2002 African Cup of Nations

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.

2002 African Cup of Nations

Coupe d'Afrique des Nations 2002
African Cup of Nations 2002 official logo
Tournament details
Host country	Mali
Dates	19 January – 10 February
Teams	16
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	48 (1.5 per match)
Attendance	570,000 (17,813 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Julius Aghahowa Patrick Mboma Salomon Olembé (3 goals each)
Best player(s)	El Hadji Diouf
← 2000 2004 →

Host selection

Bids:

• Algeria
• Botswana
• Egypt
• Ethiopia
• Mali (selected as hosts)

The organization of the 2002 Africa Cup of Nations was awarded to Mali on 5 February 1998 by the CAF Executive Committee meeting in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso during the 1998 African Cup of Nations. Voters had a choice between five countries: Algeria, Botswana, Egypt, Ethiopia and Mali.

This was the first time that Mali had hosted the competition.

Qualification

Main article: 2002 African Cup of Nations qualification

Participating countries

Team	Qualified as	Qualified on	Previous appearances in tournament[a]
Mali	Hosts		2 (1972, 1994)
Cameroon	Holders	13 February 2000	11 (1970, 1972, 1982, 1984, 1986, 1988, 1990, 1992, 1996, 1998, 2000)
Liberia	Group 2 winners	16 June 2001	1 (1996)
Morocco	Group 3 winners	16 June 2001	9 (1972, 1976, 1978, 1980, 1986, 1988, 1992, 1998, 2000)
Nigeria	Group 1 winners	16 June 2001	11 (1963, 1976, 1978, 1980, 1982, 1984, 1988, 1990, 1992, 1994, 2000)
Algeria	Group 4 winners	17 June 2001	11 (1968, 1980, 1982, 1984, 1986, 1988, 1990, 1992, 1996, 1998, 2000)
Burkina Faso	Group 4 runners-up	17 June 2001	4 (1978, 1996, 1998, 2000)
DR Congo	Group 6 runners-up	17 June 2001	12 (1965, 1968, 1970, 1972, 1974, 1976, 1988, 1992, 1994, 1996, 1998, 2000)
Egypt	Group 7 winners	17 June 2001	17 (1957, 1959, 1962, 1963, 1970, 1974, 1976, 1980, 1984, 1986, 1988, 1990, 1992, 1994, 1996, 1998, 2000)
Ghana	Group 6 winners	17 June 2001	13 (1963, 1965, 1968, 1970, 1978, 1980, 1982, 1984, 1992, 1994, 1996, 1998, 2000)
Ivory Coast	Group 7 runners-up	17 June 2001	14 (1965, 1968, 1970, 1974, 1980, 1984, 1986, 1988, 1990, 1992, 1994, 1996, 1998, 2000)
Senegal	Group 5 winners	17 June 2001	7 (1965, 1968, 1986, 1990, 1992, 1994, 2000)
South Africa	Group 2 runners-up	17 June 2001	3 (1996, 1998, 2000)
Togo	Group 5 winners	17 June 2001	4 (1972, 1984, 1998, 2000)
Tunisia	Group 3 runners-up	17 June 2001	9 (1962, 1963, 1965, 1978, 1982, 1994, 1996, 1998, 2000)
Zambia	Group 1 runners-up	16 June 2001	10 (1974, 1978, 1982, 1986, 1990, 1992, 1994, 1996, 1998, 2000)

Notes

1. Bold indicates champion for that year, Italic indicates host.

Squads

Further information: 2002 African Cup of Nations squads

Venues

Bamako Kayes Mopti Ségou Sikasso			Bamako
			Stade du 26 Mars
			Capacity: 55,000
			Bamako
			Stade Modibo Keïta
			Capacity: 25,000
Kayes	Mopti	Ségou	Sikasso
Stade Abdoulaye Makoro Cissoko	Stade Barema Bocoum	Stade Amary Daou	Stade Babemba Traoré
Capacity: 15,000	Capacity: 15,000	Capacity: 15,000	Capacity: 15,000

Group stage

Teams highlighted in green progress to the Quarter Finals.

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Nigeria	3	2	1	0	2	0	+2	7	Advance to knockout stage
2	Mali (H)	3	1	2	0	3	1	+2	5
3	Liberia	3	0	2	1	3	4	−1	2
4	Algeria	3	0	1	2	2	5	−3	1

Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: ^{[citation needed]}
(H) Hosts

19 January 2002

16:00

Mali	1–1	Liberia
Keita 87'		Weah 45'

Stade du 26 Mars, Bamako

Attendance: 50,000

Referee: Abdel Hakim Shelmani (Libya)

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21 January 2002

16:00

Algeria	0–1	Nigeria
		Aghahowa 43'

Stade du 26 Mars, Bamako

Attendance: 10,000

Referee: Felix Tangawarima (Zimbabwe)

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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
Daye 7' K. Sebwe 72'		Akrour 45' Kraouche 90+1'

Stade du 26 Mars, Bamako

Attendance: 4,000

Referee: Evehe Divine (Cameroon)

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28 January 2002

18:00

Mali	2–0	Algeria
Bagayoko 18' Touré 24'

Stade du 26 Mars, Bamako

Attendance: 50,000

Referee: Lim Kee Chong (Mauritius)

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28 January 2002

18:00

Liberia	0–1	Nigeria
		Aghahowa 63'

Stade Barema Bocoum, Mopti

Attendance: 9,000

Referee: Falla Ndoye (Senegal)

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	South Africa	3	1	2	0	3	1	+2	5	Advance to knockout stage
2	Ghana	3	1	2	0	2	1	+1	5
3	Morocco	3	1	1	1	3	4	−1	4
4	Burkina Faso	3	0	1	2	2	4	−2	1

Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: ^{[citation needed]}

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
Dagano 58'		Zerouali 23', 85'

Stade Amare Daou, Ségou

Attendance: 6,000

Referee: Lim Kee Chong (Mauritius)

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30 January 2002

16:00

South Africa	3–1	Morocco
Zuma 42' Mngomeni 48' Nomvethe 51'		Benmahmoud 77' (pen.)

Stade Amare Daou, Ségou

Attendance: 3,000

Referee: Gamal Al-Ghandour (Egypt)

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30 January 2002

16:00

Burkina Faso	1–2	Ghana
A. Touré 81'		Boakye 90', 90+2'

Stade Barema Bocoum, Mopti

Attendance: 15,000

Referee: Chukwudi Chukwujekwu (Nigeria)

Group C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Cameroon	3	3	0	0	5	0	+5	9	Advance to knockout stage
2	DR Congo	3	1	1	1	3	2	+1	4
3	Togo	3	0	2	1	0	3	−3	2
4	Ivory Coast	3	0	1	2	1	4	−3	1

Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: ^{[citation needed]}

20 January 2002

17:30

Cameroon	1–0	DR Congo
M'Boma 40'

Stade Babemba Traoré, Sikasso

Attendance: 15,000

Referee: Coffi Codjia (Benin)

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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
M'Boma 85'

Stade Babemba Traoré, Sikasso

Attendance: 15,000

Referee: Gamal Al-Ghandour (Egypt)

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26 January 2002

17:30

DR Congo	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
Mettomo 52' Eto'o 80' Olembé 89'

Stade Babemba Traoré, Sikasso

Attendance: 6,000

Referee: Petros Mathabela (South Africa)

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29 January 2002

16:00

DR Congo	3–1	Ivory Coast
Yuvuladio 28' Nonda 66' Kimoto 81' (pen.)		Traoré 86'

Stade Abdoulaye Makoro Cissoko, Kayes

Attendance: 12,000

Referee: Felix Tangawarima (Zimbabwe)

Group D

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Senegal	3	2	1	0	2	0	+2	7	Advance to knockout stage
2	Egypt	3	2	0	1	3	2	+1	6
3	Tunisia	3	0	2	1	0	1	−1	2
4	Zambia	3	0	1	2	1	3	−2	1

Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: ^{[citation needed]}

20 January 2002

15:30

Egypt	0–1	Senegal
		Diatta 82'

Stade Modibo Kéïta, Bamako

Attendance: 20,000

Referee: Mohamed Guezzaz (Morocco)

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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
Emam 23'

Stade Modibo Kéïta, Bamako

Attendance: 3,000

Referee: Arturo Daudén Ibáñez (Spain)

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26 January 2002

19:30

Senegal	1–0	Zambia
Camara 90'

Stade Modibo Kéïta, Bamako

Attendance: 20,000

Referee: Abdel Hakim Shelmani (Libya)

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31 January 2002

16:00

Egypt	2–1	Zambia
Mido 35' Emam 53'		Kampamba 89'

Stade Modibo Kéïta, Bamako

Attendance: 10,000

Referee: Coffi Codjia (Benin)

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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 stage

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	3 February – Bamako
	Nigeria	1
					7 February – Bamako
	Ghana	0
					Nigeria	1
	4 February – Bamako
					Senegal (a.e.t.)	2
	Senegal	2
									10 February – Bamako
	DR Congo	0
									Senegal	0 (2)
	3 February – Kayes
									Cameroon (pen.)	0 (3)
	South Africa	0
					7 February – Bamako
	Mali	2
					Mali	0
	4 February – Sikasso
					Cameroon	3			Third place
	Cameroon	1
									9 February – Mopti
	Egypt	0
									Nigeria	1
									Mali	0

Quarterfinals

3 February 2002

16:00

South Africa	0–2	Mali
		Touré 60' Dr. Coulibaly 90+2'

Stade Abdoulaye Nakoro Cissoko, Kayes

Attendance: 15,000

Referee: Arturo Daudén Ibáñez (Spain)

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3 February 2002

19:00

Nigeria	1–0	Ghana
Lawal 80'

Stade du 26 Mars, Bamako

Attendance: 25,000

Referee: Mohamed Guezzaz (Morocco)

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4 February 2002

16:00

Cameroon	1–0	Egypt
M'Boma 62'

Stade Babemba Traoré, Sikasso

Attendance: 15,000

Referee: Mourad Daami (Tunisia)

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4 February 2002

19:00

Senegal	2–0	DR Congo
Diao 30' Diouf 86'

Stade Modibo Keïta, Bamako

Attendance: 25,000

Referee: Domenico Messina (Italy)

Semifinals

7 February 2002

16:00

Nigeria	1–2 (a.e.t.)	Senegal
Aghahowa 88'		Bouba Diop 54' Diao 97'

Stade Modibo Keïta, Bamako

Attendance: 20,000

Referee: Coffi Codjia (Benin)

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7 February 2002

19:00

Mali	0–3	Cameroon
		Olembé 39', 45+1' Foé 84'

Stade du 26 Mars, Bamako

Attendance: 55,000

Referee: Lim Kee Chong (Mauritius)

Third place match

9 February 2002

16:00

Nigeria	1–0	Mali
Yakubu 29'

Stade Barema Bocoum, Mopti

Attendance: 15,000

Referee: Abdel Hakim Shelmani (Libya)

Final

Main article: 2002 African Cup of Nations Final

10 February 2002

16:00

Senegal	0–0 (a.e.t.)	Cameroon
	Report
Penalties
Coly Fadiga Faye Diouf Cissé	2–3	Wome Suffo Lauren Geremi Song

Stade du 26 Mars, Bamako

Attendance: 50,000

Referee: Gamal Al-Ghandour (Egypt)

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 Touré
• Samuel Eto'o
• Lucien Mettomo
• Marc-Vivien Foé
• Papi Kimoto
• Shabani Nonda
• Yves Yuvuladio
• Mido
• Kandia Traoré
• Prince Akim Daye
• Kelvin Sebwe
• George Weah
• Mamadou Bagayoko
• Dramane Coulibaly
• Seydou Keita
• Rachid Benmahmoud
• Yakubu
• 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
• Hany Ramzy

Midfielders

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

Forwards

• Julius Aghahowa
• El Hadji Diouf

External links

• Details at RSSSF

Technical Report: https://web.archive.org/web/20030429102335/http://www.cafonline.com/Pub/tec%20rep%202002.pdf