2002 African Cup of Nations qualification

This page details the process of qualifying for the 2002 African Cup of Nations.

Qualified teams

The 16 qualified teams are:

Preliminary round

The quarter finalists of 2000 Africa Cup of Nations received a bye to the group stage. These teams are: Algeria, Egypt, Ghana, Nigeria, Senegal, South Africa, Tunisia.

16 July 2000
Burkina Faso  3–0  Mauritania
Oumar Barro  23', 71'
Manga Diabaté  76'

Burkina Faso win 3-0 on aggregate


1 July 2000
Gambia  2–2  Guinea
Abdoulie Corr  31' (pen.), 44' (pen.) Taifour Diané  39'
Souleymane Youla  87'

Guinea win 4-2 on aggregate


15 July 2000
Gabon  4–1  São Tomé and Príncipe
Etienne Bito'o  17', 21', 70'
Valery Ondo  50'
Ramos Amilcar  88'

Gabon win 5-2 on aggregate


2 July 2000
Equatorial Guinea  0–1  Angola
Isaac  72'
Estadio La Paz, Malabo

16 July 2000
Angola  4–1  Equatorial Guinea
Paulão  14'
Akwá  18'
Mendonça  83'
Isaac  88'
Casiano Mba  33'

Angola win 5-1 on aggregate


2 July 2000
Benin  2–0  Namibia
Léon Bessan  46'
Moussa Latoundji  50'

15 July 2000
Namibia  8–2  Benin
Robert Nauseb  4'
Silvester Goraseb  8', 20', 36'
Razundara Tjikuzu  25', 43'
Quinton Jacobs  31' (pen.)
Collin Benjamin  77'
Eric Assouma  6', 12'

Namibia win 8-4 on aggregate


Cote d'Ivoire win 7-0 on aggregate


16 July 2000
Liberia  3–0  Cape Verde
George Weah  3', 77'
Alex Brown  71'

Liberia win 3-1 on aggregate


20 August 2000
Sierra Leone  2–0  Togo
Ibrahim Bah  33'
Abu Kanu  51'

3 September 2000
Togo  2–0  Sierra Leone
Mohamed Kader  26'
Tadjou Salou  60' (pen.)

2-2 after extra time, Togo win 4-2 on penalties


Congo DR won 3–1 on aggregate


2 July 2000
Sudan  5–1  Eritrea
Khalid Bakheit  4'
James Moga  11'
Mohammed Musa  54'
Hisham Seeni  56'
Amir Mustafa  86'
Basili Abraham  6'

15 July 2000
Eritrea  2–1  Sudan
Fassil Abreha  33'
Yidnekachew Shimangus  45'
Rtshard Samson  66'

Sudan won 6–3 on aggregate


2 July 2000
Rwanda  2–1  Congo

16 July 2000
Congo  5–1  Rwanda
Lebali Eder  6'
Goma Amoros  8' (pen.)
Pedel Moyimouadeka  26'
Ngoma Nanitelamio  61'
Denis Tsoumou  61'
Mayele  80'

Congo won 6–3 on aggregate


30 June 2000
Djibouti  1–3  Burundi

Burundi won 4–1 on aggregate


15 July 2000
Madagascar  2–0  Botswana
Harry Randrianaivo  3'
Claude Ralaitafika  48'

Madagascar won 2–1 on aggregate


14 July 2000
Libya  3–1  Chad

4–4 on aggregate, Libya won 8–7 on penalty shootout


2 July 2000
Ethiopia  1–0  Zambia
Sintayehu Getachew  34'

15 July 2000
Zambia  2–0  Ethiopia
Bernard Makufi  2'
Gift Kampamba  67'

Zambia on 2–1 on aggregate


16 July 2000
Zimbabwe  5–0  Seychelles
Luke Petros
Blessing Makunike
Peter Ndlovu
Nqobizitha Ncube

Zimbabwe on 6–0 on aggregate


16 July 2000
Mauritius  3–2  Tanzania
Sebastian Bax  77'
Tony François  79'
Christopher Perle  88'
Cassim Tembele  24'
Ntese Lungu  28'

Mauritius won 4–2 on aggregate


1 July 2000
Uganda  3–1  Malawi
Hassan Mubiru  3'
Hakim Magumba  14'
Andrew Mukasa  52'
Daniel Chitsulo  89'

15 July 2000
Malawi  1–2  Uganda
Mtawali Chirwali  51' Hassan Mubiru  30'
Majid Musisi  81'

Uganda won 5–2 on aggregate


16 July 2000
Mozambique  1–0  Lesotho
Dário  82'

1–1 after extra time; Lesotho won 3-2 on penalty shootout


2 July 2000
Swaziland  3–2  Kenya
Dumisa Dlamini  43', 75' (pen.)
Mfanzile Dlamini  56'
Musa Otieno  38'
Mike Okoth  86'

15 July 2000
Kenya  3–0  Swaziland
Bernard Onyango  19'
Mike Okoth  78'
Sammy Simiyu  83'

Kenya won 5–3 on aggregate


Guinea-Bissau withdrew; Morocco advanced

Qualifying round

Qualifying took place between 2 September 2000 and 17 June 2001.

Group 1

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
 Nigeria 14642091+8
 Zambia 86222550
 Madagascar 5612357−2
 Namibia 56123511−6

2 September 2000
Nigeria  4–0  Namibia
Victor Ikpeba  39', 73', 88'
Pascal Ojigwe  55'

2 September 2000
Zambia  1–2  Madagascar
Dennis Lota  34' Ratsimialona  42'
Harry Randrianaivo  75'


8 October 2000
Namibia  1–2  Zambia

13 January 2001
Nigeria  1–0  Zambia
Victor Agali  33'

13 January 2001
Namibia  2–2  Madagascar
Johannes Hindjou  77'
George Hummel  89'
Harry Randrianaivo  33'
Ratsimialona  44'


24 March 2001
Madagascar  1–2  Namibia
Ruphin Menakely  30' Michael Pienaar  5'
Floris Diergaardt  10'

2 June 2001
Zambia  0–0  Namibia


16 June 2001
Namibia  0–2  Nigeria
Yakubu Aiyegbeni  89'
Ishola Shuaibu  90'

Group 2

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
 Liberia 136411144+10
 South Africa 12633094+5
 Congo 5612349−5
 Mauritius 26024212−10


8 October 2000
Mauritius  1–2  Congo
Jean-Marc Ithier  47' Guié-Mien  27', 29'


13 January 2001
Mauritius  1–1  South Africa
Pascal Francois  60' (pen.) Delron Buckley  43'

14 January 2001
Liberia  5–1  Congo
James Debbah  23', 60'
Oliver Makor  30'
Zizi Roberts  51'
Prince Daye  62'
Dongo Christ  21'


25 March 2001
Congo  0–1  Liberia
Prince Daye  62'



16 June 2001
Mauritius  0–2  Liberia
Isaac Tondo  1', 61'

Group 3

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
 Morocco 10631254+1
 Tunisia 8622297+2
 Gabon 86222880
 Kenya 6613258−3

2 September 2000
Gabon  2–0  Morocco
Guy-Roger N'zeng  38'
Etienne Bito'o  56'



8 October 2000
Morocco  1–0  Kenya
Youssef Chippo  43'

13 January 2001
Tunisia  0–1  Morocco
Abdeljalil Hadda  49'



24 March 2001
Gabon  1–1  Kenya
Valéry Ondo  67' (pen.) Sammy Wanyonyi  85'



16 June 2001
Morocco  0–1  Gabon
Nguema  43'

17 June 2001
Tunisia  4–1  Kenya
Ali Zitouni  33', 62'
Ziad Jaziri  42', 44'
Simeon Mulama  61'

Group 4

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
 Algeria 11632197+2
 Burkina Faso 11632143+1
 Angola 8622287+1
 Burundi 2602426−4



8 October 2000
Angola  2–2  Algeria
Sousa  52'
António Mendonça  66'
Abdelhafid Tasfaout  10', 26'




25 March 2001
Angola  2–0  Burkina Faso
Quinzinho  44'
Akwá  75'

1 June 2001
Algeria  3–2  Angola
Rafik Saïfi  6', 41' (pen.)
Kamel Kherkhache  80'
Quinzinho  29'
Joni  60'



17 June 2001
Angola  2–1  Burundi
Paulão  25'
Flávio  52'
Selemane  50'

Group 5

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
 Togo 10431070+7
 Senegal 5412142+2
 Uganda 14013110−9
 Guinea 00000000

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

24 September 2000
Senegal  0–0  Togo

8 October 2000
Togo  3–0  Uganda
Tadjou Salou  29' (pen.)
Noutsoudjin Kossi  49'
Kader Coubadja-Touré  73'

13 January 2001
Uganda  1–1  Senegal
Mathias Kawesa  69' Pape Thiaw  6'

24 March 2001
Senegal  3–0  Uganda
El Hadj Diouf  18', 85'
Henri Camara  40'

2 June 2001
Uganda  0–3  Togo
Kader Coubadja-Touré  34', 70'
Kouadji Dogbe  48'

17 June 2001
Togo  1–0  Senegal
Noutsoudjin Kossi  32'

Group 6

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
 Ghana 136411168+8
 DR Congo 8622279−2
 Lesotho 6613279−2
 Zimbabwe 66204812−4

3 September 2000
Zimbabwe  3–2  DR Congo
Luke Petros  6', 73'
Peter Ndlovu  22'
Mayélé  29' (pen.)
Kambamu Wakanyenkele  67'

3 September 2000
Lesotho  3–3  Ghana
Seth Lephoto  47'
Masupha Majara  49'
Molefe Makhele  61'
Charles Amoah  27'
Nana Arhin Duah  80', 88'


10 October 2000
DR Congo  1–1  Lesotho
Moro Nvula  57' Paballo Mpakanyane  65'

14 January 2001
Zimbabwe  1–2  Lesotho
Benjani Mwaruwari  21' Masupha Majara  40'
Lehlohonolo Seema  87' (pen.)


24 March 2001
Lesotho  0–1  Zimbabwe
Peter Ndlovu  88'

25 March 2001
Ghana  3–0  DR Congo
Charles Allotey  17', 84'
Stephen Appiah  49'

3 June 2001
Lesotho  0–0  DR Congo

3 June 2001
Zimbabwe  1–2  Ghana
Wilfred Mugeyi  15' Owusu-Ansah  39'
Isaac Boakye  89'


Group 7

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
 Egypt 136411116+5
 Ivory Coast 11632194+5
 Libya 66204410−6
 Sudan 4611437−4

10 September 2000
Libya  1–0  Sudan
Ezzedine Al-Masrati  44'

8 October 2000
Sudan  0–1  Egypt
Hossam Hassan  22'

19 November 2000
Ivory Coast  2–1  Libya
Ibrahima Bakayoko  17'
Zephirin Zoko  87'
Ahmed Masli  8'

14 January 2001
Egypt  4–0  Libya
Ibrahim Hassan  27'
Ahmed Hassan  47', 62'
Abdel Sattar Sabry  66' (pen.)

20 January 2001
Ivory Coast  2–0  Sudan
Abdul Kader Keïta  38'
Zephirin Zoko  80'

23 March 2001
Libya  2–0  Egypt
Ahmed Abu Kubba  53'
Ahmed Elmosly  65'


3 June 2001
Egypt  3–2  Sudan
Ahmed Hossam  20', 51'
Ahmed Hosni  58'
James Moga  69'
Farouk Gabra  89' (pen.)



17 June 2001
Sudan  1–0  Libya
Edward Gildo Fidda  45'
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