View source for 2002 African Cup of Nations qualification

{{Short description|Football tournament}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2021}}
{{Qualification for championships (CAF)|expanded=Afcon}}
This page details the process of '''qualifying''' for the '''[[2002 African Cup of Nations]]'''.

==Qualified teams==
The 16 qualified teams are:
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|width=50%|
*{{fb|ALG}}
*{{fb|BFA}}
*{{fb|CMR}} ''{{small|(holders)}}''
*{{fb|COD|1997}}
*{{fb|EGY}}
*{{fb|GHA}}
*{{fb|CIV}}
*{{fb|LBR}}
|width=50%|
*{{fb|MLI}} ''{{small|(hosts)}}''
*{{fb|MAR}}
*{{fb|NGA}}
*{{fb|TOG}}
*{{fb|SEN}}
*{{fb|RSA}}
*{{fb|TUN}}
*{{fb|ZMB}}
|}

==Qualifying rounds==
===Preliminary round===
The quarter finalists of 2000 Africa Cup of Nations received a bye to the group stage. These teams are: Algeria, Egypt, Ghana, Nigeria, Senegal, South Africa, Tunisia.
{{TwoLeg start}}
{{TwoLegResult|{{fb-rt|MTN|1959}}||0–3|'''{{fb|BFA}}'''||0–0|0–3}}
{{TwoLegResult|{{fb-rt|GAM}}||2–4|'''{{fb|GUI}}'''||2–2|0–2}}
{{TwoLegResult|{{fb-rt|STP}}||2–5|'''{{fb|GAB}}'''||1–1|1–4}}
{{TwoLegResult|{{fb-rt|EQG}}||1–5|'''{{fb|ANG}}'''||0–1|1–4}}
{{TwoLegResult|{{fb-rt|BEN}}||4–8|'''{{fb|NAM}}'''||2–0|2–8}}
{{TwoLegResult|{{fb-rt|NIG}}||0–7|'''{{fb|CIV}}'''||0–1|0–6}}
{{TwoLegResult|{{fb-rt|CPV}}||1–3|'''{{fb|LBR}}'''||1–0|0–3}}
{{TwoLegResult|{{fb-rt|SLE}}||2–2 (2–4 [[penalty shootout (association football)|p]])|'''{{fb|TOG}}'''||2–0|0–2}}
{{TwoLegResult|{{fb-rt|CAR}}||1–3|'''{{fb|COD|1997}}'''||1–1|0–2}}
{{TwoLegResult|'''{{fb-rt|SUD}}'''||6–3|{{fb|ERI}}||5–1|1–2}}
{{TwoLegResult|{{fb-rt|RWA|1962}}||3–6|'''{{fb|CGO}}'''||2–1|1–5}}
{{TwoLegResult|{{fb-rt|DJI}}||1–4|'''{{fb|BDI}}'''||1–3|0–1}}
{{TwoLegResult|{{fb-rt|BOT}}||1–2|'''{{fb|MAD}}'''||1–0|0–2}}
{{TwoLegResult|{{fb-rt|CHA}}||4–4 (7–8 [[penalty shootout (association football)|p]])|'''{{fb|LBY|1977}}'''||3–1|1–3}}
{{TwoLegResult|{{fb-rt|ETH|1996}}||1–2|'''{{fb|ZAM}}'''||1–0|0–2}}
{{TwoLegResult|{{fb-rt|SEY}}||0–6|'''{{fb|ZIM}}'''||0–1|0–5}}
{{TwoLegResult|{{fb-rt|TAN}}||2–4|'''{{fb|MRI}}'''||0–1|2–3}}
{{TwoLegResult|'''{{fb-rt|UGA}}'''||5–2|{{fb|MWI}}||3–1|2–1}}
{{TwoLegResult|'''{{fb-rt|LES|1987}}'''||1–1 (3–2 [[penalty shootout (association football)|p]])|{{fb|MOZ}}||1–0|0–1}}
{{TwoLegResult|{{fb-rt|SWZ|name=Swaziland}}||3–5|'''{{fb|KEN}}'''||3–2|0–3}}
{{TwoLegResult|'''{{fb-rt|MAR}}'''||w/o|{{fb|GNB}}||—|—}}
|}

{{footballbox
 | date = 30 June 2000
 | team1 = {{fb-rt|MTN|1959}}
 | score = 0–0
 | team2 = {{fb|BFA}}
 | goals1 =
 | goals2 =
 | stadium = [[Stade Olympique (Nouakchott)|Stade Olympique]], [[Nouakchott]]
 | attendance = 10,000
 | referee = Albina da Silva ([[Football Federation of Guinea-Bissau|Guinea-Bissau]])
}}
{{footballbox
 | date = 16 July 2000
 | team1 = {{fb-rt|BFA}}
 | score = 3–0
 | team2 = {{fb|MTN|1959}}
 | goals1 = [[Oumar Barro|Barro]] {{goal|23||71}}<br/>[[Manga Diabaté|Diabaté]] {{goal|76}}
 | goals2 =
 | stadium = [[Stade du 4 Août]], [[Ouagadougou]]
 | attendance = 25,000
 | referee = Ibrahim Djingarey ([[Nigerien Football Federation|Niger]])
}}
'''''Burkina Faso''' win 3–0 on aggregate.''
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{{footballbox
 | date = 1 July 2000
 | team1 = {{fb-rt|GAM}}
 | score = 2–2
 | team2 = {{fb|GUI}}
 | goals1 = [[Abdoulie Corr|Corr]] {{goal|31|pen.|||44|pen.}}
 | goals2 = [[Taifour Diané|Diané]] {{goal|39}}<br/>[[Souleymane Youla|Youla]] {{goal|87}}
 | stadium = [[Independence Stadium (Bakau)|Independence Stadium]], [[Bakau]]
 | attendance = 15,000
 | referee = 
}}
{{footballbox
 | date = 16 July 2000
 | team1 = {{fb-rt|GUI}}
 | score = 2–0
 | team2 = {{fb|GAM}}
 | goals1 = [[Titi Camara|T. Camara]] {{goal|8}}<br/>[[Souleymane Youla|Youla]] {{goal|90}}
 | goals2 =
 | stadium = [[Stade du 28 Septembre]], [[Conakry]]
 | attendance = 15,000
 | referee = 
}}
'''''Guinea''' win 4–2 on aggregate.''
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{{footballbox
 | date = 1 July 2000
 | team1 = {{fb-rt|STP}}
 | score = 1–1
 | team2 = {{fb|GAB}}
 | goals1 = [[João Tonga|Tonga]] {{goal|5}}
 | goals2 = [[Constant Tamboucha|Tamboucha]] {{goal|12}}
 | stadium = [[Estádio Nacional 12 de Julho]], [[São Tomé]]
 | attendance = 
 | referee = 
}}
{{footballbox
 | date = 15 July 2000
 | team1 = {{fb-rt|GAB}}
 | score = 4–1
 | team2 = {{fb|STP}}
 | goals1 = [[Etienne Bito'o|Bito'o]] {{goal|17||21||70}}<br/>[[Valery Ondo|Ondo]] {{goal|50}}
 | goals2 = [[Amilcar Ramos|Ramos]] {{goal|88}}
 | stadium = [[Stade Omar Bongo]], [[Libreville]]
 | attendance = 15,000
 | referee = Eboh Messan ([[Togolese Football Federation|Togo]])
}}
'''''Gabon''' win 5–2 on aggregate.''
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{{footballbox
 | date = 2 July 2000
 | team1 = {{fb-rt|EQG}}
 | score = 0–1
 | team2 = {{fb|ANG}}
 | goals1 = 
 | goals2 = [[Boelua Lokuli|Isaac]] {{goal|72}}
 | stadium = [[Estadio La Paz]], [[Malabo]]
 | attendance = 
 | referee = 
}}
{{footballbox
 | date = 16 July 2000
 | team1 = {{fb-rt|ANG}}
 | score = 4–1
 | team2 = {{fb|EQG}}
 | goals1 = [[Paulo António Alves|Paulão]] {{goal|14}}<br/>[[Akwá (footballer)|Akwá]] {{goal|18}}<br/>[[António Mendonça|Mendonça]] {{goal|83}}<br/>[[Boelua Lokuli|Isaac]] {{goal|88}}
 | goals2 = [[Casiano Mba|Mba]] {{goal|33}}
 | stadium = [[Estádio da Cidadela]], [[Luanda]]
 | attendance = 20,000
 | referee = 
}}
'''''Angola''' win 5–1 on aggregate.''
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{{footballbox
 | date = 2 July 2000
 | team1 = {{fb-rt|BEN}}
 | score = 2–0
 | team2 = {{fb|NAM}}
 | goals1 = [[Léon Bessan|Bessan]] {{goal|46}}<br/>[[Moussa Latoundji|Latoundji]] {{goal|50}}
 | goals2 =
 | stadium = [[Stade de l'Amitié]], [[Cotonou]]
 | attendance = 25,000
 | referee = 
}}
{{footballbox
 | date = 15 July 2000
 | team1 = {{fb-rt|NAM}}
 | score = 8–2
 | team2 = {{fb|BEN}}
 | goals1 = [[Robert Nauseb|Nauseb]] {{goal|4}}<br/>[[Silvester Goraseb|Goraseb]] {{goal|8||20||36}}<br/>[[Razundara Tjikuzu|Tjikuzu]] {{goal|25||43}}<br/>[[Quinton Jacobs|Jacobs]] {{goal|31|pen.}}<br/>[[Collin Benjamin|Benjamin]] {{goal|77}}
 | goals2 = [[Eric Assouma|Assouma]] {{goal|6||12}}
 | stadium = [[Independence Stadium (Namibia)|Independence Stadium]], [[Windhoek]]
 | attendance = 5,000
 | referee = 
}}
'''''Namibia''' win 8–4 on aggregate.''
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{{footballbox
 | date = 2 July 2000
 | team1 = {{fb-rt|NIG}}
 | score = 0–1
 | team2 = {{fb|CIV}}
 | goals1 =
 | goals2 = [[Aruna Dindane|Dindane]] {{goal|55}}
 | stadium = [[Stade Général Seyni Kountché]], [[Niamey]]
 | attendance = 
 | referee = Joseph Wellington ([[Ghana Football Association|Ghana]])
}}
{{footballbox
 | date = 16 July 2000
 | team1 = {{fb-rt|CIV}}
 | score = 6–0
 | team2 = {{fb|NIG}}
 | goals1 = [[Siaka Bamba (footballer, born 1976)|Bamba]] {{goal|9}}<br/>[[Serge Yoffou|Yoffou]] {{goal|42||65||68}}<br/>[[Venance Zézé|Zézé]] {{goal|77}}<br/>[[Zéphirin Zoko|Zoko]] {{goal|84}}
 | goals2 =
 | stadium = [[Stade Félix Houphouët-Boigny]], [[Abidjan]]
 | attendance = 25,000
 | referee = Abderahim El Arjoun ([[Royal Moroccan Football Federation|Morocco]])
}}
'''''Ivory Coast''' win 7–0 on aggregate.''
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{{footballbox
 | date = 3 July 2000
 | team1 = {{fb-rt|CPV}}
 | score = 1–0
 | team2 = {{fb|LBR}}
 | goals1 = [[António Duarte|Toni]] {{goal}}
 | goals2 =
 | stadium = [[Estádio Municipal Adérito Sena]], [[Mindelo]]
 | attendance = 
 | referee = 
}}
{{footballbox
 | date = 16 July 2000
 | team1 = {{fb-rt|LBR}}
 | score = 3–0
 | team2 = {{fb|CPV}}
 | goals1 = [[George Weah|Weah]] {{goal|3}}<br/> [[Alex Brown (Liberian footballer)|Brown]] {{goal|71}}<br/>[[Zizi Roberts|Roberts]] {{goal|83}}
 | goals2 =
 | stadium = [[Samuel Kanyon Doe Sports Complex]], [[Monrovia]]
 | attendance = 18,000
 | referee = Zeli Sinko ([[Ivorian Football Federation|Ivory&nbsp;Coast]])
}}
'''''Liberia''' win 3–1 on aggregate.''
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{{footballbox
 | date = 20 August 2000
 | team1 = {{fb-rt|SLE}}
 | score = 2–0
 | team2 = {{fb|TOG}}
 | goals1 = [[Ibrahim Bah|Bah]] {{goal|33}}<br/>[[Abu Kanu|Kanu]] {{goal|51}}
 | goals2 =
 | stadium = [[National Stadium (Sierra Leone)|National Stadium]], [[Freetown]]
 | attendance = 10,000
 | referee = Mamadouba Camara ([[Guinean Football Federation|Guinea]])
}}
{{footballbox
 | date = 3 September 2000
 | team1 = {{fb-rt|TOG}}
 | score = 2–0
 | team2 = {{fb|SLE}}
 | goals1 = [[Mohamed Kader|Kader]] {{goal|26}}<br/>[[Tadjou Salou|Salou]] {{goal|60|pen.}}
 | goals2 =
 | stadium = [[Stade de Kégué]], [[Lomé]]
 | attendance = 25,000
 | referee = Lassina Paré ([[Burkinabé Football Federation|Burkina&nbsp;Faso]])
 | penalties1 = 
 | penaltyscore = 4–2
 | penalties2 = 
}}
'''''Togo''' win 4–2 on penalties after 2–2 after extra time.''
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{{footballbox
 | date = 2 July 2000
 | team1 = {{fb-rt|CTA}}
 | score = 1–1
 | team2 = {{fb|COD|1997}}
 | goals1 = [[Nazaire Malo|Malo]] {{goal|25}}
 | goals2 = [[Jean-Jacques Yemweni|Yemweni]] {{goal|12}}
 | stadium = [[Barthelemy Boganda Stadium]], [[Bangui]]
 | attendance = 
 | referee = Hissene Ladoual ([[Chadian Football Federation|Chad]])
}}
{{footballbox
 | date = 16 July 2000
 | team1 = {{fb-rt|COD|1997}}
 | score = 2–0
 | team2 = {{fb|CTA}}
 | goals1 = [[Jean-Jacques Yemweni|Yemweni]] {{goal|6}} <br> [[Jason Mayélé|Mayélé]] {{goal|82}}
 | goals2 =
 | stadium = [[Stade des Martyrs]], [[Kinshasa]]
 | attendance = 75,000
 | referee = Alex Mana Sule ([[Nigeria Football Federation|Nigeria]])
}}
'''''DR Congo''' won 3–1 on aggregate.''
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{{footballbox
 | date = 2 July 2000
 | team1 = {{fb-rt|SUD}}
 | score = 5–1
 | team2 = {{fb|ERI}}
 | goals1 = Khalid Bakhit {{goal|4}} <br> [[James Moga|Moga]] {{goal|11}} <br> Mohamed Musa Dawod {{goal|54}} <br> Hisham Seeni {{goal|56}} <br> Amir Mustafa {{goal|86}}
 | goals2 = [[Basili Abraham|Abraham]] {{goal|6}}
 | stadium = [[Khartoum Stadium]], [[Khartoum]]
 | attendance = 
 | referee = 
}}
{{footballbox
 | date = 15 July 2000
 | team1 = {{fb-rt|ERI}}
 | score = 2–1
 | team2 = {{fb|SUD}}
 | goals1 = [[Fassil Abreha|Abreha]] {{goal|33}} <br> [[Yidnekachew Shimangus|Shimangus]] {{goal|45}}
 | goals2 = [[Richard Justin Lado|Richard]] {{goal|66}}
 | stadium = [[Asmara Stadium]], [[Asmara]]
 | attendance = 
 | referee = 
}}
'''''Sudan''' won 6–3 on aggregate.''
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{{footballbox
 | date = 2 July 2000
 | team1 = {{fb-rt|RWA|1962}}
 | score = 2–1
 | team2 = {{fb|CGO}}
 | goals1 = 
 | goals2 = 
 | stadium = [[Stade Amahoro]], [[Kigali]]
 | attendance = 
 | referee = 
}}
{{footballbox
 | date = 16 July 2000
 | team1 = {{fb-rt|CGO}}
 | score = 5–1
 | team2 = {{fb|RWA|1962}}
 | goals1 = [[Lebali Eder|Eder]] {{goal|6}} <br> [[Goma Amoros|Amoros]] {{goal|8|pen.}} <br> [[Pedel Moyimouadeka|Moyimouadeka]] {{goal|26}} <br> [[Georges Ngoma-Nanitélamio|Ngoma-Nanitélamio]] {{goal|61}} <br> [[Denis Tsoumou|Tsoumou]] {{goal|61}}
 | goals2 = Mayele {{goal|80}}
 | stadium = [[Stade Municipal (Pointe-Noire)|Stade Municipal]], [[Pointe Noire]]
 | attendance = 30,000
 | referee = 
}}
'''''Congo''' won 6–3 on aggregate.''
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{{footballbox
 | date = 30 June 2000
 | team1 = {{fb-rt|DJI}}
 | score = 1–3
 | team2 = {{fb|BDI}}
 | goals1 =
 | goals2 = 
 | stadium = [[Djibouti (city)|Djibouti city]]
 | attendance = 
 | referee = 
}}
{{footballbox
 | date = 15 July 2000
 | team1 = {{fb-rt|BDI}}
 | score = 1–0
 | team2 = {{fb|DJI}}
 | goals1 =
 | goals2 =
 | stadium = [[Prince Louis Rwagasore Stadium]], [[Bujumbura]]
 | attendance = 6,000
 | referee = 
}}
'''''Burundi''' won 4–1 on aggregate.''
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{{footballbox
 | date = 1 July 2000
 | team1 = {{fb-rt|BOT}}
 | score = 1–0
 | team2 = {{fb|MAD}}
 | goals1 =  [[Dipsy Selolwane|Selolwane]]{{goal|25}}
 | goals2 =
 | stadium = [[Botswana National Stadium|National Stadium]], [[Gaborone]]
 | attendance = 15,000
 | referee = 
}}
{{footballbox
 | date = 15 July 2000
 | team1 = {{fb-rt|MAD}}
 | score = 2–0
 | team2 = {{fb|BOT}}
 | goals1 = [[Harry Randrianaivo|Randrianaivo]] {{goal|3}} <br> [[Claude Ralaitafika|Ralaitafika]] {{goal|48}}
 | goals2 =
 | stadium = [[Mahamasina Municipal Stadium]], [[Antananarivo]]
 | attendance = 
 | referee = 
}}
'''''Madagascar''' won 2–1 on aggregate.''
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{{footballbox
 | date = 30 June 2000
 | team1 = {{fb-rt|CHA}}
 | score = 3–1
 | team2 = {{fb|LBY|1977}}
 | goals1 = [[Loko Lokissimbaye|Lokissimbaye]] {{goal|2}}<br>{{goal|}}{{goal|}}
 | goals2 = [[Ahmed Al Masli|Al Masli]] {{goal|}}
 | stadium = [[Stade Omnisports Idriss Mahamat Ouya]], [[N'Djamena]]
 | attendance = 
 | referee = 
}}
{{footballbox
 | date = 14 July 2000
 | team1 = {{fb-rt|LBY|1977}}
 | score = 3–1
 | team2 = {{fb|CHA}}
 | goals1 = [[Tarik El Taib|El Taib]] {{goal|}}<br>[[Nader Al-Tarhouni|Al-Tarhouni]] {{goal|}}<br>[[Ahmed Al Masli|Al Masli]] {{goal|}}
 | goals2 = [[Loko Lokissimbaye|Lokissimbaye]] {{goal|}}
 | stadium = [[June 11 Stadium]], [[Tripoli, Libya|Tripoli]]
 | attendance = 
 | referee = 
 | penalties1 = 
 | penaltyscore = 8–7
 | penalties2 = 
}}
'''''Libya''' won 8–7 on penalty shootout after 4–4 on aggregate.''
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{{footballbox
 | date = 2 July 2000
 | team1 = {{fb-rt|ETH|1996}}
 | score = 1–0
 | team2 = {{fb|ZAM}}
 | goals1 = [[Sintayehu Getachew|Getachew]] {{goal|34}}
 | goals2 =
 | stadium = [[Addis Ababa Stadium]], [[Addis Ababa]]
 | attendance = 25,000
 | referee = Ahmed Salih ([[Sudan Football Association|Sudan]])
}}
{{footballbox
 | date = 15 July 2000
 | team1 = {{fb-rt|ZAM}}
 | score = 2–0
 | team2 = {{fb|ETH|1996}}
 | goals1 = [[Bernard Makufi|Makufi]] {{goal|2}} <br> [[Gift Kampamba|Kampamba]] {{goal|67}}
 | goals2 =
 | stadium = [[Independence Stadium (Zambia)|Independence Stadium]], [[Lusaka]]
 | attendance = 
 | referee = Petros Mathabela ([[South African Football Association|South&nbsp;Africa]])
}}
'''''Zambia''' on 2–1 on aggregate.''
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{{footballbox
 | date = 1 July 2000
 | team1 = {{fb-rt|SEY}}
 | score = 0–1
 | team2 = {{fb|ZIM}}
 | goals1 =
 | goals2 = [[Benjani Mwaruwari|Mwaruwari]] {{goal|35}}
 | stadium = [[Victoria, Seychelles|Victoria]], [[Seychelles]]
 | attendance = 
 | referee = 
}}
{{footballbox
 | date = 16 July 2000
 | team1 = {{fb-rt|ZIM}}
 | score = 5–0
 | team2 = {{fb|SEY}}
 | goals1 = [[Luke Petros|Petros]] {{goal}} {{goal}} <br> [[Blessing Makunike|Makunike]] {{goal}} <br> [[Peter Ndlovu|Ndlovu]] {{goal}} <br> [[Nqobizitha Ncube|Ncube]] {{goal}}
 | goals2 =
 | stadium = [[Barbourfields Stadium]], [[Bulawayo]]
 | attendance = 30,000
 | referee = 
}}
'''''Zimbabwe''' on 6–0 on aggregate.''
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{{footballbox
 | date = 1 July 2000
 | team1 = {{fb-rt|TAN}}
 | score = 0–1
 | team2 = {{fb|MRI}}
 | goals1 =
 | goals2 = [[Ricardo Naboth|Naboth]] {{goal|57}}
 | stadium = [[Benjamin Mkapa National Stadium]], [[Dar es Salaam]]
 | attendance = 
 | referee = 
}}
{{footballbox
 | date = 16 July 2000
 | team1 = {{fb-rt|MRI}}
 | score = 3–2
 | team2 = {{fb|TAN}}
 | goals1 = [[Sebastian Bax|Bax]] {{goal|77}} <br> [[Tony François|François]] {{goal|79}} <br> [[Christopher Perle|Perle]] {{goal|88}}
 | goals2 = [[Cassim Tembele|Tembele]] {{goal|24}} <br> [[Ntese Lungu|Lungu]] {{goal|28}}
 | stadium = [[Stade George V]], [[Curepipe]]
 | attendance = 30,000
 | referee = 
}}
'''''Mauritius''' won 4–2 on aggregate.''
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{{footballbox
 | date = 1 July 2000
 | team1 = {{fb-rt|UGA}}
 | score = 3–1
 | team2 = {{fb|MWI}}
 | goals1 = [[Hassan Mubiru|Mubiru]] {{goal|3}} <br> [[Hakim Magumba|Magumba]] {{goal|14}} <br> [[Andrew Mukasa|Mukasa]] {{goal|52}}
 | goals2 = [[Daniel Chitsulo|Chitsulo]] {{goal|89}}
 | stadium = [[Nakivubo Stadium]], [[Kampala]]
 | attendance = 15,000
 | referee = 
}}
{{footballbox
 | date = 15 July 2000
 | team1 = {{fb-rt|MWI}}
 | score = 1–2
 | team2 = {{fb|UGA}}
 | goals1 = [[Mtawali Chirwali|Chirwali]] {{goal|51}}
 | goals2 = [[Hassan Mubiru|Mubiru]] {{goal|30}} <br> [[Majid Musisi|Musisi]] {{goal|81}}
 | stadium = [[Kamuzu Stadium|Chichiri Stadium]], [[Blantyre]]
 | attendance = 25,000
 | referee = ... ([[Mauritius Football Association|Mauritius]])
}}
'''''Uganda''' won 5–2 on aggregate.''
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{{footballbox
 | date = 2 July 2000
 | team1 = {{fb-rt|LES|1987}}
 | score = 1–0
 | team2 = {{fb|MOZ}}
 | goals1 = [[Teele Ntsonyana|Ntsonyana]] {{goal|85}}
 | goals2 =
 | stadium = [[Setsoto Stadium]], [[Maseru]]
 | attendance = 5,000
 | referee = 
}}
{{footballbox
 | date = 16 July 2000
 | team1 = {{fb-rt|MOZ}}
 | score = 1–0
 | team2 = {{fb|LES|1987}}
 | goals1 = [[Dário Monteiro|Dário]] {{goal|82}}
 | goals2 =
 | stadium = [[Estádio da Machava]], [[Maputo]]
 | attendance = 15,000
 | referee = 
 | penalties1 = 
 | penaltyscore = 2–3
 | penalties2 = 
}}
'''''Lesotho''' won 3–2 on penalty shootout after 1–1 after extra time.''
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{{footballbox
 | date = 2 July 2000
 | team1 = {{fb-rt|SWZ|name=Swaziland}}
 | score = 3–2
 | team2 = {{fb|KEN}}
 | goals1 = [[Dumisa Dlamini|D. Dlamini]] {{goal|43||75|pen.}} <br> [[Mfanzile Dlamini|M. Dlamini]] {{goal|56}}
 | goals2 = [[Musa Otieno|Otieno]] {{goal|38}} <br> [[Mike Okoth|Okoth]] {{goal|86}}
 | stadium = [[Somholo National Stadium]], [[Lobamba]]
 | attendance = 
 | referee = 
}}
{{footballbox
 | date = 15 July 2000
 | team1 = {{fb-rt|KEN}}
 | score = 3–0
 | team2 = {{fb|SWZ|name=Swaziland}}
 | goals1 = [[Bernard Onyango|Onyango]] {{goal|19}} <br> [[Mike Okoth|Okoth]] {{goal|78}} <br> [[Sammy Simiyu|Simiyu]] {{goal|83}}
 | goals2 =
 | stadium = [[Mombasa Municipal Stadium]], [[Mombasa]]
 | attendance = 15,000
 | referee = 
}}
'''''Kenya''' won 5–3 on aggregate.''
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{{footballbox
 | date =
 | team1 = {{fb-rt|MAR}}
 | score = w/o
 | team2 = {{fb|GNB}}
 | goals1 =
 | goals2 =
 | stadium = 
 | attendance = 
 | referee = 
}}
'''''Guinea-Bissau''' withdrew; Morocco advanced.''

===Group round===
Qualifying took place between 2 September 2000 and 17 June 2001.

====Group 1====
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{{footballbox
 | date = 2 September 2000
 | team1 = {{fb-rt|NGA}}
 | score = 4–0
 | team2 = {{fb|NAM}}
 | goals1 = [[Victor Ikpeba|Ikpeba]] {{goal|39||73||88}} <br> [[Pascal Ojigwe|Ojigwe]] {{goal|55}}
 | goals2 =
 | stadium = [[Lagos National Stadium]], [[Lagos]]
 | attendance = 25,000
 | referee = Zeli Sinko ([[Ivorian Football Federation|Ivory&nbsp;Coast]])
}}
{{footballbox
 | date = 2 September 2000
 | team1 = {{fb-rt|ZAM}}
 | score = 1–2
 | team2 = {{fb|MAD}}
 | goals1 = [[Dennis Lota|Lota]] {{goal|34}}
 | goals2 = [[Jean Natal Ratsimialona|Ratsimialona]] {{goal|42}} <br> [[Harry Randrianaivo|Randrianaivo]] {{goal|75}}
 | stadium = [[Independence Stadium (Zambia)|Independence Stadium]], [[Lusaka]]
 | attendance = 30,000
 | referee = Edwin Senai ([[Botswana Football Association|Botswana]])
}}
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{{footballbox
 | date = 7 October 2000
 | team1 = {{fb-rt|MAD}}
 | score = 0–0
 | team2 = {{fb|NGA}}
 | goals1 =
 | goals2 =
 | stadium = [[Alarobia Municipal Stadium]], [[Antananarivo]]
 | attendance = 7,000
 | referee = Petros Mathabela ([[South African Football Association|South&nbsp;Africa]])
}}
{{footballbox
 | date = 8 October 2000
 | team1 = {{fb-rt|NAM}}
 | score = 1–2
 | team2 = {{fb|ZAM}}
 | goals1 = [[Augustinus Mukwaya|Mukwaya]] {{goal|9}}
 | goals2 = [[Chanda Mwape|Mwape]] {{goal|80}}<br>[[Phillimon Chepita|Chepita]] {{goal|81}}
 | stadium = [[Independence Stadium (Namibia)|Independence Stadium]], [[Windhoek]]
 | attendance = 
 | referee = Reda Baltagy ([[Egyptian Football Association|Egypt]])
}}
----
{{footballbox
 | date = 13 January 2001
 | team1 = {{fb-rt|NGA}}
 | score = 1–0
 | team2 = {{fb|ZAM}}
 | goals1 = [[Victor Agali|Agali]] {{goal|33}}
 | goals2 =
 | stadium = [[Lagos National Stadium]], [[Lagos]]
 | attendance = 60,000
 | referee = Kamel Berber ([[Algerian Football Federation|Algeria]])
}}
{{footballbox
 | date = 13 January 2001
 | team1 = {{fb-rt|NAM}}
 | score = 2–2
 | team2 = {{fb|MAD}}
 | goals1 = [[Johannes Hindjou|Hindjou]] {{goal|77}} <br> [[George Hummel|Hummel]] {{goal|89}}
 | goals2 = [[Harry Randrianaivo|Randrianaivo]] {{goal|33}} <br> [[Jean Natal Ratsimialona|Ratsimialona]] {{goal|44}}
 | stadium = [[Independence Stadium (Namibia)|Independence Stadium]], [[Windhoek]]
 | attendance = 5,000
 | referee = 
}}
----
{{footballbox
 | date = 24 March 2001
 | team1 = {{fb-rt|ZAM}}
 | score = 1–1
 | team2 = {{fb|NGA}}
 | goals1 = [[Isaac Okoronkwo|Okoronkwo]] {{goal|42|o.g.}}
 | goals2 = [[Benedict Akwuegbu|Akwuegbu]] {{goal|30}}
 | stadium = [[Nchanga Stadium]], [[Chingola]]
 | attendance = 20,000
 | referee = Wilfrid Mukuna ([[Zimbabwe Football Association|Zimbabwe]])
}}
{{footballbox
 | date = 24 March 2001
 | team1 = {{fb-rt|MAD}}
 | score = 1–2
 | team2 = {{fb|NAM}}
 | goals1 = [[Ruphin Menakely|Menakely]] {{goal|30}}
 | goals2 = [[Michael Pienaar|Pienaar]] {{goal|5}} <br> [[Floris Diergaardt|Diergaardt]] {{goal|10}}
 | stadium = [[Mahamasina Municipal Stadium]], [[Antananarivo]]
 | attendance = 20,000
 | referee = 
}}
----
{{footballbox
 | date = 2 June 2001
 | team1 = {{fb-rt|ZAM}}
 | score = 0–0
 | team2 = {{fb|NAM}}
 | goals1 =
 | goals2 =
 | stadium = [[Nchanga Stadium]], [[Chingola]]
 | attendance = 20,000
 | referee = Edwin Senai ([[Botswana Football Association|Botswana]])
}}
{{footballbox
 | date = 2 June 2001
 | team1 = {{fb-rt|NGA}}
 | score = 1–0
 | team2 = {{fb|MAD}}
 | goals1 = [[Benedict Akwuegbu|Akwuegbu]] {{goal|4}}
 | goals2 =
 | stadium = [[Benin City]], [[Nigeria]]
 | attendance = 15,000
 | referee = [[Coffi Codjia]] ([[Benin Football Federation|Benin]])
}}
----
{{footballbox
 | date = 16 June 2001
 | team1 = {{fb-rt|NAM}}
 | score = 0–2
 | team2 = {{fb|NGA}}
 | goals1 =
 | goals2 = [[Yakubu (footballer)|Yakubu]] {{goal|89}} <br> [[Ishola Shuaibu|Shuaibu]] {{goal|90}}
 | stadium = [[Independence Stadium (Namibia)|Independence Stadium]], [[Windhoek]]
 | attendance = 10,000
 | referee = [[Lim Kee Chong]] ([[Mauritius Football Association|Mauritius]])
}}
{{footballbox
 | date = 16 June 2001
 | team1 = {{fb-rt|MAD}}
 | score = 0–1
 | team2 = {{fb|ZAM}}
 | goals1 =
 | goals2 = [[Misheck Lungu|Lungu]] {{goal|13}}
 | stadium = [[Mahamasina Municipal Stadium]], [[Antananarivo]]
 | attendance = 25,000
 | referee = [[Eddy Maillet]] ([[Seychelles Football Federation|Seychelles]])
}}

====Group 2====
<onlyinclude>{{#invoke:sports table|main|style=WDL
|section=Group 2
|res_col_header=Q
|show_positions=n

|team1=LBR|name_LBR={{fb|LBR}}
|team2=RSA|name_RSA={{fb|RSA}}
|team3=CGO|name_CGO={{fb|CGO}}
|team4=MRI|name_MRI={{fb|MRI}}
|win_LBR=4|draw_LBR=1|loss_LBR=1|gf_LBR=14|ga_LBR=4
|win_RSA=3|draw_RSA=3|loss_RSA=0|gf_RSA=9|ga_RSA=4
|win_CGO=1|draw_CGO=2|loss_CGO=3|gf_CGO=4|ga_CGO=9
|win_MRI=0|draw_MRI=2|loss_MRI=4|gf_MRI=2|ga_MRI=12

|col_A=#ccffcc|text_A=
|result1=A|result2=A
|update=complete|source=
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{{footballbox
 | date = 3 September 2000
 | team1 = {{fb-rt|LBR}}
 | score = 4–0
 | team2 = {{fb|MRI}}
 | goals1 = [[Zizi Roberts|Roberts]] {{goal|25}} <br> [[James Debbah|Debbah]] {{goal|47||49}} <br> [[Kelvin Sebwe|Sebwe]] {{goal}}
 | goals2 = 
 | stadium = [[Samuel Kanyon Doe Sports Complex]], [[Monrovia]]
 | attendance = 
 | referee = Mamadouba Amalfi Camara ([[Guinean Football Federation|Guinea]])
}}
{{footballbox
 | date = 3 September 2000
 | team1 = {{fb-rt|CGO}}
 | score = 1–2
 | team2 = {{fb|RSA}}
 | goals1 = [[Rolf-Christel Guié-Mien|Guié-Mien]] {{goal|70|pen.}}
 | goals2 = [[Thabo Mngomeni|Mngomeni]] {{goal|21}} <br> [[Bradley August|August]] {{goal|59}}
 | stadium = [[Stade Municipal (Pointe-Noire)|Stade Municipal]], [[Pointe Noire]]
 | attendance = 25,000
 | referee = [[Coffi Codjia]] ([[Benin Football Federation|Benin]])
}}
----
{{footballbox
 | date = 8 October 2000
 | team1 = {{fb-rt|MRI}}
 | score = 1–2
 | team2 = {{fb|CGO}}
 | goals1 = [[Jean-Marc Ithier|Ithier]] {{goal|47}}
 | goals2 = [[Rolf-Christel Guié-Mien|Guié-Mien]] {{goal|27||29}}
 | stadium = [[Stade George V]], [[Curepipe]]
 | attendance = 21,200
 | referee = Wilfred Mukuna ([[Zimbabwe Football Association|Zimbabwe]])
}}
{{footballbox
 | date = 16 December 2000
 | team1 = {{fb-rt|RSA}}
 | score = 2–1
 | team2 = {{fb|LBR}}
 | goals1 = [[Shaun Bartlett|Bartlett]] {{goal|49}} <br> [[Phil Masinga|Masinga]] {{goal|73}}
 | goals2 = [[Prince Daye|Daye]] {{goal|80}}
 | stadium = [[First National Bank Stadium]], [[Johannesburg]]
 | attendance = 10,000
 | referee = Mohamed Guezzaz ([[Royal Moroccan Football Federation|Morocco]])
}}
----
{{footballbox
 | date = 13 January 2001
 | team1 = {{fb-rt|MRI}}
 | score = 1–1
 | team2 = {{fb|RSA}}
 | goals1 = [[Tony François|François]] {{goal|60|pen.}}
 | goals2 = [[Delron Buckley|Buckley]] {{goal|43}}
 | stadium = [[Stade Anjalay]], [[Mauritius]]
 | attendance = 11,260
 | referee = Maxim Itur ([[Football Kenya Federation|Kenya]])
}}
{{footballbox
 | date = 14 January 2001
 | team1 = {{fb-rt|LBR}}
 | score = 5–1
 | team2 = {{fb|CGO}}
 | goals1 = [[James Debbah|Debbah]] {{goal|23||60}} <br> [[Oliver Makor|Makor]] {{goal|30}} <br> [[Zizi Roberts|Roberts]] {{goal|51}} <br> [[Prince Daye|Daye]] {{goal|62}}
 | goals2 = [[Dongo Christ|Christ]] {{goal|21}}
 | stadium = [[Samuel Kanyon Doe Sports Complex]], [[Monrovia]]
 | attendance = 50,000
 | referee = Alex Quartey ([[Ghana Football Association|Ghana]])
}}
----
{{footballbox
 | date = 24 March 2001
 | team1 = {{fb-rt|RSA}}
 | score = 3–0
 | team2 = {{fb|MRI}}
 | goals1 = [[Benedict McCarthy|McCarthy]] {{goal|4}} <br> [[Alfred Phiri|Phiri]] {{goal|14}} <br> [[Sibusiso Zuma|Zuma]] {{goal|20}}
 | goals2 =
 | stadium = [[Telkom Park Stadium]], [[Port Elizabeth]]
 | attendance = 10,000
 | referee = Ishak Omar Abdelkader ([[Tanzania Football Federation|Tanzania]])
}}
{{footballbox
 | date = 25 March 2001
 | team1 = {{fb-rt|CGO}}
 | score = 0–1
 | team2 = {{fb|LBR}}
 | goals1 =
 | goals2 = [[Prince Daye|Daye]] {{goal|62}}
 | stadium = [[Stade Municipal (Pointe-Noire)|Stade Municipal]], [[Pointe Noire]]
 | attendance = 20,000
 | referee = Hissene Ladoual ([[Chadian Football Federation|Chad]])
}}
----
{{footballbox
 | date = 3 June 2001
 | team1 = {{fb-rt|CGO}}
 | score = 0–0
 | team2 = {{fb|MRI}}
 | goals1 =
 | goals2 =
 | stadium = [[Stade Municipal (Pointe-Noire)|Stade Municipal]], [[Pointe Noire]]
 | attendance = 10,000
 | referee = 
}}
{{footballbox
 | date = 3 June 2001
 | team1 = {{fb-rt|LBR}}
 | score = 1–1
 | team2 = {{fb|RSA}}
 | goals1 = [[Oliver Makor|Makor]] {{goal|48|pen.}}
 | goals2 = [[Andrew Rabutla|Rabutla]] {{goal|39}}
 | stadium = [[Samuel Kanyon Doe Sports Complex]], [[Monrovia]]
 | attendance = 40,000
 | referee = [[Lucien Bouchardeau]] ([[Nigerien Football Federation|Niger]])
}}
----
{{footballbox
 | date = 16 June 2001
 | team1 = {{fb-rt|MRI}}
 | score = 0–2
 | team2 = {{fb|LBR}}
 | goals1 =
 | goals2 = [[Isaac Tondo|Tondo]] {{goal|1||61}}
 | stadium = [[Stade Anjalay]], [[Mauritius]]
 | attendance = 10,780
 | referee = Samuel Moeketsi ([[Lesotho Football Association|Lesotho]])
}}
{{footballbox
 | date = 17 June 2001
 | team1 = {{fb-rt|RSA}}
 | score = 0–0
 | team2 = {{fb|CGO}}
 | goals1 =
 | goals2 =
 | stadium = [[Kings Park Stadium]], [[Durban]]
 | attendance = 45,000
 | referee = Wilson Mukuna ([[Zimbabwe Football Association|Zimbabwe]])
}}

====Group 3====
<onlyinclude>{{#invoke:sports table|main|style=WDL
|section=Group 3
|res_col_header=Q
|show_positions=n

|team1=MAR|name_MAR={{fb|MAR}}
|team2=TUN|name_TUN={{fb|TUN}}
|team3=GAB|name_GAB={{fb|GAB}}
|team4=KEN|name_KEN={{fb|KEN}}
|win_MAR=3|draw_MAR=1|loss_MAR=2|gf_MAR=5|ga_MAR=4
|win_TUN=2|draw_TUN=2|loss_TUN=2|gf_TUN=9|ga_TUN=7
|win_GAB=2|draw_GAB=2|loss_GAB=2|gf_GAB=8|ga_GAB=8
|win_KEN=1|draw_KEN=3|loss_KEN=2|gf_KEN=5|ga_KEN=8

|col_A=#ccffcc|text_A=
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|update=complete|source=
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{{footballbox
 | date = 2 September 2000
 | team1 = {{fb-rt|GAB}}
 | score = 2–0
 | team2 = {{fb|MAR}}
 | goals1 = [[Guy-Roger Nzeng|Nzeng]] {{goal|38}} <br> [[Etienne Bito'o|Bito'o]] {{goal|56}}
 | goals2 =
 | stadium = [[Stade Omar Bongo]], [[Libreville]]
 | attendance = 4,000
 | referee = Sidi Bekaye Magassa ([[Malian Football Federation|Mali]])
}}
{{footballbox
 | date = 3 September 2000
 | team1 = {{fb-rt|KEN}}
 | score = 0–0
 | team2 = {{fb|TUN}}
 | goals1 =
 | goals2 =
 | stadium = [[Moi International Sports Centre]], [[Nairobi]]
 | attendance = 20,000
 | referee = Mohammed Mahmoud ([[Somali Football Federation|Somalia]])
}}
----
{{footballbox
 | date = 7 October 2000
 | team1 = {{fb-rt|TUN}}
 | score = 4–2
 | team2 = {{fb|GAB}}
 | goals1 = [[Ziad Jaziri|Jaziri]] {{goal|3}} <br> [[Radhi Jaïdi|Jaïdi]] {{goal|42}} <br> [[Hassen Gabsi|Gabsi]] {{goal|58}} <br> [[Tarek Thabet|Thabet]] {{goal|75}}
 | goals2 = [[Cédric Moubamba|Moubamba]] {{goal|14}} <br> [[Etienne Bito'o|Bito'o]] {{goal|25}}
 | stadium = [[Stade El Menzah]], [[Tunis]]
 | attendance = 4,000
 | referee = Karim Daho ([[Algerian Football Federation|Algeria]])
}}
{{footballbox
 | date = 8 October 2000
 | team1 = {{fb-rt|MAR}}
 | score = 1–0
 | team2 = {{fb|KEN}}
 | goals1 = [[Youssef Chippo|Chippo]] {{goal|43}}
 | goals2 =
 | stadium = [[Mohamed V Stadium]], [[Casablanca]]
 | attendance = 
 | referee = Alex Quartey ([[Ghana Football Association|Ghana]])
}}
----
{{footballbox
 | date = 13 January 2001
 | team1 = {{fb-rt|TUN}}
 | score = 0–1
 | team2 = {{fb|MAR}}
 | goals1 =
 | goals2 = [[Abdeljalil Hadda|Camacho]] {{goal|49}}
 | stadium = [[Stade El Menzah]], [[Tunis]]
 | attendance = 35,000
 | referee = [[Gamal Al-Ghandour]] ([[Egyptian Football Association|Egypt]])
}}
{{footballbox
 | date = 13 January 2001
 | team1 = {{fb-rt|KEN}}
 | score = 2–1
 | team2 = {{fb|GAB}}
 | goals1 = [[Bonaventure Maruti|Maruti]] {{goal|16}} <br> [[Robert Mambo Mumba|Mumba]] {{goal|72}}
 | goals2 = [[Théodore Nzue Nguema|Nguema]] {{goal|12}}
 | stadium = [[Moi International Sports Centre]], [[Nairobi]]
 | attendance = 10,000
 | referee = Petros Mathabela ([[South African Football Association|South&nbsp;Africa]])
}}
----
{{footballbox
 | date = 24 March 2001
 | team1 = {{fb-rt|MAR}}
 | score = 2–0
 | team2 = {{fb|TUN}}
 | goals1 = [[Youssef Chippo|Chippo]] {{goal|20}} <br> [[Abdeljalil Hadda|Camacho]] {{goal|60}}
 | goals2 =
 | stadium = [[Prince Moulay Abdellah Stadium (1983)|Prince Moulay Abdellah Stadium]], [[Rabat]]
 | attendance = 25,000
 | referee = [[Coffi Codjia]] ([[Benin Football Federation|Benin]])
}}
{{footballbox
 | date = 24 March 2001
 | team1 = {{fb-rt|GAB}}
 | score = 1–1
 | team2 = {{fb|KEN}}
 | goals1 = [[Valéry Ondo|Ondo]] {{goal|67|pen.}}
 | goals2 = [[Sammy Wanyonyi|Wanyonyi]] {{goal|85}}
 | stadium = [[Stade Omar Bongo]], [[Libreville]]
 | attendance = 45,000
 | referee = Gilbert Njike ([[Cameroonian Football Federation|Cameroon]])
}}
----
{{footballbox
 | date = 2 June 2001
 | team1 = {{fb-rt|KEN}}
 | score = 1–1
 | team2 = {{fb|MAR}}
 | goals1 = [[Mike Origi|Origi]] {{goal|5}}
 | goals2 = [[Salaheddine Bassir|Bassir]] {{goal|43}}
 | stadium = [[Moi International Sports Centre]], [[Nairobi]]
 | attendance = 17,000
 | referee = Robin Williams ([[South African Football Association|South&nbsp;Africa]])
}}
{{footballbox
 | date = 2 June 2001
 | team1 = {{fb-rt|GAB}}
 | score = 1–1
 | team2 = {{fb|TUN}}
 | goals1 = [[Daniel Cousin|Cousin]] {{goal|57}}
 | goals2 = [[Riadh Jelassi|Jelassi]] {{goal|67}}
 | stadium = [[Stade Omar Bongo]], [[Libreville]]
 | attendance = 16,000
 | referee = Chukwujekwu Chukwudi ([[Nigeria Football Federation|Nigeria]])
}}
----
{{footballbox
 | date = 16 June 2001
 | team1 = {{fb-rt|MAR}}
 | score = 0–1
 | team2 = {{fb|GAB}}
 | goals1 =
 | goals2 = [[Théodore Nzue Nguema|Nguema]] {{goal|43}}
 | stadium = [[Complexe Hassan II]], [[Fès]]
 | attendance = 12,000
 | referee = Mohamed Abdellah ([[Libyan Football Federation|Libya]])
}}
{{footballbox
 | date = 17 June 2001
 | team1 = {{fb-rt|TUN}}
 | score = 4–1
 | team2 = {{fb|KEN}}
 | goals1 = [[Ali Zitouni|Zitouni]] {{goal|33||62}} <br> [[Ziad Jaziri|Jaziri]] {{goal|42||44}}
 | goals2 = [[Simeon Mulama|Mulama]] {{goal|61}}
 | stadium = [[Stade El Menzah]], [[Tunis]]
 | attendance = 20,000
 | referee = Kamel Berber ([[Algerian Football Federation|Algeria]])
}}

====Group 4====
<onlyinclude>{{#invoke:sports table|main|style=WDL
|section=Group 4
|res_col_header=Q
|show_positions=n

|team1=ALG|name_ALG={{fb|ALG}}
|team2=BUR|name_BUR={{fb|BUR}}
|team3=ANG|name_ANG={{fb|ANG}}
|team4=BDI|name_BDI={{fb|BDI}}
|win_ALG=3|draw_ALG=2|loss_ALG=1|gf_ALG=9|ga_ALG=7
|win_BUR=3|draw_BUR=2|loss_BUR=1|gf_BUR=4|ga_BUR=3
|win_ANG=2|draw_ANG=2|loss_ANG=2|gf_ANG=8|ga_ANG=7
|win_BDI=0|draw_BDI=2|loss_BDI=4|gf_BDI=2|ga_BDI=6

|col_A=#ccffcc|text_A=
|result1=A|result2=A
|update=complete|source=
}}</onlyinclude>

{{footballbox
 | date = 3 September 2000
 | team1 = {{fb-rt|BDI}}
 | score = 0–0
 | team2 = {{fb|ANG}}
 | goals1 =
 | goals2 =
 | stadium = [[Prince Louis Rwagasore Stadium]], [[Bujumbura]]
 | attendance = 10,000
 | referee = 
}}
{{footballbox
 | date = 3 September 2000
 | team1 = {{fb-rt|ALG}}
 | score = 1–1
 | team2 = {{fb|BUR}}
 | goals1 = [[Abdelhafid Tasfaout|Tasfaout]] {{goal|62}}
 | goals2 = [[Mamadou Zongo|Zongo]] {{goal|52}}
 | stadium = [[July 5, 1962 Stadium|5 July stadium]], [[Algiers]]
 | attendance = 20,000
 | referee = Hichem Guirat ([[Tunisian Football Federation|Tunisia]])
}}
----
{{footballbox
 | date = 7 October 2000
 | team1 = {{fb-rt|BUR}}
 | score = 1–0
 | team2 = {{fb|BDI}}
 | goals1 = [[Ousmane Sanou|Sanou]] {{goal|52}}
 | goals2 =
 | stadium = [[Stade du 4 Août]], [[Ouagadougou]]
 | attendance = 20,000
 | referee = Olaniyan Olufemi ([[Nigeria Football Federation|Nigeria]])
}}
{{footballbox
 | date = 8 October 2000
 | team1 = {{fb-rt|ANG}}
 | score = 2–2
 | team2 = {{fb|ALG}}
 | goals1 = [[Paulo Sousa (Angolan footballer)|P.Sousa]] {{goal|52}} <br> [[António Mendonça|Mendonça]] {{goal|66}}
 | goals2 = [[Abdelhafid Tasfaout|Tasfaout]] {{goal|10||26}}
 | stadium = [[Estádio da Cidadela]], [[Luanda]]
 | attendance = 
 | referee = Gilbert Njike ([[Cameroonian Football Federation|Cameroon]])
}}
----
{{footballbox
 | date = 12 January 2001
 | team1 = {{fb-rt|ALG}}
 | score = 2–1
 | team2 = {{fb|BDI}}
 | goals1 = [[Farid Ghazi|Ghazi]] {{goal|6}} <br> [[Abdelhafid Tasfaout|Tasfaout]] {{goal|45}}
 | goals2 = [[Juma Mossi|Mossi]] {{goal|60}}
 | stadium = [[July 5, 1962 Stadium|5 July stadium]], [[Algiers]]
 | attendance = 20,000
 | referee = Abdulhakim Al-Shelmani ([[Libyan Football Federation|Libya]])
}}
{{footballbox
 | date = 13 January 2001
 | team1 = {{fb-rt|BUR}}
 | score = 1–0
 | team2 = {{fb|ANG}}
 | goals1 = [[Mamadou Zongo|Zongo]] {{goal|38}}
 | goals2 =
 | stadium = [[Stade du 4 Août]], [[Ouagadougou]]
 | attendance = 25,000
 | referee = Falla Ndoye ([[Senegalese Football Federation|Senegal]])
}}
----
{{footballbox
 | date = 25 March 2001
 | team1 = {{fb-rt|BDI}}
 | score = 0–1
 | team2 = {{fb|ALG}}
 | goals1 =
 | goals2 = [[Issaad Bourahli|Bourahli]] {{goal|17}}
 | stadium = [[Prince Louis Rwagasore Stadium]], [[Bujumbura]]
 | attendance = 10,000
 | referee = Tessema Hailemalek ([[Ethiopian Football Federation|Ethiopia]])
}}
{{footballbox
 | date = 25 March 2001
 | team1 = {{fb-rt|ANG}}
 | score = 2–0
 | team2 = {{fb|BUR}}
 | goals1 = [[Joaquim Alberto Silva|Quinzinho]] {{goal|44}} <br> [[Akwá (footballer)|Akwá]] {{goal|75}}
 | goals2 =
 | stadium = [[Estádio da Cidadela]], [[Luanda]]
 | attendance = 25,000
 | referee = Falla Ndoye ([[Senegalese Football Federation|Senegal]])
}}
----
{{footballbox
 | date = 1 June 2001
 | team1 = {{fb-rt|ALG}}
 | score = 3–2
 | team2 = {{fb|ANG}}
 | goals1 = [[Rafik Saïfi|Saïfi]] {{goal|6||41|pen.}} <br> [[Kamel Kherkhache|Kherkhache]] {{goal|80}}
 | goals2 = [[Joaquim Alberto Silva|Quinzinho]] {{goal|29}} <br> [[Joni (footballer, born 1970)|Joni]] {{goal|60}}
 | stadium = [[May 19, 1956 Stadium|19 May Stadium]], [[Annaba]]
 | attendance = 25,000
 | referee = [[Mohamed Guezzaz]] ([[Royal Moroccan Football Federation|Morocco]])
}}
{{footballbox
 | date = 3 June 2001
 | team1 = {{fb-rt|BDI}}
 | score = 0–0
 | team2 = {{fb|BUR}}
 | goals1 =
 | goals2 =
 | stadium = [[Prince Louis Rwagasore Stadium]], [[Bujumbura]]
 | attendance = 15,000
 | referee = Yusuf Awuye ([[Federation of Uganda Football Associations|Uganda]])
}}
----
{{footballbox
 | date = 17 June 2001
 | team1 = {{fb-rt|BUR}}
 | score = 1–0
 | team2 = {{fb|ALG}}
 | goals1 = [[Seydou Traoré|Traoré]] {{goal|38}}
 | goals2 =
 | stadium = [[Stade du 4 Août]], [[Ouagadougou]]
 | attendance = 25,000
 | referee = Komam Coulibaly ([[Malian Football Federation|Mali]])
}}
{{footballbox
 | date = 17 June 2001
 | team1 = {{fb-rt|ANG}}
 | score = 2–1
 | team2 = {{fb|BDI}}
 | goals1 = [[Paulo António Alves|Paulão]] {{goal|25}} <br> [[Flávio Amado|Flávio]] {{goal|52}}
 | goals2 = [[Selemani Ndikumana|Ndikumana]] {{goal|50}}
 | stadium = [[Estádio Municipal do Tafe]], [[Cabinda (city)|Cabinda]]
 | attendance = 10,000
 | referee = 
}}

====Group 5====
Guinea were excluded on 19 March 2001, after the Guinean sports minister had failed to meet a third [[FIFA]] deadline to reinstall the [[Guinean Football Federation|Guinean FF]] functionaries.
{{#invoke:sports table|main|style=WDL
|res_col_header=Q
|show_positions=n

|team1=TOG|name_TOG={{fb|TOG}}
|team2=SEN|name_SEN={{fb|SEN}}
|team3=UGA|name_UGA={{fb|UGA}}
|team4=GUI|name_GUI={{fb|GUI}} |status_GUI=W
|win_TOG=3|draw_TOG=1|loss_TOG=0|gf_TOG=7|ga_TOG=0
|win_SEN=1|draw_SEN=2|loss_SEN=1|gf_SEN=4|ga_SEN=2
|win_UGA=0|draw_UGA=1|loss_UGA=3|gf_UGA=1|ga_UGA=10
|win_GUI=0|draw_GUI=0|loss_GUI=0|gf_GUI=0|ga_GUI=0

|status_text_W=Withdrew

|col_A=#ccffcc|text_A=
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|col_R=#ffcccc|text_R=
|result4=R
|update=complete|source=
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{{footballbox
 | date = 2 September 2000
 | team1 = {{fb-rt|UGA}}
 | score = 3–1<br>{{small|(Annulled)}}
 | team2 = {{fb|GUI}}
 | goals1 = [[Hassan Mubiru|Mubiru]] {{goal|14||31}} <br> [[Andrew Mukasa|Mukasa]] {{goal|77}}
 | goals2 = [[Pascal Feindouno|Feindouno]] {{goal|44}}
 | stadium = [[Nakivubo Stadium]], [[Kampala]]
 | attendance = 30,000
 | referee = 
}}
{{footballbox
 | date = 24 September 2000
 | team1 = {{fb-rt|SEN}}
 | score = 0–0
 | team2 = {{fb|TOG}}
 | goals1 =
 | goals2 =
 | stadium = [[Stade Léopold Sédar Senghor]], [[Dakar]]
 | attendance = 
 | referee = Alex Mana Sule ([[Nigeria Football Federation|Nigeria]])
}}
----
{{footballbox
 | date = 8 October 2000
 | team1 = {{fb-rt|TOG}}
 | score = 3–0
 | team2 = {{fb|UGA}}
 | goals1 = [[Tadjou Salou|Salou]] {{goal|29|pen.}} <br> [[Noutsoudjin Kossi|Kossi]] {{goal|49}} <br> [[Mohamed Kader]] {{goal|73}}
 | goals2 =
 | stadium = [[Stade de Kégué]], [[Lomé]]
 | attendance = 30,000
 | referee = Chukwudi Chukwujekwu ([[Nigeria Football Federation|Nigeria]])
}}
{{footballbox
 | date = 8 October 2000
 | team1 = {{fb-rt|GUI}}
 | score = 1–0<br>{{small|(Annulled)}}
 | team2 = {{fb|SEN}}
 | goals1 = [[Dian Baldé|Baldé]] {{goal|59}}
 | goals2 = 
 | stadium = [[Stade du 28 Septembre]], [[Conakry]]
 | attendance = 
 | referee = 
}}
----
{{footballbox
 | date = 13 January 2001
 | team1 = {{fb-rt|UGA}}
 | score = 1–1
 | team2 = {{fb|SEN}}
 | goals1 = [[Mathias Kaweesa|Kaweesa]] {{goal|69}}
 | goals2 = [[Pape Thiaw|Thiaw]] {{goal|6}}
 | stadium = [[Nakivubo Stadium]], [[Kampala]]
 | attendance = 25,000
 | referee = Tessema Hailemelak ([[Ethiopian Football Federation|Ethiopia]])
}}
----
{{footballbox
 | date = 24 March 2001
 | team1 = {{fb-rt|SEN}}
 | score = 3–0
 | team2 = {{fb|UGA}}
 | goals1 = [[El Hadj Diouf|Diouf]] {{goal|18||85}} <br> [[Henri Camara|H. Camara]] {{goal|40}}
 | goals2 = 
 | stadium = [[Stade Léopold Sédar Senghor]], [[Dakar]]
 | attendance = 50,000
 | referee = Joseph Wellington ([[Ghana Football Association|Ghana]])
}}
----
{{footballbox
 | date = 2 June 2001
 | team1 = {{fb-rt|UGA}}
 | score = 0–3
 | team2 = {{fb|TOG}}
 | goals1 =
 | goals2 = [[Mohamed Kader]] {{goal|34||70}} <br> [[Kouadji Dogbe|Dogbe]] {{goal|48}}
 | stadium = [[Nakivubo Stadium]], [[Kampala]]
 | attendance = 15,000
 | referee = Abdulkadir Isaack Omar ([[Tanzania Football Federation|Tanzania]])
}}
----
{{footballbox
 | date = 17 June 2001
 | team1 = {{fb-rt|TOG}}
 | score = 1–0
 | team2 = {{fb|SEN}}
 | goals1 = [[Noutsoudjin Kossi|Kossi]] {{goal|32}}
 | goals2 =
 | stadium = [[Stade de Kégué]], [[Lomé]]
 | attendance = 20,000
 | referee = Alex Quartey ([[Ghana Football Association|Ghana]])
}}

====Group 6====
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|section=Group 6
|res_col_header=Q
|show_positions=n

|team1=GHA|name_GHA={{fb|GHA}}
|team2=COD|name_COD={{fb|COD|1997}}
|team3=LES|name_LES={{fb|LES|1987}}
|team4=ZIM|name_ZIM={{fb|ZIM}}
|win_GHA=4|draw_GHA=1|loss_GHA=1|gf_GHA=16|ga_GHA=8
|win_COD=2|draw_COD=2|loss_COD=2|gf_COD=7|ga_COD=9
|win_LES=1|draw_LES=3|loss_LES=2|gf_LES=7|ga_LES=9
|win_ZIM=2|draw_ZIM=0|loss_ZIM=4|gf_ZIM=8|ga_ZIM=12

|col_A=#ccffcc|text_A=
|result1=A|result2=A
|update=complete|source=
}}</onlyinclude>

{{footballbox
 | date = 3 September 2000
 | team1 = {{fb-rt|ZIM}}
 | score = 3–2
 | team2 = {{fb|COD|1997}}
 | goals1 = [[Luke Petros|Petros]] {{goal|6||73}} <br> [[Peter Ndlovu|P. Ndlovu]] {{goal|22}}
 | goals2 = [[Jason Mayélé|Mayélé]] {{goal|29|pen.}} <br> [[Kambamu Wakanyenkele|Wakanyenkele]] {{goal|67}}
 | stadium = [[National Sports Stadium (Zimbabwe)|National Stadium]], [[Harare]]
 | attendance = 25,000
 | referee = [[Lim Kee Chong]] ([[Mauritius Football Association|Mauritius]])
}}
{{footballbox
 | date = 3 September 2000
 | team1 = {{fb-rt|LES|1987}}
 | score = 3–3
 | team2 = {{fb|GHA}}
 | goals1 = [[Seth Lephoto|Lephoto]] {{goal|47}} <br> [[Masupha Majara|Majara]] {{goal|49}} <br> [[Molefe Makhele|Makhele]] {{goal|61}}
 | goals2 = [[Charles Amoah|Amoah]] {{goal|27}} <br> [[Nana Arhin Duah|Duah]] {{goal|80||88}}
 | stadium = [[Setsoto Stadium]], [[Maseru]]
 | attendance = 11,000
 | referee = Robin Williams ([[South African Football Association|South&nbsp;Africa]])
}}
----
{{footballbox
 | date = 8 October 2000
 | team1 = {{fb-rt|GHA}}
 | score = 4–1
 | team2 = {{fb|ZIM}}
 | goals1 = [[Stephen Appiah|Appiah]] {{goal|28}} <br> [[Emmanuel Duah|Duah]] {{goal|42}} <br> [[Charles Amoah|Amoah]] {{goal|48}} <br> [[Charles Akunnor|Akunnor]] {{goal|78|pen.}}
 | goals2 = [[Benjani Mwaruwari|Mwaruwari]] {{goal|47}}
 | stadium = [[Accra Sports Stadium]], [[Accra]]
 | attendance = 60,000
 | referee = [[Gamal Al-Ghandour]] ([[Egyptian Football Association|Egypt]])
}}
{{footballbox
 | date = 10 October 2000
 | team1 = {{fb-rt|COD|1997}}
 | score = 1–1
 | team2 = {{fb|LES|1987}}
 | goals1 = [[Moro Nvula|Nvula]] {{goal|57}}
 | goals2 = [[Paballo Mpakanyane|Mpakanyane]] {{goal|65}}
 | stadium = [[Stade des Martyrs]], [[Kinshasa]]
 | attendance = 50,000
 | referee = Joseph Mandzioukouta ([[Congolese Football Federation|Congo]])
}}
----
{{footballbox
 | date = 14 January 2001
 | team1 = {{fb-rt|ZIM}}
 | score = 1–2
 | team2 = {{fb|LES|1987}}
 | goals1 = [[Benjani Mwaruwari|Mwaruwari]] {{goal|21}}
 | goals2 = [[Masupha Majara|Majara]] {{goal|40}} <br> [[Lehlohonolo Seema|Seema]] {{goal|87|pen.}}
 | stadium = [[Barbourfields Stadium]], [[Bulawayo]]
 | attendance = 20,000
 | referee = 
}}
{{footballbox
 | date = 14 January 2001
 | team1 = {{fb-rt|COD|1997}}
 | score = 2–1
 | team2 = {{fb|GHA}}
 | goals1 = [[Michél Mazingu-Dinzey|Dinzey]] {{goal|10}} <br> [[Serge Mputu Mbungu|Mbungu]] {{goal|13}}
 | goals2 = [[Kwame Ayew|Ayew]] {{goal|77}}
 | stadium = [[Stade des Martyrs]], [[Kinshasa]]
 | attendance = 80,000
 | referee = [[Coffi Codjia]] ([[Benin Football Federation|Benin]])
}}
----
{{footballbox
 | date = 24 March 2001
 | team1 = {{fb-rt|LES|1987}}
 | score = 0–1
 | team2 = {{fb|ZIM}}
 | goals1 =
 | goals2 = [[Peter Ndlovu|P. Ndlovu]] {{goal|88}}
 | stadium = [[Setsoto Stadium]], [[Maseru]]
 | attendance = 20,000
 | referee = 
}}
{{footballbox
 | date = 25 March 2001
 | team1 = {{fb-rt|GHA}}
 | score = 3–0
 | team2 = {{fb|COD|1997}}
 | goals1 = [[Charles Allotey|Allotey]] {{goal|17||84}} <br> [[Stephen Appiah|Appiah]] {{goal|49}}
 | goals2 =
 | stadium = [[Accra Sports Stadium]], [[Accra]]
 | attendance = 20,000
 | referee = [[Gamal Al-Ghandour]] ([[Egyptian Football Association|Egypt]])
}}
----
{{footballbox
 | date = 3 June 2001
 | team1 = {{fb-rt|LES|1987}}
 | score = 0–0
 | team2 = {{fb|COD|1997}}
 | goals1 =
 | goals2 =
 | stadium = [[Setsoto Stadium]], [[Maseru]]
 | attendance = 20,000
 | referee = Walter Mochubela ([[South African Football Association|South&nbsp;Africa]])
}}
{{footballbox
 | date = 3 June 2001
 | team1 = {{fb-rt|ZIM}}
 | score = 1–2
 | team2 = {{fb|GHA}}
 | goals1 = [[Wilfred Mugeyi|Mugeyi]] {{goal|15}}
 | goals2 = [[Princeton Owusu-Ansah|Owusu-Ansah]] {{goal|39}} <br> [[Isaac Boakye|Boakye]] {{goal|89}}
 | stadium = [[National Sports Stadium (Zimbabwe)|National Stadium]], [[Harare]]
 | attendance = 35,000
 | referee = Ahmed Auda ([[Egyptian Football Association|Egypt]])
}}
----
{{footballbox
 | date = 17 June 2001
 | team1 = {{fb-rt|COD|1997}}
 | score = 2–1
 | team2 = {{fb|ZIM}}
 | goals1 = [[Bafwafwa Mulangu|Mulangu]] {{goal|54}} <br> [[Kanku Mulekelayi|Mulekelayi]] {{goal|56}}
 | goals2 = [[Benjamin Mwaruwari|Mwaruwari]] {{goal|7}}
 | stadium = [[Stade des Martyrs]], [[Kinshasa]]
 | attendance = 40,000
 | referee = Petros Mathabela ([[South African Football Association|South&nbsp;Africa]])
}}
{{footballbox
 | date = 17 June 2001
 | team1 = {{fb-rt|GHA}}
 | score = 3–1
 | team2 = {{fb|LES|1987}}
 | goals1 = [[Stephen Appiah|Appiah]] {{goal|25}} <br> [[Baffour Gyan|Gyan]] {{goal|31}} <br> [[Charles Amoah|Amoah]] {{goal|37}}
 | goals2 = [[Teele Nts'onyana|Nts'onyana]] {{goal|63}}
 | stadium = [[Kumasi Sports Stadium]], [[Kumasi]]
 | attendance = 30,000
 | referee = Moussa Kanouté ([[Malian Football Federation|Mali]])
}}

====Group 7====
<onlyinclude>{{#invoke:sports table|main|style=WDL
|section=Group 7
|res_col_header=Q
|show_positions=n

|team1=EGY|name_EGY={{fb|EGY}}
|team2=CIV|name_CIV={{fb|CIV}}
|team3=LBY|name_LBY={{fb|LBY|1977}}
|team4=SUD|name_SUD={{fb|SUD}}
|win_EGY=4|draw_EGY=1|loss_EGY=1|gf_EGY=11|ga_EGY=6
|win_CIV=3|draw_CIV=2|loss_CIV=1|gf_CIV=9|ga_CIV=4
|win_LBY=2|draw_LBY=0|loss_LBY=4|gf_LBY=4|ga_LBY=10
|win_SUD=1|draw_SUD=1|loss_SUD=4|gf_SUD=3|ga_SUD=7

|col_A=#ccffcc|text_A=
|result1=A|result2=A
|update=complete|source=
}}</onlyinclude>

{{footballbox
 | date = 2 September 2000
 | team1 = {{fb-rt|EGY}}
 | score = 1–0
 | team2 = {{fb|CIV}}
 | goals1 = [[Sayed Abdel Hafeez|Abdel Hafeez]] {{goal|15}}
 | goals2 =
 | stadium = [[Alexandria Stadium]], [[Alexandria]]
 | attendance = 10,000
 | referee = Hailemelak Tessema ([[Ethiopian Football Federation|Ethiopia]])
}}
{{footballbox
 | date = 10 September 2000
 | team1 = {{fb-rt|LBY|1977}}
 | score = 1–0
 | team2 = {{fb|SUD}}
 | goals1 = [[Ezzedine Al-Masrati|Al-Masrati]] {{goal|44}}
 | goals2 =
 | stadium = [[June 11 Stadium]], [[Tripoli, Libya|Tripoli]]
 | attendance = 
 | referee = 
}}
----
{{footballbox
 | date = 8 October 2000
 | team1 = {{fb-rt|SUD}}
 | score = 0–1
 | team2 = {{fb|EGY}}
 | goals1 =
 | goals2 = [[Hossam Hassan|H. Hassan]] {{goal|22}}
 | stadium = [[Khartoum Stadium]], [[Khartoum]]
 | attendance = 
 | referee = Felix Tangawarima ([[Zimbabwe Football Association|Zimbabwe]])
}}
{{footballbox
 | date = 19 November 2000
 | team1 = {{fb-rt|CIV}}
 | score = 2–1
 | team2 = {{fb|LBY|1977}}
 | goals1 = [[Ibrahima Bakayoko|Bakayoko]] {{goal|17}} <br> [[Zephirin Zoko|Zoko]] {{goal|87}}
 | goals2 = [[Ahmed Al Masli|Al Masli]] {{goal|8}}
 | stadium = [[Stade Félix Houphouët-Boigny]], [[Abidjan]]
 | attendance = 20,000
 | referee = Monteiro Duarte ([[Cape Verdean Football Federation|Cape&nbsp;Verde]])
}}
----
{{footballbox
 | date = 14 January 2001
 | team1 = {{fb-rt|EGY}}
 | score = 4–0
 | team2 = {{fb|LBY|1977}}
 | goals1 = [[Ibrahim Hassan|I. Hassan]] {{goal|27}} <br> [[Ahmed Hassan (footballer, born 1975)|A. Hassan]] {{goal|47||62}} <br> [[Abdel Sattar Sabry|Sabry]] {{goal|66|pen.}}
 | goals2 =
 | stadium = [[Cairo International Stadium]], [[Cairo]]
 | attendance = 25,000
 | referee = Abderrahim El Arjoun ([[Royal Moroccan Football Federation|Morocco]])
}}
{{footballbox
 | date = 20 January 2001
 | team1 = {{fb-rt|CIV}}
 | score = 2–0
 | team2 = {{fb|SUD}}
 | goals1 = [[Abdul Kader Keïta|Keïta]] {{goal|38}} <br> [[Zephirin Zoko|Zoko]] {{goal|80}}
 | goals2 =
 | stadium = [[Stade Bouaké]], [[Bouaké]]
 | attendance = 
 | referee = Malick Sillah ([[Gambia Football Federation|Gambia]])
}}
----
{{footballbox
 | date = 23 March 2001
 | team1 = {{fb-rt|LBY|1977}}
 | score = 2–0
 | team2 = {{fb|EGY}}
 | goals1 = [[Mohamed Al-Tawerghi|Al-Tawerghi]] {{goal|53}} <br> [[Ahmed Al Masli|Al Masli]] {{goal|65}}
 | goals2 =
 | stadium = [[March 28 Stadium]], [[Benghazi]]
 | attendance = 25,000
 | referee = Kamel Berber ([[Algerian Football Federation|Algeria]])
}}
{{footballbox
 | date = 25 March 2001
 | team1 = {{fb-rt|SUD}}
 | score = 0–0
 | team2 = {{fb|CIV}}
 | goals1 =
 | goals2 =
 | stadium = [[Al-Merrikh Stadium]], [[Omdurman]]
 | attendance = 
 | referee = Berhane Teshome ([[Eritrean National Football Federation|Eritrea]])
}}
----
{{footballbox
 | date = 3 June 2001
 | team1 = {{fb-rt|EGY}}
 | score = 3–2
 | team2 = {{fb|SUD}}
 | goals1 = [[Ahmed Hossam|A. Hossam]] {{goal|20||51}} <br> [[Ahmed Salah Hosni|Hosni]] {{goal|58}}
 | goals2 = [[James Moga|Moga]] {{goal|69}} <br> Faroug Jabra {{goal|89|pen.}}
 | stadium = [[Alexandria Stadium]], [[Alexandria]]
 | attendance = 13,000
 | referee = Mohsen Boukthir ([[Tunisian Football Federation|Tunisia]])
}}
{{footballbox
 | date = 3 June 2001
 | team1 = {{fb-rt|LBY|1977}}
 | score = 0–3
 | team2 = {{fb|CIV}}
 | goals1 =
 | goals2 = [[Abdul Kader Keïta|Keïta]] {{goal|21}} <br> [[Ibrahima Bakayoko|Bakayoko]] {{goal|31}} <br> [[Félix Dja Ettien|Ettien]] {{goal|67}}
 | stadium = [[June 11 Stadium]], [[Tripoli, Libya|Tripoli]]
 | attendance = 
 | referee = 
}}
----
{{footballbox
 | date = 17 June 2001
 | team1 = {{fb-rt|CIV}}
 | score = 2–2
 | team2 = {{fb|EGY}}
 | goals1 = [[Ibrahima Bakayoko|Bakayoko]] {{goal|70|pen.}} <br> [[Nader El-Sayed|El-Sayed]] {{goal|83|o.g.}}
 | goals2 = [[Ahmed Salah Hosni|Hosni]] {{goal|56}} <br> [[Ibrahim Said (footballer, born 1979)|Said]] {{goal|84}}
 | stadium = [[Stade Félix Houphouët-Boigny]], [[Abidjan]]
 | attendance = 6,000
 | referee = Hailemalik Tessema ([[Ethiopian Football Federation|Ethiopia]])
}}
{{footballbox
 | date = 17 June 2001
 | team1 = {{fb-rt|SUD}}
 | score = 1–0
 | team2 = {{fb|LBY|1977}}
 | goals1 = Edward Jildo {{goal|45}}
 | goals2 =
 | stadium = [[Khartoum Stadium]], [[Khartoum]]
 | attendance = 
 | referee = 
}}

==External links==
*[https://www.rsssf.org/tables/02a.html Details at RSSSF]

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