2004 African Cup of Nations qualification

Qualification for the 2004 African Cup of Nations.

Qualified teams

•  Algeria
•  Benin
•  Burkina Faso
•  Cameroon (qualified as holders)
•  DR Congo
•  Egypt
•  Guinea
•  Kenya
•  Mali
•  Morocco
•  Nigeria
•  Rwanda
•  Senegal
•  South Africa
•  Tunisia (qualified as hosts)
•  Zimbabwe

Qualifying round

Of the 52 nations, only Somalia didn't take part, Cameroon qualified as holders and Tunisia qualified as hosts. Furthermore, Djibouti, São Tomé and Príncipe, and Guinea-Bissau withdrew. The remaining 46 teams then ended up being divided into 7 groups of 4 teams and 6 groups of 3 teams, with the 13 group winners and the best runner-up from the groups containing 4 sides, qualifying for the finals. Qualifying took place between 6 September 2002 and 6 July 2003.^[1]

Group 1

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Nigeria	4	2	2	0	7	3	+4	8
Angola	4	1	2	1	7	4	+3	5
Malawi	4	1	0	3	3	10	−7	3
Djibouti (W)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
(W) Withdrew

8 September 2002

Angola	0–0	Nigeria

Estádio da Cidadela, Luanda

Attendance: 10,000

Referee: Petros Mathabela (South Africa)

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12 October 2002

Malawi	1–0	Angola
Mwafulirwa 85'

Civo Stadium, Lilongwe

Attendance: 40,000

Referee: Felix Tangawarima (Zimbabwe)

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29 March 2003

Malawi	0–1	Nigeria
		Utaka 10'

Chichiri Stadium, Blantyre

Attendance: 60,000

Referee: Aaron Nkole (Zambia)

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7 June 2003

Nigeria	4–1	Malawi
Yakubu 10', 16' N. Kanu 22', 35'		Kanyenda 8'

National Stadium, Abuja

Referee: Falla Ndoye (Senegal)

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21 June 2003

Nigeria	2–2	Angola
Kalu Uche 57' Odemwingie 62' (pen.)		Figueiredo 9' Akwá 55'

Samuel Ogbemudia Stadium, Benin City

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6 July 2003

Angola	5–1	Malawi
Msowoya 2' Akwá 3' Flávio Amado 33' Stopirra 76' Chinho 89'		Mgangira 78'

Estádio da Cidadela, Luanda

Attendance: 10,000

Group 2

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Guinea	6	4	0	2	10	3	+7	12
Niger	6	3	0	3	5	6	−1	9
Ethiopia	6	3	0	3	5	7	−2	9
Liberia	6	2	0	4	3	7	−4	6

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

7 September 2002

Niger	3–1	Ethiopia
Tankary 55', 61' Garba 80'		Ashenafi 16'

Stade Général Seyni Kountché, Niamey

Attendance: 35,000

Referee: Lassina Paré (Burkina Faso)

8 September 2002

Guinea	3–0	Liberia
T. Camara 1' Mansaré 54' Conté 69'

Stade du 28 Septembre, Conakry

Attendance: 35,000

Referee: Samba Diouf (Senegal)

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12 October 2002

Liberia	1–0	Niger
Daye 80'

Samuel Kanyon Doe Stadium, Monrovia

Attendance: 40,000

13 October 2002

Ethiopia	1–0	Guinea
Abege 63'

Addis Ababa Stadium, Addis Ababa

Referee: Maxim Itur (Kenya)

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30 March 2003

Ethiopia	1–0	Liberia
Feleke 80'

Addis Ababa Stadium, Addis Ababa

Attendance: 40,000

Referee: Ali Mohamed Hassan (Djibouti)

30 March 2003

Guinea	2–0	Niger
Mansaré 40' (pen.) A. Sylla 90'

Stade du 28 Septembre, Conakry

Attendance: 25,000

Referee: Montero Duarte (Cape Verde)

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7 June 2003

Niger	1–0	Guinea
Tankari 69'

Stade Général Seyni Kountché, Niamey

Attendance: 50,000

Referee: Joseph Wellington (Ghana)

8 June 2003

Liberia	1–0	Ethiopia
Mennoh 57'

Antoinette Tubman Stadium, Monrovia

Attendance: 14,000

Referee: Aguidissou Crespin (Benin)

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21 June 2003

Liberia	1–2	Guinea
Daye 20'		Youla 11', 50'

Accra Sports Stadium, Accra, Ghana (neutral ground)

Referee: Modou Sowe (Gambia)

22 June 2003

Ethiopia	2–0	Niger
Azad 15' (o.g.) Kidanu 51'

Addis Ababa Stadium, Addis Ababa

Attendance: 25,000

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5 July 2003

Niger	1–0	Liberia
Alhassan 90' (pen.)

Stade Général Seyni Kountché, Niamey

6 July 2003

Guinea	3–0	Ethiopia
Youla 32', 72' Feindouno 55'

Stade du 28 Septembre, Conakry

Group 3

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Benin	6	4	1	1	12	4	+8	13
Zambia	6	3	2	1	6	5	+1	11
Sudan	6	3	1	2	9	6	+3	10
Tanzania	6	0	0	6	1	13	−12	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

8 September 2002

Benin	4–0	Tanzania
Adjamossi 9', 38' Tchomogo 75' (pen.) Latoundji 85'

Stade René Pleven d'Akpakpa, Cotonou

Attendance: 10,000

Referee: Chukwujekwu Chukudi (Nigeria)

8 September 2002

Sudan	0–1	Zambia
		Nsofwa 89'

Al-Merrikh Stadium, Omdurman

Referee: Teshome Berhane (Ethiopia)

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12 October 2002

Tanzania	1–2	Sudan
Rajab 17'		Richard 27' (pen.), 53'

CCM Kirumba Stadium, Mwanza

Attendance: 20,000

Referee: Hailemalack Tessema (Ethiopia)

12 October 2002

Zambia	1–1	Benin
Kilambe 75'		Oladipupo 45'

Independence Stadium, Lusaka

Attendance: 30,000

Referee: Walter Mochubela (South Africa)

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29 March 2003

Tanzania	0–1	Zambia
		Lungu 25'

National Stadium, Dar es Salaam

Attendance: 23,000

Referee: Tessema Haislemelk (Ethiopia)

29 March 2003

Sudan	3–0	Benin
Tambal 35', 70' Kabair 68'

Al-Hilal Stadium, Omdurman

Attendance: 20,000

Referee: Buenkadil Bisingu Wabelo (DR Congo)

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7 June 2003

Zambia	2–0	Tanzania
Milanzi 44', 81'

Independence Stadium, Lusaka

Attendance: 30,000

Referee: Youngson Chilinda (Malawi)

8 June 2003

Benin	3–0	Sudan
Tchomogo 55' (pen.) Ogunbiyi 90'

Stade de l'Amitié, Cotonou

Referee: Koman Coulibaly (Mali)

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21 June 2003

Zambia	1–1	Sudan
Chalwe 72'		Dalag 23'

Independence Stadium, Lusaka

Referee: Hillary Maxim (Kenya)

22 June 2003

Tanzania	0–1	Benin
		Kabirou 66'

National Stadium, Dar es Salaam

Attendance: 20,000

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6 July 2003

Benin	3–0	Zambia
Tchomogo 9', 26' Latoundji 75'

Stade de l'Amitié, Cotonou

Attendance: 40,000

Referee: Monteiro Duarté (Cape Verde)

6 July 2003

Sudan	3–0 Awarded	Tanzania
		Withdrew

Omdurman

Tanzania pulled out for financial reasons and the game was awarded to Sudan.

Group 4

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Burkina Faso	6	4	1	1	12	2	+10	13
Congo	6	2	3	1	5	4	+1	9
Mozambique	6	2	2	2	3	8	−5	8
Central African Republic	6	0	2	4	3	9	−6	2

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

8 September 2002

Congo	0–0	Burkina Faso

Stade Alphonse Massemba-Débat, Brazzaville

Attendance: 60,000

Referee: Maxime Itur (Kenya)

9 September 2002

Central African Republic	1–1	Mozambique
Tamboulas 72'		Fumo 60'

Barthélemy Boganda Stadium, Bangui

Referee: Felipe Ndong (Equatorial Guinea)

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13 October 2002

Burkina Faso	2–1	Central African Republic
A. Touré 60' Minoungou 75'		Oueifio 38'

Stade du 4 Août, Ouagadougou

Attendance: 25,000

Referee: Zakaria Camara (Guinea)

13 October 2002

Mozambique	0–3	Congo
		Tsoumou-Madza 49' Guié-Mien 70' Bakouma 73'

Estádio do Maxaquene, Maputo

Referee: Verson Lwanja (Malawi)

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30 March 2003

Mozambique	1–0	Burkina Faso
Dário 89'

Estádio da Machava, Maputo

Referee: Nunko Rajanad (Mauritius)

4 May 2003

Congo	2–1	Central African Republic
Embingou 6' Ewolo 52'		Makita 84'

Stade Alphonse Massemba-Débat, Brazzaville

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7 June 2003

Burkina Faso	4–0	Mozambique
Dagano 6', 8' A. Touré 34' Minoungou 88'

Stade du 4 Août, Ouagadougou

Attendance: 25,000

Referee: Mohamed Ould Lemghambodj (Mauritania)

8 June 2003

Central African Republic	0–0	Congo

Barthélemy Boganda Stadium, Bangui

Referee: Hissene Ladoual (Chad)

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21 June 2003

Burkina Faso	3–0	Congo
A. Touré 54' (pen.) Ouédraogo 61' Minoungou 75'

Stade du 4 Août, Ouagadougou

Attendance: 36,000

Referee: Alex Jules Mana (Nigeria)

22 June 2003

Mozambique	1–0	Central African Republic
Jossias 73' (pen.)

Estádio da Machava, Maputo

Attendance: 15,000

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6 July 2003

Central African Republic	0–3	Burkina Faso
		Dagano 30', 71' Minoungou 90'

Barthélemy Boganda Stadium, Bangui

6 July 2003

Congo	0–0	Mozambique

Stade Alphonse Massemba-Débat, Brazzaville

Group 5

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Kenya	6	4	1	1	9	2	+7	13
Togo	6	3	1	2	9	7	+2	10
Cape Verde	6	3	0	3	9	8	+1	9
Mauritania	6	0	2	4	0	10	−10	2

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

6 September 2002

Mauritania	0–2	Cape Verde
		Lito 45' Toni 60'

Stade Olympique, Nouakchott

Referee: Salih Malick (Gambia)

7 September 2002

Kenya	3–0	Togo
Baraza 62' Otieno 68' Oliech 90'

Moi International Sports Centre, Nairobi

Attendance: 20,000

Referee: Issack Abdulkader (Tanzania)

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12 October 2002

Cape Verde	0–1	Kenya
		Baraza 58'

Estádio Nacional de Cabo Verde, Praia

Referee: Aboubacar Sharaf (Ivory Coast)

12 October 2002

Togo	1–0	Mauritania
Adebayor 23'

Stade de Kégué, Lomé

Referee: Idrissa Kaba (Liberia)

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29 March 2003

Kenya	4–0	Mauritania
Mambo 15', 70' Oyuga 43' Oliech 43'

Moi International Sports Centre, Nairobi

Attendance: 30,000

Referee: Teshome Berhane (Eritrea)

29 March 2003

Cape Verde	2–1	Togo
Duarte 68' Caló 80'		Wondu 37'

Estádio da Várzea, Praia

Referee: Carlos Santos Nandigna (Guinea-Bissau)

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6 June 2003

Mauritania	0–0	Kenya

Stade Olympique, Nouakchott

Referee: Yakouba Keita (Guinea)

8 June 2003

Togo	5–2	Cape Verde
Faria 2' Touré 23', 32' Mikimba 72' Adebayor 78'		Lito 6' Caló 26'

Stade de Kégué, Lomé

Referee: Lassina Paré (Burkina Faso)

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21 June 2003

Cape Verde	3–0 Abandoned at 85'	Mauritania
Lito 65' Caló 76' (pen.), 82'

Estádio da Várzea, Praia

The match was abandoned at 3-0 in 85' when Mauritania were reduced to six players following 5 red cards. The result stood.

22 June 2003

Togo	2–0	Kenya
Faria 23', 57' (pen.)

Stade de Kégué, Lomé

Referee: Louis Rembengouet (Gabon)

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5 July 2003

Mauritania	0–0	Togo

Stade Olympique, Nouakchott

Attendance: 2,000

Referee: Amadou Ibrahima Diaguiray (Niger)

5 July 2003

Kenya	1–0	Cape Verde
Oliech 84'

Kasarani Stadium, Nairobi

Attendance: 35,000

Group 6

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Mali	6	4	1	1	9	2	+7	13
Zimbabwe	6	4	1	1	8	3	+5	13
Seychelles	6	2	0	4	4	10	−6	6
Eritrea	6	1	0	5	1	7	−6	3

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

8 September 2002

Seychelles	1–0	Eritrea
Victor 50'

Stade Linité, Victoria

Attendance: 3,000

Referee: Benjamina Ravelontsalama (Madagascar)

8 September 2002

Zimbabwe	1–0	Mali
Muhoni 30'

National Sports Stadium, Harare

Attendance: 50,000

Referee: Walter Mochubela (South Africa)

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12 October 2002

Eritrea	0–1	Zimbabwe
		P. Ndlovu 10'

Cicero Stadium, Asmara

Attendance: 10,000

Referee: Omer Rirache (Djibouti)

13 October 2002

Mali	3–0	Seychelles
S. Keita 30' Sidibé 75' D. Coulibaly 85'

Stade du 26 Mars, Bamako

Attendance: 50,000

Referee: Denis Sorie (Sierra Leone)

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30 March 2003

Eritrea	0–2	Mali
		Thiam 54' D. Coulibaly 89'

Cicero Stadium, Asmara

Referee: Abdulkadir Omar (Tanzania)

30 March 2003

Zimbabwe	3–1	Seychelles
P. Ndlovu 19' (pen.), 94' (pen.) A. Ndlovu 90'		Philip Zialor 91'

National Sports Stadium, Harare

Attendance: 60,000

Referee: Bernardo Colembi Eugênio (Angola)

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7 June 2003

Seychelles	2–1	Zimbabwe
Baldé 75' (pen.) Zialor 81'		A. Ndlovu 86'

Stade Linité, Victoria

Attendance: 12,000

Referee: Langwenya Mangaliso (Swaziland)

7 June 2003

Mali	1–0	Eritrea
S. Coulibaly 20'

Stade du 26 Mars, Bamako

Referee: Aboubacar Charaf (Ivory Coast)

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21 June 2003

Eritrea	1–0	Seychelles
Fessehaye 62'

Cicero Stadium, Asmara

22 June 2003

Mali	0–0	Zimbabwe

Stade du 26 Mars, Bamako

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5 July 2003

Seychelles	0–2	Mali
		S. Traoré 60' B. Touré 85'

Stade Linité, Victoria

Attendance: 5,000

Referee: Lim Kee Chong (Mauritius)

5 July 2003

Zimbabwe	2–0	Eritrea
P. Ndlovu 11', 17' (pen.)

National Sports Stadium, Harare

Group 7

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Morocco	6	5	1	0	10	0	+10	16
Sierra Leone	6	3	1	2	7	4	+3	10
Gabon	6	2	0	4	7	7	0	6
Equatorial Guinea	6	1	0	5	3	16	−13	3

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

7 September 2002

Gabon	0–1	Morocco
		Chippo 16'

Stade Omar Bongo, Libreville

Attendance: 30,000

Referee: Raphaël Evehe Divine (Cameroon)

8 September 2002

Equatorial Guinea	1–3	Sierra Leone
Mavidi 82'		Bah 38' Sesay 46' Mansaray 68'

Estadio de Malabo, Malabo

Referee: Lourenço Tavares Neto (São Tomé and Príncipe)

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12 October 2002

Sierra Leone	2–0	Gabon
Kpaka 45' Bah 46'

National Stadium, Freetown

Referee: Kouévi Ekoué-Toulan (Togo)

13 October 2002

Morocco	5–0	Equatorial Guinea
Ramzi 8' Bidoudane 24' Safri 27' Rokki 45' Kacemi 70'

|Moulay Abdellah Stadium, Rabat

Attendance: 25,000

Referee: Mohsen Boukhtir (Guinea)

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29 March 2003

Sierra Leone	0–0	Morocco

National Stadium, Freetown

Referee: Idrissa Kaba (Liberia)

29 March 2003

Gabon	4–0	Equatorial Guinea
Mouloungui 8' Larry 40', 49' Bito'o 65' (pen.)

Stade Omar Bongo, Libreville

Referee: Lourenço Tavares Neto (São Tomé and Príncipe)

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8 June 2003

Morocco	1–0	Sierra Leone
Chippo 25'

Stade Mohammed V, Casablanca

Referee: Abdul El-Fatah Esam Eldeen (Egypt)

8 June 2003

Equatorial Guinea	2–1	Gabon
Mba 22' Malango 50'		Djissikadié 43'

Stade de la Liberté, Bata

Referee: Buenkadils Bisingu (DR Congo)

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20 June 2003

Morocco	2–0	Gabon
El Yaagoubi 22' Zairi 75'

|Moulay Abdellah Stadium, Rabat

Attendance: 15,000

Referee: Mohamed Abdelhakim Al-Shelmani (Libya)

22 June 2003

Sierra Leone	2–0	Equatorial Guinea
Kallon 71' Kabbah 90'

National Stadium, Freetown

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6 July 2003

Equatorial Guinea	0–1	Morocco
		Kharja 60'

Stade de la Liberté, Bata

6 July 2003

Gabon	2–0	Sierra Leone
Mbanangoyé 33' Mintsa

Stade Omar Bongo, Libreville

Group 8

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Senegal	4	3	1	0	7	1	+6	10
Gambia	4	1	1	2	7	4	+3	4
Lesotho	4	1	0	3	1	10	−9	3
São Tomé and Príncipe (W)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
(W) Withdrew

8 September 2002

Lesotho	0–1	Senegal
		H. Camara 35'

Setsoto Stadium, Maseru

Attendance: 30,000

Referee: Langwenja Mangaliso (Swaziland)

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13 October 2002

Gambia	6–0	Lesotho
Nyang 7', 40' Sarr 45' J. Ceesay 55', 88' Soley

Independence Stadium, Bakau

Attendance: 25,000

Referee: Seydou Ba (Mauritania)

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30 March 2003

Gambia	0–0	Senegal

Independence Stadium, Bakau

Attendance: 30,000

Referee: Amadou Ibrahim Djingarey (Niger)

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7 June 2003

Senegal	3–1	Gambia
Diatta 8' H. Camara 36' Diouf 73'		Sillah 63'

Stade Léopold Sédar Senghor, Dakar

Referee: Hichem Guirat (Tunisia)

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14 June 2003

Senegal	3–0	Lesotho
Diouf 26' (pen.) H. Camara 66', 70'

Stade Léopold Sédar Senghor, Dakar

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6 July 2003

Lesotho	1–0	Gambia
Makhele 87'

Setsoto Stadium, Maseru

Attendance: 10,000

Group 9

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
DR Congo	6	3	2	1	9	5	+4	11
Libya	6	3	1	2	12	8	+4	10
Swaziland	6	2	2	2	8	12	−4	8
Botswana	6	0	3	3	2	6	−4	3

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

7 September 2002

Botswana	0–0	Swaziland

Botswana National Stadium, Gaborone

Referee: Samuel Moeketsi (Lesotho)

8 September 2002

Libya	3–2	DR Congo
Al-Malyan 16' Muntasser 36' Essam Bilal 41' (pen.)		Nonda 22' Marlin Piana 52'

Misurata Stadium, Misurata

Referee: Mohammed El Arjoun (Morocco)

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13 October 2002

DR Congo	2–0	Botswana
LuaLua 6' Piana 21'

Stade des Martyrs, Kinshasa

Attendance: 100,000

Referee: Joseph Mandzioukouta (Congo)

13 October 2002

Swaziland	2–1	Libya
Gamedze 81' Nhleko 83'		Salah 20' (pen.)

Somhlolo National Stadium, Lobamba

Referee: Bernardo Colembi (Angola)

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30 March 2003

Libya	0–0	Botswana

March 28 Stadium, Benghazi

Referee: Pare Passina (Burkina Faso)

30 March 2003

Swaziland	1–1	DR Congo
Dlamini 10'		Musasa 65'

Somhlolo National Stadium, Lobamba

Referee: Mathew Katjimune (Namibia)

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7 June 2003

Botswana	0–1	Libya
		Al Masli 89'

Botswana National Stadium, Gaborone

Referee: Nunkoo Rajanand (Mauritius)

8 June 2003

DR Congo	2–0	Swaziland
Piana 18' Musasa 71'

Stade des Martyrs, Kinshasa

Attendance: 60,000

Referee: Benjamin Ravelotslam (Mauritius)

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22 June 2003

DR Congo	2–1	Libya
Masudi 29' Piana 83'		Ilid Hamid 49'

Stade des Martyrs, Kinshasa

22 June 2003

Swaziland	3–2	Botswana
Siza Dlamini 7', 25' Sibusiso Dlamini 18'		Mogaladi 41' Kolagano 56'

Somhlolo National Stadium, Lobamba

Attendance: 10,000

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5 July 2003

Libya	6–2	Swaziland
El Taib Al-Mirghani Al-Tarhouni (pen.) Al-Milyan Saad (pen.)		Bongali Dlamini

June 11 Stadium, Tripoli

5 July 2003

Botswana	0–0	DR Congo

Botswana National Stadium, Gaborone

Group 10

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Egypt	4	3	0	1	14	1	+13	9
Madagascar	4	2	0	2	2	8	−6	6
Mauritius	4	1	0	3	2	9	−7	3
Guinea-Bissau (W)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
(W) Withdrew

7 September 2002

Madagascar	1–0	Egypt
Menahely 73'

Mahamasina Municipal Stadium, Antananarivo

Referee: Aaron Dkole (Zambia)

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12 October 2002

Mauritius	0–1	Madagascar
		Menahely 26'

Stade Auguste Vollaire, Centre de Flacq

Attendance: 1,819

Referee: Eddy Maillet (Seychelles)

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29 March 2003

Mauritius	0–1	Egypt
		Mido 43'

Rose Hill Stadium, Beau Bassin-Rose Hill

Attendance: 800

Referee: Jelas Masole (Botswana)

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8 June 2003

Egypt	7–0	Mauritius
Mido 7' (pen.), 22' El-Sayed 18' Hamza 53' Emam 61' A. Hassan 72', 89'

Port Said Stadium, Port Said

Attendance: 20,000

Referee: Mohamed Abdalla (Libya)

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20 June 2003

Egypt	6–0	Madagascar
El-Tabei 1' Belal 9', 24', 56', 83' Mido 41'

Port Said Stadium, Port Said

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6 July 2003

Madagascar	0–2	Mauritius
		Perle 16' Appou 31' (pen.)

Mahamasina Municipal Stadium, Antananarivo

Group 11

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
South Africa	4	3	1	0	6	1	+5	10
Ivory Coast	4	2	1	1	8	3	+5	7
Burundi	4	0	0	4	1	11	−10	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

8 September 2002

Ivory Coast	0–0	South Africa

Stade Félix Houphouët-Boigny, Abidjan

Attendance: 30,000

Referee: Coulibaly Koman (Mali)

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13 October 2002

South Africa	2–0	Burundi
Mayo 13' Buckley 39'

Vodacom Park, Bloemfontein

Attendance: 30,000

Referee: Abdoul Madarbocus (Mauritius)

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30 March 2003

Burundi	0–1	Ivory Coast
		Bakari 11'

Prince Louis Rwagasore Stadium, Bujumbura

Referee: Michel Gasingwa (Rwanda)

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8 June 2003

Ivory Coast	6–1	Burundi
Drogba 7', 27', 32' Bakari 56', 78' Dindane 70'		Shabani 88'

Stade Félix Houphouët-Boigny, Abidjan

Attendance: 50,000

Referee: Manuel Monteiro Duarte (Cape Verde)

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22 June 2003

South Africa	2–1	Ivory Coast
Bartlett 21' Nomvete 65'		Kalou 41'

Peter Mokaba Stadium, Pietersburg

Attendance: 35,000

Referee: Eddy Maillet (Seychelles)

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6 July 2003

Burundi	0–2	South Africa
		Mokoena 1' Fredericks 30'

Prince Louis Rwagasore Stadium, Bujumbura

Attendance: 8,000

Referee: Berhane Teshome (Ethiopia)

Group 12

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Algeria	4	3	1	0	6	1	+5	10
Chad	4	1	1	2	4	6	−2	4
Namibia	4	1	0	3	2	5	−3	3

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

7 September 2002

Namibia	0–1	Algeria
		Benjamin 5' (o.g.)

Independence Stadium, Windhoek

Attendance: 13,000

Referee: Felix Tangawarima (Zimbabwe)

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11 October 2002

Algeria	4–1	Chad
Akrour 26', 72' (pen.) Belmadi 54', 69'

Stade 19 Mai 1956, Annaba

Attendance: 20,000

Referee: Ahmed Redha El Batadji (Egypt)

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30 March 2003

Chad	2–0	Namibia
Hisseine 57', 90'

Stade Nacional, N'Djamena

Referee: Maurice Dimanche (Central African Republic)

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7 June 2003

Namibia	2–1	Chad
Dieergaardt 24' Hummel 76' (pen.)		Hissein 35'

Independence Stadium, Windhoek

Attendance: 5,000

Referee: Eugênio Bernardo Colembi (Angola)

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20 June 2003

Algeria	1–0	Namibia
Kraouche 5'

Stade Mustapha Tchaker, Blida

Attendance: 30,000

Referee: Ahmed Auda (Egypt)

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6 July 2003

Chad	0–0	Algeria

Stade Nacional, N'Djamena

Group 13

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Rwanda	4	2	1	1	4	4	0	7
Uganda	4	1	2	1	2	2	0	5
Ghana	4	1	1	2	5	5	0	4

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

7 September 2002

Uganda	1–0	Ghana
Obwiny 52'

Nakivubo Stadium, Kampala

Attendance: 25,000

Referee: Hassan Mohamed (Somalia)

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13 October 2002

Ghana	4–2	Rwanda
Ntaganda 24' (o.g.) Mohammed 42' Asampong 58' Boateng 70' (pen.)		Milly 16' Ndikumana 43' (pen.)

Accra Sports Stadium, Accra

Attendance: 40,000

Referee: Pare Lassina (Burkina Faso)

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29 March 2003

Rwanda	0–0	Uganda

Amahoro Stadium, Kigali

Referee: Mohamed Bakhit (Sudan)

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7 June 2003

Uganda	0–1	Rwanda
		Gatete 40'

Nakivubo Stadium, Kampala

Attendance: 50,000

Referee: Alemu Gizate (Ethiopia)

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22 June 2003

Ghana	1–1	Uganda
Amoah 84'		Bajope 16'

Kumasi Sports Stadium, Kumasi

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6 July 2003

Rwanda	1–0	Ghana
Gatete 49'

Amahoro Stadium, Kigali

Attendance: 40,000

Best runner-up

The best runner-up from groups with four teams would qualify for the finals.

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Zimbabwe	6	4	1	1	9	2	+7	13
Zambia	6	3	2	1	6	5	+1	11
Libya	6	3	1	2	12	8	+4	10
Sierra Leone	6	3	1	2	7	4	+3	10
Togo	6	3	1	2	9	7	+2	10
Congo	6	2	3	1	5	4	+1	9
Niger	6	3	0	3	5	6	−1	9

Source: ^{[citation needed]}