2002_FIFA_World_Cup_qualification_(CAF)

2002 FIFA World Cup qualification (CAF)
Tournament details
Dates	7 April 2000 - 29 July 2001
Teams	48 (from 1 confederation)
Tournament statistics
Matches played	149
Goals scored	375 (2.52 per match)
Attendance	3,528,675 (23,682 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Ibrahima Bakayoko (11 goals)
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2002 FIFA World Cup qualification (CAF)

International football competition

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

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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.

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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

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

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

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

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

2002_FIFA_World_Cup_qualification_(CAF)

2002 FIFA World Cup qualification (CAF)

Tournament structure

First round

Pool A

Pool B

Pool C

Pool D

Pool E

Second round

Group A

Group B

Group C

Group D

Group E

Qualified teams

Goalscorers

References

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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)