2002 FIFA World Cup qualification – CAF first round

Main article: 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification (CAF)

The CAF first round of 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification was contested between 50 CAF members.

The 50 teams were divided into five pools of ten teams each. In each pool, the ten teams were paired up to play knockout matches on a home-and-away basis. The winners advanced to the second round.

Pool A

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Mauritania	1–5	Tunisia	1–2	0–3
Guinea-Bissau	0–3	Togo	0–0	0–3
Cape Verde	0–2	Algeria	0–0	0–2
Benin	1–2	Senegal	1–1	0–1
Gambia	0–3	Morocco	0–1	0–2

7 April 2000

17:00 (UTC+0)

Mauritania	1–2	Tunisia
Ould Ely 85'	Report	Jaïdi 65' Gabsi 76'

Stade Olympique, Nouakchott

Attendance: 10,000

Referee: Modou Sowe (Gambia)

22 April 2000

17:00 (UTC+1)

Tunisia	3–0	Mauritania
Sidibé 16' (o.g.) Jaziri 25' Mhedhebi 49'	Report

Stade El Menzah, Tunis

Attendance: 3,000

Referee: Mourad Bendada (Morocco)

Tunisia won 5–1 on aggregate.

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8 April 2000

16:30 (UTC+0)

Guinea-Bissau	0–0	Togo
	Report

Estádio 24 de Setembro, Bissau

Attendance: 20,000

Referee: Manuel Monteiro Duarte (Cape Verde)

23 April 2000

15:30 (UTC+0)

Togo	3–0	Guinea-Bissau
Salifou 44' Kouko 65' Dovi-Akon 87'	Report

Stade de Kégué, Lomé

Attendance: 4,000

Referee: Emmanuel Okoampah (Ghana)

Togo won 3–0 on aggregate.

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9 April 2000

15:00 (UTC-1)

Cape Verde	0–0	Algeria
	Report

Estádio da Várzea, Praia

Attendance: 5,000

Referee: Abdou Diouf (Senegal)

21 April 2000

16:00 (UTC+1)

Algeria	2–0	Cape Verde
Bourahli 7' Saïfi 12'	Report

Stade 19 Mai 1956, Annaba

Attendance: 50,000

Referee: Malick Sillah (Gambia)

Algeria won 2–0 on aggregate.

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9 April 2000

16:00 (UTC+1)

Benin	1–1	Senegal
Okétola 33'	Report	N'Diaye 15'

Stade de l'Amitié, Cotonou

Attendance: 17,959

Referee: Olufunmi Orimisan Olaniyan (Nigeria)

23 April 2000

16:30 (UTC+0)

Senegal	1–0	Benin
Ba 63'	Report

Stade Leopold Senghor, Dakar

Attendance: 19,000

Referee: Ba Seydou (Mauritania)

Senegal won 2–1 on aggregate.

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9 April 2000

16:00 (UTC+0)

Gambia	0–1	Morocco
	Report	El Moubarki 63'

Independence Stadium, Bakau

Attendance: 20,000

Referee: Mamadouba Camara (Guinea)

22 April 2000

19:30 (UTC+1)

Morocco	2–0	Gambia
El Khattari 17', 31'	Report

Stade Mohamed V, Casablanca

Attendance: 10,800

Referee: Alhabib Ahmad (Libya)

Morocco won 3–0 on aggregate.

Pool B

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Madagascar	2–1	Gabon	2–0	0–1
Botswana	0–2	Zambia	0–1	0–1
Swaziland	1–8	Angola	0–1	1–7
Lesotho	0–3	South Africa	0–2	0–1
Sudan	2–2 (a)	Mozambique	1–0	1–2

8 April 2000

14:30 (UTC+3)

Madagascar	2–0	Gabon
Randrianaivo 37', 65'	Report

Mahamasina Municipal Stadium, Antananarivo

Attendance: 20,000

Referee: Robin Williams (South Africa)

22 April 2000

16:00 (UTC+1)

Gabon	1–0	Madagascar
Cousin 41'	Report

Stade Omar Bongo, Libreville

Attendance: 5,000

Referee: Benoit Benjamin Mbone Ndinga (Cameroon)

Madagascar won 2–1 on aggregate.

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8 April 2000

15:00 (UTC+2)

Botswana	0–1	Zambia
	Report	Lota 40'

Botswana National Stadium, Gaborone

Attendance: 15,000

Referee: Wilfred Mukuna (Zimbabwe)

22 April 2000

15:00 (UTC+2)

Zambia	1–0	Botswana
Milanzi 83'	Report

Independence Stadium, Lusaka

Attendance: 15,000

Referee: Eusebio Alfredo (Mozambique)

Zambia won 2–0 on aggregate.

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9 April 2000

15:00 (UTC+2)

Swaziland	0–1	Angola
	Report	Edson 55'

Somhlolo National Stadium, Lobamba

Attendance: 8,600

Referee: Walter Mochubela (South Africa)

23 April 2000

16:00 (UTC+1)

Angola	7–1	Swaziland
Hélder Vicente 18' Joni 26' Paulão 29', 72' Isaac 35', 88' Covilhã 85'	Report	Dlamini 79'

Estádio da Cidadela, Luanda

Attendance: 50,000

Referee: Edwin Senai (Botswana)

Angola won 8–1 on aggregate.

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9 April 2000

15:00 (UTC+2)

Lesotho	0–2	South Africa
	Report	Bartlett 40' Pule 71'

Setsoto Stadium, Maseru

Attendance: 12,035

Referee: Edwin Senai (Botswana)

22 April 2000

15:00 (UTC+2)

South Africa	1–0	Lesotho
Bartlett 48'	Report

Free State Stadium, Bloemfontein

Attendance: 25,000

Referee: Aaron Nkole (Zambia)

South Africa won 3–0 on aggregate.

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9 April 2000

20:00 (UTC+3)

Sudan	1–0	Mozambique
Faroug Jabra 8'	Report

AlHilal Stadium, Omdurman

Attendance: 18,000

Referee: Berhane Teshome (Eritrea)

23 April 2000

15:00 (UTC+2)

Mozambique	2–1	Sudan
Tico-Tico 39', 79'	Report	Mujahid Ahmed 66'

Estádio da Machava, Maputo

Attendance: 7,235

Referee: Felix Tangawarima (Zimbabwe)

2–2 on aggregate, Sudan won on away goals.

Pool C

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
São Tomé and Príncipe	2–4	Sierra Leone	2–0	0–4
Central African Republic	1–4	Zimbabwe	0–1	1–3
Rwanda	2–4	Ivory Coast	2–2	0–2
Equatorial Guinea	2–5	Congo	1–3	1–2
Libya	4–3	Mali	3–0	1–3

8 April 2000

16:00 (UTC+0)

São Tomé and Príncipe	2–0	Sierra Leone
Ramos 36' Pontes 59'	Report

Estádio Nacional 12 de Julho, Sao Tome

Attendance: 6,500

Referee: Gilbert Njike (Cameroon)

22 April 2000

16:30 (UTC+0)

Sierra Leone	4–0	São Tomé and Príncipe
C.Mansaray 32', 46' Kanu 58' S.Mansaray 79'	Report

National Stadium, Freetown

Attendance: 65,000

Referee: Idrissa Kaba (Liberia)

Sierra Leone won 4–2 on aggregate.

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8 April 2000

15:00 (UTC+1)

Central African Republic	0–1	Zimbabwe
	Report	Ndlovu 6'

Barthelemy Boganda Stadium, Bangui

Attendance: 13,000

Referee: Ladoual Hisseine (Chad)

23 April 2000

15:00 (UTC+2)

Zimbabwe	3–1	Central African Republic
Ncube 20' Ndlovu 35' Jukulile 87'	Report	Djim 39'

National Sports Stadium, Harare

Attendance: 18,951

Referee: Ferdinard Gadaga (Malawi)

Zimbabwe won 4–1 on aggregate.

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9 April 2000

15:30 (UTC+2)

Rwanda	2–2	Ivory Coast
Mili 46' Nsengiyumva 75'	Report	Akassou 45' Keïta 82'

Stade Amahoro, Kigali

Attendance: 16,000

Referee: Isaack Abdulkadir (Tanzania)

23 April 2000

16:00 (UTC+0)

Ivory Coast	2–0	Rwanda
Bakayoko 35', 66'	Report

Stade Félix Houphouët-Boigny, Abidjan

Attendance: 12,000

Referee: Chukwudi Chukwujekwu (Nigeria)

Ivory Coast won 4–2 on aggregate.

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9 April 2000

16:00 (UTC+1)

Equatorial Guinea	1–3	Congo
Eyoma 34'	Report	Ngoma 15' N'Keoua 29' Eta 64'

Estadio Internacional, Malabo

Attendance: 5,000

Referee: Pierre Alain Mounguengui (Gabon)

23 April 2000

15:30 (UTC+1)

Congo	2–1	Equatorial Guinea
Moyimbouabeka 7' Lepaye 81'	Report	Mba 67'

Stade Municipal, Pointe-Noire

Attendance: 12,000

Referee: Gilbert Njike (Cameroon)

Congo won 5–2 on aggregate.

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9 April 2000

18:00 (UTC+2)

Libya	3–0	Mali
Muntasser 4' Al Masli 56' Mhemed 81'	Report

June 11 Stadium, Tripoli

Attendance: 50,000

Referee: Ferid Sahli (Tunisia)

23 April 2000

17:30 (UTC+0)

Mali	3–1	Libya
Traoré 47', 78' Dissa 80'	Report	Bushaala 45'

Stade Modibo Kéïta, Bamako

Attendance: 30,000

Referee: Zeli Sinko (Ivory Coast)

Libya won 4–3 on aggregate.

Pool D

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Djibouti	2–10	DR Congo	1–1	1–9
Seychelles	1–4	Namibia	1–1	0–3
Eritrea	0–4	Nigeria	0–0	0–4
Somalia	0–6	Cameroon	0–3	0–3
Mauritius	2–6	Egypt	0–2	2–4

7 April 2000

16:00 (UTC+3)

Djibouti	1–1	DR Congo
Khaireh 39'	Report	Yemweni 82'

Stade du Ville, Djibouti City

Attendance: 2,700

Referee: Hassan Mohamed Mohamud (Somalia)

23 April 2000

15:30 (UTC+1)

DR Congo	9–1	Djibouti
Mayélé 1', 67' Yemweni 25', 59', 88' Nonda 33', 35' Mazingu-Dinzey 52' Mpia 78'	Report	Robleh 29'

Stade des Martyrs, Kinshasa

Attendance: 50,000

Referee: Ladoual Hisseine (Chad)

DR Congo won 10–2 on aggregate.

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8 April 2000

16:30 (UTC+4)

Seychelles	1–1	Namibia
Zialor 28'	Report	Shivute 20'

Stade Linité, Victoria

Attendance: 3,452

Referee: Pradeep Sohan (Mauritius)

22 April 2000

15:00 (UTC+1)

Namibia	3–0	Seychelles
Tjikuzu 7', 13', 79'	Report

Sam Nujoma Stadium, Windhoek

Attendance: 1,600

Referee: Dominique Urbatro (Réunion)

Namibia won 4–1 on aggregate.

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9 April 2000

16:00 (UTC+3)

Eritrea	0–0	Nigeria
	Report

Denden Stadium, Asmara

Attendance: 4,151

Referee: Ahmed Auda (Egypt)

22 April 2000

16:00 (UTC+1)

Nigeria	4–0	Eritrea
Akwuegbu 13' Lawal 20' Akpoborie 65' Kanu 89'	Report

Lagos National Stadium, Lagos

Attendance: 15,000

Referee: Manuel Monteiro Duarte (Cape Verde)

Nigeria won 4–0 on aggregate.

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19 April 2000

16:00 (UTC+1)

Somalia	0–3	Cameroon
	Report	Mboma 26' Foé 31' Eto'o 37'

Stade Ahmadou Ahidjo, Yaoundé

Attendance: 35,000

Referee: Thomas Boko (Benin)

23 April 2000

16:00 (UTC+1)

Cameroon	3–0	Somalia
Jama Mba 15', 27' Olembé 48'	Report

Stade Ahmadou Ahidjo, Yaoundé

Attendance: 20,000

Referee: Pierre Alain Mounguengui (Gabon)

Cameroon won 6–0 on aggregate.

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20 April 2000

19:00 (UTC+3)

Mauritius	0–2	Egypt
	Report	Emara 15' Farouk 75'

Cairo International Stadium, Cairo

Attendance: 40,000

Referee: Hichem Guirat (Tunisia)

23 April 2000

19:00 (UTC+3)

Egypt	4–2	Mauritius
Kamouna 5' (pen.) Farouk 72', 74' Salah 90'	Report	Périatambée 45' Bax 88'

Alexandria Stadium, Alexandria

Attendance: 15,000

Referee: Mohsen Boukthir (Tunisia)

Egypt won 6–2 on aggregate.

Pool E

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Malawi	2–0	Kenya	2–0	0–0
Tanzania	2–4	Ghana	0–1	2–3
Uganda	4–7	Guinea	4–4	0–3
Ethiopia	2–4	Burkina Faso	2–1	0–3
Chad	0–1	Liberia	0–1	0–0

8 April 2000

15:00 (UTC+2)

Malawi	2–0	Kenya
Somanje 53' Nkhwazi 88'	Report

Chichiri Stadium, Blantyre

Attendance: 18,000

Referee: Paul Phomane (Lesotho)

22 April 2000

16:00 (UTC+3)

Kenya	0–0	Malawi
	Report

Moi International Sports Centre, Nairobi

Attendance: 25,000

Referee: Jean-Marie Hicuburundi (Burkina Faso)

Malawi won 2–0 on aggregate.

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8 April 2000

16:00 (UTC+3)

Tanzania	0–1	Ghana
	Report	Kuffour 21'

Sheikh Amri Abeid Memorial Stadium, Arusha

Attendance: 13,000

Referee: Eusebio Alfredo (Mozambique)

23 April 2000

16:00 (UTC+0)

Ghana	3–2	Tanzania
Kuffour 19' Ahinful 28' Addo 64'	Report	Lungu 44' Abubakari 54'

Ohene Djan Stadium, Accra

Attendance: 15,000

Referee: Abdou Diouf (Senegal)

Ghana won 4–2 on aggregate.

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8 April 2000

16:30 (UTC+3)

Uganda	4–4	Guinea
Mubiru 59' Musisi 73' Tabula 77' Kyambadde 89'	Report	Thiam 24' Youla 55', 83' Feindouno 88'

Nakivubo Stadium, Kampala

Attendance: 8,609

Referee: Hailemelak Tessema (Ethiopia)

23 April 2000

16:30 (UTC+0)

Guinea	3–0	Uganda
Camara 47' Feindouno 70', 74'	Report

Stade du 28 Septembre, Conakry

Attendance: 20,000

Referee: Sidi Bekaye Magassa (Mali)

Guinea won 7–4 on aggregate.

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9 April 2000

16:00 (UTC+3)

Ethiopia	2–1	Burkina Faso
Alameraw 48' Getachew 64'	Report	Touré 81'

Addis Ababa Stadium, Addis Ababa

Attendance: 10,544

Referee: Maxim Itur (Kenya)

23 April 2000

16:00 (UTC+0)

Burkina Faso	3–0	Ethiopia
Zongo 3', 37' (pen.) Barro 10'	Report

Stade du 4-Août, Ouagadougou

Attendance: 25,000

Referee: Coffi Codjia (Benin)

Burkina Faso won 4–2 on aggregate.

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9 April 2000

19:30 (UTC+1)

Chad	0–1	Liberia
	Report	Sebwe 44'

Stade Nacional, N'Djamena

Attendance: 10,000

Referee: Ibrahim Djingarey (Nigeria)

23 April 2000

16:00 (UTC+0)

Liberia	0–0	Chad
	Report

National Complex, Monrovia

Attendance: 43,000

Referee: Samuel Kamara (Sierra Leone)

Liberia won 1–0 on aggregate.

Goalscorers

There were 130 goals scored in 50 matches, for an average of 2.6 goals per match.

4 goals

• Ngidi Yemweni

3 goals

• Mohamed Farouk
• Pascal Feindouno
• Razundara Tjikuzu

2 goals

• Isaac Boelua Lokuli
• Paulão
• Mamadou Zongo
• Robert Jama Mba
• Jason Mayélé
• Shabani Nonda
• Samuel Kuffour
• Souleymane Youla
• Ibrahima Bakayoko
• Harry Randrianaivo
• Brehima Traoré
• Abdelfattah El Khattari
• Tico-Tico
• Chernor Mansaray
• Shaun Bartlett
• Peter Ndlovu

1 goal

• Isâad Bourahli
• Rafik Saïfi
• Victor Covilhã
• Felipe Cata Edson
• Joni
• Hélder Vicente
• Jonas Okétola
• Oumar Barro
• Amadou Touré
• Samuel Eto'o
• Marc-Vivien Foé
• Patrick Mboma
• Salomon Olembé
• Luciano Djim
• Modeste Eta
• Ulrich Lepaye
• Bedel Moyimbouabeka
• Jean-Silvestre N'Keoua
• George Ngoma Nanitelamio
• Michél Mazingu-Dinzey
• Lwata Mpia
• Mahad Khaireh
• Hared Robleh
• Mohamed Emara
• Samir Kamouna
• Walid Salah Abdel Latif
• Remo Eyoma
• Casiano Mba
• Anteneh Alameraw
• Sentayehu Getachew
• Daniel Cousin
• Daniel Addo
• Augustine Ahinful
• Titi Camara
• Pablo Thiam
• Ghislain Akassou
• Fadel Keïta
• Kelvin Sebwe
• Ahmed Al Masli
• Faisal Bushaala
• Khaled Mhemed
• Jehad Muntasser
• Jones Nkhwazi
• Dereck Somanje
• Yaya Dissa
• Salem Ould Ely
• Jean-Sebastien Bax
• Jacques-Désiré Périatambée
• Bouchaib El Moubarki
• Eliphas Shivute
• Jonathan Akpoborie
• Benedict Akwuegbu
• Nwankwo Kanu
• Garba Lawal
• Hassan Mili
• Julien Nsengiyumva
• Amilcar Ramos
• Celso Pontes
• Cheikh Ba
• Moussa N'Diaye
• Philip Zialor
• Abu Kanu
• Sidique Mansaray
• Jabu Pule
• Mujahid Ahmed
• Faroug Jabra
• Siza Dlamini
• Ally Abubakari
• John Lungu
• Togbe Dovi-Akon
• Salam Kouko
• Moustapha Salifou
• Hassen Gabsi
• Radhi Jaïdi
• Ziad Jaziri
• Imed Mhedhebi
• Jamil Kyambadde
• Hassan Mubiru
• Majid Musisi
• Abubaker Tabula
• Dennis Lota
• Harry Milanzi
• Luke Jukulile
• Nqobizitha Ncube

1 own goal

• Bilal Sidibé (against Tunisia)

External links

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