2002 African Cup of Nations

The 2002 African Cup of Nations was the 23rd edition of the African Cup of Nations, the soccer 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 goaless draw.

Host Cities & Venues

Squads

For a list of all squads that played in the final tournament, see 2002 African Cup of Nations (squads)

Qualification

For qualification results, see 2002 african cup of nations qualification (CAF)

Participating Teams

Finals

Group Stages

Teams in Bold progress to the Quarter Finals, teams in italics are eliminated from the tournament.

Group A

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

January 19, 2002 16:00
	Mali	1 - 1	Liberia	Stade 26 mars, Bamako Attendance: 50,000 Ref: Abdel-Hakim Shelmani (Libya)
	Keita 87'		Weah 45'

January 21, 2002 16:00
	Algeria	0 - 1	Nigeria	Stade 26 mars, Bamako Attendance: 10,000 Ref: Felix Tangawarima (Zimbabwe)
			Aghahowa 43'

January 24, 2002 19:00
	Mali	0 - 0	Nigeria	Stade 26 mars, Bamako Attendance: 50,000 Ref: Alex Quartey (Ghana)

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

January 28, 2002 18:00
	Mali	2 - 0	Algeria	Stade 26 mars, Bamako Attendance: 50,000 Ref: Lim Kee Chong (Mauritius)
	Bagayoko 18' Touré 24'

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

Group B

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

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

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

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

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

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

January 30, 2002 16:00
	Burkina Faso	1 - 2	Ghana	Stade Barema Bocoum, Mopti Attendance: 15,000 Ref: Chukwudi Chukwujekwu (Nigeria)
	A. Traoré 81'		Boakye 90', 92+'

Group C

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Error creating thumbnail: (process:18639): librsvg-WARNING **: Error loading SVG file.  Cameroon	9	3	3	0	0	5	0	+5
Congo DR	4	3	1	1	1	3	2	+1
Togo	2	3	0	2	1	0	3	-3
Côte d'Ivoire	1	3	0	1	2	1	4	-3

January 20, 2002 17:30
	Cameroon  Error creating thumbnail: (process:18641): librsvg-WARNING **: Error loading SVG file.	1 - 0	Congo DR	Stade Babemba Traoré, Sikasso Attendance: 15,000 Ref: Coffi Codjia (Benin)
	Mboma 40'

January 21, 2002 18:00
	Togo	0 - 0	Côte d'Ivoire	Stade Babemba Traoré, Sikasso Attendance: 15,000 Ref: Chukwudi Chukwujekwu (Nigeria)

January 25, 2002 17:30
	Cameroon  Error creating thumbnail: (process:18643): librsvg-WARNING **: Error loading SVG file.	1 - 0	Côte d'Ivoire	Stade Babemba Traoré, Sikasso Attendance: 15,000 Ref: Gamal Al-Ghandour (Egypt)
	Mboma 85'

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

January 29, 2002 16:00
	Cameroon  Error creating thumbnail: (process:18645): librsvg-WARNING **: Error loading SVG file.	3 - 0	Togo	Stade Babemba Traoré, Sikasso Attendance: 6,000 Ref: Petros Mathabela (South Africa)
	Mettomo 52' Eto'o 80' Olembé 89'

January 29, 2002 16:00
	Congo DR	3 - 1	Côte d'Ivoire	Stade Abdoulaye Nakoro Cissoko, Keyes Attendance: 12,000 Ref: Felix Tangawarima (Zimbabwe)
	Yuvuladio 28' Nonda 66' Kimoto 81' (pen)		Traoré 86'

Group D

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

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

January 21, 2002 19:00
	Zambia	0 - 0	Tunisia	Stade Modibo Kéïta, Bamako Attendance: 6,000 Ref: Coman Coulibaly (Mali)

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

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

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

January 31, 2002 16:00
	Senegal	0 - 0	Tunisia	Stade Abdoulaye Nakoro Cissoko, Keyes Attendance: 8,000 Ref: Domenico Messina (Italy)

Knockout Stages

	Quarter finals				Semi finals				Final
	February 3 (19:00) - Bamako
	Nigeria	1
					February 7 (16:00) - Bamako
	Ghana	0
					Nigeria	1
	February 4 (19:00) - Bamako
					Senegal (aet)	2
	Senegal	2
									February 10 (16:00) - Bamako
	Congo DR	0
									Senegal	0 (2)
	February 3 (16:00) - Kayes
									Error creating thumbnail: (process:18647): librsvg-WARNING **: Error loading SVG file.  Cameroon (pen)	0 (3)
	South Africa	0
					February 7 (19:00) - Bamako
	Mali	2
					Mali	0			Third place
	February 4 (16:00) - Sikasso
					Error creating thumbnail: (process:18649): librsvg-WARNING **: Error loading SVG file.  Cameroon	3
	Error creating thumbnail: (process:18651): librsvg-WARNING **: Error loading SVG file.  Cameroon	1							Nigeria	3
	Egypt	0							Mali	0
									February 9 (16:00) - Mopti

Quarterfinals

February 3, 2002 16:00
	South Africa	0 - 2	Mali	Stade Abdoulaye Nakoro Cissoko, Kayes Attendance: 15,000 Ref: Arturo Daudén Ibáñez (Spain)
			Touré 60' Dr. Coulibaly 92+'

February 3, 2002 19:00
	Nigeria	1 - 0	Ghana	Stade 26 mars, Bamako Attendance: 25,000 Ref: Mohammad Guezzaz (Morocco)
	Lawal 80'

February 4, 2002 16:00
	Cameroon  Error creating thumbnail: (process:18653): librsvg-WARNING **: Error loading SVG file.	1 - 0	Egypt	Stade Babemba Traoré, Sikasso Attendance: 15,000 Ref: Mourad Daami (Tunisia)
	Mboma 62'

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

Semifinals

February 7, 2002 16:00
	Nigeria	1-2 (AET)	Senegal	Stade Modibo Keïta, Bamako Attendance: 20,000 Ref: Coffi Codjia (Benin)
	Aghahowa 88'		P.B. Diop 54' Diao 97'

February 7, 2002 19:00
	Mali	0-3	Error creating thumbnail: (process:18655): librsvg-WARNING **: Error loading SVG file.  Cameroon	Stade 26 mars, Bamako Attendance: 50],000 Ref: Lim Kee Chong (Mauritius)
			Olembé 39', 45+' Foé 84'

Third place playoff

February 9, 2002 16:00
	Nigeria	3 - 0	Mali	Stade Barema Bocoum, Mopti Attendance: 15,000 Ref: Abdel-Hakim Shelmani (Libya)
	Yakubu 29' 56' 84'

Final

February 13, 2002 15:00
	Senegal	0-0 (AET) 2-3 (PEN)	Error creating thumbnail: (process:18657): librsvg-WARNING **: Error loading SVG file.  Cameroon	Stade 26 mars, Bamako Attendance: 50,000 Ref: Gamal Al-Ghandour (Egypt)

Individual scorers

External links

• Details at RSSSF

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