2002 African Cup of Nations

2002 African Cup of Nations

Coupe d'Afrique des Nations 2002
Africa Cup of Nations 2002 official logo
Tournament details
Host country	Mali
Dates	19 January – 10 February
Teams	16 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	6 (in 5 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Cameroon (4th title)
Runners-up	Senegal
Third place	Nigeria
Fourth place	Mali
Tournament statistics
Matches played	32
Goals scored	50 (1.56 per match)
Attendance	570,000 (17,813 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Patrick Mboma Salomon Olembé Julius Aghahowa (3 goals)
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The 2002 African Cup of Nations was the 23rd edition of the Africa Cup of Nations, the association football championship of Africa (CAF). It was hosted by Mali. Just like in 2000, the field of sixteen teams was split into four groups of four. Cameroon won its fourth championship (repeating as champions), beating Senegal on penalty kicks 3-2 after a goalless draw.

Qualification

Participating countries

Main article: 2002 African Cup of Nations qualification

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

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

Squads

For more details on this topic, see 2002 African Cup of Nations squads.

Host Cities & Venues

Bamako Kayes Mopti Ségou Sikasso			Bamako
			Stade du 26 Mars
			Capacity: 55,000
			Bamako
			Stade Modibo Keïta
			Capacity: 30,000
Kayes	Mopti	Ségou	Sikasso
Stade Abdoulaye Nakoro Cissoko	Stade Barema Bocoum	Stade Amari Daou	Stade Babemba Traoré
Capacity: 15,000	Capacity: 15,000	Capacity: 15,000	Capacity: 15,000

Final tournament

First round

Teams highlighted in green progress to the Quarter Finals.

Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Nigeria	3	2	1	0	2	0	+2	7
Mali	3	1	2	0	3	1	+2	5
Liberia	3	0	2	1	3	4	-1	2
Algeria	3	0	1	2	2	5	-3	1

19 January 2002 16:00	Mali	1 – 1	Liberia	Stade du 26 Mars, Bamako Attendance: 50,000 Referee: Abdel Hakim Shelmani (Libya)
	Keita  87'		45' Weah

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21 January 2002 16:00	Algeria	0 – 1	Nigeria	Stade du 26 Mars, Bamako Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Felix Tangawarima (Zimbabwe)
			43' Aghahowa

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24 January 2002 19:00	Mali	0 – 0	Nigeria	Stade du 26 Mars, Bamako Attendance: 50,000 Referee: Alex Quartey (Ghana)

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25 January 2002 19:30	Liberia	2 – 2	Algeria	Stade du 26 Mars, Bamako Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Evehe Divine (Cameroon)
	Daye  7' K. Sebwe  72'		45' Akrour  90+1' Kraouche

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28 January 2002 18:00	Mali	2 – 0	Algeria	Stade du 26 Mars, Bamako Attendance: 50,000 Referee: Lim Kee Chong (Mauritius)
	Bagayoko  18' Touré  24'

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28 January 2002 18:00	Liberia	0 – 1	Nigeria	Stade Barema Bocoum, Mopti Attendance: 9,000 Referee: Falla Ndoye (Senegal)
			63' Aghahowa

Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
South Africa	3	1	2	0	3	1	+2	5
Ghana	3	1	2	0	2	1	+1	5
Morocco	3	1	1	1	3	4	-1	4
Burkina Faso	3	0	1	2	2	4	-2	1

20 January 2002 19:30	South Africa	0 – 0	Burkina Faso	Stade Amare Daou, Ségou Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Falla Ndoye (Senegal)

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21 January 2002 16:00	Morocco	0 – 0	Ghana	Stade Amare Daou, Ségou Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Domenico Messina (Italy)

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24 January 2002 16:00	South Africa	0 – 0	Ghana	Stade Amare Daou, Ségou Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Mourad Daami (Tunisia)

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26 January 2002 15:30	Burkina Faso	1 – 2	Morocco	Stade Amare Daou, Ségou Attendance: 6,000 Referee: Lim Kee Chong (Mauritius)
	Dagano  58'		23', 85' Zerouali

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30 January 2002 16:00	South Africa	3 – 1	Morocco	Stade Amare Daou, Ségou Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Gamal Al-Ghandour (Egypt)
	Zuma  42' Mngomeni  48' Nomvethe  51'		77' (pen.) Benmahmoud

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30 January 2002 16:00	Burkina Faso	1 – 2	Ghana	Stade Barema Bocoum, Mopti Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Chukwudi Chukwujekwu (Nigeria)
	K. Traoré  81'		90', 90+2' Boakye

Group C

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Cameroon	3	3	0	0	5	0	+5	9
Congo DR	3	1	1	1	3	2	+1	4
Togo	3	0	2	1	0	3	-3	2
Ivory Coast	3	0	1	2	1	4	-3	1

20 January 2002 17:30	Cameroon	1 – 0	Congo DR	Stade Babemba Traoré, Sikasso Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Coffi Codjia (Benin)
	M'Boma  40'

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21 January 2002 18:00	Togo	0 – 0	Ivory Coast	Stade Babemba Traoré, Sikasso Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Chukwudi Chukwujekwu (Nigeria)

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25 January 2002 17:30	Cameroon	1 – 0	Ivory Coast	Stade Babemba Traoré, Sikasso Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Gamal Al-Ghandour (Egypt)
	M'Boma  85'

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26 January 2002 17:30	Congo DR	0 – 0	Togo	Stade Babemba Traoré, Sikasso Attendance: 7,000 Referee: Hailemalak Tessema (Ethiopia)

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29 January 2002 16:00	Cameroon	3 – 0	Togo	Stade Babemba Traoré, Sikasso Attendance: 6,000 Referee: Petros Mathabela (South Africa)
	Mettomo  52' Eto'o  80' Olembé  89'

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29 January 2002 16:00	Congo DR	3 – 1	Ivory Coast	Stade Abdoulaye Nakoro Cissoko, Kayes Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Felix Tangawarima (Zimbabwe)
	Yuvuladio  28' Nonda  66' Kimoto  81' (pen.)		86' Traoré

Group D

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Senegal	3	2	1	0	2	0	+2	7
Egypt	3	2	0	1	3	2	+1	6
Tunisia	3	0	2	1	0	1	-1	2
Zambia	3	0	1	2	1	3	-2	1

20 January 2002 15:30	Egypt	0 – 1	Senegal	Stade Modibo Kéïta, Bamako Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Mohamed Guezzaz (Morocco)
			82' Diatta

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21 January 2002 19:00	Zambia	0 – 0	Tunisia	Stade Modibo Kéïta, Bamako Attendance: 6,000 Referee: Koman Coulibaly (Mali)

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25 January 2002 15:30	Egypt	1 – 0	Tunisia	Stade Modibo Kéïta, Bamako Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Arturo Daudén Ibáñez (Spain)
	Emam  23'

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26 January 2002 19:30	Senegal	1 – 0	Zambia	Stade Modibo Kéïta, Bamako Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Abdel Hakim Shelmani (Libya)
	Camara  90'

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31 January 2002 16:00	Egypt	2 – 1	Zambia	Stade Modibo Kéïta, Bamako Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Coffi Codjia (Benin)
	Mido  35' Emam  53'		89' Kampamba

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31 January 2002 16:00	Senegal	0 – 0	Tunisia	Stade Abdoulaye Nakoro Cissoko, Kayes Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Domenico Messina (Italy)

Knockout Stages

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	3 February (19:00) - Bamako
	Nigeria	1
					7 February (16:00) - Bamako
	Ghana	0
					Nigeria	1
	4 February (19:00) - Bamako
					Senegal (aet)	2
	Senegal	2
									10 February (16:00) - Bamako
	Congo DR	0
									Senegal	0 (2)
	3 February (16:00) - Kayes
									Cameroon (pen)	0 (3)
	South Africa	0
					7 February (19:00) - Bamako
	Mali	2
					Mali	0			Third place
	4 February (16:00) - Sikasso
					Cameroon	3
	Cameroon	1							Nigeria	1
	Egypt	0							Mali	0
									9 February (16:00) - Mopti

Quarterfinals

3 February 2002 16:00	South Africa	0 – 2	Mali	Stade Abdoulaye Nakoro Cissoko, Kayes Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Arturo Daudén Ibáñez (Spain)
			60' Touré  90+2' Dr. Coulibaly

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3 February 2002 19:00	Nigeria	1 – 0	Ghana	Stade du 26 Mars, Bamako Attendance: 25,000 Referee: Mohamed Guezzaz (Morocco)
	Lawal  80'

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4 February 2002 16:00	Cameroon	1 – 0	Egypt	Stade Babemba Traoré, Sikasso Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Mourad Daami (Tunisia)
	M'Boma  62'

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4 February 2002 19:00	Senegal	2 – 0	Congo DR	Stade Modibo Keïta, Bamako Attendance: 25,000 Referee: Domenico Messina (Italy)
	Diao  30' Diouf  86'

Semifinals

7 February 2002 16:00	Nigeria	1 – 2 (a.e.t.)	Senegal	Stade Modibo Keïta, Bamako Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Coffi Codjia (Benin)
	Aghahowa  88'		54' P. B. Diop  97' Diao

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7 February 2002 19:00	Mali	0 – 3	Cameroon	Stade du 26 Mars, Bamako Attendance: 50,000 Referee: Lim Kee Chong (Mauritius)
			39', 45+1' Olembé  84' Foé

Third place playoff

9 February 2002 16:00	Nigeria	1 – 0	Mali	Stade Barema Bocoum, Mopti Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Abdel Hakim Shelmani (Libya)
	Yakubu  29'

Final

13 February 2002 15:00	Senegal	0 – 0 (a.e.t.)	Cameroon	Stade du 26 Mars, Bamako Attendance: 50,000 Referee: Gamal Al-Ghandour (Egypt)
		Penalties
	Coly Fadiga Faye Diouf Cisse	2 – 3	Wome Suffo Lauren Geremi Song

Winners

African Cup of Nations 2002 Champions
Cameroon 4th title

Scorers

3 goals

• Patrick M'Boma

• Salomon Olembé

• Julius Aghahowa

2 goals

• Hazem Emam
• Isaac Boakye

• Bassala Touré
• Hicham Zerouali

• Salif Diao

1 goal

• Nassim Akrour
• Nasreddine Kraouche
• Moumouni Dagano
• Amadou Traoré
• Samuel Eto'o
• Lucien Mettomo
• Marc-Vivien Foé
• Papi Kimoto
• Shabani Nonda
• Yves Yuvuladio

• Kandia Traoré
• Mido
• Prince Akim Daye
• Kelvin Sebwe
• George Weah
• Mamadou Bagayoko
• Dramane Coulibaly
• Seydou Keita
• Rachid Benmahmoud
• Yakubu Aiyegbeni

• Garba Lawal
• Souleymane Camara
• Lamine Diatta
• Papa Bouba Diop
• El Hadji Diouf
• Thabo Mngomeni
• Siyabonga Nomvete
• Sibusiso Zuma
• Gift Kampamba

CAF Team of the Tournament

Goalkeeper

• Tony Sylva

Defenders

• Taribo West
• Rigobert Song
• Ifeanyi Udeze
• Hany Ramzy

Midfielders

• Seydou Keita
• Rafik Saifi
• Patrick M'Boma
• Sibusiso Zuma

Forwards

• Julius Aghahowa
• El Hadji Diouf

External links

• Details at RSSSF