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

## Qualified teams

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The 16 qualified teams are:

* Algeria
* Burkina Faso
* Cameroon (holders)
* DR Congo
* Egypt
* Ghana
* Ivory Coast
* Liberia

* Mali (hosts)
* Morocco
* Nigeria
* Togo
* Senegal
* South Africa
* Tunisia
* Zambia

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## Preliminary round

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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

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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 | —  | —

30 June 2000

Mauritania | 0–0|  Burkina Faso

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Stade Olympique, Nouakchott

Attendance: 10,000

Referee: Albina da Silva (Guinea-Bissau)

16 July 2000

Burkina Faso | 3–0|  Mauritania

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Barro 23', 71'
Diabaté 76' |  |

Stade du 4 Août, Ouagadougou

Attendance: 25,000

Referee: Ibrahim Djingarey (Niger)

Burkina Faso win 3–0 on aggregate.

* * *

1 July 2000

Gambia | 2–2|  Guinea

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Corr 31' (pen.), 44' (pen.) |  | Diané 39'
Youla 87'

Independence Stadium, Bakau

Attendance: 15,000

16 July 2000

Guinea | 2–0|  Gambia

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T. Camara 8'
Youla 90' |  |

Stade du 28 Septembre, Conakry

Attendance: 15,000

Guinea win 4–2 on aggregate.

* * *

1 July 2000

São Tomé and Príncipe | 1–1|  Gabon

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Tonga 5' |  | Tamboucha 12'

Estádio Nacional 12 de Julho, São Tomé

15 July 2000

Gabon | 4–1|  São Tomé and Príncipe

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Bito'o 17', 21', 70'
Ondo 50' |  | Ramos 88'

Stade Omar Bongo, Libreville

Attendance: 15,000

Referee: Eboh Messan (Togo)

Gabon win 5–2 on aggregate.

* * *

2 July 2000

Equatorial Guinea | 0–1|  Angola

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|  | Isaac 72'

Estadio La Paz, Malabo

16 July 2000

Angola | 4–1|  Equatorial Guinea

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Paulão 14'
Akwá 18'
Mendonça 83'
Isaac 88' |  | Mba 33'

Estádio da Cidadela, Luanda

Attendance: 20,000

Angola win 5–1 on aggregate.

* * *

2 July 2000

Benin | 2–0|  Namibia

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Bessan 46'
Latoundji 50' |  |

Stade de l'Amitié, Cotonou

Attendance: 25,000

15 July 2000

Namibia | 8–2|  Benin

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Nauseb 4'
Goraseb 8', 20', 36'
Tjikuzu 25', 43'
Jacobs 31' (pen.)
Benjamin 77' |  | Assouma 6', 12'

Independence Stadium, Windhoek

Attendance: 5,000

Namibia win 8–4 on aggregate.

* * *

2 July 2000

Niger | 0–1|  Ivory Coast

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|  | Dindane 55'

Stade Général Seyni Kountché, Niamey

Referee: Joseph Wellington (Ghana)

16 July 2000

Ivory Coast | 6–0|  Niger

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Bamba 9'
Yoffou 42', 65', 68'
Zézé 77'
Zoko 84' |  |

Stade Félix Houphouët-Boigny, Abidjan

Attendance: 25,000

Referee: Abderahim El Arjoun (Morocco)

Ivory Coast win 7–0 on aggregate.

* * *

3 July 2000

Cape Verde | 1–0|  Liberia

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Toni |  |

Estádio Municipal Adérito Sena, Mindelo

16 July 2000

Liberia | 3–0|  Cape Verde

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Weah 3'
Brown 71'
Roberts 83' |  |

Samuel Kanyon Doe Sports Complex, Monrovia

Attendance: 18,000

Referee: Zeli Sinko (Ivory Coast)

Liberia win 3–1 on aggregate.

* * *

20 August 2000

Sierra Leone | 2–0|  Togo

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Bah 33'
Kanu 51' |  |

National Stadium, Freetown

Attendance: 10,000

Referee: Mamadouba Camara (Guinea)

3 September 2000

Togo | 2–0|  Sierra Leone

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Kader 26'
Salou 60' (pen.) |  |
Penalties
| 4–2 |

Stade de Kégué, Lomé

Attendance: 25,000

Referee: Lassina Paré (Burkina Faso)

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

* * *

2 July 2000

Central African Republic | 1–1|  DR Congo

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Malo 25' |  | Yemweni 12'

Barthelemy Boganda Stadium, Bangui

Referee: Hissene Ladoual (Chad)

16 July 2000

DR Congo | 2–0|  Central African Republic

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Yemweni 6'
Mayélé 82' |  |

Stade des Martyrs, Kinshasa

Attendance: 75,000

Referee: Alex Mana Sule (Nigeria)

DR Congo won 3–1 on aggregate.

* * *

2 July 2000

Sudan | 5–1|  Eritrea

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Khalid Bakhit  4'
Moga 11'
Mohamed Musa Dawod  54'
Hisham Seeni  56'
Amir Mustafa  86' |  | Abraham 6'

Khartoum Stadium, Khartoum

15 July 2000

Eritrea | 2–1|  Sudan

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Abreha 33'
Shimangus 45' |  | Richard 66'

Asmara Stadium, Asmara

Sudan won 6–3 on aggregate.

* * *

2 July 2000

Rwanda | 2–1|  Congo

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Stade Amahoro, Kigali

16 July 2000

Congo | 5–1|  Rwanda

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Eder 6'
Amoros 8' (pen.)
Moyimouadeka 26'
Ngoma-Nanitélamio 61'
Tsoumou 61' |  | Mayele  80'

Stade Municipal, Pointe Noire

Attendance: 30,000

Congo won 6–3 on aggregate.

* * *

30 June 2000

Djibouti | 1–3|  Burundi

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Djibouti city

15 July 2000

Burundi | 1–0|  Djibouti

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Prince Louis Rwagasore Stadium, Bujumbura

Attendance: 6,000

Burundi won 4–1 on aggregate.

* * *

1 July 2000

Botswana | 1–0|  Madagascar

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Selolwane 25' |  |

National Stadium, Gaborone

Attendance: 15,000

15 July 2000

Madagascar | 2–0|  Botswana

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Randrianaivo 3'
Ralaitafika 48' |  |

Mahamasina Municipal Stadium, Antananarivo

Madagascar won 2–1 on aggregate.

* * *

30 June 2000

Chad | 3–1|  Libya

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Lokissimbaye 2'
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Stade Omnisports Idriss Mahamat Ouya, N'Djamena

14 July 2000

Libya | 3–1|  Chad

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El Taib
Al-Tarhouni
Al Masli |  | Lokissimbaye
Penalties
| 8–7 |

June 11 Stadium, Tripoli

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

* * *

2 July 2000

Ethiopia | 1–0|  Zambia

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Getachew 34' |  |

Addis Ababa Stadium, Addis Ababa

Attendance: 25,000

Referee: Ahmed Salih (Sudan)

15 July 2000

Zambia | 2–0|  Ethiopia

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Makufi 2'
Kampamba 67' |  |

Independence Stadium, Lusaka

Referee: Petros Mathabela (South Africa)

Zambia on 2–1 on aggregate.

* * *

1 July 2000

Seychelles | 0–1|  Zimbabwe

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|  | Mwaruwari 35'

Victoria, Seychelles

16 July 2000

Zimbabwe | 5–0|  Seychelles

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Petros
Makunike
Ndlovu
Ncube |  |

Barbourfields Stadium, Bulawayo

Attendance: 30,000

Zimbabwe on 6–0 on aggregate.

* * *

1 July 2000

Tanzania | 0–1|  Mauritius

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|  | Naboth 57'

Benjamin Mkapa National Stadium, Dar es Salaam

16 July 2000

Mauritius | 3–2|  Tanzania

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Bax 77'
François 79'
Perle 88' |  | Tembele 24'
Lungu 28'

Stade George V, Curepipe

Attendance: 30,000

Mauritius won 4–2 on aggregate.

* * *

1 July 2000

Uganda | 3–1|  Malawi

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Mubiru 3'
Magumba 14'
Mukasa 52' |  | Chitsulo 89'

Nakivubo Stadium, Kampala

Attendance: 15,000

15 July 2000

Malawi | 1–2|  Uganda

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Chirwali 51' |  | Mubiru 30'
Musisi 81'

Chichiri Stadium, Blantyre

Attendance: 25,000

Referee: ... (Mauritius)

Uganda won 5–2 on aggregate.

* * *

2 July 2000

Lesotho | 1–0|  Mozambique

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Ntsonyana 85' |  |

Setsoto Stadium, Maseru

Attendance: 5,000

16 July 2000

Mozambique | 1–0|  Lesotho

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Dário 82' |  |
Penalties
| 2–3 |

Estádio da Machava, Maputo

Attendance: 15,000

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

* * *

2 July 2000

Swaziland | 3–2|  Kenya

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D. Dlamini 43', 75' (pen.)
M. Dlamini 56' |  | Otieno 38'
Okoth 86'

Somholo National Stadium, Lobamba

15 July 2000

Kenya | 3–0|  Swaziland

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Onyango 19'
Okoth 78'
Simiyu 83' |  |

Mombasa Municipal Stadium, Mombasa

Attendance: 15,000

Kenya won 5–3 on aggregate.

* * *

Morocco | w/o|  Guinea-Bissau

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Guinea-Bissau withdrew; Morocco advanced.

## Qualifying round

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

#### Group 1

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Team  | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts

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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]

2 September 2000

Nigeria | 4–0|  Namibia

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Ikpeba 39', 73', 88'
Ojigwe 55' |  |

Lagos National Stadium, Lagos

Attendance: 25,000

Referee: Zeli Sinko (Ivory Coast)

2 September 2000

Zambia | 1–2|  Madagascar

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Lota 34' |  | Ratsimialona 42'
Randrianaivo 75'

Independence Stadium, Lusaka

Attendance: 30,000

Referee: Edwin Senai (Botswana)

* * *

7 October 2000

Madagascar | 0–0|  Nigeria

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Alarobia Municipal Stadium, Antananarivo

Attendance: 7,000

Referee: Petros Mathabela (South Africa)

8 October 2000

Namibia | 1–2|  Zambia

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Mukwaya 9' |  | Mwape 80'
Chepita 81'

Independence Stadium, Windhoek

Referee: Reda Baltagy (Egypt)

* * *

13 January 2001

Nigeria | 1–0|  Zambia

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Agali 33' |  |

Lagos National Stadium, Lagos

Attendance: 60,000

Referee: Kamel Berber (Algeria)

13 January 2001

Namibia | 2–2|  Madagascar

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Hindjou 77'
Hummel 89' |  | Randrianaivo 33'
Ratsimialona 44'

Independence Stadium, Windhoek

Attendance: 5,000

* * *

24 March 2001

Zambia | 1–1|  Nigeria

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Okoronkwo 42' (o.g.) |  | Akwuegbu 30'

Nchanga Stadium, Chingola

Attendance: 20,000

Referee: Wilfrid Mukuna (Zimbabwe)

24 March 2001

Madagascar | 1–2|  Namibia

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Menakely 30' |  | Pienaar 5'
Diergaardt 10'

Mahamasina Municipal Stadium, Antananarivo

Attendance: 20,000

* * *

2 June 2001

Zambia | 0–0|  Namibia

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Nchanga Stadium, Chingola

Attendance: 20,000

Referee: Edwin Senai (Botswana)

2 June 2001

Nigeria | 1–0|  Madagascar

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Akwuegbu 4' |  |

Benin City, Nigeria

Attendance: 15,000

Referee: Coffi Codjia (Benin)

* * *

16 June 2001

Namibia | 0–2|  Nigeria

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|  | Yakubu 89'
Shuaibu 90'

Independence Stadium, Windhoek

Attendance: 10,000

Referee: Lim Kee Chong (Mauritius)

16 June 2001

Madagascar | 0–1|  Zambia

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|  | Lungu 13'

Mahamasina Municipal Stadium, Antananarivo

Attendance: 25,000

Referee: Eddy Maillet (Seychelles)

#### Group 2

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Team  | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts

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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]

3 September 2000

Liberia | 4–0|  Mauritius

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Roberts 25'
Debbah 47', 49'
Sebwe |  |

Samuel Kanyon Doe Sports Complex, Monrovia

Referee: Mamadouba Amalfi Camara (Guinea)

3 September 2000

Congo | 1–2|  South Africa

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Guié-Mien 70' (pen.) |  | Mngomeni 21'
August 59'

Stade Municipal, Pointe Noire

Attendance: 25,000

Referee: Coffi Codjia (Benin)

* * *

8 October 2000

Mauritius | 1–2|  Congo

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Ithier 47' |  | Guié-Mien 27', 29'

Stade George V, Curepipe

Attendance: 21,200

Referee: Wilfred Mukuna (Zimbabwe)

16 December 2000

South Africa | 2–1|  Liberia

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Bartlett 49'
Masinga 73' |  | Daye 80'

First National Bank Stadium, Johannesburg

Attendance: 10,000

Referee: Mohamed Guezzaz (Morocco)

* * *

13 January 2001

Mauritius | 1–1|  South Africa

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François 60' (pen.) |  | Buckley 43'

Stade Anjalay, Mauritius

Attendance: 11,260

Referee: Maxim Itur (Kenya)

14 January 2001

Liberia | 5–1|  Congo

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Debbah 23', 60'
Makor 30'
Roberts 51'
Daye 62' |  | Christ 21'

Samuel Kanyon Doe Sports Complex, Monrovia

Attendance: 50,000

Referee: Alex Quartey (Ghana)

* * *

24 March 2001

South Africa | 3–0|  Mauritius

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McCarthy 4'
Phiri 14'
Zuma 20' |  |

Telkom Park Stadium, Port Elizabeth

Attendance: 10,000

Referee: Ishak Omar Abdelkader (Tanzania)

25 March 2001

Congo | 0–1|  Liberia

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|  | Daye 62'

Stade Municipal, Pointe Noire

Attendance: 20,000

Referee: Hissene Ladoual (Chad)

* * *

3 June 2001

Congo | 0–0|  Mauritius

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Stade Municipal, Pointe Noire

Attendance: 10,000

3 June 2001

Liberia | 1–1|  South Africa

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Makor 48' (pen.) |  | Rabutla 39'

Samuel Kanyon Doe Sports Complex, Monrovia

Attendance: 40,000

Referee: Lucien Bouchardeau (Niger)

* * *

16 June 2001

Mauritius | 0–2|  Liberia

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|  | Tondo 1', 61'

Stade Anjalay, Mauritius

Attendance: 10,780

Referee: Samuel Moeketsi (Lesotho)

17 June 2001

South Africa | 0–0|  Congo

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Kings Park Stadium, Durban

Attendance: 45,000

Referee: Wilson Mukuna (Zimbabwe)

#### Group 3

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Team  | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts

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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]

2 September 2000

Gabon | 2–0|  Morocco

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Nzeng 38'
Bito'o 56' |  |

Stade Omar Bongo, Libreville

Attendance: 4,000

Referee: Sidi Bekaye Magassa (Mali)

3 September 2000

Kenya | 0–0|  Tunisia

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Moi International Sports Centre, Nairobi

Attendance: 20,000

Referee: Mohammed Mahmoud (Somalia)

* * *

7 October 2000

Tunisia | 4–2|  Gabon

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Jaziri 3'
Jaïdi 42'
Gabsi 58'
Thabet 75' |  | Moubamba 14'
Bito'o 25'

Stade El Menzah, Tunis

Attendance: 4,000

Referee: Karim Daho (Algeria)

8 October 2000

Morocco | 1–0|  Kenya

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Chippo 43' |  |

Mohamed V Stadium, Casablanca

Referee: Alex Quartey (Ghana)

* * *

13 January 2001

Tunisia | 0–1|  Morocco

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|  | Camacho 49'

Stade El Menzah, Tunis

Attendance: 35,000

Referee: Gamal Al-Ghandour (Egypt)

13 January 2001

Kenya | 2–1|  Gabon

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Maruti 16'
Mumba 72' |  | Nguema 12'

Moi International Sports Centre, Nairobi

Attendance: 10,000

Referee: Petros Mathabela (South Africa)

* * *

24 March 2001

Morocco | 2–0|  Tunisia

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Chippo 20'
Camacho 60' |  |

Prince Moulay Abdellah Stadium, Rabat

Attendance: 25,000

Referee: Coffi Codjia (Benin)

24 March 2001

Gabon | 1–1|  Kenya

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Ondo 67' (pen.) |  | Wanyonyi 85'

Stade Omar Bongo, Libreville

Attendance: 45,000

Referee: Gilbert Njike (Cameroon)

* * *

2 June 2001

Kenya | 1–1|  Morocco

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Origi 5' |  | Bassir 43'

Moi International Sports Centre, Nairobi

Attendance: 17,000

Referee: Robin Williams (South Africa)

2 June 2001

Gabon | 1–1|  Tunisia

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Cousin 57' |  | Jelassi 67'

Stade Omar Bongo, Libreville

Attendance: 16,000

Referee: Chukwujekwu Chukwudi (Nigeria)

* * *

16 June 2001

Morocco | 0–1|  Gabon

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|  | Nguema 43'

Complexe Hassan II, Fès

Attendance: 12,000

Referee: Mohamed Abdellah (Libya)

17 June 2001

Tunisia | 4–1|  Kenya

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Zitouni 33', 62'
Jaziri 42', 44' |  | Mulama 61'

Stade El Menzah, Tunis

Attendance: 20,000

Referee: Kamel Berber (Algeria)

#### Group 4

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Team  | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts

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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]

3 September 2000

Burundi | 0–0|  Angola

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Prince Louis Rwagasore Stadium, Bujumbura

Attendance: 10,000

3 September 2000

Algeria | 1–1|  Burkina Faso

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Tasfaout 62' |  | Zongo 52'

5 July stadium, Algiers

Attendance: 20,000

Referee: Hichem Guirat (Tunisia)

* * *

7 October 2000

Burkina Faso | 1–0|  Burundi

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Sanou 52' |  |

Stade du 4 Août, Ouagadougou

Attendance: 20,000

Referee: Olaniyan Olufemi (Nigeria)

8 October 2000

Angola | 2–2|  Algeria

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P.Sousa 52'
Mendonça 66' |  | Tasfaout 10', 26'

Estádio da Cidadela, Luanda

Referee: Gilbert Njike (Cameroon)

* * *

12 January 2001

Algeria | 2–1|  Burundi

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Ghazi 6'
Tasfaout 45' |  | Mossi 60'

5 July stadium, Algiers

Attendance: 20,000

Referee: Abdulhakim Al-Shelmani (Libya)

13 January 2001

Burkina Faso | 1–0|  Angola

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Zongo 38' |  |

Stade du 4 Août, Ouagadougou

Attendance: 25,000

Referee: Falla Ndoye (Senegal)

* * *

25 March 2001

Burundi | 0–1|  Algeria

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|  | Bourahli 17'

Prince Louis Rwagasore Stadium, Bujumbura

Attendance: 10,000

Referee: Tessema Hailemalek (Ethiopia)

25 March 2001

Angola | 2–0|  Burkina Faso

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Quinzinho 44'
Akwá 75' |  |

Estádio da Cidadela, Luanda

Attendance: 25,000

Referee: Falla Ndoye (Senegal)

* * *

1 June 2001

Algeria | 3–2|  Angola

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Saïfi 6', 41' (pen.)
Kherkhache 80' |  | Quinzinho 29'
Joni 60'

19 May Stadium, Annaba

Attendance: 25,000

Referee: Mohamed Guezzaz (Morocco)

3 June 2001

Burundi | 0–0|  Burkina Faso

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|  |

Prince Louis Rwagasore Stadium, Bujumbura

Attendance: 15,000

Referee: Yusuf Awuye (Uganda)

* * *

17 June 2001

Burkina Faso | 1–0|  Algeria

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Traoré 38' |  |

Stade du 4 Août, Ouagadougou

Attendance: 25,000

Referee: Komam Coulibaly (Mali)

17 June 2001

Angola | 2–1|  Burundi

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Paulão 25'
Flávio 52' |  | Ndikumana 50'

Estádio Municipal do Tafe, Cabinda

Attendance: 10,000

#### Group 5

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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

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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

2 September 2000

Uganda | 3–1
(Annulled)|  Guinea

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Mubiru 14', 31'
Mukasa 77' |  | Feindouno 44'

Nakivubo Stadium, Kampala

Attendance: 30,000

24 September 2000

Senegal | 0–0|  Togo

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|  |

Stade Léopold Sédar Senghor, Dakar

Referee: Alex Mana Sule (Nigeria)

* * *

8 October 2000

Togo | 3–0|  Uganda

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Salou 29' (pen.)
Kossi 49'
Mohamed Kader 73' |  |

Stade de Kégué, Lomé

Attendance: 30,000

Referee: Chukwudi Chukwujekwu (Nigeria)

8 October 2000

Guinea | 1–0
(Annulled)|  Senegal

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Baldé 59' |  |

Stade du 28 Septembre, Conakry

* * *

13 January 2001

Uganda | 1–1|  Senegal

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Kaweesa 69' |  | Thiaw 6'

Nakivubo Stadium, Kampala

Attendance: 25,000

Referee: Tessema Hailemelak (Ethiopia)

* * *

24 March 2001

Senegal | 3–0|  Uganda

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Diouf 18', 85'
H. Camara 40' |  |

Stade Léopold Sédar Senghor, Dakar

Attendance: 50,000

Referee: Joseph Wellington (Ghana)

* * *

2 June 2001

Uganda | 0–3|  Togo

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|  | Mohamed Kader 34', 70'
Dogbe 48'

Nakivubo Stadium, Kampala

Attendance: 15,000

Referee: Abdulkadir Isaack Omar (Tanzania)

* * *

17 June 2001

Togo | 1–0|  Senegal

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Kossi 32' |  |

Stade de Kégué, Lomé

Attendance: 20,000

Referee: Alex Quartey (Ghana)

#### Group 6

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Team  | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts

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|

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]

3 September 2000

Zimbabwe | 3–2|  DR Congo

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|

Petros 6', 73'
P. Ndlovu 22' |  | Mayélé 29' (pen.)
Wakanyenkele 67'

National Stadium, Harare

Attendance: 25,000

Referee: Lim Kee Chong (Mauritius)

3 September 2000

Lesotho | 3–3|  Ghana

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|

Lephoto 47'
Majara 49'
Makhele 61' |  | Amoah 27'
Duah 80', 88'

Setsoto Stadium, Maseru

Attendance: 11,000

Referee: Robin Williams (South Africa)

* * *

8 October 2000

Ghana | 4–1|  Zimbabwe

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|

Appiah 28'
Duah 42'
Amoah 48'
Akunnor 78' (pen.) |  | Mwaruwari 47'

Accra Sports Stadium, Accra

Attendance: 60,000

Referee: Gamal Al-Ghandour (Egypt)

10 October 2000

DR Congo | 1–1|  Lesotho

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|

Nvula 57' |  | Mpakanyane 65'

Stade des Martyrs, Kinshasa

Attendance: 50,000

Referee: Joseph Mandzioukouta (Congo)

* * *

14 January 2001

Zimbabwe | 1–2|  Lesotho

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Mwaruwari 21' |  | Majara 40'
Seema 87' (pen.)

Barbourfields Stadium, Bulawayo

Attendance: 20,000

14 January 2001

DR Congo | 2–1|  Ghana

|
|

Dinzey 10'
Mbungu 13' |  | Ayew 77'

Stade des Martyrs, Kinshasa

Attendance: 80,000

Referee: Coffi Codjia (Benin)

* * *

24 March 2001

Lesotho | 0–1|  Zimbabwe

|
|

|  | P. Ndlovu 88'

Setsoto Stadium, Maseru

Attendance: 20,000

25 March 2001

Ghana | 3–0|  DR Congo

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|

Allotey 17', 84'
Appiah 49' |  |

Accra Sports Stadium, Accra

Attendance: 20,000

Referee: Gamal Al-Ghandour (Egypt)

* * *

3 June 2001

Lesotho | 0–0|  DR Congo

|
|

|  |

Setsoto Stadium, Maseru

Attendance: 20,000

Referee: Walter Mochubela (South Africa)

3 June 2001

Zimbabwe | 1–2|  Ghana

|
|

Mugeyi 15' |  | Owusu-Ansah 39'
Boakye 89'

National Stadium, Harare

Attendance: 35,000

Referee: Ahmed Auda (Egypt)

* * *

17 June 2001

DR Congo | 2–1|  Zimbabwe

|
|

Mulangu 54'
Mulekelayi 56' |  | Mwaruwari 7'

Stade des Martyrs, Kinshasa

Attendance: 40,000

Referee: Petros Mathabela (South Africa)

17 June 2001

Ghana | 3–1|  Lesotho

|
|

Appiah 25'
Gyan 31'
Amoah 37' |  | Nts'onyana 63'

Kumasi Sports Stadium, Kumasi

Attendance: 30,000

Referee: Moussa Kanouté (Mali)

#### Group 7

[edit]

Team  | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts

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|
|

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]

2 September 2000

Egypt | 1–0|  Ivory Coast

|
|

Abdel Hafeez 15' |  |

Alexandria Stadium, Alexandria

Attendance: 10,000

Referee: Hailemelak Tessema (Ethiopia)

10 September 2000

Libya | 1–0|  Sudan

|
|

Al-Masrati 44' |  |

June 11 Stadium, Tripoli

* * *

8 October 2000

Sudan | 0–1|  Egypt

|
|

|  | H. Hassan 22'

Khartoum Stadium, Khartoum

Referee: Felix Tangawarima (Zimbabwe)

19 November 2000

Ivory Coast | 2–1|  Libya

|
|

Bakayoko 17'
Zoko 87' |  | Al Masli 8'

Stade Félix Houphouët-Boigny, Abidjan

Attendance: 20,000

Referee: Monteiro Duarte (Cape Verde)

* * *

14 January 2001

Egypt | 4–0|  Libya

|
|

I. Hassan 27'
A. Hassan 47', 62'
Sabry 66' (pen.) |  |

Cairo International Stadium, Cairo

Attendance: 25,000

Referee: Abderrahim El Arjoun (Morocco)

20 January 2001

Ivory Coast | 2–0|  Sudan

|
|

Keïta 38'
Zoko 80' |  |

Stade Bouaké, Bouaké

Referee: Malick Sillah (Gambia)

* * *

23 March 2001

Libya | 2–0|  Egypt

|
|

Al-Tawerghi 53'
Al Masli 65' |  |

March 28 Stadium, Benghazi

Attendance: 25,000

Referee: Kamel Berber (Algeria)

25 March 2001

Sudan | 0–0|  Ivory Coast

|
|

|  |

Al-Merrikh Stadium, Omdurman

Referee: Berhane Teshome (Eritrea)

* * *

3 June 2001

Egypt | 3–2|  Sudan

|
|

A. Hossam 20', 51'
Hosni 58' |  | Moga 69'
Faroug Jabra  89' (pen.)

Alexandria Stadium, Alexandria

Attendance: 13,000

Referee: Mohsen Boukthir (Tunisia)

3 June 2001

Libya | 0–3|  Ivory Coast

|
|

|  | Keïta 21'
Bakayoko 31'
Ettien 67'

June 11 Stadium, Tripoli

* * *

17 June 2001

Ivory Coast | 2–2|  Egypt

|
|

Bakayoko 70' (pen.)
El-Sayed 83' (o.g.) |  | Hosni 56'
Said 84'

Stade Félix Houphouët-Boigny, Abidjan

Attendance: 6,000

Referee: Hailemalik Tessema (Ethiopia)

17 June 2001

Sudan | 1–0|  Libya

|
|

Edward Jildo  45' |  |

Khartoum Stadium, Khartoum

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