2002 FIFA World Cup qualification (CAF)
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Listed below are the dates and results for the 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification rounds for the African zone (CAF). For an overview of the qualification rounds, see the article 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification.
A total of 51 CAF teams entered the competition. However, Burundi withdrew before the draw was made. The African Zone was allocated 5 places (out of 32) in the final tournament.
There would be two rounds of play:
- First Round: The 50 teams were divided into 5 pools of 10 teams each. In each pool, the 10 teams were paired up to play knockout matches on a home-and-away basis. The winners would advance to the Final Round.
- Final Round: The 25 teams were divided into 5 groups of 5 teams each. The teams would play against each other on a home-and-away basis. The group winners would qualify.
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[edit] CAF First round
[edit] Pool A
April 7, 2000, Nouakchott, Mauritania - 
Mauritania 1 - 2 Tunisia 
April 22, 2000, Tunis, Tunisia - Tunisia 3 - 0 Mauritania
Tunisia advanced to the Final Round.
April 8, 2000, Bissau, Guinea-Bissau - 
Guinea-Bissau 0 - 0 Togo 
April 23, 2000, Lomé, Togo - Togo 3 - 0 Guinea-Bissau
Togo advanced to the Final Round.
April 9, 2000, Mindelo, Cape Verde - 
Cape Verde 0 - 0 Algeria 
April 21, 2000, Annaba, Algeria - Algeria 2 - 0 Cape Verde
Algeria advanced to the Final Round.
April 9, 2000, Cotonou, Benin - 
Benin 1 - 1 Senegal 
April 23, 2000, Dakar, Senegal - Senegal 1 - 0 Benin
Senegal advanced to the Final Round.
April 9, 2000, Banjul, Gambia - 
Gambia 0 - 1 Morocco 
April 22, 2000, Casablanca, Morocco - Morocco 2 - 0 Gambia
Morocco advanced to the Final Round.
[edit] Pool B
April 8, 2000, Antananarivo, Madagascar - 
Madagascar 2 - 0 Gabon 
April 22, 2000, Libreville, Gabon - Gabon 1 - 0 Madagascar
Madagascar advanced to the Final Round.
April 8, 2000, Gaborone, Botswana - 
Botswana 0 - 1 Zambia 
April 22, 2000, Lusaka, Zambia - Zambia 1 - 0 Botswana
Zambia advanced to the Final Round.
April 9, 2000, Mbabane, Swaziland - 
Swaziland 0 - 1 
Angola
April 23, 2000, Luanda, Angola - Angola 7 - 1 Swaziland
Angola advanced to the Final Round.
April 9, 2000, Maseru, Lesotho - 
Lesotho 0 - 2 South Africa 
April 22, 2000, Bloemfontein, South Africa - South Africa 1 - 0 Lesotho
South Africa advanced to the Final Round.
April 9, 2000, Khartoum, Sudan - 
Sudan 1 - 0 Mozambique 
April 23, 2000, Maputo, Mozambique - Mozambique 2 - 1 Sudan
Sudan advanced to the Final Round due to the away goals rule, scoring 1 goal to Mozambqiue's zero.
[edit] Pool C
April 8, 2000, São Tomé, São Tomé and Príncipe - 
São Tomé and Príncipe 2 - 0 Sierra Leone 
April 22, 2000, Freetown, Sierra Leone - Sierra Leone 4 - 0 São Tomé and Príncipe
Sierra Leone advanced to the Final Round.
April 9, 2000, Bangui, Central African Republic - 
Central African Republic 0 - 1 Zimbabwe 
April 23, 2000, Harare, Zimbabwe - Zimbabwe 3 - 1 Central African Republic
Zimbabwe advanced to the Final Round.
April 9, 2000, Kigali, Rwanda - 
Rwanda 2 - 2 Côte d'Ivoire 
April 23, 2000, Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire - Côte d'Ivoire 2 - 0 Rwanda
Côte d'Ivoire advanced to the Final Round.
April 9, 2000, Malabo, Equatorial Guinea - 
Equatorial Guinea 1 - 3 Congo 
April 23, 2000, Pointe-Noire, Congo - Congo 2 - 1 Equatorial Guinea
Republic of the Congo advanced to the Final Round.
April 9, 2000, Tripoli, Libya - 
Libya 3 - 0 Mali 
April 23, 2000, Bamako, Mali - Mali 3 - 1 Libya
Libya advanced to the Final Round.
[edit] Pool D
April 7, 2000, Djibouti, Djibouti - 
Djibouti 1 - 1 Congo DR 
April 23, 2000, Kinshasa, DR Congo - Congo DR 9 - 1 Djibouti
Congo DR advanced to the Final Round.
April 8, 2000, Victoria, Seychelles - 
Seychelles 1 - 1 Namibia 
April 22, 2000, Windhoek, Namibia - Namibia 3 - 0 Seychelles
Namibia advanced to the Final Round.
April 9, 2000, Asmara, Eritrea - 
Eritrea 0 - 0 Nigeria 
April 22, 2000, Lagos, Nigeria - Nigeria 4 - 0 Eritrea
Nigeria advanced to the Final Round.
April 19, 2000, Yaoundé, Cameroon - 
Somalia 0 - 3 Cameroon 
- This match was played in Cameroon instead of in Somalia due to its political situation.
April 23, 2000, Yaoundé, Cameroon - Cameroon 3 - 0 Somalia
Cameroon advanced to the Final Round.
April 20, 2000, Cairo, Egypt - 
Mauritius 0 - 2 Egypt 
- This match was played in Egypt instead of in Mauritius.
April 23, 2000, Alexandria, Egypt - Egypt 4 - 2 Mauritius
Egypt advanced to the Final Round.
[edit] Pool E
April 8, 2000, Blantyre, Malawi - 
Malawi 2 - 0 Kenya 
April 22, 2000, Nairobi, Kenya - Kenya 0 - 0 Malawi
Malawi advanced to the Final Round.
April 8, 2000, Arusha, Tanzania - 
Tanzania 0 - 1 Ghana 
April 23, 2000, Accra, Ghana - Ghana 3 - 2 Tanzania
Ghana advanced to the Final Round.
April 8, 2000, Kampala, Uganda - 
Uganda 4 - 4 Guinea 
April 23, 2000, Conakry, Guinea - Guinea 3 - 0 Uganda
Guinea advanced to the Final Round.
April 9, 2000, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia - 
Ethiopia 2 - 1 Burkina Faso 
April 23, 2000, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso - Burkina Faso 3 - 0 Ethiopia
Burkina Faso advanced to the Final Round.
April 9, 2000, N'Djamena, Chad - 
Chad 0 - 1 Liberia 
April 23, 2000, Monrovia, Liberia - Liberia 0 - 0 Chad
Liberia advanced to the Final Round.
[edit] CAF Final Round
[edit] Group 1
June 18, 2000, Luanda, Angola - Angola 2 - 1 Zambia
June 18, 2000, Tripoli, Libya - Libya 0 - 3 Cameroon
July 8, 2000, Lusaka, Zambia - Zambia 2 - 0 Togo
July 9, 2000, Yaoundé, Cameroon - Cameroon 3 - 0 Angola
January 28, 2001, Luanda, Angola - Angola 3 - 1 Libya
January 28, 2001, Lomé, Togo - Togo 0 - 2 Cameroon
February 23, 2001, Benghazi, Libya - Libya 3 - 3 Togo
February 25, 2001, Yaoundé, Cameroon - Cameroon 1 - 0 Zambia
March 10, 2001, Chingola, Zambia - Zambia 2 - 0 Libya
March 11, 2001, Lomé, Togo - Togo 1 - 1 Angola
April 21, 2001, Lusaka, Zambia - Zambia 1 - 1 Angola
April 22, 2001, Yaoundé, Cameroon - Cameroon 1 - 0 Libya
May 6, 2001, Lomé, Togo - Togo 3 - 2 Zambia
May 6, 2001, Luanda, Angola - Angola 2 - 0 Cameroon
June 29, 2001, Tripoli, Libya - Libya 1 - 1 Angola
July 1, 2001, Yaoundé, Cameroon - Cameroon 2 - 0 Togo
July 14, 2001, Lusaka, Zambia - Zambia 2 - 2 Cameroon
July 15, 2001, Lomé, Togo - Togo 2 - 0 Libya
July 27, 2001, Tripoli, Libya - Libya 2 - 4 Zambia
July 29, 2001, Luanda, Angola - Angola 1 - 1 Togo
| Rank | Team | Pts | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cameroon |
19 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 4 | 10 |
| 2 | Angola |
13 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 9 | 2 |
| 3 | Zambia |
11 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 3 |
| 4 | Togo |
9 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 13 | -3 |
| 5 | Libya |
2 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 19 | -12 |
Cameroon qualified.
[edit] Group 2
June 17, 2000, Lagos, Nigeria - Nigeria 2 - 0 Sierra Leone
June 18, 2000, Omdurman, Sudan - Sudan 2 - 0 Liberia
July 8, 2000, Accra, Ghana - Ghana 5 - 0 Sierra Leone
July 9, 2000, Monrovia, Liberia - Liberia 2 - 1 Nigeria
January 27, 2001, Port Harcourt, Nigeria - Nigeria 3 - 0 Sudan
January 28, 2001, Accra, Ghana - Ghana 1 - 3 Liberia
February 25, 2001, Khartoum, Sudan - Sudan 1 - 0 Ghana
February 25, 2001, Monrovia, Liberia - Liberia 1 - 0 Sierra Leone
March 10, 2001, Freetown, Sierra Leone - Sierra Leone 0 - 2 Sudan
March 11, 2001, Accra, Ghana - Ghana 0 - 0 Nigeria
April 21, 2001, Freetown, Sierra Leone - Sierra Leone 1 - 0 Nigeria
April 22, 2001, Monrovia, Liberia - Liberia 2 - 0 Sudan
May 5, 2001, Port Harcourt, Nigeria - Nigeria 2 - 0 Liberia
May 5, 2001, Freetown, Sierra Leone - Sierra Leone 1 - 1 Ghana
July 1, 2001, Monrovia, Liberia - Liberia 1 - 2 Ghana
July 1, 2001, Omdurman, Sudan - Sudan 0 - 4 Nigeria
July 14, 2001, Freetown, Sierra Leone - Sierra Leone 0 - 1 Liberia
July 15, 2001, Accra, Ghana - Ghana 1 - 0 Sudan
July 29, 2001, Port Harcourt, Nigeria - Nigeria 3 - 0 Ghana
July 29, 2001, Omdurman, Sudan - Sudan 3 - 0 Sierra Leone
| Rank | Team | Pts | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nigeria |
16 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 3 | 12 |
| 2 | Liberia |
15 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 2 |
| 3 | Sudan |
12 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 2 |
| 4 | Ghana |
11 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 1 |
| 5 | Sierra Leone |
4 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 15 | -13 |
Nigeria qualified.
[edit] Group 3
June 16, 2000, Annaba, Algeria - Algeria 1 - 1 Senegal
June 17, 2000, Windhoek, Namibia - Namibia 0 - 0 Morocco
July 9, 2000, Casablanca, Morocco - Morocco 2 - 1 Algeria
July 9, 2000, Dakar, Senegal - Senegal 0 - 0 Egypt
January 26, 2001, Algiers, Algeria - Algeria 1 - 0 Namibia
January 28, 2001, Cairo, Egypt - Egypt 0 - 0 Morocco
February 24, 2001, Windhoek, Namibia - Namibia 1 - 1 Egypt
February 24, 2001, Rabat, Morocco - Morocco 0 - 0 Senegal
March 10, 2001, Dakar, Senegal - Senegal 4 - 0 Namibia
March 11, 2001, Cairo, Egypt - Egypt 5 - 2 Algeria
April 21, 2001, Dakar, Senegal - Senegal 3 - 0 Algeria
April 21, 2001, Rabat, Morocco - Morocco 3 - 0 Namibia
May 4, 2001, Algiers, Algeria - Algeria 1 - 2 Morocco
May 6, 2001, Cairo, Egypt - Egypt 1 - 0 Senegal
June 30, 2001, Windhoek, Namibia - Namibia 0 - 4 Algeria
June 30, 2001, Rabat, Morocco - Morocco 1 - 0 Egypt
July 13, 2001, Alexandria, Egypt - Egypt 8 - 2 Namibia
July 14, 2001, Dakar, Senegal - Senegal 1 - 0 Morocco
July 21, 2001, Windhoek, Namibia - Namibia 0 - 5 Senegal
July 21, 2001, Algiers, Algeria - Algeria 1 - 1 Egypt
| Rank | Team | Pts | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Senegal |
15 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 2 | 12 |
| 2 | Morocco |
15 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 5 |
| 3 | Egypt |
13 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 16 | 7 | 9 |
| 4 | Algeria |
8 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 14 | -3 |
| 5 | Namibia |
2 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 23 | -20 |
Senegal qualified.
[edit] Group 4
June 17, 2000, Antananarivo, Madagascar - Madagascar 3 - 0 Congo DR
June 18, 2000, Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire - Côte d'Ivoire 2 - 2 Tunisia
July 8, 2000, Tunis, Tunisia - Tunisia 1 - 0 Madagascar
July 9, 2000, Kinshasa, DR Congo - Congo DR 2 - 0 Congo
January 27, 2001, Antananarivo, Madagascar - Madagascar 1 - 3 Côte d'Ivoire
January 28, 2001, Pointe-Noire, Congo - Congo 1 - 2 Tunisia
February 25, 2001, Tunis, Tunisia - Tunisia 6 - 0 Congo DR
March 10, 2001, Kinshasa, DR Congo - Congo DR 1 - 2 Côte d'Ivoire
April 22, 2001, Kinshasa, DR Congo - Congo DR 1 - 0 Madagascar
April 22, 2001, Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire - Côte d'Ivoire 2 - 0 Congo
April 27, 2001, Pointe-Noire, Congo - Congo 2 - 0 Madagascar
May 5, 2001, Antananarivo, Madagascar - Madagascar 0 - 2 Tunisia
May 6, 2001, Pointe-Noire, Congo - Congo 1 - 1 Congo DR
May 20, 2001, Tunis, Tunisia - Tunisia 1 - 1 Côte d'Ivoire
July 1, 2001, Tunis, Tunisia - Tunisia 6 - 0 Congo
July 1, 2001, Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire - Côte d'Ivoire 6 - 0 Madagascar
July 15, 2001, Kinshasa, DR Congo - Congo DR 0 - 3 Tunisia
July 15, 2001, Pointe-Noire, Congo - Congo 1 - 1 Côte d'Ivoire
July 29, 2001, Antananarivo, Madagascar - Madagascar 1 - 0 Congo
July 29, 2001, Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire - Côte d'Ivoire 1 - 2 Congo DR
| Rank | Team | Pts | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tunisia |
20 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 23 | 4 | 19 |
| 2 | Côte d'Ivoire |
15 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 18 | 8 | 10 |
| 3 | Congo DR |
10 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 16 | -9 |
| 4 | Madagascar |
6 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 15 | -10 |
| 5 | Congo |
5 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 15 | -10 |
Tunisia qualified.
[edit] Group 5
June 17, 2000, Blantyre, Malawi - Malawi 1 - 1 Burkina Faso
June 18, 2000, Conakry, Guinea - Guinea 3 - 0 Zimbabwe
July 9, 2000, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso - Burkina Faso 2 - 3 Guinea
July 9, 2000, Harare, Zimbabwe - Zimbabwe 0 - 2 South Africa
- The match was abandoned at 0-2, and the result was verified by FIFA.
January 27, 2001, Rustenburg, South Africa - South Africa 1 - 0 Burkina Faso
January 28, 2001, Conakry, Guinea - Guinea 1 - 1 Malawi
Guinea was disqualified by FIFA since its FA was suspended due to political interference. Their match results were annulled.
February 24, 2001, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso - Burkina Faso 1 - 2 Zimbabwe
February 25, 2001, Blantyre, Malawi - Malawi 1 - 2 South Africa
March 11, 2001, Harare, Zimbabwe - Zimbabwe 2 - 0 Malawi
April 21, 2001, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso - Burkina Faso 4 - 2 Malawi
May 5, 2001, Johannesburg, South Africa - South Africa 2 - 1 Zimbabwe
July 1, 2001, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso - Burkina Faso 1 - 1 South Africa
July 14, 2001, Durban, South Africa - South Africa 2 - 0 Malawi
July 15, 2001, Harare, Zimbabwe - Zimbabwe 1 - 0 Burkina Faso
July 28, 2001, Blantyre, Malawi - Malawi 0 - 1 Zimbabwe
| Rank | Team | Pts | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | South Africa |
16 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 7 |
| 2 | Zimbabwe |
12 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 2 |
| 3 | Burkina Faso |
5 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 8 | -1 |
| 4 | Malawi |
1 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 12 | -8 |
South Africa qualified.
