2002 African Cup of Nations qualification

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

Qualified teams edit

The 16 qualified teams are:

Qualifying rounds edit

Preliminary round edit

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.

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Mauritania   0–3   Burkina Faso 0–0 0–3
Gambia   2–4   Guinea 2–2 0–2
São Tomé and Príncipe   2–5   Gabon 1–1 1–4
Equatorial Guinea   1–5   Angola 0–1 1–4
Benin   4–8   Namibia 2–0 2–8
Niger   0–7   Ivory Coast 0–1 0–6
Cape Verde   1–3   Liberia 1–0 0–3
Sierra Leone   2–2 (2–4 p)   Togo 2–0 0–2
Central African Republic   1–3   DR Congo 1–1 0–2
Sudan   6–3   Eritrea 5–1 1–2
Rwanda   3–6   Congo 2–1 1–5
Djibouti   1–4   Burundi 1–3 0–1
Botswana   1–2   Madagascar 1–0 0–2
Chad   4–4 (7–8 p)   Libya 3–1 1–3
Ethiopia   1–2   Zambia 1–0 0–2
Seychelles   0–6   Zimbabwe 0–1 0–5
Tanzania   2–4   Mauritius 0–1 2–3
Uganda   5–2   Malawi 3–1 2–1
Lesotho   1–1 (3–2 p)   Mozambique 1–0 0–1
Swaziland   3–5   Kenya 3–2 0–3
Morocco   w/o   Guinea-Bissau
Mauritania  0–0  Burkina Faso
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Albina da Silva (Guinea-Bissau)
Burkina Faso  3–0  Mauritania
Barro   23', 71'
Diabaté   76'
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Ibrahim Djingarey (Niger)

Burkina Faso win 3–0 on aggregate.


Gambia  2–2  Guinea
Corr   31' (pen.), 44' (pen.) Diané   39'
Youla   87'
Attendance: 15,000
Guinea  2–0  Gambia
T. Camara   8'
Youla   90'
Attendance: 15,000

Guinea win 4–2 on aggregate.


Gabon  4–1  São Tomé and Príncipe
Bito'o   17', 21', 70'
Ondo   50'
Ramos   88'
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Eboh Messan (Togo)

Gabon win 5–2 on aggregate.


Equatorial Guinea  0–1  Angola
Isaac   72'
Angola  4–1  Equatorial Guinea
Paulão   14'
Akwá   18'
Mendonça   83'
Isaac   88'
Mba   33'
Attendance: 20,000

Angola win 5–1 on aggregate.


Benin  2–0  Namibia
Bessan   46'
Latoundji   50'
Attendance: 25,000
Namibia  8–2  Benin
Nauseb   4'
Goraseb   8', 20', 36'
Tjikuzu   25', 43'
Jacobs   31' (pen.)
Benjamin   77'
Assouma   6', 12'
Attendance: 5,000

Namibia win 8–4 on aggregate.


Niger  0–1  Ivory Coast
Dindane   55'
Referee: Joseph Wellington (Ghana)
Ivory Coast  6–0  Niger
Bamba   9'
Yoffou   42', 65', 68'
Zézé   77'
Zoko   84'
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Abderahim El Arjoun (Morocco)

Ivory Coast win 7–0 on aggregate.


Liberia  3–0  Cape Verde
Weah   3'
Brown   71'
Roberts   83'
Attendance: 18,000
Referee: Zeli Sinko (Ivory Coast)

Liberia win 3–1 on aggregate.


Sierra Leone  2–0  Togo
Bah   33'
Kanu   51'
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Mamadouba Camara (Guinea)
Togo  2–0  Sierra Leone
Kader   26'
Salou   60' (pen.)
Penalties
4–2
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Lassina Paré (Burkina Faso)

Togo win 4–2 on penalties after 2–2 after extra time.


Central African Republic  1–1  DR Congo
Malo   25' Yemweni   12'
Referee: Hissene Ladoual (Chad)
DR Congo  2–0  Central African Republic
Yemweni   6'
Mayélé   82'
Attendance: 75,000
Referee: Alex Mana Sule (Nigeria)

DR Congo won 3–1 on aggregate.


Sudan  5–1  Eritrea
Khalid Bakhit   4'
Moga   11'
Mohamed Musa Dawod   54'
Hisham Seeni   56'
Amir Mustafa   86'
Abraham   6'
Eritrea  2–1  Sudan
Abreha   33'
Shimangus   45'
Richard   66'

Sudan won 6–3 on aggregate.


Rwanda  2–1  Congo
Congo  5–1  Rwanda
Eder   6'
Amoros   8' (pen.)
Moyimouadeka   26'
Ngoma-Nanitélamio   61'
Tsoumou   61'
Mayele   80'
Attendance: 30,000

Congo won 6–3 on aggregate.


Djibouti  1–3  Burundi
Burundi  1–0  Djibouti

Burundi won 4–1 on aggregate.


Botswana  1–0  Madagascar
Selolwane   25'
Attendance: 15,000

Madagascar won 2–1 on aggregate.


Libya won 8–7 on penalty shootout after 4–4 on aggregate.


Ethiopia  1–0  Zambia
Getachew   34'
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Ahmed Salih (Sudan)
Zambia  2–0  Ethiopia
Makufi   2'
Kampamba   67'
Referee: Petros Mathabela (South Africa)

Zambia on 2–1 on aggregate.


Seychelles  0–1  Zimbabwe
Mwaruwari   35'
Zimbabwe  5–0  Seychelles
Petros    
Makunike  
Ndlovu  
Ncube  
Attendance: 30,000

Zimbabwe on 6–0 on aggregate.


Mauritius  3–2  Tanzania
Bax   77'
François   79'
Perle   88'
Tembele   24'
Lungu   28'
Attendance: 30,000

Mauritius won 4–2 on aggregate.


Uganda  3–1  Malawi
Mubiru   3'
Magumba   14'
Mukasa   52'
Chitsulo   89'
Attendance: 15,000
Malawi  1–2  Uganda
Chirwali   51' Mubiru   30'
Musisi   81'
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: ... (Mauritius)

Uganda won 5–2 on aggregate.


Lesotho  1–0  Mozambique
Ntsonyana   85'
Attendance: 5,000
Mozambique  1–0  Lesotho
Dário   82'
Penalties
2–3
Attendance: 15,000

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


Swaziland  3–2  Kenya
D. Dlamini   43', 75' (pen.)
M. Dlamini   56'
Otieno   38'
Okoth   86'
Kenya  3–0  Swaziland
Onyango   19'
Okoth   78'
Simiyu   83'

Kenya won 5–3 on aggregate.


Guinea-Bissau withdrew; Morocco advanced.

Group round edit

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

Group 1 edit

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  Nigeria 6 4 2 0 9 1 +8 14
  Zambia 6 2 2 2 5 5 0 8
  Madagascar 6 1 2 3 5 7 −2 5
  Namibia 6 1 2 3 5 11 −6 5
Source: [citation needed]
Nigeria  4–0  Namibia
Ikpeba   39', 73', 88'
Ojigwe   55'
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Zeli Sinko (Ivory Coast)
Zambia  1–2  Madagascar
Lota   34' Ratsimialona   42'
Randrianaivo   75'
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Edwin Senai (Botswana)

Madagascar  0–0  Nigeria
Attendance: 7,000
Referee: Petros Mathabela (South Africa)
Namibia  1–2  Zambia
Mukwaya   9' Mwape   80'
Chepita   81'
Referee: Reda Baltagy (Egypt)

Nigeria  1–0  Zambia
Agali   33'
Attendance: 60,000
Referee: Kamel Berber (Algeria)
Namibia  2–2  Madagascar
Hindjou   77'
Hummel   89'
Randrianaivo   33'
Ratsimialona   44'
Attendance: 5,000

Zambia  1–1  Nigeria
Okoronkwo   42' (o.g.) Akwuegbu   30'
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Wilfrid Mukuna (Zimbabwe)
Madagascar  1–2  Namibia
Menakely   30' Pienaar   5'
Diergaardt   10'

Zambia  0–0  Namibia
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Edwin Senai (Botswana)
Nigeria  1–0  Madagascar
Akwuegbu   4'
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Coffi Codjia (Benin)

Namibia  0–2  Nigeria
Yakubu   89'
Shuaibu   90'
Madagascar  0–1  Zambia
Lungu   13'

Group 2 edit

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  Liberia 6 4 1 1 14 4 +10 13
  South Africa 6 3 3 0 9 4 +5 12
  Congo 6 1 2 3 4 9 −5 5
  Mauritius 6 0 2 4 2 12 −10 2
Source: [citation needed]
Liberia  4–0  Mauritius
Roberts   25'
Debbah   47', 49'
Sebwe  
Referee: Mamadouba Amalfi Camara (Guinea)
Congo  1–2  South Africa
Guié-Mien   70' (pen.) Mngomeni   21'
August   59'
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Coffi Codjia (Benin)

Mauritius  1–2  Congo
Ithier   47' Guié-Mien   27', 29'
Attendance: 21,200
Referee: Wilfred Mukuna (Zimbabwe)
South Africa  2–1  Liberia
Bartlett   49'
Masinga   73'
Daye   80'
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Mohamed Guezzaz (Morocco)

Mauritius  1–1  South Africa
François   60' (pen.) Buckley   43'
Attendance: 11,260
Referee: Maxim Itur (Kenya)
Liberia  5–1  Congo
Debbah   23', 60'
Makor   30'
Roberts   51'
Daye   62'
Christ   21'
Attendance: 50,000
Referee: Alex Quartey (Ghana)

South Africa  3–0  Mauritius
McCarthy   4'
Phiri   14'
Zuma   20'
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Ishak Omar Abdelkader (Tanzania)
Congo  0–1  Liberia
Daye   62'
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Hissene Ladoual (Chad)

Congo  0–0  Mauritius
Attendance: 10,000
Liberia  1–1  South Africa
Makor   48' (pen.) Rabutla   39'

Mauritius  0–2  Liberia
Tondo   1', 61'
Attendance: 10,780
Referee: Samuel Moeketsi (Lesotho)
South Africa  0–0  Congo
Attendance: 45,000
Referee: Wilson Mukuna (Zimbabwe)

Group 3 edit

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  Morocco 6 3 1 2 5 4 +1 10
  Tunisia 6 2 2 2 9 7 +2 8
  Gabon 6 2 2 2 8 8 0 8
  Kenya 6 1 3 2 5 8 −3 6
Source: [citation needed]
Gabon  2–0  Morocco
Nzeng   38'
Bito'o   56'
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Sidi Bekaye Magassa (Mali)
Kenya  0–0  Tunisia
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Mohammed Mahmoud (Somalia)

Tunisia  4–2  Gabon
Jaziri   3'
Jaïdi   42'
Gabsi   58'
Thabet   75'
Moubamba   14'
Bito'o   25'
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Karim Daho (Algeria)
Morocco  1–0  Kenya
Chippo   43'
Referee: Alex Quartey (Ghana)

Tunisia  0–1  Morocco
Camacho   49'
Attendance: 35,000
Kenya  2–1  Gabon
Maruti   16'
Mumba   72'
Nguema   12'
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Petros Mathabela (South Africa)

Morocco  2–0  Tunisia
Chippo   20'
Camacho   60'
Gabon  1–1  Kenya
Ondo   67' (pen.) Wanyonyi   85'
Attendance: 45,000
Referee: Gilbert Njike (Cameroon)

Kenya  1–1  Morocco
Origi   5' Bassir   43'
Attendance: 17,000
Referee: Robin Williams (South Africa)
Gabon  1–1  Tunisia
Cousin   57' Jelassi   67'
Attendance: 16,000
Referee: Chukwujekwu Chukwudi (Nigeria)

Morocco  0–1  Gabon
Nguema   43'
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Mohamed Abdellah (Libya)
Tunisia  4–1  Kenya
Zitouni   33', 62'
Jaziri   42', 44'
Mulama   61'
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Kamel Berber (Algeria)

Group 4 edit

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  Algeria 6 3 2 1 9 7 +2 11
  Burkina Faso 6 3 2 1 4 3 +1 11
  Angola 6 2 2 2 8 7 +1 8
  Burundi 6 0 2 4 2 6 −4 2
Source: [citation needed]
Burundi  0–0  Angola
Algeria  1–1  Burkina Faso
Tasfaout   62' Zongo   52'
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Hichem Guirat (Tunisia)

Burkina Faso  1–0  Burundi
Sanou   52'
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Olaniyan Olufemi (Nigeria)
Angola  2–2  Algeria
P.Sousa   52'
Mendonça   66'
Tasfaout   10', 26'
Referee: Gilbert Njike (Cameroon)

Algeria  2–1  Burundi
Ghazi   6'
Tasfaout   45'
Mossi   60'
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Abdulhakim Al-Shelmani (Libya)
Burkina Faso  1–0  Angola
Zongo   38'
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Falla Ndoye (Senegal)

Burundi  0–1  Algeria
Bourahli   17'
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Tessema Hailemalek (Ethiopia)
Angola  2–0  Burkina Faso
Quinzinho   44'
Akwá   75'
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Falla Ndoye (Senegal)

Algeria  3–2  Angola
Saïfi   6', 41' (pen.)
Kherkhache   80'
Quinzinho   29'
Joni   60'
Attendance: 25,000
Burundi  0–0  Burkina Faso
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Yusuf Awuye (Uganda)

Burkina Faso  1–0  Algeria
Traoré   38'
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Komam Coulibaly (Mali)
Angola  2–1  Burundi
Paulão   25'
Flávio   52'
Ndikumana   50'

Group 5 edit

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

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  Togo 4 3 1 0 7 0 +7 10
  Senegal 4 1 2 1 4 2 +2 5
  Uganda 4 0 1 3 1 10 −9 1
  Guinea (W) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Source: [citation needed]
(W) Withdrew
Uganda  3–1
(Annulled)
  Guinea
Mubiru   14', 31'
Mukasa   77'
Feindouno   44'
Attendance: 30,000
Senegal  0–0  Togo
Referee: Alex Mana Sule (Nigeria)

Togo  3–0  Uganda
Salou   29' (pen.)
Kossi   49'
Mohamed Kader   73'
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Chukwudi Chukwujekwu (Nigeria)
Guinea  1–0
(Annulled)
  Senegal
Baldé   59'

Uganda  1–1  Senegal
Kaweesa   69' Thiaw   6'
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Tessema Hailemelak (Ethiopia)

Senegal  3–0  Uganda
Diouf   18', 85'
H. Camara   40'
Attendance: 50,000
Referee: Joseph Wellington (Ghana)

Uganda  0–3  Togo
Mohamed Kader   34', 70'
Dogbe   48'
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Abdulkadir Isaack Omar (Tanzania)

Togo  1–0  Senegal
Kossi   32'
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Alex Quartey (Ghana)

Group 6 edit

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  Ghana 6 4 1 1 16 8 +8 13
  DR Congo 6 2 2 2 7 9 −2 8
  Lesotho 6 1 3 2 7 9 −2 6
  Zimbabwe 6 2 0 4 8 12 −4 6
Source: [citation needed]
Zimbabwe  3–2  DR Congo
Petros   6', 73'
P. Ndlovu   22'
Mayélé   29' (pen.)
Wakanyenkele   67'
Attendance: 25,000
Lesotho  3–3  Ghana
Lephoto   47'
Majara   49'
Makhele   61'
Amoah   27'
Duah   80', 88'
Attendance: 11,000
Referee: Robin Williams (South Africa)

Ghana  4–1  Zimbabwe
Appiah   28'
Duah   42'
Amoah   48'
Akunnor   78' (pen.)
Mwaruwari   47'
Attendance: 60,000
DR Congo  1–1  Lesotho
Nvula   57' Mpakanyane   65'
Attendance: 50,000
Referee: Joseph Mandzioukouta (Congo)

Zimbabwe  1–2  Lesotho
Mwaruwari   21' Majara   40'
Seema   87' (pen.)
Attendance: 20,000
DR Congo  2–1  Ghana
Dinzey   10'
Mbungu   13'
Ayew   77'
Attendance: 80,000
Referee: Coffi Codjia (Benin)

Lesotho  0–1  Zimbabwe
P. Ndlovu   88'
Attendance: 20,000
Ghana  3–0  DR Congo
Allotey   17', 84'
Appiah   49'
Attendance: 20,000

Lesotho  0–0  DR Congo
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Walter Mochubela (South Africa)
Zimbabwe  1–2  Ghana
Mugeyi   15' Owusu-Ansah   39'
Boakye   89'
Attendance: 35,000
Referee: Ahmed Auda (Egypt)

DR Congo  2–1  Zimbabwe
Mulangu   54'
Mulekelayi   56'
Mwaruwari   7'
Attendance: 40,000
Referee: Petros Mathabela (South Africa)
Ghana  3–1  Lesotho
Appiah   25'
Gyan   31'
Amoah   37'
Nts'onyana   63'
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Moussa Kanouté (Mali)

Group 7 edit

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  Egypt 6 4 1 1 11 6 +5 13
  Ivory Coast 6 3 2 1 9 4 +5 11
  Libya 6 2 0 4 4 10 −6 6
  Sudan 6 1 1 4 3 7 −4 4
Source: [citation needed]
Egypt  1–0  Ivory Coast
Abdel Hafeez   15'
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Hailemelak Tessema (Ethiopia)
Libya  1–0  Sudan
Al-Masrati   44'

Sudan  0–1  Egypt
H. Hassan   22'
Referee: Felix Tangawarima (Zimbabwe)
Ivory Coast  2–1  Libya
Bakayoko   17'
Zoko   87'
Al Masli   8'
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Monteiro Duarte (Cape Verde)

Egypt  4–0  Libya
I. Hassan   27'
A. Hassan   47', 62'
Sabry   66' (pen.)
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Abderrahim El Arjoun (Morocco)
Ivory Coast  2–0  Sudan
Keïta   38'
Zoko   80'
Referee: Malick Sillah (Gambia)

Libya  2–0  Egypt
Al-Tawerghi   53'
Al Masli   65'
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Kamel Berber (Algeria)
Sudan  0–0  Ivory Coast
Referee: Berhane Teshome (Eritrea)

Egypt  3–2  Sudan
A. Hossam   20', 51'
Hosni   58'
Moga   69'
Faroug Jabra   89' (pen.)
Attendance: 13,000
Referee: Mohsen Boukthir (Tunisia)
Libya  0–3  Ivory Coast
Keïta   21'
Bakayoko   31'
Ettien   67'

Ivory Coast  2–2  Egypt
Bakayoko   70' (pen.)
El-Sayed   83' (o.g.)
Hosni   56'
Said   84'
Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Hailemalik Tessema (Ethiopia)
Sudan  1–0  Libya
Edward Jildo   45'

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