2002 FIFA World Cup qualification (CAF)

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

2002 FIFA World Cup qualification (CAF)
Tournament details
Dates7 April 2000 - 29 July 2001
Teams48 (from 1 confederation)
Tournament statistics
Matches played149
Goals scored375 (2.52 per match)
Attendance3,528,675 (23,682 per match)
Top scorer(s)Ivory Coast Ibrahima Bakayoko (11 goals)
Qualification for championships (CAF)
FIFA World Cup
Africa Cup of Nations

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 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 Second Round.
  • Second 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
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
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
 AngolaCameroonLibyaTogoZambia
Angola Angola – 2–0 3–1 1–1 2–1
Cameroon Cameroon 3–0 – 1–0 2–0 1–0
Libya Libya 1–1 0–3 – 3–3 2–4
Togo Togo 1–1 0–2 2–0 – 3–2
Zambia 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
 GhanaLiberiaNigeriaSierra LeoneSudan
Ghana Ghana – 1–3 0–0 5–0 1–0
Liberia Liberia 1–2 – 2–1 1–0 2–0
Nigeria Nigeria 3–0 2–0 – 2–0 3–0
Sierra Leone Sierra Leone 1–1 0–1 1–0 – 0–2
Sudan 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
 AlgeriaEgyptMoroccoNamibiaSenegal
Algeria Algeria – 1–1 1–2 1–0 1–1
Egypt Egypt 5–2 – 0–0 8–2 1–0
Morocco Morocco 2–1 1–0 – 4–0 0–0
Namibia Namibia 0–4 1–1 0–0 – 0–5
Senegal 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
 Republic of the CongoDemocratic Republic of the CongoIvory CoastMadagascarTunisia
Congo Republic of the Congo – 1–1 1–1 2–0 1–2
Congo DR Democratic Republic of the Congo 2–0 – 1–2 1–0 0–3
Ivory Coast Ivory Coast 2–0 1–2 – 6–0 2–2
Madagascar Madagascar 1–0 3–0 1–3 – 0–2
Tunisia 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 1
 Burkina FasoGuineaMalawiSouth AfricaZimbabwe
Burkina Faso Burkina Faso – – 4–2 1–1 1–2
Guinea Guinea – – – – –
Malawi Malawi 1–1 – – 1–2 0–1
South Africa South Africa 1–0 – 2–0 – 2–1
Zimbabwe Zimbabwe 1–0 – 2–0 0–2 –

1 Guinea were disqualified on 19 March 2001 after being suspended by FIFA on 2 March due to financial irregularities and the Guinean sports minister's failure to meet a third and final FIFA deadline to reinstate the elected Guinean FA executive. 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

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
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
1 own goal

References
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