2002 FIFA World Cup qualification (CAF)
Listed below are the dates and results for the 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification rounds for (Africa).
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The Confederation of African Football was allocated five qualifying berths for the 2002 FIFA World Cup. 51 teams entered the qualification process.
Burundi withdrew before the draw was made while Niger and Comoros chose not to participate.
Guinea was excluded from the competition during the Final Round for government interference with its national association, resulting in their results obtained in final round annulled.
Africa's five automatic qualifying berths were taken by Cameroon, Senegal, Tunisia, South Africa, and Nigeria.
Tournament structure
There were two rounds of play:
- First Round: The 50 teams were divided into 5 pools of 10 teams each. In each pool, the 10 teams were paired up to play knockout matches on a home-and-away basis. The winners advanced to the Final Round.
- Final Round: The 25 teams were divided into 5 groups of 5 teams each. The teams played against each other on a home-and-away basis. The group winners qualified.
First round
Pool A
| Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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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 |
Pool B
| Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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Madagascar  |
2–1 |  Gabon |
2–0 | 0–1 |
Botswana  |
0–2 |  Zambia |
0–1 | 0–1 |
Swaziland  |
1–8 |  Angola |
0–1 | 1–7 |
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0–3 |  South Africa |
0–2 | 0–1 |
Sudan  |
2–2 (a) |  Mozambique |
1–0 | 1–2 |
Pool C
| Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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São Tomé and Príncipe  |
2–4 |  Sierra Leone |
2–0 | 0–4 |
Central African Republic  |
1–4 |  Zimbabwe |
0–1 | 1–3 |
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2–4 |  Ivory Coast |
2–2 | 0–2 |
Equatorial Guinea  |
2–5 |  Congo |
1–3 | 1–2 |
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4–3 |  Mali |
3–0 | 1–3 |
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Final round
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| Group winners qualify for the 2002 FIFA World Cup | |
Group A
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Group B
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Group C
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Group D
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Group E
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Guinea were excluded on March 19, 2001 after the Guinean sports minister had failed to meet a third FIFA deadline to reinstall the Guinean FA functionaries. Their match results were annulled
Qualified teams
The following five teams from CAF qualified for the final tournament.
| Team | Qualified as | Qualified on | Previous appearances in FIFA World Cup1 |
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 Cameroon | Final Round Group 1 winners | 1 July 2001 | 4 (1982, 1990, 1994, 1998) |
 Nigeria | Final Round Group 2 winners | 29 July 2001 | 2 (1994, 1998) |
| Senegal | Final Round Group 3 winners | 21 July 2001 | 0 (debut) |
| Tunisia | Final Round Group 4 winners | 15 July 2001 | 2 (1978, 1998) |
| South Africa | Final Round Group 5 winners | 1 July 2001 | 1 (1998) |
- 1 Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.
Goalscorers
- 11 goals
- 8 goals
- 6 goals
- 5 goals
- 4 goals
- 3 goals
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- 1 goal
- 1 own goal
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References
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