2002 FIFA World Cup qualification (CAF)

Listed below are the dates and results for the 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification rounds for the African Zone (CAF). For an overview of the qualification rounds, see the article 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification.

The Confederation of African Football was allocated five qualifying berths for the 2002 FIFA World Cup.

51 teams entered the qualification process, however Burundi withdrew before the draw was made. In addition, Niger and Comoros did not participate in the qualification process. Guinea was excluded from the competition during the Final Round for government interference with its national association.

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

Group A

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts  Cameroon 8 6 1 1 14 4 10 19  Angola 8 3 4 1 11 9 2 13  Zambia 8 3 2 3 14 11 3 11  Togo 8 2 3 3 10 13 -3 9  Libya 8 0 2 6 7 19 -12 2

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 8 5 1 2 15 3 12 16  Liberia 8 5 0 3 10 8 2 15  Sudan 8 4 0 4 8 10 -2 12  Ghana 8 3 2 3 10 9 1 11  Sierra Leone 8 1 1 6 2 15 -13 4

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 8 4 3 1 15 3 12 15  Morocco 8 4 3 1 8 3 5 15  Egypt 8 3 4 1 16 7 9 13  Algeria 8 2 2 4 11 14 -3 8  Namibia 8 0 2 6 3 26 -23 2

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 8 6 2 0 23 4 19 20  Ivory Coast 8 4 3 1 18 8 10 15  DR Congo 8 3 1 4 7 16 -9 10  Madagascar 8 2 0 6 5 15 -10 6  Congo 8 1 2 5 5 15 -10 5

Congo – 1–1 1–1 2–0 1–2 Congo DR 2–0 – 1–2 1–0 0–3 Côte d'Ivoire 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 6 5 1 0 10 3 7 16  Zimbabwe 6 4 0 2 7 5 2 12  Burkina Faso 6 1 2 3 7 8 -1 5  Malawi 6 0 1 5 4 12 -8 1  Guinea 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

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

References

• FIFA.com results
• Rsssf.com results