2002 African Cup of Nations

2002 African Cup of Nations
Coupe d'Afrique des Nations 2002
Africa Cup of Nations 2002 official logo
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	48 (1.5 per match)
Attendance	570,000 (17,813 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Julius Aghahowa Patrick Mboma Salomon Olembé (3 goals each)
Best player	Rigobert Song

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.

Qualification

Participating countries

Squads

Venues

Bamako Kayes Mopti Ségou Sikasso			Bamako
			Stade du 26 Mars
			Capacity: 55,000

			Bamako
			Stade Modibo Keïta
			Capacity: 30,000

Kayes	Mopti	Ségou	Sikasso
Stade Abdoulaye Nakoro Cissoko	Stade Barema Bocoum	Stade Amari Daou	Stade Babemba Traoré
Capacity: 15,000	Capacity: 15,000	Capacity: 15,000	Capacity: 15,000

First round

Teams highlighted in green progress to the Quarter Finals.

Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Nigeria	3	2	1	0	2	0	+2	7
Mali	3	1	2	0	3	1	+2	5
Liberia	3	0	2	1	3	4	−1	2
Algeria	3	0	1	2	2	5	−3	1

Mali v Liberia

19 January 2002
16:00

Mali	1–1	Liberia
Keita 87'		Weah 45'

Stade du 26 Mars, Bamako
Attendance: 50,000
Referee: Abdel Hakim Shelmani (Libya)

Algeria v Nigeria

21 January 2002
16:00

Algeria	0–1	Nigeria
		Aghahowa 43'

Stade du 26 Mars, Bamako
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Felix Tangawarima (Zimbabwe)

Mali v Nigeria

24 January 2002
19:00

Mali	0–0	Nigeria

Stade du 26 Mars, Bamako
Attendance: 50,000
Referee: Alex Quartey (Ghana)

Liberia v Algeria

25 January 2002
19:30

Liberia	2–2	Algeria
Daye 7' K. Sebwe 72'		Akrour 45' Kraouche 90+1'

Stade du 26 Mars, Bamako
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Evehe Divine (Cameroon)

Mali v Algeria

28 January 2002
18:00

Mali	2–0	Algeria
Bagayoko 18' Touré 24'

Stade du 26 Mars, Bamako
Attendance: 50,000
Referee: Lim Kee Chong (Mauritius)

Liberia v Nigeria

28 January 2002
18:00

Liberia	0–1	Nigeria
		Aghahowa 63'

Stade Barema Bocoum, Mopti
Attendance: 9,000
Referee: Falla Ndoye (Senegal)

Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
South Africa	3	1	2	0	3	1	+2	5
Ghana	3	1	2	0	2	1	+1	5
Morocco	3	1	1	1	3	4	−1	4
Burkina Faso	3	0	1	2	2	4	−2	1

South Africa v Burkina Faso

20 January 2002
19:30

South Africa	0–0	Burkina Faso

Stade Amare Daou, Ségou
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Falla Ndoye (Senegal)

Morocco v Ghana

21 January 2002
16:00

Morocco	0–0	Ghana

Stade Amare Daou, Ségou
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Domenico Messina (Italy)

South Africa v Ghana

24 January 2002
16:00

South Africa	0–0	Ghana

Stade Amare Daou, Ségou
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Mourad Daami (Tunisia)

Burkina Faso v Morocco

26 January 2002
15:30

Burkina Faso	1–2	Morocco
Dagano 58'		Zerouali 23', 85'

Stade Amare Daou, Ségou
Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Lim Kee Chong (Mauritius)

South Africa v Morocco

30 January 2002
16:00

South Africa	3–1	Morocco
Zuma 42' Mngomeni 48' Nomvethe 51'		Benmahmoud 77' (pen.)

Stade Amare Daou, Ségou
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Gamal Al-Ghandour (Egypt)

Burkina Faso v Ghana

30 January 2002
16:00

Burkina Faso	1–2	Ghana
K. Traoré 81'		Boakye 90', 90+2'

Stade Barema Bocoum, Mopti
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Chukwudi Chukwujekwu (Nigeria)

Group C

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Cameroon	3	3	0	0	5	0	+5	9
DR Congo	3	1	1	1	3	2	+1	4
Togo	3	0	2	1	0	3	−3	2
Ivory Coast	3	0	1	2	1	4	−3	1

Cameroon v DR Congo

20 January 2002
17:30

Cameroon	1–0	DR Congo
M'Boma 40'

Stade Babemba Traoré, Sikasso
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Coffi Codjia (Benin)

Togo v Ivory Coast

21 January 2002
18:00

Togo	0–0	Ivory Coast

Stade Babemba Traoré, Sikasso
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Chukwudi Chukwujekwu (Nigeria)

Cameroon v Ivory Coast

25 January 2002
17:30

Cameroon	1–0	Ivory Coast
M'Boma 85'

Stade Babemba Traoré, Sikasso
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Gamal Al-Ghandour (Egypt)

DR Congo v Togo

26 January 2002
17:30

DR Congo	0–0	Togo

Stade Babemba Traoré, Sikasso
Attendance: 7,000
Referee: Hailemalak Tessema (Ethiopia)

Cameroon v Togo

29 January 2002
16:00

Cameroon	3–0	Togo
Mettomo 52' Eto'o 80' Olembé 89'

Stade Babemba Traoré, Sikasso
Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Petros Mathabela (South Africa)

DR Congo v Ivory Coast

29 January 2002
16:00

DR Congo	3–1	Ivory Coast
Yuvuladio 28' Nonda 66' Kimoto 81' (pen.)		Traoré 86'

Stade Abdoulaye Nakoro Cissoko, Kayes
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Felix Tangawarima (Zimbabwe)

Group D

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Senegal	3	2	1	0	2	0	+2	7
Egypt	3	2	0	1	3	2	+1	6
Tunisia	3	0	2	1	0	1	−1	2
Zambia	3	0	1	2	1	3	−2	1

Egypt v Senegal

20 January 2002
15:30

Egypt	0–1	Senegal
		Diatta 82'

Stade Modibo Kéïta, Bamako
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Mohamed Guezzaz (Morocco)

Zambia v Tunisia

21 January 2002
19:00

Zambia	0–0	Tunisia

Stade Modibo Kéïta, Bamako
Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Koman Coulibaly (Mali)

Egypt v Tunisia

25 January 2002
15:30

Egypt	1–0	Tunisia
Emam 23'

Stade Modibo Kéïta, Bamako
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Arturo Daudén Ibáñez (Spain)

Senegal v Zambia

26 January 2002
19:30

Senegal	1–0	Zambia
Camara 90'

Stade Modibo Kéïta, Bamako
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Abdel Hakim Shelmani (Libya)

Egypt v Zambia

31 January 2002
16:00

Egypt	2–1	Zambia
Mido 35' Emam 53'		Kampamba 89'

Stade Modibo Kéïta, Bamako
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Coffi Codjia (Benin)

Senegal v Tunisia

31 January 2002
16:00

Senegal	0–0	Tunisia

Stade Abdoulaye Nakoro Cissoko, Kayes
Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Domenico Messina (Italy)

Knockout stage

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

3 February, 19:00 - Bamako

Nigeria

7 February, 16:00 - Bamako

Ghana

Nigeria

4 February, 19:00 - Bamako

Senegal (aet)

Senegal

10 February, 16:00 - Bamako

DR Congo

Senegal

0 (2)

3 February, 16:00 - Kayes

Cameroon (pen)

0 (3)

South Africa

7 February, 19:00 - Bamako

Mali

Mali

Third place

4 February, 16:00 - Sikasso

Cameroon

Nigeria

Egypt

Mali

9 February, 16:00 - Mopti

Quarterfinals

South Africa v Mali

3 February 2002
16:00

South Africa	0–2	Mali
		Touré 60' Dr. Coulibaly 90+2'

Stade Abdoulaye Nakoro Cissoko, Kayes
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Arturo Daudén Ibáñez (Spain)

Nigeria v Ghana

3 February 2002
19:00

Nigeria	1–0	Ghana
Lawal 80'

Stade du 26 Mars, Bamako
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Mohamed Guezzaz (Morocco)

Cameroon v Egypt

4 February 2002
16:00

Cameroon	1–0	Egypt
M'Boma 62'

Stade Babemba Traoré, Sikasso
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Mourad Daami (Tunisia)

Senegal v DR Congo

4 February 2002
19:00

Senegal	2–0	DR Congo
Diao 30' Diouf 86'

Stade Modibo Keïta, Bamako
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Domenico Messina (Italy)

Semifinals

Nigeria v Senegal

7 February 2002
16:00

Nigeria	1–2 (a.e.t.)	Senegal
Aghahowa 88'		P. B. Diop 54' Diao 97'

Stade Modibo Keïta, Bamako
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Coffi Codjia (Benin)

Mali v Cameroon

7 February 2002
19:00

Mali	0–3	Cameroon
		Olembé 39', 45+1' Foé 84'

Stade du 26 Mars, Bamako
Attendance: 50,000
Referee: Lim Kee Chong (Mauritius)

Third place match

Nigeria v Mali

9 February 2002
16:00

Nigeria	1–0	Mali
Yakubu 29'

Stade Barema Bocoum, Mopti
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Abdel Hakim Shelmani (Libya)

Final

Senegal v Cameroon

13 February 2002
15:00

Senegal	0–0 (a.e.t.)	Cameroon

	Penalties
Coly Fadiga Faye Diouf Cisse	2–3	Wome Suffo Lauren Geremi Song

Stade du 26 Mars, Bamako
Attendance: 50,000
Referee: Gamal Al-Ghandour (Egypt)

Winners

African Cup of Nations 2002 Champions
Cameroon 4th title

Scorers

3 goals

Patrick M'Boma

Salomon Olembé

Julius Aghahowa

2 goals

Salif Diao

1 goal

CAF Team of the Tournament

Goalkeeper

Tony Sylva

Defenders

Midfielders

Forwards

External links

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