2002 FIFA World Cup qualification – CAF first round

The CAF first round of 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification was contested between 50 CAF members.

The 50 teams were divided into five pools of ten teams each. In each pool, the ten teams were paired up to play knockout matches on a home-and-away basis. The winners advanced to the second round.

Pool A

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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Mauritania   1–5   Tunisia 1–2 0–3
Guinea-Bissau   0–3   Togo 0–0 0–3
Cape Verde   0–2   Algeria 0–0 0–2
Benin   1–2   Senegal 1–1 0–1
Gambia   0–3   Morocco 0–1 0–2
Mauritania  1–2  Tunisia
Ould Ely   85' Report Jaïdi   65'
Gabsi   76'
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Modou Sowe (Gambia)
Tunisia  3–0  Mauritania
Sidibé   16' (o.g.)
Jaziri   25'
Mhedhebi   49'
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Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Mourad Bendada (Morocco)

Tunisia won 5–1 on aggregate.


Guinea-Bissau  0–0  Togo
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Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Manuel Monteiro Duarte (Cape Verde)
Togo  3–0  Guinea-Bissau
Salifou   44'
Kouko   65'
Dovi-Akon   87'
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Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Emmanuel Okoampah (Ghana)

Togo won 3–0 on aggregate.


Cape Verde  0–0  Algeria
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Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Abdou Diouf (Senegal)
Algeria  2–0  Cape Verde
Bourahli   7'
Saïfi   12'
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Attendance: 50,000
Referee: Malick Sillah (Gambia)

Algeria won 2–0 on aggregate.


Benin  1–1  Senegal
Okétola   33' Report N'Diaye   15'
Attendance: 17,959
Referee: Olufunmi Orimisan Olaniyan (Nigeria)
Senegal  1–0  Benin
Ba   63' Report
Attendance: 19,000
Referee: Ba Seydou (Mauritania)

Senegal won 2–1 on aggregate.


Gambia  0–1  Morocco
Report El Moubarki   63'
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Mamadouba Camara (Guinea)
Morocco  2–0  Gambia
El Khattari   17', 31' Report
Attendance: 10,800
Referee: Alhabib Ahmad (Libya)

Morocco won 3–0 on aggregate.

Pool B

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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Madagascar   2–1   Gabon 2–0 0–1
Botswana   0–2   Zambia 0–1 0–1
Swaziland   1–8   Angola 0–1 1–7
Lesotho   0–3   South Africa 0–2 0–1
Sudan   2–2 (a)   Mozambique 1–0 1–2
Madagascar  2–0  Gabon
Randrianaivo   37', 65' Report
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Robin Williams (South Africa)
Gabon  1–0  Madagascar
Cousin   41' Report
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Benoit Benjamin Mbone Ndinga (Cameroon)

Madagascar won 2–1 on aggregate.


Botswana  0–1  Zambia
Report Lota   40'
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Wilfred Mukuna (Zimbabwe)
Zambia  1–0  Botswana
Milanzi   83' Report
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Eusebio Alfredo (Mozambique)

Zambia won 2–0 on aggregate.


Swaziland  0–1  Angola
Report Edson   55'
Attendance: 8,600
Referee: Walter Mochubela (South Africa)
Angola  7–1  Swaziland
Hélder Vicente   18'
Joni   26'
Paulão   29', 72'
Isaac   35', 88'
Covilhã   85'
Report Dlamini   79'
Attendance: 50,000
Referee: Edwin Senai (Botswana)

Angola won 8–1 on aggregate.


Lesotho  0–2  South Africa
Report Bartlett   40'
Pule   71'
Attendance: 12,035
Referee: Edwin Senai (Botswana)
South Africa  1–0  Lesotho
Bartlett   48' Report
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Aaron Nkole (Zambia)

South Africa won 3–0 on aggregate.


Sudan  1–0  Mozambique
Faroug Jabra   8' Report
Attendance: 18,000
Referee: Berhane Teshome (Eritrea)
Mozambique  2–1  Sudan
Tico-Tico   39', 79' Report Mujahid Ahmed   66'
Attendance: 7,235
Referee: Felix Tangawarima (Zimbabwe)

2–2 on aggregate, Sudan won on away goals.

Pool C

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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
São Tomé and Príncipe   2–4   Sierra Leone 2–0 0–4
Central African Republic   1–4   Zimbabwe 0–1 1–3
Rwanda   2–4   Ivory Coast 2–2 0–2
Equatorial Guinea   2–5   Congo 1–3 1–2
Libya   4–3   Mali 3–0 1–3
São Tomé and Príncipe  2–0  Sierra Leone
Ramos   36'
Pontes   59'
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Attendance: 6,500
Referee: Gilbert Njike (Cameroon)
Sierra Leone  4–0  São Tomé and Príncipe
C.Mansaray   32', 46'
Kanu   58'
S.Mansaray   79'
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Attendance: 65,000
Referee: Idrissa Kaba (Liberia)

Sierra Leone won 4–2 on aggregate.


Central African Republic  0–1  Zimbabwe
Report Ndlovu   6'
Attendance: 13,000
Referee: Ladoual Hisseine (Chad)
Zimbabwe  3–1  Central African Republic
Ncube   20'
Ndlovu   35'
Jukulile   87'
Report Djim   39'
Attendance: 18,951
Referee: Ferdinard Gadaga (Malawi)

Zimbabwe won 4–1 on aggregate.


Rwanda  2–2  Ivory Coast
Mili   46'
Nsengiyumva   75'
Report Akassou   45'
Keïta   82'
Attendance: 16,000
Referee: Isaack Abdulkadir (Tanzania)
Ivory Coast  2–0  Rwanda
Bakayoko   35', 66' Report
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Chukwudi Chukwujekwu (Nigeria)

Ivory Coast won 4–2 on aggregate.


Equatorial Guinea  1–3  Congo
Eyoma   34' Report Ngoma   15'
N'Keoua   29'
Eta   64'
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Pierre Alain Mounguengui (Gabon)
Congo  2–1  Equatorial Guinea
Moyimbouabeka   7'
Lepaye   81'
Report Mba   67'
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Gilbert Njike (Cameroon)

Congo won 5–2 on aggregate.


Libya  3–0  Mali
Muntasser   4'
Al Masli   56'
Mhemed   81'
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Attendance: 50,000
Referee: Ferid Sahli (Tunisia)
Mali  3–1  Libya
Traoré   47', 78'
Dissa   80'
Report Bushaala   45'
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Zeli Sinko (Ivory Coast)

Libya won 4–3 on aggregate.

Pool D

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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Djibouti   2–10   DR Congo 1–1 1–9
Seychelles   1–4   Namibia 1–1 0–3
Eritrea   0–4   Nigeria 0–0 0–4
Somalia   0–6   Cameroon 0–3 0–3
Mauritius   2–6   Egypt 0–2 2–4
Djibouti  1–1  DR Congo
Khaireh   39' Report Yemweni   82'
Attendance: 2,700
Referee: Hassan Mohamed Mohamud (Somalia)
DR Congo  9–1  Djibouti
Mayélé   1', 67'
Yemweni   25', 59', 88'
Nonda   33', 35'
Mazingu-Dinzey   52'
Mpia   78'
Report Robleh   29'
Attendance: 50,000
Referee: Ladoual Hisseine (Chad)

DR Congo won 10–2 on aggregate.


Seychelles  1–1  Namibia
Zialor   28' Report Shivute   20'
Attendance: 3,452
Referee: Pradeep Sohan (Mauritius)
Namibia  3–0  Seychelles
Tjikuzu   7', 13', 79' Report
Attendance: 1,600
Referee: Dominique Urbatro (Réunion)

Namibia won 4–1 on aggregate.


Eritrea  0–0  Nigeria
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Attendance: 4,151
Referee: Ahmed Auda (Egypt)
Nigeria  4–0  Eritrea
Akwuegbu   13'
Lawal   20'
Akpoborie   65'
Kanu   89'
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Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Manuel Monteiro Duarte (Cape Verde)

Nigeria won 4–0 on aggregate.


Somalia  0–3  Cameroon
Report Mboma   26'
Foé   31'
Eto'o   37'
Attendance: 35,000
Referee: Thomas Boko (Benin)
Cameroon  3–0  Somalia
Jama Mba   15', 27'
Olembé   48'
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Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Pierre Alain Mounguengui (Gabon)

Cameroon won 6–0 on aggregate.


Mauritius  0–2  Egypt
Report Emara   15'
Farouk   75'
Attendance: 40,000
Referee: Hichem Guirat (Tunisia)
Egypt  4–2  Mauritius
Kamouna   5' (p)
Farouk   72', 74'
Salah   90'
Report Périatambée   45'
Bax   88'
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Mohsen Boukthir (Tunisia)

Egypt won 6–2 on aggregate.

Pool E

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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Malawi   2–0   Kenya 2–0 0–0
Tanzania   2–4   Ghana 0–1 2–3
Uganda   4–7   Guinea 4–4 0–3
Ethiopia   2–4   Burkina Faso 2–1 0–3
Chad   0–1   Liberia 0–1 0–0
Malawi  2–0  Kenya
Somanje   53'
Nkhwazi   88'
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Attendance: 18,000
Referee: Paul Phomane (Lesotho)
Kenya  0–0  Malawi
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Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Jean-Marie Hicuburundi (Burkina Faso)

Malawi won 2–0 on aggregate.


Tanzania  0–1  Ghana
Report Kuffour   21'
Attendance: 13,000
Referee: Eusebio Alfredo (Mozambique)
Ghana  3–2  Tanzania
Kuffour   19'
Ahinful   28'
Addo   64'
Report Lungu   44'
Abubakari   54'
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Abdou Diouf (Senegal)

Ghana won 4–2 on aggregate.


Uganda  4–4  Guinea
Mubiru   59'
Musisi   73'
Tabula   77'
Kyambadde   89'
Report Thiam   24'
Youla   55', 83'
Feindouno   88'
Attendance: 8,609
Referee: Hailemelak Tessema (Ethiopia)
Guinea  3–0  Uganda
Camara   47'
Feindouno   70', 74'
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Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Sidi Bekaye Magassa (Mali)

Guinea won 7–4 on aggregate.


Ethiopia  2–1  Burkina Faso
Alameraw   48'
Getachew   64'
Report Touré   81'
Attendance: 10,544
Referee: Maxim Itur (Kenya)
Burkina Faso  3–0  Ethiopia
Zongo   3', 37' (p)
Barro   10'
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Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Coffi Codjia (Benin)

Burkina Faso won 4–2 on aggregate.


Chad  0–1  Liberia
Report Sebwe   44'
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Ibrahim Djingarey (Nigeria)
Liberia  0–0  Chad
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Attendance: 43,000
Referee: Samuel Kamara (Sierra Leone)

Liberia won 1–0 on aggregate.

Goalscorers

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There were 130 goals scored in 50 matches, for an average of 2.6 goals per match.

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

1 own goal

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