2000 African Cup of Nations
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2000 African Cup of Nations

Africa Cup of Nations Ghana/Nigeria 2000
Africa Cup of Nations 2000 official logo
Tournament details
Teams	16 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	4 (in 4 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Cameroon (3 rd 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)

The 2000 African Cup of Nations was the 22nd edition of the African Cup of Nations, the soccer 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 penalty kicks.

Host Cities & Venues

Squads

For a list of all squads that played in the final tournament, see 2000 African Cup of Nations (squads)

Qualification

For qualification results, see 2000 African Cup of Nations (qualification)

Participating Teams

Participating nations

Finals

Group Stages

Teams in Bold progress to the Quarter Finals, teams in italics are eliminated from the tournament.

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

Group A

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Cameroon	4	3	1	1	1	4	2	+2
Ghana	4	3	1	1	1	3	3	0
Côte d'Ivoire	4	3	1	1	1	3	4	-1
Togo	4	3	1	1	1	2	3	-1

January 22, 2000 16:00	Ghana	1-1	Cameroon	Accra Sports Stadium, Accra Attendance: 45,000 Ref: Ali Bujsaim (UAE)
	Ayew 57'		Foé 19'

January 24, 2000 16:00	Côte d'Ivoire	1-1	Togo	Accra Sports Stadium, Accra Attendance: 13,000 Ref: Tessema Hailemalak (Ethiopia)
	Guel 38' (pen)		Ouadja 19'

January 27, 2000 16:00	Ghana	2-0	Togo	Accra Sports Stadium, Accra Attendance: 30,000 Ref: Abderrahim al-Arjoune (Morocco)
	Ayew 28' Addo 37'

January 28, 2000 19:45	Cameroon	3-0	Côte d'Ivoire	Accra Sports Stadium, Accra Attendance: 5,000 Ref: Mourad Daami (Tunisia)
	Kalla 29' Eto'o 45' Mboma 90'

January 31, 2000 16:00	Ghana	0-2	Côte d'Ivoire	Accra Sports Stadium, Accra Attendance: 40,000 Ref: Gamal Al-Ghandour (Egypt)
			Kalou 45' Sie 84'

January 31, 2000 16:00	Cameroon	0-1	Togo	Kumasi Sports Stadium, Kumasi Attendance: 2,000 Ref: Olufunmi Olaniyan (Nigeria)
			Tchangai 18'

Group B

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
South Africa	7	3	2	1	0	5	2	+3
Algeria	5	3	1	2	0	4	2	+2
Congo DR	2	3	0	2	1	0	1	-1
Gabon	1	3	0	1	2	2	6	-4

January 23, 2000 19:45	South Africa	3-1	Gabon	Kumasi Sports Stadium, Kumasi Attendance: 20,000 Ref: Gamal Al-Ghandour (Egypt)
	Ngobe 43' Bartlett 55', 78'		Nzigou 21'

January 24, 2000 19:45	Congo DR	0-0	Algeria	Kumasi Sports Stadium, Kumasi Attendance: 7,000 Ref: Manuel Duarte (Cape Verde)

January 27, 2000 19:45	South Africa	1-0	Congo DR	Kumasi Sports Stadium, Kumasi Attendance: 3,500 Ref: Olufunmi Olaniyan (Nigeria)
	Bartlett 44'

January 29, 2000 19:45	Algeria	3-1	Gabon	Kumasi Sports Stadium, Kumasi Attendance: 5,000 Ref: Isaak Abdulkadir (Tanzania)
	Ghazi 12' Tasfaout 41' Dziri 90+'		Mbanangoye 90+'

February 2, 2000 16:00	South Africa	1-1	Algeria	Kumasi Sports Stadium, Kumasi Attendance: 2,000 Ref: Tessema Hailemalak (Ethiopia)
	Bartlett 2'		Moussouni 53'

February 2, 2000 16:00	Congo DR	0-0	Gabon	Accra Sports Stadium, Accra Attendance: 2,000 Ref: Abderrahim al-Arjoune (Morocco)

Group C

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Egypt	9	3	3	0	0	7	2	+5
Senegal	4	3	1	1	1	5	4	+1
Zambia	2	3	0	2	1	3	5	-2
Burkina Faso	1	3	0	1	2	4	8	-4

January 23, 2000 18:30	Egypt	2-0	Zambia	Sani Abacha Stadium, Kano Attendance: 18,000 Ref: Coffi Codjia (Benin)
	Radwan 37' Hassan 50'

January 25, 2000 17:00	Burkina Faso	1-3	Senegal	Sani Abacha Stadium, Kano Attendance: 12,000 Ref: Abdel-Hakim Shelmani (Libya)
	Sanou 65'		Camara 4' Sarr 45+' Keita 86'

January 28, 2000 18:30	Egypt	1-0	Senegal	Sani Abacha Stadium, Kano Attendance: 30,000 Ref: Petros Mathabela (South Africa)
	Hassan 39'

January 29, 2000 18:30	Zambia	1-1	Burkina Faso	Sani Abacha Stadium, Kano Attendance: 5,000 Ref: Abdel-Hakim Shelmani (Libya)
	Lota 16'		Ouédraogo 90'

February 2, 2000 17:00	Egypt	4-2	Burkina Faso	Sani Abacha Stadium, Kano Attendance: 17,000 Ref: Pierre Mounguegui (Gabon)
	Salah Hosny 30' Hassan 75' (pen) Ramzy 85' Ali 90'		Koudou 10' Sanou 24'

February 2, 2000 17:00	Zambia	2-2	Senegal	National Stadium, Lagos Attendance: 2,000 Ref: Alex Quartey (Ghana)
	Chilembi 52' Bwalya 87' (pen)		Camara 47' Mbaye 80'

Group D

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Nigeria	7	3	2	1	0	6	2	+4
Tunisia	4	3	1	1	1	3	4	-1
Morocco	4	3	1	1	1	1	2	-1
Congo	1	3	0	1	2	0	2	-2

January 23, 2000 16:00	Nigeria	4-2	Tunisia	National Stadium, Lagos Attendance: 80,000 Ref: Alain Sars (France)
	Okocha 28', 58' Ikpeba 71', 77'		Azaiez 49' Sellimi 90'

January 25, 2000 19:30	Morocco	1-0	Congo	National Stadium, Lagos Attendance: 8,000 Ref: Alex Quartey (Ghana)
	Bassir 85'

January 28, 2000 16:00	Nigeria	0-0	Congo	National Stadium, Lagos Attendance: 60,000 Ref: Felix Tangawarima (Zimbabwe)

January 29, 2000 16:00	Tunisia	0-0	Morocco	National Stadium, Lagos Attendance: 5,000 Ref: Falla Ndoye (Senegal)

February 3, 2000 17:00	Nigeria	2-0	Morocco	National Stadium, Lagos Attendance: 40,000 Ref: Coffi Codjia (Benin)
	George 28' Aghahowa 81'

February 3, 2000 17:00	Tunisia	1-0	Congo	Sani Abacha Stadium, Kano Attendance: 12,000 Ref: Ali Bujsaim (UAE)
	Jaidi 18'

Knockout Stages

	Quarter finals				Semi finals				Final
	February 6 (16:00) - Accra
	Cameroon	2
					February 10 (18:30) - Accra
	Algeria	1
					Cameroon	3
	February 7 (16:00) - Kano
					Tunisia	0
	Egypt	0
									February 13 (15:00) - Lagos
	Tunisia	1
									Cameroon (pen)	2 (4)
	February 6 (19:30) - Kumasi
									Nigeria	2 (3)
	South Africa	1
					February 10 (16:30) - Lagos
	Ghana	0
					South Africa	0			Third place
	February 7 (19:00) - Lagos
					Nigeria	2
	Nigeria (aet)	2							Tunisia	2 (3)
	Senegal	1							South Africa (pen)	2 (4)
									February 12 (16:00) - Accra

Quarterfinals

February 6, 2000 16:00	Cameroon	2-1	Algeria	Accra Sports Stadium, Accra Attendance: 15,000 Ref: Falla Ndoye (Senegal)
	Eto'o 7' Foé 24'		Tasfaout 90'

February 6, 2000 19:30	South Africa	1-0	Ghana	Kumasi Sports Stadium, Kumasi Attendance: 40,000 Ref: Mourad Daami (Tunisia)
	Nomvete 42'

February 7, 2000 16:00	Egypt	0-1	Tunisia	Sani Abacha Stadium, Kano Attendance: 12,000 Ref: Alain Sars (France)
			Badra 22' (pen)

February 7, 2000 19:00	Nigeria	2-1 (AET)	Senegal	National Stadium, Lagos Attendance: 60,000 Ref: Felix Tangawarima (Zimbabwe)
	Aghahowa 85', 92'		Fadiga 7'

Semifinals

February 10, 2000 16:30	Nigeria	2-0	South Africa	National Stadium, Lagos Attendance: 40,000 Ref: Gamal Al-Ghandour (Egypt)
	Babangida 1', 34'

February 10, 2000 18:30	Cameroon	3-0	Tunisia	Accra Sports Stadium, Accra Attendance: 6,000 Ref: Ali Bujsain (UAE)
	Mboma 49', 85' Eto'o 81'

Third place playoff

February 12, 2000 16:00	South Africa	2-2 4-3 (PEN)	Tunisia	Accra Sports Stadium, Accra Attendance: 1,000 Ref: Coffi Codjia (Benin)
	Bartlett 11' Nomvete 62'		Zitouni 27', 89'

Final

February 13, 2000 15:00	Nigeria	2-2 (AET) 3-4 (PEN)	Cameroon	National Stadium, Lagos Attendance: 40,000 Ref: Mourad Daami (Tunisia)
	Chukwu 45' Okocha 47'		Eto'o 26' Mboma 31'

African Cup of Nations 2000 Champions
Cameroon Third title

Individual scorers