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1998 African Cup of Nations qualification

Football tournament

Main article: 1998 African Cup of Nations

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Banned and withdrawn teams

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

Bessan

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.

Kim Grant

Kuffour

Akwá

Group 2

Saïb B. Traoré

Tiéhi

Bassole Dissa Traoré

Benzerga Guel Bakayoko Sidibé

Group 3

A. Keita

Bahja Naybet El Hadrioui

O. Traoré

Khashaba

Hanafy Emam H.Hassan A.Hassan El-Sayed Chiba

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.

Souayah

Annulled Azo Kéita

Group 5

Missé-Missé

Mangan Bakogo

Group 6

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

Abalo

Kayu Assignon

Weah

Noutsoudje
Assignon
B. Salou

Group 7

Jonas

Tembo Faife
Macamo

Kamanga

Banda Pierre-Louis Chiquinho Conde Tembo

Kamwandi
Mwila Nuro
Tico-Tico

Tico-Tico

Qualified teams

(hosts)
(holders)

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