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.

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

Team	Qualified as	Qualified on	Previous appearances in tournament[a]
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

Squads

Venues

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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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Semifinals

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Third place match

Final

Scorers

5 goals

• Shaun Bartlett

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

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
• Shaun Bartlett

References

External links

• Details at RSSSF