2000 African Cup of Nations

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.

2000 African Cup of Nations
African Cup of Nations 2000 official logo
Tournament details
Host countriesGhana
Nigeria
Dates22 January – 13 February
Teams16
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 played32
Goals scored73 (2.28 per match)
Attendance677,500 (21,172 per match)
Top scorer(s)South Africa Shaun Bartlett (5 goals)
Best player(s)Cameroon Lauren

Cameroon won the championship, beating Nigeria in the final 4–3 on penalties.[1] 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
Participating nations
Main article: 2000 African Cup of Nations qualification

Squads
Further information: 2000 African Cup of Nations squads

Venues
Ghana Accra Nigeria Lagos
Accra Sports StadiumNational Stadium
Capacity: 40,000Capacity: 55,000
Ghana KumasiNigeria Kano
Baba Yara StadiumSani Abacha Stadium
Capacity: 51,500Capacity: 25,000

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.

Main article: 2000 Africa Cup of Nations Group A

Pos Team 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
Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source:
(H) Hosts
Ghana 1–1 Cameroon
Ayew 57' Foé 19'
Attendance: 45,000
Ivory Coast 1–1 Togo
Guel 38' (pen.) Ouadja 19'
Attendance: 13,000
Referee: Tessema Hailemalak (Ethiopia)
Ghana 2–0 Togo
Ayew 28'
Addo 37'
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Abderrahim Al-Arjoune (Morocco)
Cameroon 3–0 Ivory Coast
Kalla 29'
Eto'o 45'
M'Boma 90'
Attendance: 5,000
Ghana 0–2 Ivory Coast
Kalou 45'
Sie 84'
Attendance: 40,000
Cameroon 0–1 Togo
Tchangai 18'
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Olufunmi Olaniyan (Nigeria)

Group B
Main article: 2000 Africa Cup of Nations Group B

Pos Team 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
Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source:
South Africa 3–1 Gabon
Ngobe 43'
Bartlett 55', 78'		 Nzigou 21'
Attendance: 20,000
DR Congo 0–0 Algeria
Attendance: 7,000
South Africa 1–0 DR Congo
Bartlett 44'
Attendance: 3,500
Referee: Olufunmi Olaniyan (Nigeria)
Algeria 3–1 Gabon
Ghazi 12'
Tasfaout 41'
Dziri 89'		 Mbanangoyé 89'
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Isaak Abdulkadir (Tanzania)
South Africa 1–1 Algeria
Bartlett 2' Moussouni 53'
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Tessema Hailemalak (Ethiopia)
DR Congo 0–0 Gabon
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Abderrahim Al-Arjoune (Morocco)

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
Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source:
Egypt 2–0 Zambia
Radwan 37'
H. Hassan 50'
Attendance: 18,000
Referee: Coffi Codjia (Benin)
Burkina Faso 1–3 Senegal
Sanou 65' Camara 4'
Sarr 45'
Keita 86'
Attendance: 12,000
Egypt 1–0 Senegal
H. Hassan 39'
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Petros Mathabela (South Africa)
Zambia 1–1 Burkina Faso
Lota 16' Ouédraogo 90'
Attendance: 5,000
Egypt 4–2 Burkina Faso
Salah Hosny 30'
H. Hassan 75' (pen.)
Ramzy 85'
Ali 90'		 Koudou 10'
Sanou 24'
Attendance: 17,000
Referee: Pierre Mounguegui (Gabon)
Zambia 2–2 Senegal
Chilembe 52'
Bwalya 87' (pen.)		 Camara 47'
Mbaye 80'
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Alex Quartey (Ghana)

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
Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source:
(H) Hosts
Nigeria 4–2 Tunisia
Okocha 28', 58'
Ikpeba 71', 77'		 Sellimi 49'
Baya 90'
Attendance: 80,000
Referee: Alain Sars (France)
Morocco 1–0 Congo
Bassir 85'
Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Alex Quartey (Ghana)
Nigeria 0–0 Congo
Attendance: 60,000
Referee: Felix Tangawarima (Zimbabwe)
Tunisia 0–0 Morocco
Attendance: 5,000
Nigeria 2–0 Morocco
George 28'
Aghahowa 81'
Attendance: 60,000
Referee: Coffi Codjia (Benin)
Tunisia 1–0 Congo
Jaïdi 18'
Attendance: 12,000

Knockout stage
 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
 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'
Attendance: 15,000
South Africa 1–0 Ghana
Nomvethe 42'
Attendance: 40,000
Egypt 0–1 Tunisia
Badra 22' (pen.)
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Alain Sars (France)
Nigeria 2–1 (a.e.t.) Senegal
Aghahowa 85', 92' Fadiga 7'
Attendance: 60,000
Referee: Felix Tangawarima (Zimbabwe)

Semifinals
Nigeria 2–0 South Africa
Babangida 1', 34'
Attendance: 60,000
Cameroon 3–0 Tunisia
M'Boma 49', 85'
Eto'o 81'
Attendance: 6,000

Third place match
South Africa 2–2 (a.e.t.) Tunisia
Bartlett 11'
Nomvete 62'		 Report Zitouni 27', 89'
Penalties
Bartlett soccer ball with red X
Mkhalele soccer ball with check mark
Ndlanya soccer ball with red X
Tinkler soccer ball with check mark
Moshoeu soccer ball with check mark
Bapela soccer ball with check mark		 4–3 soccer ball with red X Chihi
soccer ball with red X Jaziri
soccer ball with check mark Gabsi
soccer ball with check mark Boukadida
soccer ball with check mark Badra
soccer ball with red X Zitouni
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Coffi Codjia (Benin)

Final
Main article: 2000 African Cup of Nations Final
Nigeria 2–2 (a.e.t.) Cameroon
Chukwu 45'
Okocha 47'		 Report Eto'o 26'
M'Boma 31'
Penalties
Okocha soccer ball with check mark
Okpara soccer ball with check mark
Kanu soccer ball with red X
Ikpeba soccer ball with red X
Oliseh soccer ball with check mark		 3–4 soccer ball with check mark M'Boma
soccer ball with check mark Wome
soccer ball with check mark Geremi
soccer ball with red X Foé
soccer ball with check mark Song
Attendance: 60,000

Scorers
5 goals
4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal

CAF Team of the Tournament

Goalkeeper

Defenders

Midfielders

Forwards

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