Preliminary
08/08/1996 Benin Benin - Mauritania Mauritania 4:1
11/08/1996 Mauritius Mauritius - Seychelles Seychelles 1:0
11/08/1996 Congo Congo - Togo Togo 0:0
11/08/1996 Botswana Botswana - Namibia Namibia 0:0
11/08/1996 Uganda Uganda - Ethiopia Ethiopia 1:1
11/08/1996 Central Afr. Republic Central Afr. Republic - Burundi Burundi dnp
24/08/1996 Seychelles Seychelles - Mauritius Mauritius 1:1
25/08/1996 Togo Togo - Congo Congo 1:0
25/08/1996 Namibia Namibia - Botswana Botswana 6:0
25/08/1996 Ethiopia Ethiopia - Uganda Uganda 4:2 pso
25/08/1996 Burundi Burundi - Central Afr. Republic Central Afr. Republic dnp
30/08/1996 Mauritania Mauritania - Benin Benin 0:0
Group 1
06/10/1996 Ghana Ghana - Angola Angola 2:1
26/01/1997 Zimbabwe Zimbabwe - Ghana Ghana 0:0
23/02/1997 Zimbabwe Zimbabwe - Angola Angola 1:0
22/06/1997 Angola Angola - Ghana Ghana 1:0
13/07/1997 Ghana Ghana - Zimbabwe Zimbabwe 2:1
27/07/1997 Angola Angola - Zimbabwe Zimbabwe 2:1
Group 2
06/10/1996 Algeria Algeria - Ivory Coast Ivory Coast 4:1
06/10/1996 Benin Benin - Mali Mali 1:2
26/01/1997 Ivory Coast Ivory Coast - Benin Benin 1:0
26/01/1997 Mali Mali - Algeria Algeria 1:0
23/02/1997 Benin Benin - Algeria Algeria 1:1
23/02/1997 Mali Mali - Ivory Coast Ivory Coast 1:2
22/06/1997 Ivory Coast Ivory Coast - Algeria Algeria 2:1
22/06/1997 Mali Mali - Benin Benin 3:1
13/07/1997 Algeria Algeria - Mali Mali 1:0
13/07/1997 Benin Benin - Ivory Coast Ivory Coast 0:0
27/07/1997 Algeria Algeria - Benin Benin 2:0
27/07/1997 Ivory Coast Ivory Coast - Mali Mali 4:2
Group 3
04/10/1996 Egypt Egypt - Morocco Morocco
06/10/1996 Ethiopia Ethiopia - Senegal Senegal 1:2
25/01/1997 Senegal Senegal - Egypt Egypt
22/02/1997 Senegal Senegal - Morocco Morocco 0:0
23/02/1997 Ethiopia Ethiopia - Egypt Egypt
31/05/1997 Morocco Morocco - Ethiopia Ethiopia 4:0
21/06/1997 Morocco Morocco - Egypt Egypt
22/06/1997 Senegal Senegal - Ethiopia Ethiopia 3:0
13/07/1997 Egypt Egypt - Senegal Senegal
13/07/1997 Ethiopia Ethiopia - Morocco Morocco 0:1
27/07/1997 Egypt Egypt - Ethiopia Ethiopia
27/07/1997 Morocco Morocco - Senegal Senegal 3:0
Group 4
06/10/1996 Tunisia Tunisia - Sierra Leone Sierra Leone 2:0
26/01/1997 Guinea Guinea - Tunisia Tunisia 1:0
23/02/1997 Guinea Guinea - Sierra Leone Sierra Leone 1:0
13/07/1997 Tunisia Tunisia - Guinea Guinea 1:0
Group 5
06/10/1996 Namibia Namibia - Kenya Kenya 1:0
06/10/1996 Gabon Gabon - Cameroon Cameroon 0:0
25/01/1997 Kenya Kenya - Gabon Gabon 1:0
26/01/1997 Cameroon Cameroon - Namibia Namibia 4:0
22/02/1997 Kenya Kenya - Cameroon Cameroon 0:0
22/02/1997 Namibia Namibia - Gabon Gabon 1:1
21/06/1997 Kenya Kenya - Namibia Namibia 0:1
22/06/1997 Cameroon Cameroon - Gabon Gabon 2:2
12/07/1997 Namibia Namibia - Cameroon Cameroon 0:1
13/07/1997 Gabon Gabon - Kenya Kenya 1:0
27/07/1997 Cameroon Cameroon - Kenya Kenya 1:1
27/07/1997 Gabon Gabon - Namibia Namibia 1:1
Group 6
05/10/1996 Togo Togo - Tanzania Tanzania 2:1
06/10/1996 Congo DR Congo DR - Liberia Liberia 0:0
26/01/1997 Tanzania Tanzania - Congo DR Congo DR 1:2
26/01/1997 Liberia Liberia - Togo Togo 1:2
23/02/1997 Tanzania Tanzania - Liberia Liberia 1:1
23/02/1997 Togo Togo - Congo DR Congo DR 1:1
22/06/1997 Tanzania Tanzania - Togo Togo 1:0
22/06/1997 Liberia Liberia - Congo DR Congo DR 2:1
13/07/1997 Togo Togo - Liberia Liberia 4:0
13/07/1997 Congo DR Congo DR - Tanzania Tanzania 1:1
27/07/1997 Liberia Liberia - Tanzania Tanzania 1:0
27/07/1997 Congo DR Congo DR - Togo Togo 1:0
Group 7
06/10/1996 Mauritius Mauritius - Malawi Malawi 1:2
06/10/1996 Zambia Zambia - Mozambique Mozambique 1:0
25/01/1997 Malawi Malawi - Zambia Zambia 0:2
26/01/1997 Mozambique Mozambique - Mauritius Mauritius 3:0
22/02/1997 Malawi Malawi - Mozambique Mozambique 2:0
23/02/1997 Mauritius Mauritius - Zambia Zambia 0:0
21/06/1997 Malawi Malawi - Mauritius Mauritius 3:2
22/06/1997 Mozambique Mozambique - Zambia Zambia 2:2
12/07/1997 Zambia Zambia - Malawi Malawi 3:1
13/07/1997 Mauritius Mauritius - Mozambique Mozambique 1:3
27/07/1997 Mozambique Mozambique - Malawi Malawi 2:1
27/07/1997 Zambia Zambia - Mauritius Mauritius 1:0