Africa Cup 2002

Africa Cup 2002
African Cup of Nations 2002
Number of nations	16  (of 51 applicants)
African champions	Cameroon (4th title)
venue	Mali
Opening game	January 19, 2002
Endgame	February 10, 2002
Games	32
Gates	48  (⌀: 1.5 per game)
spectator	570,000  (⌀: 17,813 per game)
Top scorer	Patrick M'Boma Salomon Olembé Julius Aghahowa (3 goals each)
yellow cards	106  (⌀: 3.31 per game)
Yellow-red cards	2  (⌀: 0.06 per game)
Red cards	2  (⌀: 0.06 per game)

The Africa Cup 2002 ( English : African Cup of Nations , French : Coupe d'Afrique des Nations ) was the 23rd edition of the African continental football championship and took place in Mali from January 19 to February 10 . After the successful Africa Cup four years earlier in neighboring Burkina Faso , another attempt was made to host the tournament in one of the poorest West African countries.

As in previous years, there was also a qualification to reduce the field of participants with the record number of 51 applicants to the sixteen finalists, with hosts Mali and defending champions Cameroon automatically qualifying. Ultimately, the following teams qualified: Algeria , Egypt , Burkina Faso , Ivory Coast , Ghana , Cameroon , DR Congo , Liberia , Mali , Morocco , Nigeria , Zambia , Senegal , South Africa , Togo and Tunisia .

→ Main article : Africa Cup 2002 / qualification

The game was played with four groups of four teams each. The two best teams in each group then played the tournament winner from the quarter-finals in the knockout system as usual . The games were played in the Stade du 26 mars (capacity: 60,000) and in the Stade Modibo Keïta (capacity: 30,000) in Bamako, in the Stade Abdoulaye Makoro Cissoko (capacity: 15,000) in Kayes, in the Stade Baréma Bocoum (capacity: 15,000) in Mopti, in the Stade Amari Daou (capacity: 15,000) in Ségou and in the Stade Babemba Traoré (capacity: 15,000) in Sikasso.

Cameroon was able to defend its title from 2000 , was African champion in football for the fourth time and was a record winner together with Egypt and Ghana. Cameroon, with the German national coach Winfried Schäfer , also qualified for the 2003 FIFA Confederations Cup in France.

Bamako Kayes Mopti Ségou Sikasso

Venues 2002 in Mali

Group stage

Group A

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Nigeria	3	2	1	0	002-000	+2	07th
2.	Mali	3	1	2	0	003: 100	+2	05
3.	Liberia	3	0	2	1	003: 400	−1	02
4th	Algeria	3	0	1	2	002: 500	−3	01

January 19 in Bamako (Stade 26 mars)
Mali	-	Liberia	1: 1 (0: 1)
January 21 in Bamako (Stade 26 mars)
Algeria	-	Nigeria	0: 1 (0: 1)
January 24th in Bamako (Stade 26 mars)
Mali	-	Nigeria	0-0
January 25th in Bamako (Stade 26 mars)
Liberia	-	Algeria	2: 2 (1: 1)
January 28th in Bamako (Stade 26 mars)
Mali	-	Algeria	2: 0 (2: 0)
January 28th in Mopti
Liberia	-	Nigeria	0: 1 (0: 0)

Group B

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	South Africa	3	1	2	0	003: 100	+2	05
2.	Ghana	3	1	2	0	002: 100	+1	05
3.	Morocco	3	1	1	1	003: 400	−1	04th
4th	Burkina Faso	3	0	1	2	002: 400	−2	01

January 20 in Ségou
South Africa	-	Burkina Faso	0-0
January 21 in Ségou
Morocco	-	Ghana	0-0
January 24th in Ségou
South Africa	-	Ghana	0-0
January 26th in Ségou
Burkina Faso	-	Morocco	1: 2 (0: 1)
January 30th in Ségou
South Africa	-	Morocco	3: 1 (1: 0)
January 30th in Mopti
Burkina Faso	-	Ghana	1: 2 (0: 0)

Group C

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Cameroon	3	3	0	0	005-000	+5	09
2.	DR Congo	3	1	1	1	003: 200	+1	04th
3.	Togo	3	0	2	1	000: 300	−3	02
4th	Ivory Coast	3	0	1	2	001: 400	−3	01

January 20 in Sikasso
Cameroon	-	DR Congo	1: 0 (1: 0)
January 21 in Sikasso
Togo	-	Ivory Coast	0-0
January 25th in Sikasso
Cameroon	-	Ivory Coast	1: 0 (0: 0)
January 26th in Sikasso
DR Congo	-	Togo	0-0
January 29th in Sikasso
Cameroon	-	Togo	3: 0 (0: 0)
January 29th in Kayes
DR Congo	-	Ivory Coast	3: 1 (1: 0)

Group D

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Senegal	3	2	1	0	002-000	+2	07th
2.	Egypt	3	2	0	1	003: 200	+1	06th
3.	Tunisia	3	0	2	1	000: 100	−1	02
4th	Zambia	3	0	1	2	001: 300	−2	01

January 20th in Bamako (Stade Modibo Keïta)
Egypt	-	Senegal	0: 1 (0: 0)
January 21 in Bamako (Stade Modibo Keïta)
Zambia	-	Tunisia	0-0
January 25 in Bamako (Stade Modibo Keïta)
Egypt	-	Tunisia	1: 0 (1: 0)
January 26th in Bamako (Stade Modibo Keïta)
Senegal	-	Zambia	1: 0 (0: 0)
January 31 in Bamako (Stade Modibo Keïta)
Egypt	-	Zambia	2: 1 (1: 0)
January 31st in Kayes
Senegal	-	Tunisia	0-0

Final round

Quarter finals

February 3rd in Kayes
South Africa	-	Mali	0: 2 (0: 0)
February 3 in Bamako
Nigeria	-	Ghana	1: 0 (0: 0)
February 4th in Sikasso
Cameroon	-	Egypt	1: 0 (0: 0)
February 4th in Bamako
Senegal	-	DR Congo	2: 0 (1: 0)

Semifinals

February 7 in Bamako
Senegal	-	Nigeria	2: 1 a.d. (1: 1, 0: 0)
February 7 in Bamako
Mali	-	Cameroon	0: 3 (0: 2)

3rd place match

February 9 in Mopti
Mali	-	Nigeria	0: 1 (0: 1)

final

February 10 in Bamako
Cameroon	-	Senegal	0: 0 a.d., 3: 2 i. E.

Best goal scorers

rank	player	Gates
1	Patrick M'Boma	3
	Salomon Olembé	3
	Julius Aghahowa	3
4th	Hazem Emam	2
	Isaac Boakye	2
	Bassala Touré	2
	Hicham Zerouali	2
	Salif Diao	2

There were also 29 players with one hit each.

Web links

• Game details on rsssf.com