2002 FIFA World Cup qualification (CAF)

Listed below are the dates and results for the 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification rounds for (Africa).

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
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

Pool B

Team 1 Agg. 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

Pool C

Team 1 Agg. 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

Pool D

Team 1 Agg. 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

Pool E

Team 1 Agg. 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

Final round

Key to colours in group tables
Group winners qualify for the 2002 FIFA World Cup

Group A

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Cameroon 86111441019
 Angola 8341119213
 Zambia 83231411311
 Togo 82331013-39
 Libya 8026719-122
 
Angola 2–0 3–1 1–1 2–1
Cameroon 3–0 1–0 2–0 1–0
Libya 1–1 0–3 3–3 2–4
Togo 1–1 0–2 2–0 3–2
Zambia 1–1 2–2 2–0 2–0

Group B

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Nigeria 85121531216
 Liberia 8503108215
 Sudan 8404810-212
 Ghana 8323109111
 Sierra Leone 8116215-134
 
Ghana 1–3 0–0 5–0 1–0
Liberia 1–2 2–1 1–0 2–0
Nigeria 3–0 2–0 2–0 3–0
Sierra Leone 1–1 0–1 1–0 0–2
Sudan 1–0 2–0 0–4 3–0

Group C

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Senegal 84311421215
 Morocco 843183515
 Egypt 8341167913
 Algeria 82241114-38
 Namibia 8026326-232
 
Algeria 1–1 1–2 1–0 1–1
Egypt 5–2 0–0 8–2 1–0
Morocco 2–1 1–0 4–0 0–0
Namibia 0–4 1–1 0–0 0–5
Senegal 3–0 0–0 1–0 4–0

Group D

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Tunisia 86202341920
 Ivory Coast 84311881015
 DR Congo 8314716-910
 Madagascar 8206515-106
 Congo 8125515-105
 
Congo 1–1 1–1 2–0 1–2
Congo DR 2–0 1–2 1–0 0–3
Ivory Coast 2–0 1–2 6–0 2–2
Madagascar 1–0 3–0 1–3 0–2
Tunisia 6–0 6–0 1–1 1–0

Group E

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 South Africa 6510103716
 Zimbabwe 640275212
 Burkina Faso 612378-15
 Malawi 6015412-81
 Guinea 00000000
 
Burkina Faso 4–2 1–1 1–2
Guinea
Malawi 1–1 1–2 0–1
South Africa 1–0 2–0 2–1
Zimbabwe 1–0 2–0 0–2

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
 CameroonFinal Round Group 1 winners1 July 20014 (1982, 1990, 1994, 1998)
 NigeriaFinal Round Group 2 winners29 July 20012 (1994, 1998)
 SenegalFinal Round Group 3 winners21 July 20010 (debut)
 TunisiaFinal Round Group 4 winners15 July 20012 (1978, 1998)
 South AfricaFinal Round Group 5 winners1 July 20011 (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
2 goals
1 goal
1 own goal

References

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