Africa Cup 2002 / qualification

Attendees

A total of 51 teams registered to take part in the 2002 Africa Cup in Mali.

Defending champions Cameroon and hosts Mali were automatically qualified for the finals. Of the remaining 49 teams, seven had a bye for the main round, which included seven groups of four teams each. The remaining 42 teams determined the remaining 21 participants in the main round in a knockout round with home and away games. The group winners and runners-up in the main round qualified for the 2002 Africa Cup in Mali.

automatically qualified

•  Cameroon   (defending champion)
•  Mali   (host)

Preliminary round

Group 1
07/02/2000	Addis Ababa	Ethiopia	-	Zambia	1-0
07/15/2000	Lusaka	Zambia *	-	Ethiopia	2-0
07/01/2000	Gaborone	Botswana	-	Madagascar	1-0
07/15/2000	Antananarivo	Madagascar *	-	Botswana	2-0
07/02/2000	Cotonou	Benin	-	Namibia	2-0
07/15/2000	Windhoek	Namibia *	-	Benin	8: 2
		Nigeria *	bye
Group 2
07/03/2000	Praia	Cape Verde	-	Liberia	1-0
07/16/2000	Monrovia	Liberia *	-	Cape Verde	3-0
07/02/2000	Kigali	Rwanda	-	Republic of the Congo	2: 1
07/16/2000	Pointe-Noire	Republic of the Congo *	-	Rwanda	5: 1
07/01/2000	Dar-es-Salaam	Tanzania	-	Mauritius	0: 1
07/16/2000	Curepipe	Mauritius *	-	Tanzania	3: 2
		South Africa *	bye
Group 3
07/01/2000	Sao Tome	Sao Tome and Principe	-	Gabon	1: 1
07/15/2000	Libreville	Gabon *	-	Sao Tome and Principe	4: 1
07/02/2000	Mbabane	Swaziland	-	Kenya	3: 2
07/15/2000	Nairobi	Kenya *	-	Swaziland	3-0
		Morocco *	Guinea-Bissau withdrawn
		Tunisia *	bye
Group 4
06/30/2000	Nouakchott	Mauritania	-	Burkina Faso	0-0
07/16/2000	Ouagadougou	Burkina Faso *	-	Mauritania	3-0
07/02/2000	Malabo	Equatorial Guinea	-	Angola	0: 1
07/16/2000	Luanda	Angola *	-	Equatorial Guinea	4: 1
06/30/2000	Djibouti	Djibouti	-	Burundi	1: 3
07/15/2000	Bujumbura	Burundi *	-	Djibouti	1-0
		Algeria *	bye
Group 5
08/20/2000	Freetown	Sierra Leone	-	Togo	2-0
09/03/2000	Lomé	Togo *	-	Sierra Leone	2: 0 (4: 2 Em)
07/01/2000	Kampala	Uganda	-	Malawi	3: 1
07/15/2000	Blantyre	Malawi	-	Uganda *	1: 2
07/01/2000	Banjul	Gambia	-	Guinea	2: 2
07/16/2000	Conakry	Guinea *	-	Gambia	2-0
		Senegal *	bye
Group 6
07/02/2000	Bangui	Central African Republic	-	Democratic Republic of Congo	1: 1
07/16/2000	Kinshasa	Democratic Republic of the Congo *	-	Central African Republic	2-0
07/02/2000	Maseru	Lesotho	-	Mozambique	1-0
07/16/2000	Maputo	Mozambique	-	Lesotho *	1: 0 (2: 3 Em)
07/01/2000	Victoria	Seychelles	-	Zimbabwe	0: 1
07/16/2000	Bulawayo	Zimbabwe *	-	Seychelles	5-0
		Ghana *	bye
Group 7
07/02/2000	Niamey	Niger	-	Ivory Coast	0: 1
07/16/2000	Abidjan	Ivory Coast *	-	Niger	6-0
06/30/2000	N'Djamena	Chad	-	Libya	3: 1
07/14/2000	Tripoli	Libya *	-	Chad	3: 1 (8: 7 Em)
07/02/2000		Sudan	-	Eritrea	5: 1
07/15/2000	Asmara	Eritrea	-	Sudan *	2: 1
		Egypt *	bye

Main round

Group 1

Pl.	team	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Pt.
1.	Nigeria	6th	4th	2	0	9: 1	+8	14th
2.	Zambia	6th	2	2	2	5: 5	0	8th
3.	Madagascar	6th	1	2	3	5: 7	−2	5
4th	Namibia	6th	1	2	3	5:11	−6	5

02.09.2000	Lagos	Nigeria	-	Namibia	4-0
02.09.2000	Lusaka	Zambia	-	Madagascar	1: 2
07.10.2000	Antananarivo	Madagascar	-	Nigeria	0-0
10/08/2001	Windhoek	Namibia	-	Zambia	1: 2
13/01/2001	Lagos	Nigeria	-	Zambia	1-0
13/01/2001	Windhoek	Namibia	-	Madagascar	2: 2

03/24/2001	Chingola	Zambia	-	Nigeria	1: 1
03/24/2001	Antananarivo	Madagascar	-	Namibia	1: 2
06/02/2001	Chingola	Zambia	-	Namibia	0-0
06/02/2001	Benin City	Nigeria	-	Madagascar	1-0
06/16/2001	Windhoek	Namibia	-	Nigeria	0: 2
06/16/2001	Antananarivo	Madagascar	-	Zambia	0: 1

Group 2

Pl.	team	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Pt.
1.	Liberia	6th	4th	1	1	14: 4	+10	13
2.	South Africa	6th	3	3	0	9: 4	+5	12
3.	Republic of the Congo	6th	1	2	3	4: 9	−5	5
4th	Mauritius	6th	0	2	4th	2:12	−10	2

09/03/2000	Monrovia	Liberia	-	Mauritius	4-0
09/03/2000	Pointe Noire	Republic of the Congo	-	South Africa	1: 2
10/08/2001	Curepipe	Mauritius	-	Republic of the Congo	1: 2
12/16/2001	Johannesburg	South Africa	-	Liberia	2: 1
13/01/2001	Bellevue	Mauritius	-	South Africa	1: 1
01/14/2001	Monrovia	Liberia	-	Republic of the Congo	5: 1

03/24/2001	Pt. Elizabeth	South Africa	-	Mauritius	3-0
03/25/2001	Pointe Noire	Republic of the Congo	-	Liberia	0: 1
06/03/2001	Pointe Noire	Republic of the Congo	-	Mauritius	0-0
06/03/2001	Monrovia	Liberia	-	South Africa	1: 1
06/16/2001	Bellevue	Mauritius	-	Liberia	0: 2
06/17/2001	Durban	South Africa	-	Republic of the Congo	0-0

Group 3

Pl.	team	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Pt.
1.	Morocco	6th	3	1	2	5: 4	+1	10
2.	Tunisia	6th	2	2	2	9: 7	+2	8th
3.	Gabon	6th	2	2	2	8: 8	0	8th
4th	Kenya	6th	1	3	2	5: 8	−3	6th

02.09.2000	Libreville	Gabon	-	Morocco	2-0
09/03/2000	Nairobi	Kenya	-	Tunisia	0-0
07/10/2001	Tunis	Tunisia	-	Gabon	4: 2
10/08/2001	Casablanca	Morocco	-	Kenya	1-0
13/01/2001	Tunis	Tunisia	-	Morocco	0: 1
13/01/2001	Nairobi	Kenya	-	Gabon	2: 1

03/24/2001	Rabat	Morocco	-	Tunisia	2-0
03/24/2001	Libreville	Gabon	-	Kenya	1: 1
06/02/2001	Nairobi	Kenya	-	Morocco	1: 1
06/02/2001	Libreville	Gabon	-	Tunisia	1: 1
06/16/2001	Fez	Morocco	-	Gabon	0: 1
06/17/2001	Tunis	Tunisia	-	Kenya	4: 1

Group 4

Pl.	team	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Pt.
1.	Algeria	6th	3	2	1	9: 7	+2	11
2.	Burkina Faso	6th	3	2	1	4: 3	+1	11
3.	Angola	6th	2	2	2	8: 7	+1	8th
4th	Burundi	6th	0	2	4th	2: 6	−4	2

09/03/2000	Bujumbura	Burundi	-	Angola	0-0
09/03/2000	Algiers	Algeria	-	Burkina Faso	1: 1
07/10/2001	Ouagadougou	Burkina Faso	-	Burundi	1-0
10/08/2001	Luanda	Angola	-	Algeria	2: 2
01/12/2001	Algiers	Algeria	-	Burundi	2: 1
13/01/2001	Ouagadougou	Burkina Faso	-	Angola	1-0

03/25/2001	Bujumbura	Burundi	-	Algeria	0: 1
03/25/2001	Luanda	Angola	-	Burkina Faso	2-0
06/01/2001	Annaba	Algeria	-	Angola	3: 2
06/03/2001	Bujumbura	Burundi	-	Burkina Faso	0-0
06/17/2001	Ouagadougou	Burkina Faso	-	Algeria	1-0
06/17/2001	Cabinda	Angola	-	Burundi	2: 1

Group 5

Pl.	team	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Pt.
1.	Togo	4th	3	1	0	7-0	+7	10
2.	Senegal	4th	1	2	1	4: 2	+2	5
3.	Uganda	4th	0	1	3	1:10	−9	1
4th	Guinea	Disqualified on March 19, 2001, games were not counted.

09/03/2000	Kampala	Uganda	-	Guinea	3: 1
09/24/2000	Dakar	Senegal	-	Togo	0-0
10/08/2001	Lomé	Togo	-	Uganda	3-0
10/08/2001	Conakry	Guinea	-	Senegal	1-0
13/01/2001	Kampala	Uganda	-	Senegal	1: 1
01/14/2001	Conakry	Guinea	-	Togo	0-0

03/24/2001	Dakar	Senegal	-	Uganda	3-0
03/25/2001	Lomé	Togo	-	Guinea	-: -
06/02/2001	Kampala	Uganda	-	Togo	0: 3
06/03/2001	Dakar	Senegal	-	Guinea	-: -
06/17/2001	Conakry	Guinea	-	Uganda	-: -
06/17/2001	Lomé	Togo	-	Senegal	1-0

Group 6

Pl.	team	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Pt.
1.	Ghana	6th	4th	1	1	16: 8	+8	13
2.	Democratic Republic of Congo	6th	2	2	2	7: 9	−2	8th
3.	Lesotho	6th	1	3	2	7: 9	−2	6th
4th	Zimbabwe	6th	2	0	4th	8:12	−4	6th

09/03/2000	Harare	Zimbabwe	-	Democratic Republic of Congo	3: 2
09/03/2000	Maseru	Lesotho	-	Ghana	3: 3
10/08/2001	Accra	Ghana	-	Zimbabwe	4: 1
10/10/2001	Kinshasa	Democratic Republic of Congo	-	Lesotho	1: 1
01/14/2001	Bulawayo	Zimbabwe	-	Lesotho	1: 2
01/14/2001	Kinshasa	Democratic Republic of Congo	-	Ghana	2: 1

03/24/2001	Maseru	Lesotho	-	Zimbabwe	0: 1
03/25/2001	Accra	Ghana	-	Democratic Republic of Congo	3-0
06/03/2001	Maseru	Lesotho	-	Democratic Republic of Congo	0-0
06/03/2001	Harare	Zimbabwe	-	Ghana	1: 2
06/17/2001	Kinshasa	Democratic Republic of Congo	-	Zimbabwe	2: 1
06/17/2001	Accra	Ghana	-	Lesotho	3: 1

Group 7

Pl.	team	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Pt.
1.	Egypt	6th	4th	1	1	11: 6	+5	13
2.	Ivory Coast	6th	3	2	1	9: 4	+5	11
3.	Libya	6th	2	0	4th	4:10	−6	6th
4th	Sudan	6th	1	1	4th	3: 7	−4	4th

02.09.2000	Alexandria	Egypt	-	Ivory Coast	1-0
09/10/2000	Tripoli	Libya	-	Sudan	1-0
10/08/2001	Khartoum	Sudan	-	Egypt	0: 1
11/19/2001	Abidjan	Ivory Coast	-	Libya	2: 1
01/14/2001	Cairo	Egypt	-	Libya	4-0
01/20/2001	Bouaké	Ivory Coast	-	Sudan	2-0

03/23/2001	Benghazi	Libya	-	Egypt	2-0
03/25/2001	Omdurman	Sudan	-	Ivory Coast	0-0
06/03/2001	Cairo	Egypt	-	Sudan	3: 2
06/03/2001	Tripoli	Libya	-	Ivory Coast	0: 3
06/17/2001	Abidjan	Ivory Coast	-	Egypt	2: 2
06/17/2001	Khartoum	Sudan	-	Libya	1-0