2004 African Cup of Nations qualification

Qualification for the 2004 African Cup of Nations.

Qualification for championships (CAF)
FIFA World Cup
Africa Cup of Nations

Qualified teams

Qualifying round

The 52 nations were divided into 10 groups of four teams and 3 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.

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:
(W) Withdrew.
Angola 0–0 Nigeria
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Petros Mathabela (South Africa)
Malawi 1–0 Angola
Mwafulirwa  85'
Attendance: 40,000
Referee: Felix Tangawarima (Zimbabwe)
Malawi 0–1 Nigeria
Utaka  10'
Attendance: 60,000
Referee: Aaron Nkole (Zambia)
Nigeria 4–1 Malawi
Yakubu  10', 16'
N. Kanu  22', 35'		 Kanyenda  8'
Referee: Falla Ndoye (Senegal)
Nigeria 2–2 Angola
Kalu Uche  57'
Odemwingie  62' (pen)		 Figueiredo  9'
Akwá  55'
Angola 5–1 Malawi
Msowoya  2'
Akwá  3'
Flávio Amado  33'
Stopirra  76'
Chinho  89'		 Mgangira  78'
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:
Niger 3–1 Ethiopia
Tankary  55', 61'
Garba  80'		 Ashenafi  16'
Attendance: 35,000
Referee: Lassina Paré (Burkina Faso)
Guinea 3–0 Liberia
T. Camara  1'
Mansaré  54'
Conté  69'
Attendance: 35,000
Referee: Samba Diouf (Senegal)
Liberia 1–0 Niger
Daye  80'
Attendance: 40,000
Ethiopia 1–0 Guinea
Abege  63'
Referee: Maxim Itur (Kenya)
Ethiopia 1–0 Liberia
Feleke  80'
Attendance: 40,000
Referee: Ali Mohamed Hassan (Djibouti)
Guinea 2–0 Niger
Mansaré  40' (p)
A. Sylla  90'
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Montero Duarte (Cape Verde)
Niger 1–0 Guinea
Tankari  69'
Attendance: 50,000
Referee: Joseph Wellington (Ghana)
Liberia 1–0 Ethiopia
Mennoh  57'
Attendance: 14,000
Referee: Aguidissou Crespin (Benin)
Liberia 1–2 Guinea
Daye  20' Youla  11', 50'
Accra Sports Stadium, Accra, Ghana (neutral ground)
Referee: Modou Sowe (Gambia)
Ethiopia 2–0 Niger
Azad  15' (o.g.)
Kidanu  51'
Attendance: 25,000
Niger 1–0 Liberia
Alhassan  90' (p)
Guinea 3–0 Ethiopia
Youla  32', 72'
Feindouno  55'

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:
Benin 4–0 Tanzania
Adjamossi  9', 38'
Tchomogo  75' (p)
Latoundji  85'
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Chukwujekwu Chukudi (Nigeria)
Sudan 0–1 Zambia
Nsofwa  89'
Referee: Teshome Berhane (Ethiopia)
Tanzania 1–2 Sudan
Rajab  17' Richard  27' (pen), 53'
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Hailemalack Tessema (Ethiopia)
Zambia 1–1 Benin
Kilambe  75' Oladipupo  45'
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Walter Mochubela (Zimbabwe)
Tanzania 0–1 Zambia
Lungu  25'
Attendance: 23,000
Referee: Tessema Haislemelk (Ethiopia)
Sudan 3–0 Benin
Tambal  35', 70'
Kabair  68'
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Buenkadil Bisingu Wabelo (DR Congo)
Zambia 2–0 Tanzania
Milanzi  44', 81'
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Youngson Chilinda (Malawi)
Benin 3–0 Sudan
Tchomogo  55' (p)
Ogunbiyi  90'
Referee: Koman Coulibaly (Mali)
Zambia 1–1 Sudan
Chalwe  72' Dalag  23'
Referee: Hillary Maxim (Kenya)
Tanzania 0–1 Benin
Kabirou  66'
Attendance: 20,000
Benin 3–0 Zambia
Tchomogo  9', 26'
Latoundji  75'
Attendance: 40,000
Referee: Monteiro Duarté (Cape Verde)
Sudan 3–0
Awarded		 Tanzania
Withdrew

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:
Congo 0–0 Burkina Faso
Attendance: 60,000
Referee: Maxime Itur (Kenya)
Central African Republic 1–1 Mozambique
Tamboulas  72' Fumo  60'
Referee: Felipe Ndong (Equatorial Guinea)
Burkina Faso 2–1 Central African Republic
A. Touré  60'
Minoungou  75'		 Oueifio  38'
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Zakaria Camara (Guinea)
Mozambique 0–3 Congo
Tsoumou-Madza  49'
Guié-Mien  70'
Bakouma  73'
Referee: Verson Lwanja (Malawi)
Mozambique 1–0 Burkina Faso
Dário  89'
Referee: Nunko Rajanad (Mauritius)
Congo 2–1 Central African Republic
Embingou  6'
Ewolo  52'		 Makita  84'
Burkina Faso 4–0 Mozambique
Dagano  6', 8'
A. Touré  34'
Minoungou  88'
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Mohamed Ould Lemghambodj (Mauritania)
Central African Republic 0–0 Congo
Referee: Hissene Ladoual (Chad)
Burkina Faso 3–0 Congo
A. Touré  54' (pen.)
Ouédraogo  61'
Minoungou  75'
Attendance: 36,000
Referee: Alex Jules Mana (Nigeria)
Mozambique 1–0 Central African Republic
Jossias  73' (pen.)
Attendance: 15,000
Central African Republic 0–3 Burkina Faso
Dagano  30', 71'
Minoungou  90'
Congo 0–0 Mozambique

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:
Mauritania 0–2 Cape Verde
Lito  45'
Toni  60'
Referee: Salih Malick (Gambia)
Kenya 3–0 Togo
Baraza  62'
Otieno  68'
Oliech  90'
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Issack Abdulkader (Tanzania)
Cape Verde 0–1 Kenya
Baraza  58'
Referee: Aboubacar Sharaf (Ivory Coast)
Togo 1–0 Mauritania
Adebayor  23'
Referee: Idrissa Kaba (Liberia)
Kenya 4–0 Mauritania
Mambo  15', 70'
Oyuga  43'
Oliech  43'
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Teshome Berhane (Eritrea)
Cape Verde 2–1 Togo
Duarte  68'
Caló  80'		 Wondu  37'
Referee: Carlos Santos Nandigna (Guinea-Bissau)
Mauritania 0–0 Kenya
Referee: Yakouba Keita (Guinea)
Togo 5–2 Cape Verde
Faria  2'
Touré  23', 32'
Mikimba  72'
Adebayor  78'		 Lito  6'
Caló  26'
Referee: Lassina Paré (Burkina Faso)
Cape Verde 3–0
Abandoned at 85'		 Mauritania
Lito  65'
Caló  76' (pen.), 82'

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

Togo 2–0 Kenya
Faria  23', 57' (pen.)
Referee: Louis Rembengouet (Gabon)
Mauritania 0–0 Togo
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Amadou Ibrahima Diaguiray (Niger)
Kenya 1–0 Cape Verde
Oliech  84'
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:
Seychelles 1–0 Eritrea
Victor  50'
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Benjamina Ravelontsalama (Madagascar)
Zimbabwe 1–0 Mali
Muhoni  30'
Attendance: 50,000
Referee: Walter Mochubela (South Africa)
Eritrea 0–1 Zimbabwe
P. Ndlovu  10'
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Omer Rirache (Djibouti)
Mali 3–0 Seychelles
S. Keita  30'
Sidibé  75'
D. Coulibaly  85'
Attendance: 50,000
Referee: Denis Sorie (Sierra Leone)
Eritrea 0–2 Mali
Thiam  54'
D. Coulibaly  89'
Referee: Abdulkadir Omar (Tanzania)
Zimbabwe 3–1 Seychelles
P. Ndlovu  19' (pen.), 94' (pen.)
A. Ndlovu  90'		 Philip Zialor  91'
Attendance: 60,000
Referee: Bernardo Colembi Eugênio (Angola)
Seychelles 2–1 Zimbabwe
Baldé  75' (pen.)
Zialor  81'		 A. Ndlovu  86'
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Langwenya Mangaliso ()
Mali 1–0 Eritrea
S. Coulibaly  20'
Referee: Aboubacar Charaf (Ivory Coast)
Eritrea 1–0 Seychelles
Fessehaye  62'
Mali 0–0 Zimbabwe
Seychelles 0–2 Mali
S. Traoré  60'
B. Touré  85'
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Lim Kee Chong (Mauritius)
Zimbabwe 2–0 Eritrea
P. Ndlovu  11', 17' (pen.)

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:
Gabon 0–1 Morocco
Chippo  16'
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Raphaël Evehe Divine (Cameroon)
Equatorial Guinea 1–3 Sierra Leone
Mavidi  82' Bah  38'
Sesay  46'
Mansaray  68'
Estadio de Malabo, Malabo
Referee: Tavares Neto (São Tomé and Príncipe)
Sierra Leone 2–0 Gabon
Kpaka  45'
Bah  46'
Referee: Kouévi Ekoué-Toulan (Togo)
Morocco 5–0 Equatorial Guinea
Ramzi  8'
Bidoudane  24'
Safri  27'
Rokki  45'
Kacemi  70'
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Mohsen Boukhtir (Guinea)
Sierra Leone 0–0 Morocco
Referee: Idrissa Kabu (Liberia)
Gabon 4–0 Equatorial Guinea
Mouloungui  8'
Larry  40', 49'
Bito'o  65' (pen.)
Referee: Lourenço Tavares Neto (São Tomé and Príncipe)
Morocco 1–0 Sierra Leone
Chippo  25'
Referee: Abdul El-Fatah Esam Eldeen (Egypt)
Equatorial Guinea 2–1 Gabon
Mba  22'
Malango  50'		 Djissikadié  43'
Stade de la Liberté, Bata
Referee: Buenkadils Bisingu (DR Congo)
Morocco 2–0 Gabon
El Yaagoubi  22'
Zairi  75'
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Mohamed Abdelhakim Al-Shelmani (Libya)
Sierra Leone 2–0 Equatorial Guinea
Kallon  71'
Kabbah  90'
Equatorial Guinea 0–1 Morocco
Kharja  60'
Stade de la Liberté, Bata
Gabon 2–0 Sierra Leone
Mbanangoyé  33'
Mintsa

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:
(W) Withdrew.
Lesotho 0–1 Senegal
H. Camara  35'
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Langwenja Mangaliso (Swaziland)
Gambia 6–0 Lesotho
Nyang  7', 40'
Sarr  45'
J. Ceesay  55', 88'
Soley
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Seydou Ba (Mauritania)
Gambia 0–0 Senegal
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Amadou Ibrahim Djingarey (Niger)
Senegal 3–1 Gambia
Diatta  8'
H. Camara  36'
Diouf  73'		 Sillah  63'
Referee: Hichem Guirat (Tunisia)
Senegal 3–0 Lesotho
Diouf  26' (pen.)
H. Camara  66', 70'
Lesotho 1–0 Gambia
Makhele  87'
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:
Botswana 0–0 Swaziland
Referee: Samuel Moeketsi (Lesotho)
Libya 3–2 DR Congo
Al-Malyan  16'
Muntasser  36'
Essam Bilal  41' (pen.)		 Nonda  22'
Marlin Piana  52'
Referee: Mohammed El Arjoun (Morocco)
DR Congo 2–0 Botswana
LuaLua  6'
Piana  21'
Attendance: 100,000
Referee: Joseph Mandzioukouta (Congo)
Swaziland 2–1 Libya
Gamedze  81'
Nhleko  83'		 Salah  20' (pen.)
Referee: Bernardo Colembi (Angola)
Libya 0–0 Botswana
Referee: Pare Passina (Burkina Faso)
Swaziland 1–1 DR Congo
Dlamini  10' Musasa  65'
Referee: Mathew Katjimune (Namibia)
Botswana 0–1 Libya
Al Masli  89'
Referee: Nunkoo Rajanand (Mauritius)
DR Congo 2–0 Swaziland
Piana  18'
Musasa  71'
Attendance: 60,000
Referee: Benjamin Ravelotslam (Mauritius)
DR Congo 2–1 Libya
Masudi  29'
Piana  83'		 Ilid Hamid  49'
Swaziland 3–2 Botswana
Siza Dlamini  7', 25'
Sibusiso Dlamini  18'		 Mogaladi  41'
Kolagano  56'
Attendance: 10,000
Libya 6–2 Swaziland
El Taib
Al-Mirghani
Al-Tarhouni  (pen.)
Al-Milyan
Saad  (pen.)		 Bongali Dlamini
Botswana 0–0 DR Congo

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:
(W) Withdrew.
Madagascar 1–0 Egypt
Menahely  73'
Referee: Aaron Dkole (Zambia)
Mauritius 0–1 Madagascar
Menahely  26'
Attendance: 1,819
Mauritius 0–1 Egypt
Mido  43'
Rose Hill Stadium, Beau Bassin-Rose Hill
Attendance: 800
Referee: Jelas Masole (Botswana)
Egypt 7–0 Mauritius
Mido  7' (pen.), 22'
El-Sayed  18'
Hamza  53'
Emam  61'
A. Hassan  72', 89'
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Mohamed Abdalla (Libya)
Egypt 6–0 Madagascar
El-Tabei  1'
Belal  9', 24', 56', 83'
Mido  41'
Madagascar 0–2 Mauritius
Perle  16'
Appou  31' (pen.)

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:
Ivory Coast 0–0 South Africa
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Coulibaly Koman (Mali)
South Africa 2–0 Burundi
Mayo  13'
Buckley  39'
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Abdoul Madarbocus (Mauritius)
Burundi 0–1 Ivory Coast
Bakari  11'
Referee: Michel Gasingwa (Rwanda)
Ivory Coast 6–1 Burundi
Drogba  7', 27', 32'
Bakari  56', 78'
Dindane  70'		 Shabani  88'
Attendance: 50,000
Referee: Manuel Monteiro Duarte (Cape Verde)
South Africa 2–1 Ivory Coast
Bartlett  21'
Nomvete  65'		 Kalou  41'
Attendance: 35,000
Burundi 0–2 South Africa
Mokoena  1'
Fredericks  30'
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:
Namibia 0–1 Algeria
Benjamin  5' (o.g.)
Attendance: 13,000
Referee: Felix Tangawarima (Zimbabwe)
Algeria 4–1 Chad
Akrour  26', 72' (pen.)
Belmadi  54', 69'
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Ahmed Redha El Batadji (Egypt)
Chad 2–0 Namibia
Hisseine  57', 90'
Referee: Maurice Dimanche ()
Namibia 2–1 Chad
Dieergaardt  24'
Hummel  76' (pen.)		 Hissein  35'
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Eugênio Bernardo Colembi (Angola)
Algeria 1–0 Namibia
Kraouche  5'
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Ahmed Auda (Egypt)
Chad 0–0 Algeria

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:
Uganda 1–0 Ghana
Obwiny  52'
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Hassan Mohamed (Somalia)
Ghana 4–2 Rwanda
Ntaganda  24' (o.g.)
Mohammed  42'
Asampong  58'
Boateng  70' (pen.)		 Milly  16'
Ndikumana  43' (pen.)
Attendance: 40,000
Referee: Pare Lassina (Burkina Faso)
Rwanda 0–0 Uganda
Referee: Mohamed Bakhit (Sudan)
Uganda 0–1 Rwanda
Gatete  40'
Attendance: 50,000
Referee: Alemu Gizate (Ethiopia)
Ghana 1–1 Uganda
Amoah  84' Bajope  16'
Rwanda 1–0 Ghana
Gatete  49'
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
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