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2002 African Cup of Nations Coupe d'Afrique des Nations 2002
Africa Cup of Nations 2002 official logoTournament details Host country Mali
Dates 19 January – 10 February Teams 16 (from 1 confederation) Venue(s) 6 (in 5 host cities) Final positions Champions Cameroon (4th title)
Runners-up Senegal
Third place Nigeria
Fourth place Mali
Tournament statistics Matches played 32 Goals scored 50 (1.56 per match) Attendance 570,000 (17,813 per match) Top scorer(s) Patrick Mboma
Salomon Olembé
Julius Aghahowa
(3 goals)The 2002 African Cup of Nations was the 23rd edition of the Africa Cup of Nations, the association football championship of Africa (CAF). It was hosted by Mali. Just like in 2000, the field of sixteen teams was split into four groups of four. Cameroon won its fourth championship (repeating as champions), beating Senegal on penalty kicks 3-2 after a goalless draw.
Contents
Host Cities & Venues
Cities Venues Capacity Bamako Stade 26 mars 60,000 Bamako Stade Modibo Keïta 30,000 Kayes Stade Abdoulaye Nakoro Cissoko 15,000 Mopti Stade Barema Bocoum 15,000 Ségou Stade Amari Daou 15,000 Sikasso Stade Babemba Traoré 15,000 Squads
For a list of all squads that played in the final tournament, see 2002 African Cup of Nations (squads)
Qualification
For qualification results, see 2002 African Cup of Nations qualification.
Participating teams
Final tournament
First round
Teams highlighted in green progress to the Quarter Finals.
Group A
Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD Nigeria
7 3 2 1 0 2 0 +2 Mali
5 3 1 2 0 3 1 +2 Liberia
2 3 0 2 1 3 4 -1 Algeria
1 3 0 1 2 2 5 -3 January 19, 2002
16:00Mali 1 - 1 Liberia
Stade 26 mars, Bamako
Attendance: 50,000
Referee: Abdel Hakim Shelmani (Libya)Keita 87'
Weah 45'
January 21, 2002
16:00Algeria 0 - 1 Nigeria
Stade 26 mars, Bamako
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Felix Tangawarima (Zimbabwe)Aghahowa 43'
January 24, 2002
19:00Mali 0 - 0 Nigeria
Stade 26 mars, Bamako
Attendance: 50,000
Referee: Alex Quartey (Ghana)
January 25, 2002
19:30Liberia 2 - 2 Algeria
Stade 26 mars, Bamako
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Divine Evehe (Cameroon)Daye 7'
K. Sebwe72'
Akrour 45'
Kraouche90+1'
January 28, 2002
18:00Mali 2 - 0 Algeria
Stade 26 mars, Bamako
Attendance: 50,000
Referee: Lim Kee Chong (Mauritius)Bagayoko 18'
Touré24'
January 28, 2002
18:00Liberia 0 - 1 Nigeria
Stade Barema Bocoum, Mopti
Attendance: 9,000
Referee: Falla Ndoye (Senegal)Aghahowa 63'
Group B
Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD South Africa
5 3 1 2 0 3 1 +2 Ghana
5 3 1 2 0 2 1 +1 Morocco
4 3 1 1 1 3 4 -1 Burkina Faso
1 3 0 1 2 2 4 -2 January 20, 2002
19:30South Africa 0 - 0 Burkina Faso
Stade Amare Daou, Ségou
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Falla Ndoye (Senegal)
January 21, 2002
16:00Morocco 0 - 0 Ghana
Stade Amare Daou, Ségou
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Domenico Messina (Italy)
January 24, 2002
16:00South Africa 0 - 0 Ghana
Stade Amare Daou, Ségou
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Mourad Daami (Tunisia)
January 26, 2002
15:30Burkina Faso 1 - 2 Morocco
Stade Amare Daou, Ségou
Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Lim Kee Chong (Mauritius)Dagano 58'
Zerouali 23', 85'
January 30, 2002
16:00South Africa 3 - 1 Morocco
Stade Amare Daou, Ségou
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Gamal Al-Ghandour (Egypt)Zuma 42'
Mngomeni48'
Nomvethe51'
Benmahmoud 77' (pen.)
January 30, 2002
16:00Burkina Faso 1 - 2 Ghana
Stade Barema Bocoum, Mopti
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Chukwudi Chukwujekwu (Nigeria)A. Traoré 81'
Boakye 90', 90+2'
Group C
Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD Cameroon
9 3 3 0 0 5 0 +5 Congo DR
4 3 1 1 1 3 2 +1 Togo
2 3 0 2 1 0 3 -3 Côte d'Ivoire
1 3 0 1 2 1 4 -3 January 20, 2002
17:30Cameroon 1 - 0 Congo DR
Stade Babemba Traoré, Sikasso
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Coffi Codjia (Benin)Mboma 40'
January 21, 2002
18:00Togo 0 - 0 Côte d'Ivoire
Stade Babemba Traoré, Sikasso
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Chukwudi Chukwujekwu (Nigeria)
January 25, 2002
17:30Cameroon 1 - 0 Côte d'Ivoire
Stade Babemba Traoré, Sikasso
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Gamal Al-Ghandour (Egypt)Mboma 85'
January 26, 2002
17:30Congo DR 0 - 0 Togo
Stade Babemba Traoré, Sikasso
Attendance: 7,000
Referee: Tessema Hailemalak (Ethiopia)
January 29, 2002
16:00Cameroon 3 - 0 Togo
Stade Babemba Traoré, Sikasso
Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Petros Mathabela (South Africa)Mettomo 52'
Eto'o80'
Olembé89'
January 29, 2002
16:00Congo DR 3 - 1 Côte d'Ivoire
Stade Abdoulaye Nakoro Cissoko, Keyes
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Felix Tangawarima (Zimbabwe)Yuvuladio 28'
Nonda66'
Kimoto81' (pen.)
Traoré 86'
Group D
Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD Senegal
7 3 2 1 0 2 0 +2 Egypt
6 3 2 0 1 3 2 +1 Tunisia
2 3 0 2 1 0 1 -1 Zambia
1 3 0 1 2 1 3 -2 January 20, 2002
15:30Egypt 0 - 1 Senegal
Stade Modibo Kéïta, Bamako
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Mohammad Guezzaz (Morocco)Diatta 82'
January 21, 2002
19:00Zambia 0 - 0 Tunisia
Stade Modibo Kéïta, Bamako
Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Koman Coulibaly (Mali)
January 25, 2002
15:30Egypt 1 - 0 Tunisia
Stade Modibo Kéïta, Bamako
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Arturo Daudén Ibáñez (Spain)Emam 23'
January 26, 2002
19:30Senegal 1 - 0 Zambia
Stade Modibo Kéïta, Bamako
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Abdel Hakim Shelmani (Libya)Camara 90'
January 31, 2002
16:00Egypt 2 - 1 Zambia
Stade Modibo Kéïta, Bamako
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Coffi Codjia (Benin)Mido 35'
Emam53'
Kampamba 89'
January 31, 2002
16:00Senegal 0 - 0 Tunisia
Stade Abdoulaye Nakoro Cissoko, Keyes
Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Domenico Messina (Italy)Knockout Stages
Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final February 3 (19:00) - Bamako Nigeria
1 February 7 (16:00) - Bamako Ghana
0 Nigeria
1 February 4 (19:00) - Bamako Senegal (aet)
2 Senegal
2 February 10 (16:00) - Bamako Congo DR
0 Senegal
0 (2) February 3 (16:00) - Kayes Cameroon (pen)
0 (3) South Africa
0 February 7 (19:00) - Bamako Mali
2 Mali
0 Third place February 4 (16:00) - Sikasso Cameroon
3 Cameroon
1 Nigeria
1 Egypt
0 Mali
0 February 9 (16:00) - Mopti Quarterfinals
February 3, 2002
16:00South Africa 0 - 2 Mali
Stade Abdoulaye Nakoro Cissoko, Kayes
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Arturo Daudén Ibáñez (Spain)Touré 60'
Dr. Coulibaly90+2'
February 3, 2002
19:00Nigeria 1 - 0 Ghana
Stade 26 mars, Bamako
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Mohammad Guezzaz (Morocco)Lawal 80'
February 4, 2002
16:00Cameroon 1 - 0 Egypt
Stade Babemba Traoré, Sikasso
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Mourad Daami (Tunisia)Mboma 62'
February 4, 2002
19:00Senegal 2 - 0 Congo DR
Stade Modibo Keïta, Bamako
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Domenico Messina (Italy)Diao 30'
Diouf86'
Semifinals
February 7, 2002
16:00Nigeria 1-2 (AET) Senegal
Stade Modibo Keïta, Bamako
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Coffi Codjia (Benin)Aghahowa 88'
P.B. Diop 54'
Diao97'
February 7, 2002
19:00Mali 0-3 Cameroon
Stade 26 mars, Bamako
Attendance: 50,000
Referee: Lim Kee Chong (Mauritius)Olembé 39', 45+1'
Foé84'
Third place playoff
February 9, 2002
16:00Nigeria 1 - 0 Mali
Stade Barema Bocoum, Mopti
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Abdel Hakim Shelmani (Libya)Yakubu 29'
Final
February 13, 2002
15:00Senegal 0-0 (AET)
2-3 (PEN)Cameroon
Stade 26 mars, Bamako
Attendance: 50,000
Referee: Gamal Al-Ghandour (Egypt)Penalties Coly
Fadiga
Faye
Diouf
Cisse2-3 Wome
Suffo
Lauren
Geremi
Song
African Cup of Nations 2002 Champions
Cameroon
4th titleScorers
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
Nassim Akrour
Nasreddine Kraouche
Moumouni Dagano
Amadou Traoré
Samuel Eto'o
Lucien Mettomo
Marc-Vivien Foé
Papi Kimoto
Shabani Nonda
Yves Yuvuladio
Kandia Traoré
Mido
Prince Akim Daye
Kelvin Sebwe
George Weah
Mamadou Bagayoko
Dramane Coulibaly
Seydou Keita
Rachid Benmahmoud
Yakubu Aiyegbeni
Garba Lawal
Souleymane Camara
Lamine Diatta
Papa Bouba Diop
El Hadji Diouf
Thabo Mngomeni
Siyabonga Nomvete
Sibusiso Zuma
Gift Kampamba
CAF Team of the Tournament
Goalkeeper
Defenders
Midfielders
Forwards
External links
Africa Cup of Nations Tournaments Sudan 1957 · United Arab Republic 1959 · Ethiopia 1962 · Ghana 1963 · Tunisia 1965 · Ethiopia 1968 · Sudan 1970 · Cameroon 1972 · Egypt 1974 · Ethiopia 1976 · Ghana 1978 · Nigeria 1980 · Libya 1982 · Ivory Coast 1984 · Egypt 1986 · Morocco 1988 · Algeria 1990 · Senegal 1992 · Tunisia 1994 · South Africa 1996 · Burkina Faso 1998 · Ghana/Nigeria 2000 · Mali 2002 · Tunisia 2004 · Egypt 2006 · Ghana 2008 · Angola 2010 · Gabon/Equatorial Guinea 2012 · South Africa 2013 · Morocco 2015 · Libya 2017Finals 1957 · 1959 · 1962 · 1963 · 1965 · 1968 · 1970 · 1972 · 1974 · 1976 · 1978 · 1980 · 1982 · 1984 · 1986 · 1988 · 1990 · 1992 · 1994 · 1996 · 1998 · 2000 · 2002 · 2004 · 2006 · 2008 · 2010Qualification Squads 1No qualification took place as places were given by invitation only.Categories:- 2002 in association football
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