2002 FIFA World Cup qualification (CAF)

2002 FIFA World Cup qualification (CAF) 7 April 2000 - 29 July 2001 50 1 145 379 CIV Ibrahima Bakayoko(11 goals) 1998 2006 FIFA Listed below are the dates and results for the 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification rounds for Africa. The Confederation of African Football was allocated five qualifying berths for the 2002 FIFA World Cup. 51 teams entered the qualification process. Burundi withdrew before the draw was made, while Niger chose not to participate. Guinea was excluded from the competition during the second round for government interference with its national association, resulting in their results obtained in second round being annulled. Africa's five automatic qualifying berths were taken by Cameroon, Senegal, Tunisia, South Africa, and Nigeria. Format There were two rounds of play: First round: 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. Second round: The 25 teams were divided into five groups of five teams each. The teams played against each other on a home-and-away basis. The group winners qualified. First round 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification – CAF first round Pool A MTN 1959 1–5 TUN 1–2 0–3 GBS 0–3 TOG 0–0 0–3 CPV 0–2 ALG 0–0 0–2 BEN 1–2 SEN 1–1 0–1 GAM 0–3 MAR 0–1 0–2 |} Pool B MDG 2–1 GAB 2–0 0–1 BOT 0–2 ZAM 0–1 0–1 SWZ Swaziland 1–8 ANG 0–1 1–7 LES 1987 0–3 SAF 0–2 0–1 SUD 2–2 (a) MOZ 1–0 1–2 |} Pool C STP 2–4 SLE 2–0 0–4 CAF 1–4 ZIM 0–1 1–3 RWA 1962 2–4 CIV 2–2 0–2 GEQ 2–5 CGO 1–3 1–2 LBA 1977 4–3 MLI 3–0 1–3 |} Pool D DJI 2–10 COD 1997 1–1 1–9 SEY 1–4 NAM 1–1 0–3 ERI 0–4 NGR 0–0 0–4 SOM 0–6 CMR 0–3 0–3 MRI 2–6 EGY 0–2 2–4 |} Pool E Malawi 25px 2–0 KEN 2–0 0–0 TAN 2–4 GHA 0–1 2–3 UGA 4–7 GUI 4–4 0–3 ETH 1996 2–4 BUR 2–1 0–3 CHA 0–1 LBR 0–1 0–0 |} Second round 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification – CAF second round Group A Group A y Group B Group B y Group C Group C y Group D Group D y Group E Group E y Qualified teams The following five teams from CAF qualified for the final tournament. Team Qualified as Qualified onPrevious appearances in FIFA World Cup1 CMR A Final round group 1 winners 1 July 2001 1 4 (1982, 1990, 1994, 1998) NGR B Final round group 2 winners 29 July 2001 2 (1994, 1998) SEN C Final round group 3 winners 21 July 2001 2 0 (debut) TUN D Final round group 4 winners 15 July 2001 2 (1978, 1998) RSA E Final round group 5 winners 1 July 2001 2 1 (1998) 1 Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year. Top goalscorers 379 145 CIV Ibrahima Bakayoko SEN El Hadji Diouf ANG Akwá CMR Patrick Mboma TUN Zoubeir Baya COD 1997 Ngidi Yemweni TUN Ziad Jaziri TUN Ali Zitouni ZIM Peter Ndlovu GUI Pascal Feindouno GUI Souleymane Youla MAR Abdeljalil Hadda NAM Razundara Tjikuzu NGA Victor Agali NGA Nwankwo Kanu RSA Shaun Bartlett TUN Imed Mhedhebi Below are full goalscorer lists for each round: 22em First round Second round References FIFA.com results Rsssf.com results CAF 2002 Category:2000 in African men's international football Category:2001 in African men's international football