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The 23rd African Cup of Nations 2002

Preliminary Rounds

The 21 winners of the preliminary round and seven exempted countries qualified for the group rounds with match-ups determined in a draw held in Cairo on July 27. The exempted teams were Algeria, Egypt, Ghana, Senegal, South Africa, Tunisia and Nigeria.

All matches played in 2000

Preliminary Round 1L 2L
Guinea Bissau * Morocco

Aug 20

Sierra Leone
1L Ibrahim Bah 33
Abu Kanu 51
2-0 0-2 Togo
2L - Kader Kougbadja-Toure 26
Tadjou Salou pen 60

Togo win 4-2 on penalties

Sep 3

July 2

Gambia
1L - Corr 31, 44
2-2 0-2 Guinea
1L - Diane 39
Youla 87

2L - Titi Camara 8
Souleymane Youla 90

July 16

July 2

Equatorial Guinea
2L - Mba Casiano 33
0-1 1-4 Angola
2L - Paulao 14
Akwa 18
Mendonca 83
Isaac 88

July 16

July 2

Cape Verde Islands 1-0 0-3 Liberia
2L - George Weah 3, 77
Alex Brown 71

July 16

July 1

Mauritania 0-0 0-3 Burkina Faso
2L - Omar Barro 23, 71
Manga Diabate 76

July 16

July 2

Benin
2L - Eric Assouma 6, 12
2-0 2-8 Namibia
2L - Robert Nauseb 4
Silvester Goraseb 8, 20, 36
Razundura Tjikuzu 25, 43
Quinton Jacobs 31 pen
Colin Benjamin 77

July 15

July 2

Niger 0-1 0-6 Côte d'Ivoire
2L - Bamba Siaka 9
Serge Alain Yoffou 42, 65, 68
Venance Zeze 77
Zephirin Zoko 84

July 16

July 2

São Tomé e Principe
2L - Amilcar 88
1-1 1-4 Gabon
2L - Etienne Bito'o 17, 21, 70
Valery Ondo 50

July 15

July 2

Central African Republic 1-1 0-2 DR Congo
2L - Jean-Jacques Yemweni 6
Janson Mayele 82

July 16

July 2

Sudan
2L - Samson 66
5-1 1-2 Eritrea
2L - Abreha 33
Shimangus 45

July 16

July 2

Rwanda
2L - Mayele 80
2-1 1-5 Congo
2L - Lebali Eder 6
Goma Amoros 8pen
Pedel Moyimouadeka 26
Ngoma de Nanitelamio 61
Tsoumou Benis 61

July 16

July 1

Djibouti
1L - Mongolo 47-og
1-3 0-1 Burundi
1L - N'Dayiragije 30
K.Kongolo 40
Mossi 74
2L - Damas Amuyali 34

July 15

July 1

Botswana
1L - Selolwane 25
1-0 0-2 Madagascar
2L - Randrianaivo 3
Ralaitafika 50

July 15

July 2

Chad 3-1 1-3 Libya
won 8-7 on penalties

July 14

July 1

Ethiopia
1L - Getachew 34
1-0 0-2 Zambia
2L - Bernard Makufi 2
Gift Kampamba 67

July 15

July 1

Seychelles 0-1 0-5 Zimbabwe
1L - Mwaruwari 35
2L - Luke Petros (2)
Blessing Makunike
Peter Ndlovu
Nqobizitha Ncube

July 16

July 1

Tanzania
2L - Cassim Tembele 24
Ntese Lungu 28
0-1 2-3 Mauritius
1L - Naboh 57
2L - Sebastian Bax 77
Tony Francois 79
Christopher Perle 88

July 16

July 1

Uganda
1L - Mubiru 3
 Magumba 14
Mukasa 52
2L - Mubiru 30
Musisi 81
3-1 2-1 Malawi
1L - Chitsulo 89
2L - Mtawali 53

July 15

July 2

Lesotho
1L - Ntsonyane 86
Lesotho won 3-2 on penalties
1-0 0-1 Mozambique
Dario 82

July 16

July 2

Swaziland
1L - D.Dlamini 43, 75-pen
M.Dlamini 56
3-2 0-3 Kenya
1L - Otieno 38
Okoth 86
2L - Bernard Onyango 19
Mike Okoth 78
Sammy Simiyu 83

July 15

* Guinea Bissau withdrew