2002 FIFA World Cup qualification (CAF)

Listed below are the dates and results for the 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification rounds for the African zone (CAF). For an overview of the qualification rounds, see the article "2002 FIFA World Cup qualification".

A total of 51 CAF teams entered the competition. However, fb|BDI withdrew before the draw was made. fb|NIG and fb|COM did not enter. The African Zone was allocated 5 places (out of 32) in the final tournament.

There would be 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 would advance to the Final Round.
*Final Round: The 25 teams were divided into 5 groups of 5 teams each. The teams would play against each other on a home-and-away basis. The group winners would qualify.

First round

Pool A

April 7, 2000, Nouakchott, Mauritania - fb|MTN 1 - 2 fb-rt|TUN

April 22, 2000, Tunis, Tunisia - fb|TUN 3 - 0 fb-rt|MTN

"Tunisia" advanced to the Final Round by the aggregate score of 5-1.

April 8, 2000, Bissau, Guinea-Bissau - fb|GNB 0 - 0 fb-rt|TOG

April 23, 2000, Lomé, Togo - fb|TOG 3 - 0 fb-rt|GNB

"Togo" advanced to the Final Round by the aggregate score of 3-0.

April 9, 2000, Mindelo, Cape Verde - fb|CPV 0 - 0 fb-rt|ALG

April 21, 2000, Annaba, Algeria - fb|ALG 2 - 0 fb-rt|CPV

"Algeria" advanced to the Final Round by the aggregate score of 2-0.

April 9, 2000, Cotonou, Benin - fb|BEN 1 - 1 fb-rt|SEN

April 23, 2000, Dakar, Senegal - fb|SEN 1 - 0 fb-rt|BEN

"Senegal" advanced to the Final Round by the aggregate score of 2-1.

April 9, 2000, Banjul, Gambia - fb|GAM 0 - 1 fb-rt|MAR

April 22, 2000, Casablanca, Morocco - fb|MAR 2 - 0 fb-rt|GAM

"Morocco" advanced to the Final Round by the aggregate score of 3-0.

Pool B

April 8, 2000, Antananarivo, Madagascar - fb|MAD 2 - 0 fb-rt|GAB

April 22, 2000, Libreville, Gabon - fb|GAB 1 - 0 fb-rt|MAD

"Madagascar" advanced to the Final Round by the aggregate score of 2-1.

April 8, 2000, Gaborone, Botswana - fb|BOT 0 - 1 fb-rt|ZAM

April 22, 2000, Lusaka, Zambia - fb|ZAM 1 - 0 fb-rt|BOT

"Zambia" advanced to the Final Round by the aggregate score of 2-0.

April 9, 2000, Mbabane, Swaziland - fb|SWZ 0 - 1 fb|ANG

April 23, 2000, Luanda, Angola - fb|ANG 7 - 1 fb-rt|SWZ

"Angola" advanced to the Final Round by the aggregate score of 8-1.

April 9, 2000, Maseru, Lesotho - fb|LES|1987 0 - 2 fb-rt|RSA

April 22, 2000, Bloemfontein, South Africa - fb|RSA 1 - 0 fb-rt|LES|1987

"South Africa" advanced to the Final Round by the aggregate score of 3-0.

April 9, 2000, Khartoum, Sudan - fb|SUD 1 - 0 fb-rt|MOZ

April 23, 2000, Maputo, Mozambique - fb|MOZ 2 - 1 fb-rt|SUD

The aggregate score was tied 2-2, and "Sudan" advanced to the Final Round due to the away goals rule.

Pool C

April 8, 2000, São Tomé, São Tomé and Príncipe - fb|STP 2 - 0 fb-rt|SLE

April 22, 2000, Freetown, Sierra Leone - fb|SLE 4 - 0 fb-rt|STP

"Sierra Leone" advanced to the Final Round by the aggregate score of 4-2.

April 9, 2000, Bangui, Central African Republic - fb|CTA 0 - 1 fb-rt|ZIM

April 23, 2000, Harare, Zimbabwe - fb|ZIM 3 - 1 fb-rt|CTA

"Zimbabwe" advanced to the Final Round by the aggregate score of 4-1.

April 9, 2000, Kigali, Rwanda - fb|RWA|1962 2 - 2 fb-rt|CIV

April 23, 2000, Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire - fb|CIV 2 - 0 fb-rt|RWA|1962

"Côte d'Ivoire" advanced to the Final Round by the aggregate score of 4-2.

April 9, 2000, Malabo, Equatorial Guinea - fb|EQG 1 - 3 fb-rt|CGO

April 23, 2000, Pointe-Noire, Congo - fb|CGO 2 - 1 fb-rt|EQG

"Republic of the Congo" advanced to the Final Round by the aggregate score of 5-2.

April 9, 2000, Tripoli, Libya - fb|LBY 3 - 0 fb-rt|MLI

April 23, 2000, Bamako, Mali - fb|MLI 3 - 1 fb-rt|LBY

"Libya" advanced to the Final Round by the aggregate score of 4-3.

Pool D

April 7, 2000, Djibouti, Djibouti - fb|DJI 1 - 1 fb-rt|COD|1997

April 23, 2000, Kinshasa, DR Congo - fb|COD|1997 9 - 1 fb-rt|DJI

"Congo DR" advanced to the Final Round by the aggregate score of 10-2.

April 8, 2000, Victoria, Seychelles - fb|SEY 1 - 1 fb-rt|NAM

April 22, 2000, Windhoek, Namibia - fb|NAM 3 - 0 fb-rt|SEY

"Namibia" advanced to the Final Round by the aggregate score of 4-1.

April 9, 2000, Asmara, Eritrea - fb|ERI 0 - 0 fb-rt|NGA

April 22, 2000, Lagos, Nigeria - fb|NGA 4 - 0 fb-rt|ERI

"Nigeria" advanced to the Final Round by the aggregate score of 4-0.

April 19, 2000, Yaoundé, Cameroon - fb|SOM 0 - 3 fb-rt|CMR:This match was played in Cameroon instead of in Somalia due to its political situation.

April 23, 2000, Yaoundé, Cameroon - fb|CMR 3 - 0 fb-rt|SOM

"Cameroon" advanced to the Final Round by the aggregate score of 6-0.

April 20, 2000, Cairo, Egypt - fb|MRI 0 - 2 fb-rt|EGY:This match was played in Egypt instead of in Mauritius.

April 23, 2000, Alexandria, Egypt - fb|EGY 4 - 2 fb-rt|MRI

"Egypt" advanced to the Final Round by the aggregate score of 6-2.

Pool E

April 8, 2000, Blantyre, Malawi - fb|MWI 2 - 0 fb-rt|KEN

April 22, 2000, Nairobi, Kenya - fb|KEN 0 - 0 fb-rt|MWI

"Malawi" advanced to the Final Round by the aggregate score of 2-0.

April 8, 2000, Arusha, Tanzania - fb|TAN 0 - 1 fb-rt|GHA

April 23, 2000, Accra, Ghana - fb|GHA 3 - 2 fb-rt|TAN

"Ghana" advanced to the Final Round by the aggregate score of 4-2.

April 8, 2000, Kampala, Uganda - fb|UGA 4 - 4 fb-rt|GUI

April 23, 2000, Conakry, Guinea - fb|GUI 3 - 0 fb-rt|UGA

"Guinea" advanced to the Final Round by the aggregate score of 7-3.

April 9, 2000, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia - fb|ETH 2 - 1 fb-rt|BFA

April 23, 2000, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso - fb|BFA 3 - 0 fb-rt|ETH

"Burkina Faso" advanced to the Final Round by the aggregate score of 4-2.

April 9, 2000, N'Djamena, Chad - fb|CHA 0 - 1 fb-rt|LBR

April 23, 2000, Monrovia, Liberia - fb|LBR 0 - 0 fb-rt|CHA

"Liberia" advanced to the Final Round by the aggregate score of 1-0.

Final Round

Group A

June 18, 2000, Luanda, Angola - fb|ANG 2 - 1 fb-rt|ZAM

June 18, 2000, Tripoli, Libya - fb|LBY 0 - 3 fb-rt|CMR

July 8, 2000, Lusaka, Zambia - fb|ZAM 2 - 0 fb-rt|TOG

July 9, 2000, Yaoundé, Cameroon - fb|CMR 3 - 0 fb-rt|ANG

January 28, 2001, Luanda, Angola - fb|ANG 3 - 1 fb-rt|LBY

January 28, 2001, Lomé, Togo - fb|TOG 0 - 2 fb-rt|CMR

February 23, 2001, Benghazi, Libya - fb|LBY 3 - 3 fb-rt|TOG

February 25, 2001, Yaoundé, Cameroon - fb|CMR 1 - 0 fb-rt|ZAM

March 10, 2001, Chingola, Zambia - fb|ZAM 2 - 0 fb-rt|LBY

March 11, 2001, Lomé, Togo - fb|TOG 1 - 1 fb-rt|ANG

April 21, 2001, Lusaka, Zambia - fb|ZAM 1 - 1 fb-rt|ANG

April 22, 2001, Yaoundé, Cameroon - fb|CMR 1 - 0 fb-rt|LBY

May 6, 2001, Lomé, Togo - fb|TOG 3 - 2 fb-rt|ZAM

May 6, 2001, Luanda, Angola - fb|ANG 2 - 0 fb-rt|CMR

June 29, 2001, Tripoli, Libya - fb|LBY 1 - 1 fb-rt|ANG

July 1, 2001, Yaoundé, Cameroon - fb|CMR 2 - 0 fb-rt|TOG

July 14, 2001, Lusaka, Zambia - fb|ZAM 2 - 2 fb-rt|CMR

July 15, 2001, Lomé, Togo - fb|TOG 2 - 0 fb-rt|LBY

July 27, 2001, Tripoli, Libya - fb|LBY 2 - 4 fb-rt|ZAM

July 29, 2001, Luanda, Angola - fb|ANG 1 - 1 fb-rt|TOG

Senegal qualified.

Group D

June 17, 2000, Antananarivo, Madagascar - fb|MAD 3 - 0 fb-rt|COD|1997

June 18, 2000, Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire - fb|CIV 2 - 2 fb-rt|TUN

July 8, 2000, Tunis, Tunisia - fb|TUN 1 - 0 fb-rt|MAD

July 9, 2000, Kinshasa, DR Congo - fb|COD|1997 2 - 0 fb-rt|CGO

January 27, 2001, Antananarivo, Madagascar - fb|MAD 1 - 3 fb-rt|CIV

January 28, 2001, Pointe-Noire, Congo - fb|CGO 1 - 2 fb-rt|TUN

February 25, 2001, Tunis, Tunisia - fb|TUN 6 - 0 fb-rt|COD|1997

March 10, 2001, Kinshasa, DR Congo - fb|COD|1997 1 - 2 fb-rt|CIV

April 22, 2001, Kinshasa, DR Congo - fb|COD|1997 1 - 0 fb-rt|MAD

April 22, 2001, Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire - fb|CIV 2 - 0 fb-rt|CGO

April 27, 2001, Pointe-Noire, Congo - fb|CGO 2 - 0 fb-rt|MAD

May 5, 2001, Antananarivo, Madagascar - fb|MAD 0 - 2 fb-rt|TUN

May 6, 2001, Pointe-Noire, Congo - fb|CGO 1 - 1 fb-rt|COD|1997

May 20, 2001, Tunis, Tunisia - fb|TUN 1 - 1 fb-rt|CIV

July 1, 2001, Tunis, Tunisia - fb|TUN 6 - 0 fb-rt|CGO

July 1, 2001, Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire - fb|CIV 6 - 0 fb-rt|MAD

July 15, 2001, Kinshasa, DR Congo - fb|COD|1997 0 - 3 fb-rt|TUN

July 15, 2001, Pointe-Noire, Congo - fb|CGO 1 - 1 fb-rt|CIV

July 29, 2001, Antananarivo, Madagascar - fb|MAD 1 - 0 fb-rt|CGO

July 29, 2001, Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire - fb|CIV 1 - 2 fb-rt|COD|1997

Tunisia qualified.

Group E

June 17, 2000, Blantyre, Malawi - fb|MWI 1 - 1 fb-rt|BFA

June 18, 2000, Conakry, Guinea - fb|GUI 3 - 0 fb-rt|ZIM

July 9, 2000, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso - fb|BFA 2 - 3 fb-rt|GUI

July 9, 2000, Harare, Zimbabwe - fb|ZIM 0 - 2 fb-rt|RSA:The match was abandoned at 0-2, and the result was verified by FIFA.

January 27, 2001, Rustenburg, South Africa - fb|RSA 1 - 0 fb-rt|BFA

January 28, 2001, Conakry, Guinea - fb|GUI 1 - 1 fb-rt|MWI

Guinea was disqualified by FIFA since its FA was suspended due to political interference. Their match results were annulled.

February 24, 2001, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso - fb|BFA 1 - 2 fb-rt|ZIM

February 25, 2001, Blantyre, Malawi - fb|MWI 1 - 2 fb-rt|RSA

March 11, 2001, Harare, Zimbabwe - fb|ZIM 2 - 0 fb-rt|MWI

April 21, 2001, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso - fb|BFA 4 - 2 fb-rt|MWI

May 5, 2001, Johannesburg, South Africa - fb|RSA 2 - 1 fb-rt|ZIM

July 1, 2001, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso - fb|BFA 1 - 1 fb-rt|RSA

July 14, 2001, Durban, South Africa - fb|RSA 2 - 0 fb-rt|MWI

July 15, 2001, Harare, Zimbabwe - fb|ZIM 1 - 0 fb-rt|BFA

July 28, 2001, Blantyre, Malawi - fb|MWI 0 - 1 fb-rt|ZIM

South Africa qualified.