2002 FIFA World Cup qualification (CAF)

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.

The Confederation of African Football was allocated five qualifying berths for the 2002 FIFA World Cup.

51 teams entered the qualification process, however Burundi withdrew before the draw was made. In addition, Niger and Comoros did not participate in the qualification process. Guinea was excluded from the competition during the Final Round for government interference with its national association.

Africa's five automatic qualifying berths were taken by Cameroon, Senegal, Tunisia, South Africa, and Nigeria.

Contents

Tournament structure

There were two rounds of play:

First round

Main article: 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification – CAF First Round

Pool A

Team 1   Agg.   Team 2   1st leg     2nd leg  
Mauritania  1-5  Tunisia 1–2 0–3
Guinea-Bissau  0–3  Togo 0–0 0–3
Cape Verde  0–2  Algeria 0–0 0–2
Benin  1–2  Senegal 1–1 0–1
Gambia  0–3  Morocco 0–1 0–2

Pool B

Team 1   Agg.   Team 2   1st leg     2nd leg  
Madagascar  2-1  Gabon 2–0 0–1
Botswana  0–2  Zambia 0–1 0–1
Swaziland  1–8  Angola 0–1 1–7
Lesotho  0–3  South Africa 0–2 0–1
Sudan  2–2 (a)  Mozambique 1–0 1–2

Pool C

Team 1   Agg.   Team 2   1st leg     2nd leg  
São Tomé and Príncipe  2-4  Sierra Leone 2–0 0–4
Central African Republic  1–4  Zimbabwe 0–1 1–3
Rwanda  2–4  Côte d'Ivoire 2–2 0–2
Equatorial Guinea  2–5  Congo 1–3 1–2
Libya  4–3  Mali 3–0 1–3

Pool D

Team 1   Agg.   Team 2   1st leg     2nd leg  
Djibouti  2-10  Congo DR 1–1 1–9
Seychelles  1–4  Namibia 1–1 0–3
Eritrea  0–4  Nigeria 0–0 0–4
Somalia  0–6  Cameroon 0–3 0–3
Mauritius  2–6  Egypt 0–2 2–4

Pool E

Team 1   Agg.   Team 2   1st leg     2nd leg  
Malawi 2-0  Kenya 2–0 0–0
Tanzania  2–4  Ghana 0–1 2–3
Uganda  4–7  Guinea 4–4 0–3
Ethiopia  2–4  Burkina Faso 2–1 0–3
Chad  0–1  Liberia 0–1 0–0

Final round

Main article: 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification – CAF Final Round
Key to colours in group tables
Group winners qualify for the 2002 FIFA World Cup

Group A

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Cameroon 8 6 1 1 14 4 10 19
 Angola 8 3 4 1 11 9 2 13
 Zambia 8 3 2 3 14 11 3 11
 Togo 8 2 3 3 10 13 -3 9
 Libya 8 0 2 6 7 19 -12 2
 
Angola – 2–0 3–1 1–1 2–1
Cameroon 3–0 – 1–0 2–0 1–0
Libya 1–1 0–3 – 3–3 2–4
Togo 1–1 0–2 2–0 – 3–2
Zambia 1–1 2–2 2–0 2–0 –

Group B

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Nigeria 8 5 1 2 15 3 12 16
 Liberia 8 5 0 3 10 8 2 15
 Sudan 8 4 0 4 8 10 -2 12
 Ghana 8 3 2 3 10 9 1 11
 Sierra Leone 8 1 1 6 2 15 -13 4
 
Ghana – 1–3 0–0 5–0 1–0
Liberia 1–2 – 2–1 1–0 2–0
Nigeria 3–0 2–0 – 2–0 3–0
Sierra Leone 1–1 0–1 1–0 – 0–2
Sudan 1–0 2–0 0–4 3–0 –

Group C

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Senegal 8 4 3 1 14 2 12 15
 Morocco 8 4 3 1 8 3 5 15
 Egypt 8 3 4 1 16 7 9 13
 Algeria 8 2 2 4 11 14 -3 8
 Namibia 8 0 2 6 3 26 -23 2
 
Algeria – 1–1 1–2 1–0 1–1
Egypt 5–2 – 0–0 8–2 1–0
Morocco 2–1 1–0 – 4–0 0–0
Namibia 0–4 1–1 0–0 – 0–5
Senegal 3–0 0–0 1–0 4–0 –

Group D

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Tunisia 8 6 2 0 23 4 19 20
 Côte d'Ivoire 8 4 3 1 18 8 10 15
 Congo DR 8 3 1 4 7 16 -9 10
 Madagascar 8 2 0 6 5 15 -10 6
 Congo 8 1 2 5 5 15 -10 5
 
Congo – 1–1 1–1 2–0 1–2
Congo DR 2–0 – 1–2 1–0 0–3
Côte d'Ivoire 2–0 1–2 – 6–0 2–2
Madagascar 1–0 3–0 1–3 – 0–2
Tunisia 6–0 6–0 1–1 1–0 –

Group E

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 South Africa 6 5 1 0 10 3 7 16
 Zimbabwe 6 4 0 2 7 5 2 12
 Burkina Faso 6 1 2 3 7 8 -1 5
 Malawi 6 0 1 5 4 12 -8 1
 Guinea 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
 
Burkina Faso - – 4–2 1–1 1–2
Guinea – – – – –
Malawi 1–1 – – 1–2 0–1
South Africa 1–0 – 2–0 – 2–1
Zimbabwe 1–0 – 2–0 0–2 –

Guinea were excluded on March 19, 2001 after the Guinean sports minister had failed to meet a third FIFA deadline to reinstall the Guinean FA functionaries. Their match results were annulled

References

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