| Group A | | Cameroon 1-0 Burkina Faso | Guinea 1-0 Algeria | | Burkina Faso 2-1 Algeria | Cameroon 2-2 Guinea | | Burkina Faso 1-0 Guinea | Cameroon 2-1 Algeria | | R | Country | P | W | D | L | GS | GA | Pts | | 1 | Cameroon | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 7 | | 2 | Burkina Faso | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | | 3 | Guinea | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | | 4 | Algeria | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 0 |
| Group B | | D.R.Congo 2-1 Togo | Ghana 2-0 Tunisia | | Tunisia 2-1 D.R.Congo | Ghana 1-2 Togo | | Ghana 0-1 D.R.Congo | Tunisia 3-1 Togo | | R | Country | P | W | D | L | GS | GA | Pts | | 1 | Tunisia | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 6 | | 2 | D.R.Congo | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 6 | | 3 | Ghana | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | | 4 | Togo | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 3 |
| Group C | | Cote D'Ivoire 4-3 Namibia | South Africa 0-0 Angola | | Cote D'Ivoire 1-1 South Africa | Angola 3-3 Namibia | | Cote D'Ivoire 5-2 Angola | South Africa 4-1 Namibia | | R | Country | P | W | D | L | GS | GA | Pts | | 1 | Cote D'Ivoire | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 6 | 7 | | 2 | South Africa | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 5 | | 3 | Angola | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 2 | | 4 | Namibia | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 1 |
| Final Ranking | | N | Country | P | W | D | L | GS | GA | Pts | | 1 | Egypt | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 15 | | 2 | South Africa | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 11 | | 3 | D.R.Congo | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 12 | | 4 | Burkina Faso | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 9 | | 5 | Cote D'Ivoire | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 7 | | 6 | Morocco | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 7 | | 7 | Tunisia | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 6 | | 8 | Cameroon | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 7 | | 9 | Guinea | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | | 10 | Zambia | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 4 | | 11 | Ghana | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | | 12 | Togo | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 3 | | 13 | Angola | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 2 | | 14 | Namibia | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 1 | | 15 | Algeria | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 0 | | 16 | Mozambique | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 0 |
Egyptian Team
| Best Player | | Benedict McCarthy (South Africa) | | | | | | | Best African Team 1998 | | | Goal Keeper | | | | Nader El-Sayed (EGY) | | | Right Defender | Libero | Stopper | Left Defender | | Geroge (MOZ) | N.Naebet (ALG) | M.Fish (RSA) | M. Emara (EGY) | | Right Midfield | Playmaker | Midfield Defender | Left Midfield | | H.Al-Qabsi (TUN) | T.Guel (Cote) | S.Ikanza (RD Con) | C.Akonnor (GHA) | | Forwards | | Benedict McCarthy (RSA) | Hossam Hassan (EGY) |
1998 Goal Scorers| Hossam HASSAN | Egypt | 7 | | Benedict McCARTHY | South Africa | 7 |
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