第20届非洲足球锦标赛预赛阶段的比赛于1995年7月30日结束。原来参加该届杯赛的队伍计达42支,后来由于种种原因,有12支球队相继于赛前或中途退出,实际参赛队伍为30支。经过角逐,14支出线队为:喀麦隆、埃及、安哥拉、赞比亚、阿尔及利亚、塞拉利昂、布基纳法索、扎伊尔、加蓬、利比里亚、科特迪瓦、加纳、突尼斯和莫桑比克。加上东道主南非和上届冠军尼日利亚,共有16支队伍参加决赛阶段的比赛。 决赛阶段的比赛于1996年1月13日至2月3日在南非举行。由于此项赛事为1996年世界足球的首项国际大赛,因此备受世界各国的瞩目与关注。在约翰内斯堡举行的开幕式上,国际足联主席阿维兰热及南非总统曼德拉亲临参加,表示了国际足联和南非国家对此项 The 20th African Football Championship preliminaries race ended on July 30, 1995. The original team to participate in the tournament counted 42, and later for various reasons, 12 teams have quit before the game or halfway, the actual team of 30. After the match, the 14 teams were: Cameroon, Egypt, Angola, Zambia, Algeria, Sierra Leone, Burkina Faso, Zaire, Gabon, Liberia, Côte d’Ivoire, Ghana, Tunisia and Mozambique. With the host South Africa and the last champion Nigeria, a total of 16 teams to participate in the final stage of the game. The final stage of the competition was held in South Africa from January 13 to February 3, 1996. As this event is the first international competition of world soccer in 1996, it has attracted the attention of all countries in the world. At the opening ceremony held in Johannesburg, FIFA President Avilan Heat and South African President Mandela personally attended the event, indicating that FIFA and South African countries