2004 African Cup of Nations qualification

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Qualification for the 2004 African Cup of Nations.

Qualified teams

Qualifying round

Of the 52 nations, only Somalia didn't take part, Cameroon qualified as holders and Tunisia qualified as hosts. Furthermore, Djibouti, São Tomé and Príncipe, and Guinea-Bissau withdrew. The remaining 46 teams then ended up being divided into 7 groups of 4 teams and 6 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: [citation needed]
(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'
National Stadium, Abuja
Referee: Falla Ndoye (Senegal
)


Angola 5–1 Malawi
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: [citation needed]
Niger 3–1 Ethiopia
Tankary 55', 61'
Garba 80'
Ashenafi 16'
Attendance: 35,000
Referee: Lassina Paré (Burkina Faso)
Guinea 3–0 Liberia
Conté
69'
Attendance: 35,000
Referee: Samba Diouf (Senegal)

Liberia 1–0 Niger
Daye 80'
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

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: [citation needed]
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 (South Africa)

Tanzania 0–1 Zambia
Lungu 25'
National Stadium, Dar es Salaam
Attendance: 23,000
Referee: Tessema Haislemelk (Ethiopia
)

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'

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: [citation needed]
Congo 0–0 Burkina Faso
Stade Alphonse Massemba-Débat, Brazzaville
Attendance: 60,000
Referee: Maxime Itur (Kenya
)

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'
Stade Alphonse Massemba-Débat, Brazzaville

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

Congo 0–0 Mozambique
Stade Alphonse Massemba-Débat, Brazzaville

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
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'
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
Caló
80'
Wondu 37'
Referee: Carlos Santos Nandigna (Guinea-Bissau)

Mauritania 0–0 Kenya
Referee: Yakouba Keita (Guinea)
Togo 5–2 Cape Verde
Mikimba 72'
Adebayor
78'
Caló
26'
Referee: Lassina Paré (Burkina Faso)

Cape Verde 3–0
Abandoned at 85'
 Mauritania
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: [citation needed]
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'
Swaziland
)
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: [citation needed]
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: Lourenço 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 Kaba (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)

Equatorial Guinea 0–1 Morocco
Kharja 60'
Stade de la Liberté, Bata

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: [citation needed]
(W) Withdrew
Lesotho 0–1 Senegal
H. Camara 35'
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'

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: [citation needed]
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'
Misurata
Referee: Mohammed El Arjoun (Morocco
)

Swaziland 2–1 Libya
Gamedze 81'
Nhleko 83'
Salah 20' (pen.)
Referee: Bernardo Colembi (Angola)

Libya 0–0 Botswana
March 28 Stadium, Benghazi
Referee: Pare Passina (Burkina Faso
)

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'

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: [citation needed]
(W) Withdrew
Madagascar 1–0 Egypt
Menahely 73'

Mauritius 0–1 Madagascar
Menahely 26'

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'

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: [citation needed]
Ivory Coast 0–0 South Africa
Stade Félix Houphouët-Boigny, Abidjan
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Coulibaly Koman (Mali
)


Burundi 0–1 Ivory Coast
Bakari 11'
Rwanda
)

Ivory Coast 6–1 Burundi
Drogba 7', 27', 32'
Bakari 56', 78'
Dindane 70'
Shabani 88'
Stade Félix Houphouët-Boigny, Abidjan
Attendance: 50,000
Referee: Manuel Monteiro Duarte (Cape Verde
)


Burundi 0–2 South Africa
Mokoena 1'
Fredericks
30'
Prince Louis Rwagasore Stadium, Bujumbura
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
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'
Stade 19 Mai 1956, Annaba
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Ahmed Redha El Batadji (Egypt
)



Algeria 1–0 Namibia
Kraouche 5'
Stade Mustapha Tchaker, Blida
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Ahmed Auda (Egypt
)

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
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
Source: [citation needed]

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