2000 African Cup of Nations

2000 African Cup of Nations
	File:GhanaNigeria2000logo.png African Cup of Nations 2000 official logo
Tournament details
Host countries	Ghana; Nigeria
Dates	22 January – 13 February
Teams	16
Venue(s)	4 (in 4 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	File:Flag of Cameroon.svg Cameroon (3rd title)
Runners-up	File:Flag of Nigeria.svg Nigeria
Third place	File:Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa
Fourth place	File:Flag of Tunisia.svg Tunisia
Tournament statistics
Matches played	32
Goals scored	73 (2.28 per match)
Attendance	677,500 (21,172 per match)
Top scorer(s)	South Africa Shaun Bartlett (5 goals)
Best player(s)	Cameroon Lauren
	← 1998 2002 →

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

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Participating nations

Team	Qualified as	Qualified on	Previous appearances in tournament^{[lower-alpha 1]}
File:Flag of Egypt.svg Egypt	Holders	28 February 1998	16 (1957, 1959, 1962, 1963, 1970, 1974, 1976, 1980, 1984, 1986, 1988, 1990, 1992, 1994, 1996, 1998)
File:Flag of Ghana.svg Ghana	Co-hosts		12 (1963, 1965, 1968, 1970, 1978, 1980, 1982, 1984, 1992, 1994, 1996, 1998)
File:Flag of Nigeria.svg Nigeria	Co-hosts		10 (1963, 1976, 1978, 1980, 1982, 1984, 1988, 1990, 1992, 1994)
File:Flag of Burkina Faso.svg Burkina Faso	Group 5 winners	6 June 1999	3 (1978, 1996, 1998)
File:Flag of Cameroon.svg Cameroon	Group 1 winners	6 June 1999	10 (1970, 1972, 1982, 1984, 1986, 1988, 1990, 1992, 1996, 1998)
File:Flag of Morocco.svg Morocco	Group 2 winners	6 June 1999	8 (1972, 1976, 1978, 1980, 1986, 1988, 1992, 1998)
File:Flag of Algeria.svg Algeria	Group 7 runners-up	20 June 1999	10 (1968, 1980, 1982, 1984, 1986, 1988, 1990, 1992, 1996, 1998)
File:Flag of the Republic of the Congo.svg Congo	Group 3 runners-up	20 June 1999	5 (1968 1972, 1974, 1978, 1992)
File:Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (1997–2003).svg DR Congo	Group 6 runners-up	20 June 1999	11 (1965, 1968, 1970, 1972, 1974, 1976, 1988, 1992, 1994, 1996, 1998)
File:Flag of Gabon.svg Gabon	Group 4 runners-up	20 June 1999	2 (1994, 1996)
File:Flag of Côte d'Ivoire.svg Ivory Coast	Group 3 winners	20 June 1999	13 (1965, 1968, 1970, 1974, 1980, 1984, 1986, 1988, 1990, 1992, 1994, 1996, 1998)
File:Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa	Group 4 winners	20 June 1999	2 (1996, 1998)
File:Flag of Togo (3-2).svg Togo	Group 2 runners-up	20 Jun 1999	3 (1972, 1984, 1998)
File:Flag of Tunisia.svg Tunisia	Group 7 winners	20 June 1999	8 (1962, 1963, 1965, 1978, 1982, 1994, 1996, 1998)
File:Flag of Zambia.svg Zambia	Group 6 winners	20 June 1999	9 (1974, 1978, 1982, 1986, 1990, 1992, 1994, 1996, 1998)
File:Flag of Senegal.svg Senegal	Playoff winners	21 August 1999	6 (1965, 1968, 1986, 1990, 1992, 1994)

Notes

↑ Bold indicates champion for that year, Italic indicates host.

Squads

Venues

Ghana Accra	Ghana Kumasi	Nigeria Lagos	Nigeria Kano
Accra Sports Stadium	Baba Yara Stadium	National Stadium	Sani Abacha Stadium
Capacity: 40,000	Capacity: 51,500	Capacity: 55,000	Capacity: 25,000
File:Accra Sports Stadium, Korle-Klottey (IMG 20230201 114217).jpg	File:Baba Yara Sports Stadium in Kumasi.jpg	File:Main-bowl-national-stadium-surulere-lagos.jpg	File:KanofromDalaHill.jpg
2000 African Cup of Nations is located in Ghana Accra Accra Kumasi Kumasi		2000 African Cup of Nations is located in Nigeria Lagos Lagos Kano Kano

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	File:Flag of Cameroon.svg Cameroon	3	1	1	1	4	2	+2	4	Advance to knockout stage
2	File:Flag of Ghana.svg Ghana (H)	3	1	1	1	3	3	0	4	Advance to knockout stage
3	File:Flag of Côte d'Ivoire.svg Ivory Coast	3	1	1	1	3	4	−1	4
4	File:Flag of Togo (3-2).svg Togo	3	1	1	1	2	3	−1	4

Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: ^{[citation needed]}
(H) Hosts

22 January 2000