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2000 African Cup of Nations

African Cup of Nations 2000 official logo
Tournament details
Host countries	Ghana Nigeria
Dates	22 January – 13 February
Teams	16
Venue(s)	4 (in 4 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Cameroon (3rd title)
Runners-up	Nigeria
Third place	South Africa
Fourth place	Tunisia
Tournament statistics
Matches played	32
Goals scored	73 (2.28 per match)
Attendance	677,500 (21,172 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Shaun Bartlett (5 goals)
Best player(s)	Lauren
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The 2000 African Cup of Nations was the 22nd edition of the Africa Cup of Nations, the association football championship of Africa (CAF). It was co-hosted by Ghana and Nigeria, who jointly replaced Zimbabwe as host. Just like in 1998, the field of sixteen teams was split into four groups of four.

Cameroon won the championship, beating Nigeria in the final 4–3 on penalties. As winners, they qualified for the 2001 FIFA Confederations Cup as African representatives.

Host selection

It was expected that Zimbabwe will host this edition but it was sidelined by the CAF on 8 February 1999 in Abidjan, Ivory Coast for non-compliance with the specifications, the CAF announced that they would be receiving applications for the new hosts until 10 March 1999.

Bids :

• Egypt (withdrew)
• Ghana / Nigeria (selected as hosts)
• Morocco

Egypt, Ghana, Morocco and Nigeria, were determined by the CAF to be compliant with the host criteria. Later, Egypt withdrew. A joint bid was formed between Ghana and Nigeria.

The organization of the 2000 Africa Cup of Nations was awarded jointly to Ghana and Nigeria on 15 March 1999 by the CAF Executive Committee meeting in Cairo, Egypt. Voters had a choice between three countries : Ghana, Morocco and Nigeria. This is the first time ever that the African Cup was co-hosted by two countries.

This is also the second time that Nigeria has hosted the African Cup after 1980 and the third time for Ghana after 1963 and 1978.

Qualified teams

Team	Qualified as	Qualified on	Previous appearances in tournament
Egypt	Holders	28 February 1998	16 (1957, 1959, 1962, 1963, 1970, 1974, 1976, 1980, 1984, 1986, 1988, 1990, 1992, 1994, 1996, 1998)
Ghana	Co-hosts		12 (1963, 1965, 1968, 1970, 1978, 1980, 1982, 1984, 1992, 1994, 1996, 1998)
Nigeria	Co-hosts		10 (1963, 1976, 1978, 1980, 1982, 1984, 1988, 1990, 1992, 1994)
Burkina Faso	Group 5 winners	6 June 1999	3 (1978, 1996, 1998)
Cameroon	Group 1 winners	6 June 1999	10 (1970, 1972, 1982, 1984, 1986, 1988, 1990, 1992, 1996, 1998)
Morocco	Group 2 winners	6 June 1999	8 (1972, 1976, 1978, 1980, 1986, 1988, 1992, 1998)
Algeria	Group 7 runners-up	20 June 1999	10 (1968, 1980, 1982, 1984, 1986, 1988, 1990, 1992, 1996, 1998)
Congo	Group 3 runners-up	20 June 1999	5 (1968 1972, 1974, 1978, 1992)
DR Congo	Group 6 runners-up	20 June 1999	11 (1965, 1968, 1970, 1972, 1974, 1976, 1988, 1992, 1994, 1996, 1998)
Gabon	Group 4 runners-up	20 June 1999	2 (1994, 1996)
Ivory Coast	Group 3 winners	20 June 1999	13 (1965, 1968, 1970, 1974, 1980, 1984, 1986, 1988, 1990, 1992, 1994, 1996, 1998)
South Africa	Group 4 winners	20 June 1999	2 (1996, 1998)
Togo	Group 2 runners-up	20 Jun 1999	3 (1972, 1984, 1998)
Tunisia	Group 7 winners	20 June 1999	8 (1962, 1963, 1965, 1978, 1982, 1994, 1996, 1998)
Zambia	Group 6 winners	20 June 1999	9 (1974, 1978, 1982, 1986, 1990, 1992, 1994, 1996, 1998)
Senegal	Playoff winners	21 August 1999	6 (1965, 1968, 1986, 1990, 1992, 1994)

Notes

1. Bold indicates champion for that year, Italic indicates host.

Squads

Venues

Accra	Kumasi	Lagos	Kano
Accra Sports Stadium	Baba Yara Stadium	National Stadium	Sani Abacha Stadium
Capacity: 40,000	Capacity: 51,500	Capacity: 55,000	Capacity: 25,000
AccraKumasi		LagosKano

First round

Teams highlighted in green progress to the Quarter Finals.

All times local: GMT (UTC) and WAT (UTC +1)

Group A

Group A of the 2000 AFCON remains as the only group stage that all four teams to achieve four points out of three matches.

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Cameroon	3	1	1	1	4	2	+2	4	Advance to knockout stage
2	Ghana (H)	3	1	1	1	3	3	0	4
3	Ivory Coast	3	1	1	1	3	4	−1	4
4	Togo	3	1	1	1	2	3	−1	4

Ghana	1–1	Cameroon
Ayew 57'		Foé 19'

Ivory Coast	1–1	Togo
Guel 38' (pen.)		Ouadja 62'

Ghana	2–0	Togo
Ayew 28' Addo 37'

Cameroon	3–0	Ivory Coast
Kalla 29' Eto'o 45' M'Boma 90'

Ghana	0–2	Ivory Coast
		Kalou 45' Sié 84'

Cameroon	0–1	Togo
		Tchangai 18'

Group B

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	South Africa	3	2	1	0	5	2	+3	7	Advance to knockout stage
2	Algeria	3	1	2	0	4	2	+2	5
3	DR Congo	3	0	2	1	0	1	−1	2
4	Gabon	3	0	1	2	2	6	−4	1

South Africa	3–1	Gabon
Ngobe 43' Bartlett 55', 78'		Nzigou 21'

DR Congo	0–0	Algeria

South Africa	1–0	DR Congo
Bartlett 44'

Algeria	3–1	Gabon
Ghazi 12' Tasfaout 41' Dziri 89'		Mbanangoyé 89'

South Africa	1–1	Algeria
Bartlett 2'		Moussouni 53'

DR Congo	0–0	Gabon

Group C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Egypt	3	3	0	0	7	2	+5	9	Advance to knockout stage
2	Senegal	3	1	1	1	5	4	+1	4
3	Zambia	3	0	2	1	3	5	−2	2
4	Burkina Faso	3	0	1	2	4	8	−4	1

Egypt	2–0	Zambia
Radwan 37' H. Hassan 50'

Burkina Faso	1–3	Senegal
Sanou 65'		Camara 4' Sarr 45' Keita 86'

Egypt	1–0	Senegal
H. Hassan 39'

Zambia	1–1	Burkina Faso
Lota 16'		Ouédraogo 90'

Egypt	4–2	Burkina Faso
Salah Hosny 30' H. Hassan 75' (pen.) Ramzy 85' Ali 90'		Koudou 10' Sanou 24'

Zambia	2–2	Senegal
Chilembe 52' Bwalya 87' (pen.)		Camara 47' Mbaye 80'

Group D

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Nigeria (H)	3	2	1	0	6	2	+4	7	Advance to knockout stage
2	Tunisia	3	1	1	1	3	4	−1	4
3	Morocco	3	1	1	1	1	2	−1	4
4	Congo	3	0	1	2	0	2	−2	1

Nigeria	4–2	Tunisia
Okocha 28', 58' Ikpeba 71', 77'		Sellimi 49' Baya 90'

Morocco	1–0	Congo
Bassir 85'

Nigeria	0–0	Congo

Tunisia	0–0	Morocco

Nigeria	2–0	Morocco
George 28' Aghahowa 81'

Tunisia	1–0	Congo
Jaïdi 18'

Knockout stage

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	6 February – Accra
	Cameroon	2
					10 February – Accra
	Algeria	1
					Cameroon	3
	7 February – Kano
					Tunisia	0
	Egypt	0
									13 February – Lagos
	Tunisia	1
									Cameroon (pen.)	2 (4)
	6 February – Kumasi
									Nigeria	2 (3)
	South Africa	1
					10 February – Lagos
	Ghana	0
					South Africa	0
	7 February – Lagos
					Nigeria	2			Third place
	Nigeria (a.e.t.)	2
									12 February – Accra
	Senegal	1
									Tunisia	2 (3)
									South Africa (pen.)	2 (4)

Quarterfinals

Cameroon	2–1	Algeria
Eto'o 7' Foé 24'		Tasfaout 79'

South Africa	1–0	Ghana
Nomvethe 42'

Egypt	0–1	Tunisia
		Badra 22' (pen.)

Nigeria	2–1 (a.e.t.)	Senegal
Aghahowa 85', 92'		Fadiga 7'

Semifinals

Nigeria	2–0	South Africa
Babangida 1', 34'

Cameroon	3–0	Tunisia
M'Boma 49', 85' Eto'o 81'

Third place match

South Africa	2–2 (a.e.t.)	Tunisia
Bartlett 11' Nomvethe 62'	Report	Zitouni 27', 89'
Penalties
Bartlett Mkhalele Ndlanya Tinkler Moshoeu Bapela	4–3	Chihi Jaziri Gabsi Boukadida Badra Zitouni

Final

Nigeria	2–2 (a.e.t.)	Cameroon
Chukwu 45' Okocha 47'	Report	Eto'o 26' M'Boma 31'
Penalties
Okocha Okpara Kanu Ikpeba Oliseh	3–4	M'Boma Wome Geremi Foé Song

Goalscorers

There were 73 goals scored in 32 matches, for an average of 2.28 goals per match.

5 goals

• Shaun Bartlett

4 goals

• Samuel Eto'o
• Patrick M'Boma

3 goals

• Hossam Hassan
• Julius Aghahowa
• Jay-Jay Okocha

2 goals

• Abdelhafid Tasfaout
• Ousmane Sanou
• Marc-Vivien Foé
• Kwame Ayew
• Tijani Babangida
• Victor Ikpeba
• Henri Camara
• Siyabonga Nomvethe
• Ali Zitouni

1 goal

• Billel Dziri
• Farid Ghazi
• Fawzi Moussouni
• Ismaël Koudou
• Alassane Ouédraogo
• Raymond Kalla
• Abdel Halim Ali
• Yasser Radwan
• Hany Ramzy
• Ahmed Salah Hosny
• Bruno Mbanangoyé
• Shiva N'Zigou
• Otto Addo
• Tchiressoua Guel
• Bonaventure Kalou
• Donald-Olivier Sié
• Salaheddine Bassir
• Raphael Chukwu
• Finidi George
• Khalilou Fadiga
• Salif Keita
• Abdoulaye Mbaye
• Pape Sarr
• Dumisa Ngobe
• Lantame Ouadja
• Massamasso Tchangai
• Walid Azaiez
• Khaled Badra
• Radhi Jaïdi
• Adel Sellimi
• Kalusha Bwalya
• Laughter Chilembe
• Dennis Lota

CAF Team of the Tournament

Goalkeeper

• Nader El-Sayed

Defenders

• Pape Malick Diop
• Khaled Badra
• Rigobert Song
• Mohamed Emara

Midfielders

• Billel Dziri
• Lauren
• Jay-Jay Okocha
• Khalilou Fadiga

Forwards

• Samuel Eto'o
• Patrick M'Boma

References

1. "BBC News | CUP NEWS | Cameroon are Kings of Africa".

External links

• Details at RSSSF

• 2000 African Cup of Nations
• Africa Cup of Nations tournaments
• International association football competitions hosted by Ghana
• Sport in Accra
• International association football competitions hosted by Nigeria
• 1999–2000 in Ghanaian football
• 1999–2000 in Nigerian football
• 2000 in African football
• January 2000 sports events in Africa
• February 2000 sports events in Africa