Africa Cup 2000

Africa Cup 2000
African Cup of Nations 2000
Number of nations	16  (of 47 applicants)
African champions	Cameroon (3rd title)
venue	Ghana Nigeria
Opening game	January 22, 2000
Endgame	February 13, 2000
Games	32
Gates	73  (⌀: 2.28 per game)
spectator	677,500  (⌀: 21,172 per game)
Top scorer	Shaun Bartlett (5 goals)
yellow cards	114  (⌀: 3.56 per game)
Yellow-red cards	2  (⌀: 0.06 per game)
Red cards	3  (⌀: 0.09 per game)

The Africa Cup 2000 ( English : African Cup of Nations , French : Coupe d'Afrique des Nations ) was the 22nd game of the African continental championship in football and took place from January 22nd to February 13th in Ghana and Nigeria and for the first time in two countries. Originally Zimbabwe provided as the host, however, waived so that on 15 March 1999 by the CAF were named Ghana and Nigeria as a substitute host.

As in previous years, there was also a qualification to reduce the field of participants with the record number of 47 applicants to the sixteen final round participants, with the two hosts Ghana and Nigeria and defending champion Egypt automatically qualified. Ultimately, the following teams qualified: Algeria , Egypt , Burkina Faso , Ivory Coast , Ghana , Gabon , Cameroon , DR Congo , Republic of the Congo , Morocco , Nigeria , Zambia , Senegal , South Africa , Togo and Tunisia .

→ Main article : Africa Cup 2000 / 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 Surulere Stadium (capacity: 55,000) in Lagos, in the Sani Abacha Stadium (capacity: 25,000) in Kano, in the Baba Yara Stadium (capacity: 51,500) in Kumasi and in the Sports Stadium (capacity: 25,000 ) in Accra.

Cameroon won its third Africa Cup title after 1984 and 1988 and qualified for the 2001 FIFA Confederations Cup in Japan and South Korea.

Lagos Kano

Venues 2000 in Nigeria

Accra Kumasi

Venues 2000 in Ghana

Group stage

Group A

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Cameroon	3	1	1	1	004: 200	+2	04th
2.	Ghana	3	1	1	1	003: 300	± 0	04th
3.	Ivory Coast	3	1	1	1	003: 400	−1	04th
4th	Togo	3	1	1	1	002: 300	−1	04th

January 22nd in Accra
Ghana	-	Cameroon	1: 1 (0: 1)
January 24th in Accra
Ivory Coast	-	Togo	1: 1 (1: 0)
January 27th in Accra
Ghana	-	Togo	2: 0 (2: 0)
January 28 in Accra
Cameroon	-	Ivory Coast	3: 0 (2: 0)
January 31st in Accra
Ghana	-	Ivory Coast	0: 2 (0: 1)
January 31 in Kumasi
Cameroon	-	Togo	0: 1 (0: 1)

Group B

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	South Africa	3	2	1	0	005: 200	+3	07th
2.	Algeria	3	1	2	0	004: 200	+2	05
3.	DR Congo	3	0	2	1	000: 100	−1	02
4th	Gabon	3	0	1	2	002: 600	−4	01

January 23 in Kumasi
South Africa	-	Gabon	3: 1 (1: 1)
January 24th in Kumasi
Algeria	-	DR Congo	0-0
January 27 in Kumasi
South Africa	-	DR Congo	1: 0 (1: 0)
January 29 in Kumasi
Gabon	-	Algeria	1: 3 (0: 2)
February 2 in Kumasi
South Africa	-	Algeria	1: 1 (1: 0)
February 2 in Accra
Gabon	-	DR Congo	0-0

Group C

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Egypt	3	3	0	0	007: 200	+5	09
2.	Senegal	3	1	1	1	005: 400	+1	04th
3.	Zambia	3	0	2	1	003: 500	−2	02
4th	Burkina Faso	3	0	1	2	004: 800	−4	01

January 23 in Kano
Egypt	-	Zambia	2: 0 (1: 0)
January 25th in Kano
Burkina Faso	-	Senegal	1: 3 (0: 2)
January 28 in Kano
Egypt	-	Senegal	1: 0 (1: 0)
January 29th in Kano
Zambia	-	Burkina Faso	1: 1 (1: 0)
February 1st in Kano
Egypt	-	Burkina Faso	4: 2 (1: 2)
February 1st in Lagos
Zambia	-	Senegal	2: 2 (0: 0)

Group D

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Nigeria	3	2	1	0	006: 200	+4	07th
2.	Tunisia	3	1	1	1	003: 400	−1	04th
3.	Morocco	3	1	1	1	001: 200	−1	04th
4th	Republic of the Congo	3	0	1	2	000: 200	−2	01

January 23 in Lagos
Nigeria	-	Tunisia	4: 2 (1: 0)
January 25 in Lagos
Morocco	-	Republic of the Congo	1: 0 (0: 0)
January 28 in Lagos
Nigeria	-	Republic of the Congo	0-0
January 29 in Lagos
Tunisia	-	Morocco	0-0
February 3 in Lagos
Nigeria	-	Morocco	2: 0 (1: 0)
February 3 in Kano
Tunisia	-	Republic of the Congo	1: 0 (1: 0)

Final round

Quarter finals

February 6 in Accra
Cameroon	-	Algeria	2: 1 (2: 0)
February 6 in Kumasi
South Africa	-	Ghana	1: 0 (1: 0)
February 7 in Kano
Egypt	-	Tunisia	0: 1 (0: 1)
February 7 in Lagos
Nigeria	-	Senegal	2: 1 n.V. (1: 1, 0: 1)

Semifinals

February 10 in Accra
Cameroon	-	Tunisia	3: 0 (0: 0)
February 10 in Lagos
Nigeria	-	South Africa	2: 0 (2: 0)

3rd place match

February 12 in Accra
South Africa	-	Tunisia	2: 2 1 (1: 1), 4: 3 i. E.

final

February 13 in Lagos
Nigeria	-	Cameroon	2: 2 n.V. (2: 2, 1: 2), 3: 4 i. E.

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Best goal scorers

rank	player	Gates
1	Shaun Bartlett	5
2	Patrick M'Boma	4th
	Samuel Eto'o	4th
4th	Hossam Hassan	3
	Julius Aghahowa	3
	Jay-Jay Okocha	3

There were also 9 players with two and 33 players with one hit each.

Web links

• Game details on rsssf.com