In qualifying for the finals, Tunisia performed the best out of all the teams.

They were runaway leaders of their group, winning all but one of their matches. And at club level, Tunisian sides have also been impressive - getting to the finals of the three continental competitions.

But they have never yet managed to convert this strength into Nations Cup success.

In the last two competitions they were knocked out by the hosts.

South Africa beat them in the final in 1996, and they lost to Burkina Faso in the quarter-finals in 1998.

They will hope to buck this trend in their first game against Nigeria.

Tunisia squad
		Coach: Francesco Scoglio
		Chokri El Ouaer	Esperance
		Khaled Badra	Esperance
		Sami Trabelsi	CS Sfaxien
		Mounir Boukadid	Waldhof Mannheim, Germany
		Hatem Trabelsi	CS Sfaxien
		Bechir Mogaadi	Etoile Sahel
		Imed Mehdhebi	Etoile Sahel
		Zoubier Beya	Freiburg, Germany
		Ali Zitouni	Esperance
		Kaies Ghodhbane	Etoile Sahel
		Adel Sellimi	Freiburg
		Raouf Bouazaine	Club Africain
		Riadh Bouazizi	Etoile Sahel
		Sitajeddine Chihi	Esperance
		Radhi Jaidi	Etoile Sahel
		Radhouane Salhi	Etoile Sahel
		Tarek Thabet	Esperance
		Meher Kanzari	Esperance
		Hassan Gabsi	Esperance
		Zied Jaziri	Etoile Sahel
		Walid Azaiez	Esperance
		Naceur Bedoui	CS Sfaxien