2002 African Cup of Nations qualification

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

Qualified teams

The 16 qualified teams are:

Mali (as hosts) Nigeria Liberia Morocco Algeria Togo Ghana Egypt

Cameroon (as holders) Zambia South Africa Tunisia Burkina Faso Senegal DR Congo Ivory Coast

Preliminary round

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.

30 June 2000

Mauritania	0–0	Burkina Faso

Stade Olympique, Nouakchott

16 July 2000

Burkina Faso	3–0	Mauritania
Oumar Barro 23', 71' Manga Diabaté 76'

Stade du 4-Août, Ouagadougou

Burkina Faso win 3-0 on aggregate

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1 July 2000

Gambia	2–2	Guinea
Abdoulie Corr 31' (pen.), 44' (pen.)		Taifour Diané 39' Souleymane Youla 87'

Bakau, Bakau

16 July 2000

Guinea	2–0	Gambia
Titi Camara 8' Souleymane Youla 90'

Stade du 28 Septembre, Conakry

Guinea win 4-2 on aggregate

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1 July 2000

São Tomé and Príncipe	1–1	Gabon
Touga 5'		Tounbouha 12'

Estádio Nacional 12 de Julho, São Tomé

15 July 2000

Gabon	4–1	São Tomé and Príncipe
Etienne Bito'o 17', 21', 70' Valery Ondo 50'		Ramos Amilcar 88'

Stade Omar Bongo, Libreville

Gabon win 5-2 on aggregate

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2 July 2000

Equatorial Guinea	0–1	Angola
		Isaac 72'

Estadio La Paz, Malabo

16 July 2000

Angola	4–1	Equatorial Guinea
Paulão 14' Akwá 18' Mendonça 83' Isaac 88'		Casiano Mba 33'

Estádio da Cidadela, Luanda

Angola win 5-1 on aggregate

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2 July 2000

Benin	2–0	Namibia
Léon Bessan 46' Moussa Latoundji 50'

Stade de l'Amitié, Cotonou

15 July 2000

Namibia	8–2	Benin
Robert Nauseb 4' Silvester Goraseb 8', 20', 36' Razundara Tjikuzu 25', 43' Quinton Jacobs 31' (pen.) Collin Benjamin 77'		Eric Assouma 6', 12'

Independence Stadium, Windhoek

Namibia win 8-4 on aggregate

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2 July 2000

Niger	0–1	Ivory Coast
		Aruna Dindane 55'

Stade Général Seyni Kountché, Niamey

16 July 2000

Ivory Coast	6–0	Niger
Siaka Bamba 9' Serge Yoffou 42', 65', 68' Venance Zézé 77' Zéphirin Zoko 84'

Stade Félix Houphouët-Boigny, Abidjan

Cote d'Ivoire win 7-0 on aggregate

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3 July 2000

Cape Verde	1–0	Liberia
Toni

Estádio Municipal Adérito Sena, Mindelo

16 July 2000

Liberia	3–0	Cape Verde
George Weah 3', 77' Alex Brown 71'

Samuel Kanyon Doe Sports Complex, Monrovia

Liberia win 3-1 on aggregate

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20 August 2000

Sierra Leone	2–0	Togo
Ibrahim Bah 33' Abu Kanu 51'

National Stadium, Freetown

3 September 2000

Togo	2–0	Sierra Leone
Mohamed Kader 26' Tadjou Salou 60' (pen.)

Stade de Kégué, Lomé

2-2 after extra time, Togo win 4-2 on penalties

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2 July 2000

Central African Republic	1–1	DR Congo
Nazaire Malo 25'		Jean-Jacques Yemweni 12'

Barthelemy Boganda Stadium, Bangui

16 July 2000

DR Congo	2–0	Central African Republic
Jean-Jacques Yemweni 6' Jason Mayélé 82'

Stade des Martyrs, Kinshasa

Congo DR won 3–1 on aggregate

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2 July 2000

Sudan	5–1	Eritrea
Khalid Bakheit 4' James Moga 11' Mohammed Musa 54' Hisham Seeni 56' Amir Mustafa 86'		Basili Abraham 6'

Khartoum Stadium, Khartoum

15 July 2000

Eritrea	2–1	Sudan
Fassil Abreha 33' Yidnekachew Shimangus 45'		Rtshard Samson 66'

Asmara Stadium, Asmara

Sudan won 6–3 on aggregate

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2 July 2000

Rwanda	2–1	Congo

Stade Amahoro, Kigali

16 July 2000

Congo	5–1	Rwanda
Lebali Eder 6' Goma Amoros 8' (pen.) Pedel Moyimouadeka 26' Ngoma Nanitelamio 61' Denis Tsoumou 61'		Mayele 80'

Stade Municipal, Pointe Noire

Congo won 6–3 on aggregate

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30 June 2000

Djibouti	1–3	Burundi

Djibouti city

15 July 2000

Burundi	1–0	Djibouti

Prince Louis Rwagasore Stadium, Bujumbura

Burundi won 4–1 on aggregate

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1 July 2000

Botswana	1–0	Madagascar
Diphetogo Selolwane 25'

National Stadium, Gaborone

15 July 2000

Madagascar	2–0	Botswana
Harry Randrianaivo 3' Claude Ralaitafika 48'

Mahamasina Municipal Stadium, Antananarivo

Madagascar won 2–1 on aggregate

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30 June 2000

Chad	3–1	Libya

Stade Omnisports Idriss Mahamat Ouya, N'Djamena

14 July 2000

Libya	3–1	Chad

June 11 Stadium, Tripoli

4–4 on aggregate, Libya won 8–7 on penalty shootout

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2 July 2000

Ethiopia	1–0	Zambia
Sintayehu Getachew 34'

Addis Ababa Stadium, Addis Ababa

15 July 2000

Zambia	2–0	Ethiopia
Bernard Makufi 2' Gift Kampamba 67'

Independence Stadium, Lusaka

Zambia on 2–1 on aggregate

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1 July 2000

Seychelles	0–1	Zimbabwe
		Benjani Mwaruwari 35'

Victoria, Seychelles

16 July 2000

Zimbabwe	5–0	Seychelles
Luke Petros Blessing Makunike Peter Ndlovu Nqobizitha Ncube

Bulawayo

Zimbabwe on 6–0 on aggregate

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1 July 2000

Tanzania	0–1	Mauritius

Benjamin Mkapa National Stadium, Dar es Salaam

16 July 2000

Mauritius	3–2	Tanzania
Sebastian Bax 77' Tony François 79' Christopher Perle 88'		Cassim Tembele 24' Ntese Lungu 28'

Stade George V, Curepipe

Mauritius won 4–2 on aggregate

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1 July 2000

Uganda	3–1	Malawi
Hassan Mubiru 3' Hakim Magumba 14' Andrew Mukasa 52'		Daniel Chitsulo 89'

Nakivubo Stadium, Kampala

15 July 2000

Malawi	1–2	Uganda
Mtawali Chirwali 51'		Hassan Mubiru 30' Majid Musisi 81'

Chichiri Stadium, Blantyre

Uganda won 5–2 on aggregate

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2 July 2000

Lesotho	1–0	Mozambique
Teele Ntsonyana 85'

Setsoto Stadium, Maseru

16 July 2000

Mozambique	1–0	Lesotho
Dário 82'

Maputo

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

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2 July 2000

Eswatini	3–2	Kenya
Dumisa Dlamini 43', 75' (pen.) Mfanzile Dlamini 56'		Musa Otieno 38' Mike Okoth 86'

Somholo National Stadium, Lobamba

15 July 2000

Kenya	3–0	Eswatini
Bernard Onyango 19' Mike Okoth 78' Sammy Simiyu 83'

Mombasa Municipal Stadium, Mombasa

Kenya won 5–3 on aggregate

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Morocco	w/o	Guinea-Bissau

Guinea-Bissau withdrew; Morocco advanced

Qualifying round

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

Group 1

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Nigeria	14	6	4	2	0	9	1	+8
Zambia	8	6	2	2	2	5	5	0
Madagascar	5	6	1	2	3	5	7	−2
Namibia	5	6	1	2	3	5	11	−6

2 September 2000

Nigeria	4–0	Namibia
Victor Ikpeba 39', 73', 88' Pascal Ojigwe 55'

Lagos National Stadium, Lagos

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2 September 2000

Zambia	1–2	Madagascar
Dennis Lota 34'		Ratsimialona 42' Harry Randrianaivo 75'

Independence Stadium, Lusaka

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7 October 2000

Madagascar	0–0	Nigeria

Mahamasina Municipal Stadium, Antananarivo

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8 October 2000

Namibia	1–2	Zambia

Independence Stadium, Windhoek

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13 January 2001

Nigeria	1–0	Zambia
Victor Agali 33'

Lagos National Stadium, Lagos

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13 January 2001

Namibia	2–2	Madagascar
Johannes Hindjou 77' George Hummel 89'		Harry Randrianaivo 33' Ratsimialona 44'

Independence Stadium, Windhoek

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24 March 2001

Zambia	1–1	Nigeria
Isaac Okoronkwo 42' (o.g.)		Benedict Akwuegbu 30'

Nchanga Stadium, Chingola

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24 March 2001

Madagascar	1–2	Namibia
Ruphin Menakely 30'		Michael Pienaar 5' Floris Diergaardt 10'

Mahamasina Municipal Stadium, Antananarivo

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2 June 2001

Zambia	0–0	Namibia

Nchanga Stadium, Chingola

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2 June 2001

Nigeria	1–0	Madagascar
Benedict Akwuegbu 4'

Benin City, Nigeria

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16 June 2001

Namibia	0–2	Nigeria
		Yakubu Aiyegbeni 89' Ishola Shuaibu 90'

Independence Stadium, Windhoek

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16 June 2001

Madagascar	0–1	Zambia
		Misheck Lungu 13'

Mahamasina Municipal Stadium, Antananarivo

Group 2

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Liberia	13	6	4	1	1	14	4	+10
South Africa	12	6	3	3	0	9	4	+5
Congo	5	6	1	2	3	4	9	−5
Mauritius	2	6	0	2	4	2	12	−10

3 September 2000

Liberia	4–0	Mauritius
Zizi Roberts 25' James Debbah 47', 49' Kelvin Sebwe

Samuel Kanyon Doe Sports Complex, Monrovia

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3 September 2000

Congo	1–2	South Africa
Guié-Mien 70' (pen.)		Thabo Mngomeni 21' Bradley August 59'

Stade Municipal, Pointe Noire

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8 October 2000

Mauritius	1–2	Congo
Jean-Marc Ithier 47'		Guié-Mien 27', 29'

Stade George V, Curepipe

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16 December 2000

South Africa	2–1	Liberia
Shaun Bartlett 49' Phil Masinga 73'		Prince Daye 80'

First National Bank Stadium, Johannesburg

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13 January 2001

Mauritius	1–1	South Africa
Pascal Francois 60' (pen.)		Delron Buckley 43'

Stade Anjalay, Mauritius

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14 January 2001

Liberia	5–1	Congo
James Debbah 23', 60' Oliver Makor 30' Zizi Roberts 51' Prince Daye 62'		Dongo Christ 21'

Samuel Kanyon Doe Sports Complex, Monrovia

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24 March 2001

South Africa	3–0	Mauritius
Benedict McCarthy 4' Alfred Phiri 14' Sibusiso Zuma 20'

Port Elizabeth, South Africa

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25 March 2001

Congo	0–1	Liberia
		Prince Daye 62'

Stade Municipal, Pointe Noire

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3 June 2001

Congo	0–0	Mauritius

Stade Municipal, Pointe Noire

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3 June 2001

Liberia	1–1	South Africa
Oliver Makor 48' (pen.)		Andrew Rabutla 39'

Samuel Kanyon Doe Sports Complex, Monrovia

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16 June 2001

Mauritius	0–2	Liberia
		Isaac Tondo 1', 61'

Stade Anjalay, Mauritius

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17 June 2001

South Africa	0–0	Congo

Kings Park Stadium, Durban

Group 3

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Morocco	10	6	3	1	2	5	4	+1
Tunisia	8	6	2	2	2	9	7	+2
Gabon	8	6	2	2	2	8	8	0
Kenya	6	6	1	3	2	5	8	−3

2 September 2000

Gabon	2–0	Morocco
Guy-Roger N'zeng 38' Etienne Bito'o 56'

Stade Omar Bongo, Libreville

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3 September 2000

Kenya	0–0	Tunisia

Moi International Sports Centre, Nairobi

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7 October 2000

Tunisia	4–2	Gabon
Ziad Jaziri 3' Radhi Jaïdi 42' Hassen Gabsi 58' Tarek Thabet 75'		Cédric Moubamba 14' Etienne Bito'o 25'

Stade El Menzah, Tunis

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8 October 2000

Morocco	1–0	Kenya
Youssef Chippo 43'

Mohamed V Stadium, Casablanca

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13 January 2001

Tunisia	0–1	Morocco
		Abdeljalil Hadda 49'

Stade El Menzah, Tunis

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13 January 2001

Kenya	2–1	Gabon
Bonaventure Maruti 16' Robert Mambo Mumba 72'		Nguema 12'

Moi International Sports Centre, Nairobi

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24 March 2001

Morocco	2–0	Tunisia
Youssef Chippo 20' Abdeljalil Hadda 60'

Prince Moulay Abdellah Stadium, Rabat

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24 March 2001

Gabon	1–1	Kenya
Valéry Ondo 67' (pen.)		Sammy Wanyonyi 85'

Stade Omar Bongo, Libreville

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2 June 2001

Kenya	1–1	Morocco
Mike Origi 5'		Salaheddine Bassir 43'

Moi International Sports Centre, Nairobi

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2 June 2001

Gabon	1–1	Tunisia
Daniel Cousin 57'		Riadh Jelassi 67'

Stade Omar Bongo, Libreville

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16 June 2001

Morocco	0–1	Gabon
		Nguema 43'

Complexe Hassan II, Fès

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17 June 2001

Tunisia	4–1	Kenya
Ali Zitouni 33', 62' Ziad Jaziri 42', 44'		Simeon Mulama 61'

Stade El Menzah, Tunis

Group 4

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Algeria	11	6	3	2	1	9	7	+2
Burkina Faso	11	6	3	2	1	4	3	+1
Angola	8	6	2	2	2	8	7	+1
Burundi	2	6	0	2	4	2	6	−4

3 September 2000

Burundi	0–0	Angola

Prince Louis Rwagasore Stadium, Bujumbura

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3 September 2000

Algeria	1–1	Burkina Faso
Abdelhafid Tasfaout 62'		Mamadou Zongo 52'

Stade 5 Juillet 1962, Algiers

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7 October 2000

Burkina Faso	1–0	Burundi
Ousmane Sanou 52'

Stade du 4-Août, Ouagadougou

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8 October 2000

Angola	2–2	Algeria
Sousa 52' António Mendonça 66'		Abdelhafid Tasfaout 10', 26'

Estádio da Cidadela, Luanda

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12 January 2001

Algeria	2–1	Burundi
Mehdi Méniri 6' Abdelhafid Tasfaout 45'		Juma Mossi 60'

Stade 5 Juillet 1962, Algiers

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13 January 2001

Burkina Faso	1–0	Angola
Mamadou Zongo 38'

Stade du 4-Août, Ouagadougou

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25 March 2001

Burundi	0–1	Algeria
		Issaad Bourahli 17'

Prince Louis Rwagasore Stadium, Bujumbura

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25 March 2001

Angola	2–0	Burkina Faso
Quinzinho 44' Akwá 75'

Estádio da Cidadela, Luanda

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1 June 2001

Algeria	3–2	Angola
Rafik Saïfi 6', 41' (pen.) Kamel Kherkhache 80'		Djiberato 29' António Mendonça 60'

Stade 19 Mai 1956, Annaba

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3 June 2001

Burundi	0–0	Burkina Faso

Prince Louis Rwagasore Stadium, Bujumbura

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17 June 2001

Burkina Faso	1–0	Algeria
Seydou Traoré 38'

Stade du 4-Août, Ouagadougou

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17 June 2001

Angola	2–1	Burundi
Paulão 25' Flávio 52'		Selemane 50'

Cabinda

Group 5

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Togo	10	4	3	1	0	7	0	+7
Senegal	5	4	1	2	1	4	2	+2
Uganda	1	4	0	1	3	1	10	−9
Guinea	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Note: Guinea were excluded on 19 March 2001, after the Guinean sports minister had failed to meet a third FIFA deadline to reinstall the Guinean FA functionaries.

24 September 2000

Senegal	0–0	Togo

Stade Léopold Sédar Senghor, Dakar

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8 October 2000

Togo	3–0	Uganda
Tadjou Salou 29' (pen.) Noutsoudjin Kossi 49' Kader Coubadja-Touré 73'

Stade de Kégué, Lomé

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13 January 2001

Uganda	1–1	Senegal
Mathias Kawesa 69'		Pape Thiaw 6'

Nakivubo Stadium, Kampala

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24 March 2001

Senegal	3–0	Uganda
El Hadj Diouf 18', 85' Henri Camara 40'

Stade Léopold Sédar Senghor, Dakar

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2 June 2001

Uganda	0–3	Togo
		Kader Coubadja-Touré 34', 70' Kouadji Dogbe 48'

Nakivubo Stadium, Kampala

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17 June 2001

Togo	1–0	Senegal
Noutsoudjin Kossi 32'

Stade de Kégué, Lomé

Group 6

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Ghana	13	6	4	1	1	16	8	+8
DR Congo	8	6	2	2	2	7	9	−2
Lesotho	6	6	1	3	2	7	9	−2
Zimbabwe	6	6	2	0	4	8	12	−4

3 September 2000

Zimbabwe	3–2	DR Congo
Luke Petros 6', 73' Peter Ndlovu 22'		Mayélé 29' (pen.) Kambamu Wakanyenkele 67'

National Stadium, Harare

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3 September 2000

Lesotho	3–3	Ghana
Seth Lephoto 47' Masupha Majara 49' Molefe Makhele 61'		Charles Amoah 27' Nana Arhin Duah 80', 88'

Setsoto Stadium, Maseru

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8 October 2000

Ghana	4–1	Zimbabwe
Stephen Appiah 28' Emmanuel Duah 42' Charles Amoah 48' Charles Akunnor 78' (pen.)		Benjani Mwaruwari 47'

Accra Sports Stadium, Accra

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10 October 2000

DR Congo	1–1	Lesotho
Moro Nvula 57'		Paballo Mpakanyane 65'

Stade des Martyrs, Kinshasa

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14 January 2001

Zimbabwe	1–2	Lesotho
Benjani Mwaruwari 21'		Masupha Majara 40' Lehlohonolo Seema 87' (pen.)

Bulawayo

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14 January 2001

DR Congo	2–1	Ghana
Michél Mazingu-Dinzey 10' Serge Mputu Mbungu 13'		Kwame Ayew 77'

Stade des Martyrs, Kinshasa

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24 March 2001

Lesotho	0–1	Zimbabwe
		Peter Ndlovu 88'

Setsoto Stadium, Maseru

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25 March 2001

Ghana	3–0	DR Congo
Charles Allotey 17', 84' Stephen Appiah 49'

Accra Sports Stadium, Accra

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3 June 2001

Lesotho	0–0	DR Congo

Setsoto Stadium, Maseru

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3 June 2001

Zimbabwe	1–2	Ghana
Wilfred Mugeyi 15'		Owusu-Ansah 39' Isaac Boakye 89'

National Stadium, Harare

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17 June 2001

DR Congo	2–1	Zimbabwe

Stade des Martyrs, Kinshasa

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17 June 2001

Ghana	3–1	Lesotho
Stephen Appiah 25' Baffour Gyan 31' Charles Amoah 37'		Teele Nts'onyana 63'

Kumasi Sports Stadium, Kumasi

Group 7

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Egypt	13	6	4	1	1	11	6	+5
Ivory Coast	11	6	3	2	1	9	4	+5
Libya	6	6	2	0	4	4	10	−6
Sudan	4	6	1	1	4	3	7	−4

2 September 2000

Egypt	1–0	Ivory Coast
Sayed Abdel Hafeez 15'

Alexandria Stadium, Alexandria

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10 September 2000

Libya	1–0	Sudan
Ezzedine Al-Masrati 44'

June 11 Stadium, Tripoli

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8 October 2000

Sudan	0–1	Egypt
		Hossam Hassan 22'

Khartoum

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19 November 2000

Ivory Coast	2–1	Libya
Ibrahima Bakayoko 17' Zephirin Zoko 87'		Ahmed Masli 8'

Stade Félix Houphouët-Boigny, Abidjan

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14 January 2001

Egypt	4–0	Libya
Ibrahim Hassan 27' Ahmed Hassan 47', 62' Abdel Sattar Sabry 66' (pen.)

Cairo International Stadium, Cairo

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20 January 2001

Ivory Coast	2–0	Sudan
Abdul Kader Keïta 38' Zephirin Zoko 80'

Stade Bouaké, Bouaké

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23 March 2001

Libya	2–0	Egypt
Ahmed Abu Kubba 53' Ahmed Elmosly 65'

Stade du 26 Mars, Benghazi

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25 March 2001

Sudan	0–0	Ivory Coast

Al-Merrikh Stadium, Omdurman

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3 June 2001

Egypt	3–2	Sudan
Ahmed Hossam 20', 51' Ahmed Hosni 58'		James Moga 69' Farouk Gabra 89' (pen.)

Alexandria Stadium, Alexandria

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3 June 2001

Libya	0–3	Ivory Coast
		Abdul Kader Keïta 21' Ibrahima Bakayoko 31' Dja Ettien 67'

June 11 Stadium, Tripoli

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17 June 2001

Ivory Coast	2–2	Egypt
Ibrahima Bakayoko 70' (pen.) Nader El-Sayed 83' (o.g.)		Ahmed Hosni 56' Ibrahim Said 84'

Stade Félix Houphouët-Boigny, Abidjan

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17 June 2001

Sudan	1–0	Libya
Edward Gildo Fidda 45'

Khartoum

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