2002 FIFA World Cup qualification (CAF)

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2002 FIFA World Cup qualification (CAF)
Tournament details
Dates7 April 2000 - 29 July 2001
Teams50 (from 1 confederation)
Tournament statistics
Matches played145
Goals scored379 (2.61 per match)
Attendance3,593,675 (24,784 per match)
Top scorer(s)Ivory Coast Ibrahima Bakayoko
(11 goals)
← 1998
2006 →
Qualification for championships (CAF)
FIFA World Cup
Africa Cup of Nations

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 chose not to participate.

Guinea was excluded from the competition during the second round for government interference with its national association, resulting in their results obtained in second round being annulled.

Africa's five automatic qualifying berths were taken by

South Africa, and Nigeria
.

Format

There were two rounds of play:

  • First round: The 50 teams were divided into five pools of ten teams each. In each pool, the ten teams were paired up to play knockout matches on a home-and-away basis. The winners advanced to the second round.
  • Second round: The 25 teams were divided into five groups of five teams each. The teams played against each other on a home-and-away basis. The group winners qualified.

First round

Main article: 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification – CAF first round

Pool A

Team 1
Agg.
Tooltip Aggregate score 		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.
Tooltip Aggregate score 		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.
Tooltip Aggregate score 		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.
Tooltip Aggregate score 		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.
Tooltip Aggregate score 		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

Second round

Main article: 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification – CAF second round

Group A

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification Cameroon Angola Zambia Togo Libya
1  Cameroon 8 6 1 1 14 4 +10 19 2002 FIFA World Cup — 3–0 1–0 2–0 1–0
2  Angola 8 3 4 1 11 9 +2 13 2–0 — 2–1 1–1 3–1
3  Zambia 8 3 2 3 14 11 +3 11 2–2 1–1 — 2–0 2–0
4  Togo 8 2 3 3 10 13 −3 9 0–2 1–1 3–2 — 2–0
5  Libya 8 0 2 6 7 19 −12 2 0–3 1–1 2–4 3–3 —
Source: [1]

Group B

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification Nigeria Liberia Sudan Ghana Sierra Leone
1  Nigeria 8 5 1 2 15 3 +12 16 2002 FIFA World Cup — 2–0 3–0 3–0 2–0
2  Liberia 8 5 0 3 10 8 +2 15 2–1 — 2–0 1–2 1–0
3  Sudan 8 4 0 4 8 10 −2 12 0–4 2–0 — 1–0 3–0
4  Ghana 8 3 2 3 10 9 +1 11 0–0 1–3 1–0 — 5–0
5  Sierra Leone 8 1 1 6 2 15 −13 4 1–0 0–1 0–2 1–1 —
Source: [1]

Group C

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification Senegal Morocco Egypt Algeria Namibia
1  Senegal 8 4 3 1 14 2 +12 15 2002 FIFA World Cup — 1–0 0–0 3–0 4–0
2  Morocco 8 4 3 1 8 3 +5 15 0–0 — 1–0 2–1 3–0
3  Egypt 8 3 4 1 16 7 +9 13 1–0 0–0 — 5–2 8–2
4  Algeria 8 2 2 4 11 14 −3 8 1–1 1–2 1–1 — 1–0
5  Namibia 8 0 2 6 3 26 −23 2 0–5 0–0 1–1 0–4 —
Source: [1]

Group D

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification Tunisia Ivory Coast Democratic Republic of the Congo Madagascar Republic of the Congo
1  Tunisia 8 6 2 0 23 4 +19 20 2002 FIFA World Cup — 1–1 6–0 1–0 6–0
2  Ivory Coast 8 4 3 1 18 8 +10 15 2–2 — 1–2 6–0 2–0
3  DR Congo 8 3 1 4 7 16 −9 10 0–3 1–2 — 1–0 2–0
4  Madagascar 8 2 0 6 5 15 −10 6 0–2 1–3 3–0 — 1–0
5  Congo 8 1 2 5 5 15 −10 5 1–2 1–1 1–1 2–0 —
Source: [1]

Group E

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification South Africa Zimbabwe Burkina Faso Malawi Guinea
1  South Africa 6 5 1 0 10 3 +7 16 2002 FIFA World Cup — 2–1 1–0 2–0 Canc.
2  Zimbabwe 6 4 0 2 7 5 +2 12 0–2 — 1–0 2–0 Canc.
3  Burkina Faso 6 1 2 3 7 8 −1 5 1–1 1–2 — 4–2 2–3
4  Malawi 6 0 1 5 4 12 −8 1 1–2 0–1 1–1 — Canc.
5  Guinea[a] 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Excluded Canc. 3–0 Canc. 1–1 —
Source: [1]
Notes:
  1. ^ Guinea were excluded on 19 March 2001 due to government interference in football.[2] The results of their three matches 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
 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.

Top goalscorers

There were 379 goals scored in 145 matches, for an average of 2.61 goals per match.

11 goals

8 goals

6 goals

5 goals

4 goals

Below are full goalscorer lists for each round:

References

  1. ^ a b c d e "FIFA World Cup qualification (CAF) 2002, football - table and standings". soccer365.me. Retrieved 23 April 2024.
  2. ^ "Fifa confirm Guinea ban". BBC Sport. 19 March 2001. Archived from the original on 6 March 2016. Retrieved 18 January 2013.
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