundi advance. Djibouti withdrew.
Namibia won 3–1 on aggregate.
Burkina Faso advance. Guinea Bissau withdrew.
First round edit
Group 1 edit
Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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Nigeria | 3–0 | Kenya | 0–0 | 3–0 |
Zimbabwe | 4–0 | Malawi | 4–0 | 0–0 |
Zambia | 6–1 | Botswana | 2–0 | 4–1 |
Egypt | 2–0 | Mauritius | 1–0 | 1–0 |
Group 2 edit
Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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Algeria | 1–3 | Guinea | 1–1 | 0–2 |
Mali | 1–3 | Togo | 1–2 | 0–1 |
Morocco | 0–1 | Senegal | 0–0 | 0–1 |
Tunisia | 4–2 | Burkina Faso | 4–1 | 0–1 |
Tunisia | 4–1 | Burkina Faso |
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Burkina Faso | 1–0 | Tunisia |
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Group 3 edit
Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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South Africa | 2–5 | Burundi | 1–1 | 1–4 |
Cameroon | 1–0 | Namibia | 0–0 | 1–0 |
Gabon | 1–5 | Angola | 1–3 | 0–2 |
Ghana | w/o | Congo | 0–0 | — |
South Africa | 1–1 | Burundi |
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Burundi | 4–1 | South Africa |
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Second round edit
Group 1 edit
Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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Nigeria | 4–3 | Egypt | 3–2 | 1–1 |
Zimbabwe | 3–2 | Zambia | 1–1 | 2–1 |
Group 2 edit
Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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Senegal | 2–5 | Guinea | 2–3 | 0–2 |
Tunisia | 2–31 | Togo | 1–1 | 1–2 |
^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 edit
Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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Ghana | 3–2 | Angola | 3–1 | 0–1 |
Cameroon | 2–1 | Burundi | 2–0 | 0–1 |
Third round edit
Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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Tunisia | 5–4 | Guinea | 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.
Nigeria won 2–0 on aggregate and qualified for the 1996 Summer Olympics.
Ghana won 3–0 on aggregate and qualified for the 1996 Summer Olympics.
References edit
- ^ "Games of the XXVI. Olympiad - Football Qualifying Tournament". RSSSF. Retrieved 2017-07-11.