Preliminary
08/08/1996 Benin - Mauritania 4:1
11/08/1996 Mauritius - Seychelles 1:0
Congo - Togo 0:0
Botswana - Namibia 0:0
Uganda - Ethiopia 1:1
Central Afr. Republic - Burundi dnp
24/08/1996 Seychelles - Mauritius 1:1
25/08/1996 Togo - Congo 1:0
Namibia - Botswana 6:0
Ethiopia - Uganda 4:2 pso
Burundi - Central Afr. Republic dnp
30/08/1996 Mauritania - Benin 0:0
Group 1
06/10/1996 Ghana - Angola 2:1
26/01/1997 Zimbabwe - Ghana 0:0
23/02/1997 Zimbabwe - Angola 1:0
22/06/1997 Angola - Ghana 1:0
13/07/1997 Ghana - Zimbabwe 2:1
27/07/1997 Angola - Zimbabwe 2:1
Group 2
06/10/1996 Algeria - Ivory Coast 4:1
Benin - Mali 1:2
26/01/1997 Ivory Coast - Benin 1:0
Mali - Algeria 1:0
23/02/1997 Benin - Algeria 1:1
Mali - Ivory Coast 1:2
22/06/1997 Ivory Coast - Algeria 2:1
Mali - Benin 3:1
13/07/1997 Algeria - Mali 1:0
Benin - Ivory Coast 0:0
27/07/1997 Algeria - Benin 2:0
Ivory Coast - Mali 4:2
Group 3
04/10/1996 Egypt - Morocco 1:1 (0:0)
06/10/1996 Ethiopia - Senegal 1:2
25/01/1997 Senegal - Egypt 0:0 (0:0)
22/02/1997 Senegal - Morocco 0:0
23/02/1997 Ethiopia - Egypt 1:1 (0:0)
31/05/1997 Morocco - Ethiopia 4:0
21/06/1997 Morocco - Egypt 1:0 (0:0)
22/06/1997 Senegal - Ethiopia 3:0
13/07/1997 Egypt - Senegal 2:0 (1:0)
Ethiopia - Morocco 0:1
27/07/1997 Egypt - Ethiopia 8:1 (5:0)
Morocco - Senegal 3:0
Group 4
06/10/1996 Tunisia - Sierra Leone 2:0
26/01/1997 Guinea - Tunisia 1:0
23/02/1997 Guinea - Sierra Leone 1:0
13/07/1997 Tunisia - Guinea 1:0
Group 5
06/10/1996 Namibia - Kenya 1:0
Gabon - Cameroon 0:0
25/01/1997 Kenya - Gabon 1:0
26/01/1997 Cameroon - Namibia 4:0
22/02/1997 Kenya - Cameroon 0:0
Namibia - Gabon 1:1
21/06/1997 Kenya - Namibia 0:1
22/06/1997 Cameroon - Gabon 2:2
12/07/1997 Namibia - Cameroon 0:1
13/07/1997 Gabon - Kenya 1:0
27/07/1997 Cameroon - Kenya 1:1
Gabon - Namibia 1:1
Group 6
05/10/1996 Togo - Tanzania 2:1
06/10/1996 Congo DR - Liberia 0:0
26/01/1997 Tanzania - Congo DR 1:2
Liberia - Togo 1:2
23/02/1997 Tanzania - Liberia 1:1
Togo - Congo DR 1:1
22/06/1997 Tanzania - Togo 1:0
Liberia - Congo DR 2:1
13/07/1997 Togo - Liberia 4:0
Congo DR - Tanzania 1:1
27/07/1997 Liberia - Tanzania 1:0
Congo DR - Togo 1:0
Group 7
06/10/1996 Mauritius - Malawi 1:2
Zambia - Mozambique 1:0
25/01/1997 Malawi - Zambia 0:2
26/01/1997 Mozambique - Mauritius 3:0
22/02/1997 Malawi - Mozambique 2:0
23/02/1997 Mauritius - Zambia 0:0
21/06/1997 Malawi - Mauritius 3:2
22/06/1997 Mozambique - Zambia 2:2
12/07/1997 Zambia - Malawi 3:1
13/07/1997 Mauritius - Mozambique 1:3
27/07/1997 Mozambique - Malawi 2:1
Zambia - Mauritius 1:0