2002 African Cup of Nations

2002 African Cup of Nations
Coupe d'Afrique des Nations 2002
	File:Mali CAN2002.png African Cup of Nations 2002 official logo
Tournament details
Host country	Mali
Dates	19 January – 10 February
Teams	16
Venue(s)	6 (in 5 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	File:Flag of Cameroon.svg Cameroon (4th title)
Runners-up	File:Flag of Senegal.svg Senegal
Third place	File:Flag of Nigeria.svg Nigeria
Fourth place	File:Flag of Mali.svg Mali
Tournament statistics
Matches played	32
Goals scored	48 (1.5 per match)
Attendance	570,000 (17,813 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Nigeria Julius Aghahowa ; Cameroon Patrick Mboma ; Cameroon Salomon Olembé ; (3 goals each)
Best player(s)	Senegal El Hadji Diouf
	← 2000 2004 →

The 2002 African Cup of Nations was the 23rd edition of the Africa Cup of Nations, the association football championship of Africa (CAF). It was hosted by Mali. Just like in 2000, the field of sixteen teams was split into four groups of four. Cameroon won its fourth championship (repeating as champions), beating Senegal on penalty kicks 3–2 after a goalless draw.

Host selection

Bids :

Algeria
Botswana
Egypt
Ethiopia
Mali (selected as hosts)

The organization of the 2002 Africa Cup of Nations was awarded to Mali on 5 February 1998 by the CAF Executive Committee meeting in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso during the 1998 African Cup of Nations. Voters had a choice between five countries : Algeria, Botswana, Egypt, Ethiopia and Mali. This was the first time that Mali had hosted the competition.

Qualification

File:African Cup of Nations 2002.png

Participating countries

Team	Qualified as	Qualified on	Previous appearances in tournament^{[lower-alpha 1]}
File:Flag of Mali.svg Mali	Hosts		2 (1972, 1994)
File:Flag of Cameroon.svg Cameroon	Holders	13 February 2000	11 (1970, 1972, 1982, 1984, 1986, 1988, 1990, 1992, 1996, 1998, 2000)
File:Flag of Liberia.svg Liberia	Group 2 winners	16 June 2001	1 (1996)
File:Flag of Morocco.svg Morocco	Group 3 winners	16 June 2001	9 (1972, 1976, 1978, 1980, 1986, 1988, 1992, 1998, 2000)
File:Flag of Nigeria.svg Nigeria	Group 1 winners	16 June 2001	11 (1963, 1976, 1978, 1980, 1982, 1984, 1988, 1990, 1992, 1994, 2000)
File:Flag of Algeria.svg Algeria	Group 4 winners	17 June 2001	11 (1968, 1980, 1982, 1984, 1986, 1988, 1990, 1992, 1996, 1998, 2000)
File:Flag of Burkina Faso.svg Burkina Faso	Group 4 runners-up	17 June 2001	4 (1978, 1996, 1998, 2000)
File:Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (1997–2003).svg DR Congo	Group 6 runners-up	17 June 2001	12 (1965, 1968, 1970, 1972, 1974, 1976, 1988, 1992, 1994, 1996, 1998, 2000)
File:Flag of Egypt.svg Egypt	Group 7 winners	17 June 2001	17 (1957, 1959, 1962, 1963, 1970, 1974, 1976, 1980, 1984, 1986, 1988, 1990, 1992, 1994, 1996, 1998, 2000)
File:Flag of Ghana.svg Ghana	Group 6 winners	17 June 2001	13 (1963, 1965, 1968, 1970, 1978, 1980, 1982, 1984, 1992, 1994, 1996, 1998, 2000)
File:Flag of Côte d'Ivoire.svg Ivory Coast	Group 7 runners-up	17 June 2001	14 (1965, 1968, 1970, 1974, 1980, 1984, 1986, 1988, 1990, 1992, 1994, 1996, 1998, 2000)
File:Flag of Senegal.svg Senegal	Group 5 winners	17 June 2001	7 (1965, 1968, 1986, 1990, 1992, 1994, 2000)
File:Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa	Group 2 runners-up	17 June 2001	3 (1996, 1998, 2000)
File:Flag of Togo (3-2).svg Togo	Group 5 winners	17 June 2001	4 (1972, 1984, 1998, 2000)
File:Flag of Tunisia.svg Tunisia	Group 3 runners-up	17 June 2001	9 (1962, 1963, 1965, 1978, 1982, 1994, 1996, 1998, 2000)
File:Flag of Zambia.svg Zambia	Group 1 runners-up	16 June 2001	10 (1974, 1978, 1982, 1986, 1990, 1992, 1994, 1996, 1998, 2000)

Notes

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

Squads

Venues

2002 African Cup of Nations is located in Mali Bamako Bamako Kayes Kayes Mopti Mopti Ségou Ségou Sikasso Sikasso			Bamako
			Stade du 26 Mars
			Capacity: 55,000
			File:Stade de 26-mars.png
			Bamako
			Stade Modibo Keïta
			Capacity: 25,000
			File:Stade modibo keita.jpg
Kayes	Mopti	Ségou	Sikasso
Stade Abdoulaye Makoro Cissoko	Stade Barema Bocoum	Stade Amary Daou	Stade Babemba Traoré
Capacity: 15,000	Capacity: 15,000	Capacity: 15,000	Capacity: 15,000
File:Hôtel de Ville de Kayes.jpg	File:Mosque Mopti.jpg	File:Segou.png	File:Le grand marché de Sikasso.jpg

Group stage

Teams highlighted in green progress to the Quarter Finals.

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	File:Flag of Nigeria.svg Nigeria	3	2	1	0	2	0	+2	7	Advance to knockout stage
2	File:Flag of Mali.svg Mali (H)	3	1	2	0	3	1	+2	5	Advance to knockout stage
3	File:Flag of Liberia.svg Liberia	3	0	2	1	3	4	−1	2
4	File:Flag of Algeria.svg Algeria	3	0	1	2	2	5	−3	1

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

19 January 2002