Cameroon reached the second round of qualifying for the 2002 World Cup with two victories over Somalia . There you could easily prevail against your fellow campaigners from Angola, Zambia, Libya and Togo. In the end, they were six points ahead and were able to qualify for a World Cup final for the fourth time in a row. The team was trained by the German coach Winfried Schäfer during qualification .
1st round (both games in Cameroon) :
Cameroon
-
Somalia
3-0
Cameroon
-
Somalia
3-0
2nd round:
rank
country
Gates
Points
1
Cameroon
14: 4
19th
2
Angola
11: 9
13
3
Zambia
14:11
11
4th
Togo
10:13
9
5
Political system of the Libyan Arab Jamahiriya Libya
Cameroon started the tournament as a secret favorite, but failed in the preliminary round. After the team drew in the first game against Ireland and won 1-0 in the second game against Saudi Arabia, which had been outclassed 8-0 by the German team in the previous game, Cameroon would have won against Germany in the final game have to. Although the team played in the majority from the 40th minute after Carsten Ramelow was sent off , Germany was able to take the lead through Marco Bode in the 50th minute. When Patrick Suffo was also sent off in the 77th minute and Miroslav Klose marked the 2-0 two minutes later, the elimination of the "indomitable lions" was sealed.