The 1996 African Cup of Nations final was a football match that took place on 3 February 1996 at the FNB Stadium in Johannesburg, South Africa, to determine the winner of the 1996 African Cup of Nations, the football championship of Africa organized by the Confederation of African Football (CAF).
Host nation South Africa won their first title, defeating Tunisia 2–0. The match was attended by both then-president Nelson Mandela, deputy president F. W. de Klerk and by then Sport Minister Steve Tshwete, and Bafana Bafana were congratulated by them, lifting the trophy in front of the multiracial home crowd.
Route to the final South AfricaRoundTunisiaOpponentResultGroup stageOpponentResult3–0Match 11–11–0Match 21–20–1Match 33–1 Team 320141+36 320143+16 311157−24 301246−21Final standings Team 330061+59 311154+14 310225−33 301214−31OpponentResultKnockout stageOpponentResult2–1Quarter-finals1–1 3–0Semi-finals4–2
Match details
GK 1Andre ArendseCB 5Mark FishCB 4Lucas RadebeCB 9Neil Tovey (c)RM 2Sizwe MotaungCM 8Linda Buthelezi CM 21Eric TinklerLM 17Shaun BartlettAM 15Doctor KhumaloAM 10John MoshoeuCF 6Phil Masinga Substitutions:MF 19Helman Mkhalele FW 11Mark Williams Manager:Clive Barker GK 1 Chokri El Ouaer (c)RB 14 Sabri Jaballah CB 6 Ferid ChouchaneCB 4 Mounir BoukadidaLB 5 Hédi BerkhissaDM 20 Riadh Bouazizi CM 12 Sofiane FekihCM 10 Kaies Ghodhbane RF 18 Mehdi Ben SlimaneCF 11 Adel SellimiLF 8 Zoubeir BayaSubstitutions:DF 21 Lassad Hanini FW 9 Abdelkader Ben Hassen Manager: Henryk Kasperczak
References
External links Final match details - worldfootball.net 11v11.com Qualifications details - rsssf