2002 African Cup of Nations

2002 African Cup of Nations
Coupe d'Afrique des Nations 2002

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Tournament details
Host country  Mali
Dates 19 January – 10 February
Teams 16 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s) 6 (in 5 host cities)
Final positions
Champions  Cameroon (4th title)
Runners-up  Senegal
Third place  Nigeria
Fourth place  Mali
Tournament statistics
Matches played 32
Goals scored 50 (1.56 per match)
Attendance 570,000 (17,813 per match)
Top scorer(s) Patrick Mboma
Salomon Olembé
Julius Aghahowa
(3 goals)
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The 2002 African Cup of Nations was the 23rd edition of the Africa Cup of Nations, the association football championship of Africa (CAF). It was hosted by Mali. Just like in 2000, the field of sixteen teams was split into four groups of four. Cameroon won its fourth championship (repeating as champions), beating Senegal on penalty kicks 3-2 after a goalless draw.

Contents

Host Cities & Venues

Cities Venues Capacity
Bamako Stade 26 mars 60,000
Bamako Stade Modibo Keïta 30,000
Kayes Stade Abdoulaye Nakoro Cissoko 15,000
Mopti Stade Barema Bocoum 15,000
Ségou Stade Amari Daou 15,000
Sikasso Stade Babemba Traoré 15,000

Squads

For a list of all squads that played in the final tournament, see 2002 African Cup of Nations (squads)

Qualification

For qualification results, see 2002 African Cup of Nations qualification.

Participating teams

Final tournament

First round

Teams highlighted in green progress to the Quarter Finals.

Group A

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
 Nigeria 7 3 2 1 0 2 0 +2
 Mali 5 3 1 2 0 3 1 +2
 Liberia 2 3 0 2 1 3 4 -1
 Algeria 1 3 0 1 2 2 5 -3
January 19, 2002
16:00
 Mali  1 - 1  Liberia Stade 26 mars, Bamako
Attendance: 50,000
Referee: Abdel Hakim Shelmani (Libya)
Keita  87' Weah  45'
January 21, 2002
16:00
 Algeria  0 - 1  Nigeria Stade 26 mars, Bamako
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Felix Tangawarima (Zimbabwe)
Aghahowa  43'
January 24, 2002
19:00
 Mali  0 - 0  Nigeria Stade 26 mars, Bamako
Attendance: 50,000
Referee: Alex Quartey (Ghana)
January 25, 2002
19:30
 Liberia  2 - 2  Algeria Stade 26 mars, Bamako
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Divine Evehe (Cameroon)
Daye  7'
K. Sebwe  72'		 Akrour  45'
Kraouche  90+1'
January 28, 2002
18:00
 Mali  2 - 0  Algeria Stade 26 mars, Bamako
Attendance: 50,000
Referee: Lim Kee Chong (Mauritius)
Bagayoko  18'
Touré  24'
January 28, 2002
18:00
 Liberia  0 - 1  Nigeria Stade Barema Bocoum, Mopti
Attendance: 9,000
Referee: Falla Ndoye (Senegal)
Aghahowa  63'

Group B

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
 South Africa 5 3 1 2 0 3 1 +2
 Ghana 5 3 1 2 0 2 1 +1
 Morocco 4 3 1 1 1 3 4 -1
 Burkina Faso 1 3 0 1 2 2 4 -2
January 20, 2002
19:30
 South Africa  0 - 0  Burkina Faso Stade Amare Daou, Ségou
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Falla Ndoye (Senegal)
January 21, 2002
16:00
 Morocco  0 - 0  Ghana Stade Amare Daou, Ségou
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Domenico Messina (Italy)
January 24, 2002
16:00
 South Africa  0 - 0  Ghana Stade Amare Daou, Ségou
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Mourad Daami (Tunisia)
January 26, 2002
15:30
 Burkina Faso  1 - 2  Morocco Stade Amare Daou, Ségou
Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Lim Kee Chong (Mauritius)
Dagano  58' Zerouali  23', 85'
January 30, 2002
16:00
 South Africa  3 - 1  Morocco Stade Amare Daou, Ségou
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Gamal Al-Ghandour (Egypt)
Zuma  42'
Mngomeni  48'
Nomvethe  51'		 Benmahmoud  77' (pen.)
January 30, 2002
16:00
 Burkina Faso  1 - 2  Ghana Stade Barema Bocoum, Mopti
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Chukwudi Chukwujekwu (Nigeria)
A. Traoré  81' Boakye  90', 90+2'

Group C

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
 Cameroon 9 3 3 0 0 5 0 +5
 Congo DR 4 3 1 1 1 3 2 +1
 Togo 2 3 0 2 1 0 3 -3
 Côte d'Ivoire 1 3 0 1 2 1 4 -3
January 20, 2002
17:30
 Cameroon  1 - 0  Congo DR Stade Babemba Traoré, Sikasso
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Coffi Codjia (Benin)
Mboma  40'
January 21, 2002
18:00
 Togo  0 - 0  Côte d'Ivoire Stade Babemba Traoré, Sikasso
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Chukwudi Chukwujekwu (Nigeria)
January 25, 2002
17:30
 Cameroon  1 - 0  Côte d'Ivoire Stade Babemba Traoré, Sikasso
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Gamal Al-Ghandour (Egypt)
Mboma  85'
January 26, 2002
17:30
 Congo DR  0 - 0  Togo Stade Babemba Traoré, Sikasso
Attendance: 7,000
Referee: Tessema Hailemalak (Ethiopia)
January 29, 2002
16:00
 Cameroon  3 - 0  Togo Stade Babemba Traoré, Sikasso
Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Petros Mathabela (South Africa)
Mettomo  52'
Eto'o  80'
Olembé  89'
January 29, 2002
16:00
 Congo DR  3 - 1  Côte d'Ivoire Stade Abdoulaye Nakoro Cissoko, Keyes
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Felix Tangawarima (Zimbabwe)
Yuvuladio  28'
Nonda  66'
Kimoto  81' (pen.)		 Traoré  86'

Group D

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
 Senegal 7 3 2 1 0 2 0 +2
 Egypt 6 3 2 0 1 3 2 +1
 Tunisia 2 3 0 2 1 0 1 -1
 Zambia 1 3 0 1 2 1 3 -2
January 20, 2002
15:30
 Egypt  0 - 1  Senegal Stade Modibo Kéïta, Bamako
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Mohammad Guezzaz (Morocco)
Diatta  82'
January 21, 2002
19:00
 Zambia  0 - 0  Tunisia Stade Modibo Kéïta, Bamako
Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Koman Coulibaly (Mali)
January 25, 2002
15:30
 Egypt  1 - 0  Tunisia Stade Modibo Kéïta, Bamako
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Arturo Daudén Ibáñez (Spain)
Emam  23'
January 26, 2002
19:30
 Senegal  1 - 0  Zambia Stade Modibo Kéïta, Bamako
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Abdel Hakim Shelmani (Libya)
Camara  90'
January 31, 2002
16:00
 Egypt  2 - 1  Zambia Stade Modibo Kéïta, Bamako
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Coffi Codjia (Benin)
Mido  35'
Emam  53'		 Kampamba  89'
January 31, 2002
16:00
 Senegal  0 - 0  Tunisia Stade Abdoulaye Nakoro Cissoko, Keyes
Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Domenico Messina (Italy)

Knockout Stages

Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
                   
February 3 (19:00) - Bamako        
  Nigeria  1
February 7 (16:00) - Bamako
  Ghana  0  
  Nigeria  1
February 4 (19:00) - Bamako
    Senegal (aet)  2  
  Senegal  2
February 10 (16:00) - Bamako
  Congo DR  0  
  Senegal  0 (2)
February 3 (16:00) - Kayes
    Cameroon (pen)  0 (3)
  South Africa  0
February 7 (19:00) - Bamako
  Mali  2  
  Mali  0 Third place
February 4 (16:00) - Sikasso
    Cameroon  3  
  Cameroon  1   Nigeria  1
  Egypt  0     Mali  0
February 9 (16:00) - Mopti

Quarterfinals

February 3, 2002
16:00
 South Africa  0 - 2  Mali Stade Abdoulaye Nakoro Cissoko, Kayes
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Arturo Daudén Ibáñez (Spain)
Touré  60'
Dr. Coulibaly  90+2'
February 3, 2002
19:00
 Nigeria  1 - 0  Ghana Stade 26 mars, Bamako
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Mohammad Guezzaz (Morocco)
Lawal  80'
February 4, 2002
16:00
 Cameroon  1 - 0  Egypt Stade Babemba Traoré, Sikasso
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Mourad Daami (Tunisia)
Mboma  62'
February 4, 2002
19:00
 Senegal  2 - 0  Congo DR Stade Modibo Keïta, Bamako
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Domenico Messina (Italy)
Diao  30'
Diouf  86'

Semifinals

February 7, 2002
16:00
 Nigeria  1-2 (AET)  Senegal Stade Modibo Keïta, Bamako
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Coffi Codjia (Benin)
Aghahowa  88' P.B. Diop  54'
Diao  97'
February 7, 2002
19:00
 Mali  0-3  Cameroon Stade 26 mars, Bamako
Attendance: 50,000
Referee: Lim Kee Chong (Mauritius)
Olembé  39', 45+1'
Foé  84'

Third place playoff

February 9, 2002
16:00
 Nigeria  1 - 0  Mali Stade Barema Bocoum, Mopti
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Abdel Hakim Shelmani (Libya)
Yakubu  29'

Final

February 13, 2002
15:00
 Senegal  0-0 (AET)
2-3 (PEN)		  Cameroon Stade 26 mars, Bamako
Attendance: 50,000
Referee: Gamal Al-Ghandour (Egypt)
  Penalties  
Coly
Fadiga
Faye
Diouf
Cisse		 2-3 Wome
Suffo
Lauren
Geremi
Song
 African Cup of Nations 2002 Champions 

Cameroon
4th title

Scorers

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

CAF Team of the Tournament

Goalkeeper

Defenders

Midfielders

Forwards

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