1996 African Cup of Nations Final

The 1996 African Cup of Nations Final was a football match. It took place on 3 February 1996 at the FNB Stadium in Johannesburg, South Africa.

1996 African Cup of Nations Final

FNB-Stadion.jpg FNB Stadium in Johannesburg hosted the final
Event	1996 African Cup of Nations
South Africa Tunisia 2 0
Date	3 February 1996
Venue	FNB Stadium, Johannesburg
Referee	Charles Massembe (Uganda)
Attendance	80,000
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Route to the final

South Africa		Round	Tunisia
Opponent	Result	Group stage	Opponent	Result
Cameroon	3–0	Match 1	Mozambique	1–1
Angola	1–0	Match 2	Ghana	1–2
Egypt	0–1	Match 3	Côte d'Ivoire	3–1
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts South Africa 3 2 0 1 4 1 +3 6 Egypt 3 2 0 1 4 3 +1 6 Cameroon 3 1 1 1 5 7 −2 4 Angola 3 0 1 2 4 6 −2 1		Final standings	Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Ghana 3 3 0 0 6 1 +5 9 Tunisia 3 1 1 1 5 4 +1 4 Côte d'Ivoire 3 1 0 2 2 5 −3 3 Mozambique 3 0 1 2 1 4 −3 1
Opponent	Result	Knockout stage	Opponent	Result
Algeria	2–1	Quarterfinals	Gabon	1–1 (aet) (1–4 pen.)
Ghana	3–0	Semifinals	Zambia	4–2

Details

3 February 1996	South Africa	2–0	Tunisia	FNB Stadium Attendance: 80,000 Referee: Charles Masembe (Uganda)
	Williams  73', 75'	Report Report

South Africa

Tunisia

GK 1 Andre Arendse RB 2 Sizwe Motaung CB 4 Lucas Radebe CB 5 Mark Fish LB 9 Neil Tovey (c) RM 21 Eric Tinkler CM 8 Linda Buthelezi 29' 51' CM 15 Doctor Khumalo LM 10 John Moshoeu CF 6 Phil Masinga 65' CF 17 Shaun Bartlett Substitutions: MF 19 Helman Mkhalele 51' FW 11 Mark Williams 65' Manager: Clive Barker

GK 1 Chokri El Ouaer (c) RB 14 Sabri Jaballah CB 6 Ferid Chouchane CB 4 Mounir Boukadida LB 5 Hédi Berkhissa RM 20 Riadh Bouazizi 77' CM 10 Kaies Ghodhbane 46' CM 12 Sofiane Fekhi LM 8 Zoubeir Baya CF 11 Adel Sellimi CF 18 Mehdi Ben Slimane Substitutions: DF 21 Lassad Hanini 67' 46' FW 9 Abdelkader Belhassen 77' Manager: Henryk Kasperczak

Assistant referees: ... ...

Other websites

• Final match details - worldfootball.net
  11v11.com
• Qualifications details - rsssf