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THE SHOT THAT PASSED RIGHT THROUGH THE NET    African Cup Of Nations 2000  JAN 22 - FEB 13  Nigeria/Ghana 
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who has been automatically qualified? co-hosts Ghana, Nigeria and title holders Egypt
(how Egypt won the title? - see: African Cup Of Nations 1998 - The complete documentation)


how did the other 13 teams qualify? 7 qualification groups, some teams had to play a preliminary knock-out round before Zimbabwe were the original hosts but the Nations Cup were taken away from them as they were accused not to have prepared for the event. Some sources suspected also a split between different interest groups of African administrations has played an additional role but this remains speculation.
After giving the tournament to Ghana and Nigeria then the qualification had to be rearranged.


Preliminary Round 
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Libya - Algeria  0-2 / 0-3
Benin - Angola  2-1 / 0-2
Mali - Cape Verde  3-0 / 0-0
Chad - Congo(Brazzaville)  1-1 / 0-0
Eritrea - Ethiopia  (single match was determined to be played in Cairo because of war actions between the two countries, Ethiopia withdrew, Eritrea bye)
Equat. Guinea - Gabon  0-2 / 0-3
Djibouti - Kenya  0-3 / 1-9
Niger - Liberia  2-1 / 0-2
Swaziland - Madagascar  1-2 / 1-1
Lesotho - Mauritius  1-1 / 1-3
Botswana - Mozambique  0-0 / 1-2
Namibia - Malawi  2-1 / 1-0
Senegal - Gambia  (Gambia withdrew, Senegal bye)
Sierra Leone - Mauritania  (Mauritania withdrew, Sierra Leone bye)
Burundi - Tanzania  1-0 / 1-0
Sao Tome/Pr. - Togo  0-4 / 0-2
Uganda - Ruanda  5-0 / 0-0


 


The Qualification Groups
The groups 1 and 5 have been changed so that these groups which started with the participation of Nigeria and Ghana will play on with only 3 teams. Only the first will qualify directly, the two second placed will play off with the Zimbabweans another participiant. In the other 5 groups the first two of the table will qualify.
 


Group 1 
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                       Cameroon, Mozambique, and Eritrea

from this group, the first qualifies directly, the second plays a play-off round with the second of group 5 and Zimbabwe

Oct 3/4-98
Cameroon - Ghana  1:3 *
Mozambique - Eritrea  3:1  (na: first official match in the history of Eritrean football)
Jan 23/24-99
Ghana - Mozambique 1:0 *
Eritrea - Cameroon 0:0
Febr 27/28-99
Cameroon - Mozambique 1:0
Ghana - Eritrea  5:0 *
Apr 4/5-99
Mozambique - Cameroon 1:6
June 5/6-99
Cameroon - Eritrea 1:0
June 19/20-99
Eritrea - Mozambique 1:0
 
#Cameroon  4 8-1 10
+Eritrea 4 2-4 4
Mozambique  4 4-9 3
*(Ghana had been originally members of this group and were declared co-hosts during the process of this qualification. Such the three matches with their participation do not count)
 #=qualified for finals
 +=qualified for 3-team-extra-playoff-round
 


Group 2 

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                       Morocco, Guinea, and Togo

from this group the first two qualify directly

Oct 3/4-98
Morocco - Sierra Leone  3:0  (complete domination, when SL only eager to contain score) *
Togo - Guinea   2:0  (news agencies: early goal influenced match)
Jan 23/24-99
Guinea - Morocco 1:1
Sierra Leone - Togo (postponed because of war-like situation) *
Febr 27/28-99
Togo - Morocco  2:3
Guinea - Sierra Leone (postponed) *
Apr 4/5-99
Morocco - Togo 1:1
June 5/6-99
Morocco - Guinea 1:0  (click for match report)
June 19/20-99
Guinea - Togo  2:0  (1 goal shy of the necessary 3:0)
 
#Morocco 4 6-4 8
#Togo 4 5-6 4
Guinea 4 3-4 4
#=qualified for finals
*=(Sierra Leone had been originally members of this group. The country has been suffering severe problems by civil war fighting and Sierra Leone, participiants at the last two finals have been disqualified because they could not come up with guarantuees for the safety of the matches. Their match played does not count)
 


Group 3 

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                       Côte d'Ivoire, Congo, Mali, and Namibia

 from this group the first two qualify directly
 
Oct 3/4-98
Mali - Côte d'Ivoire  0:1
Namibia - Congo  0:1  (news agencies: goalkeeper slipped and Mokossi scored '80)
Jan 23/24-99
Côte d'Ivoire - Namibia  3:0
Congo - Mali  0:0
Febr 27/28-99
Congo - Côte d'Ivoire  1:0
Apr 4/5-99
Mali - Namibia  2:1
Côte d'Ivoire - Congo  2-0
May 8-99
Namibia  -  Mali  0:0
June 5/6-99
Namibia  - Côte d'Ivoire  1:1
Mali  -  Congo  3:1
June 19/20-99
Congo - Namibia  3:0
Côte d'Ivoire - Mali  0:0  (Mali had needed to win and would have advanced instead of CIV)
 
#Côte d'Ivoire  6 7-2 11
#Congo(Brazzaville) 6 6-5 10
Mali 6 5-3 9
Namibia 6 2-10 2
#=qualified for finals
 

Group 4 

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                       South Africa, Angola, Gabon, and Mauritius

from this group the first two qualify directly

Oct 3/4-98
South Africa - Angola  1:0  (news ag.: Shaun Bartlett '86 minute against a totally defensive Angolean team)
Gabon - Mauritius  2:0
Jan 23/24-99
Angola - Gabon  3:1  (n.a.: three goals by 'Akwa')
Mauritius - South Africa 1:1
Febr 27/28-99
South Africa - Gabon  4:1
Angola - Mauritius  0:2
Apr 4/5-99
Gabon - South Africa  1:0
Mauritius - Angola  1:1
June 5/6-99
Gabon - Angola  3:1
South Africa - Mauritius  2:0
June 19/20-99
Angola - South Africa  2:2
Mauritius  - Gabon  2:2
 
#South Africa  6 10-5 11
#Gabon  6 10-10 10
Mauritius 6 6-8 6
Angola 6 7-10 5
#=qualified for finals


Group 5 

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                       Burkina Faso, Senegal, and Burundi
 from this group, the first qualifies directly, the second plays a play-off round with the second of group 1 and Zimbabwe
 
Oct 3/4-98
Burkina Faso - Nigeria  0:0 *
Dec 13-98
Burundi - Senegal  1:0 (n.a.: Senegal coach dismissed as consequence)
Jan 23/24-99
Nigeria - Burundi  2:0 *
Senegal - Burkina Faso  1:1
Febr 27/28-99
Senegal - Nigeria  1:1 *
Burundi - Burkina Faso  1:2
Apr 4/5-99
Burkina Faso  - Burundi   3:1
June 5/6-99
Burkina Faso - Senegal  2:2
June 19/20-99
Senegal - Burundi  1:0
 
#Burkina Faso  4 8-5 8
+Senegal 4 4-4 5
Burundi  4 3-6 3
*(Nigeria had been originally members of this group and were declared co-hosts during the process of this qualification. Such the three matches with their participation do not count)
#=qualified for finals
+=qualified for 3-team-extra-playoff-round


Group 6 

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                       Zambia, DR Congo, Kenya, and Madagaskar
 from this group the first two qualify directly

 Oct 3/4-98
Zambia - DR Congo  1:1
Kenya - Madagascar  1:1
Jan 23/24-99
Madagascar - Zambia  1:2 (n.a.: two late Zambian goals turned the match upside down)
DR Congo - Kenya  2:1 (n.a.: 75000 probably the biggest crowd of African Cup weekend)
Febr 27/28-99
Madagascar - DR Congo  3:1
Kenya - Zambia  0:1
Apr 4/5-99
Zambia - Kenya  1:0
DR Congo - Madagascar  2:0
June 5/6-99
Zambia - Madagascar  3:0
Kenya - DR Congo 0:1
June 19/20-99
DR Congo - Zambia  0:1  (Zambia best record of all qualificants)
Madagascar -  Kenya  1:1
 
#Zambia 6 9-2 16
#DR Congo  6 7-6 10
Madagaskar  6 6-10 5
Kenya 6 3-7 2
#=qualified for finals


Group 7 

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                       Tunisia, Algeria, Liberia, and Uganda
 from this group the first two qualify directly
 
Oct 3/4-98
Tunisia - Liberia  2:1  (click for match report)
Uganda - Algeria  2:1
Jan 23/24-99
Liberia - Uganda  2:0 (n.a.: two first-half goals)
Algeria - Tunisia  0:1  (click for match report)
Febr 27/28-99
Liberia - Algeria  1:1
Tunisia - Uganda  6:0  (click for match report)
Apr 4/5-99
Uganda - Tunisia  0:2
Algeria - Liberia  4:1
June 5/6-99
Tunisia - Algeria 2:0  (click for match report)
Uganda - Liberia 1:0  (n.a.: George Weah arrived too late because of a lost flight connection and could not play)
June 19/20-99
Algeria - Uganda  2:0  (click for match report)
Liberia - Tunisia  2:0
 
#Tunisia  6 13-3 15
#Algeria  6 8-7 7
Liberia  6 7-8 7
Uganda 6 3-13 6
#=qualified for finals
 


Extra Playoff Round 
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                       Zimbabwe, Senegal, Eritrea

from this group the first qualifies

Jul 3/4-99
Eritrea - Zimbabwe  0:1
Jul 17/18-99
Senegal - Eritrea  6:2
Jul 30/31-99
Zimbabwe - Senegal  2:1
Aug 7/8-99
Senegal - Zimbabwe  2:0
Aug 14/15-99
Zimbabwe - Eritrea  4:0
Aug 21/22-99
Eritrea - Senegal  0:2
 
#Senegal 4 11-4 9
Zimbabwe 4 7-3 9
Eritrea 4 2-13 0
 #=qualified for finals


 


Links 

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                        Results:

Sport-scheduler
RSSSF

Reports:
Sports-scheduler African soccer news-index

For more links see African Soccer information ressources

THIS DOCUMENT IS  COMPONENT OF: THE SHOT THAT PASSED RIGHT THROUGH THE NET
 

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