2004 African Cup of Nations qualification

Football tournament October 2023 June 2025Afcon Qualification for the 2004 African Cup of Nations. Qualified teams ALG BEN BFA CMR (qualified as holders) COD 1997 EGY GUI KEN MLI MAR NGA RWA SEN RSA TUN (qualified as hosts) ZIM Qualifying round Of the 52 nations, only Somalia didn't take part, Cameroon qualified as holders and Tunisia qualified as hosts. Furthermore, Djibouti, São Tomé and Príncipe, and Guinea-Bissau withdrew. The remaining 46 teams then ended up being divided into 7 groups of 4 teams and 6 groups of 3 teams, with the 13 group winners and the best runner-up from the groups containing 4 sides, qualifying for the finals. Qualifying took place between 6 September 2002 and 6 July 2003.African Nations Cup 2004 https://www.rsssf.org/tables/04a.html 2025-06-05 www.rsssf.org Group A main WDL Group 1 Q n NGA NGA ANG ANG MWI MWI DJI DJI W 2 2 0 7 3 1 2 1 7 4 1 0 3 3 10 Withdrew #ccffcc A #ffcccc R complete 8 September 2002 ANG 0–0 NGA Estádio da Cidadela, Luanda 10,000 Petros Mathabela (South Africa) 12 October 2002 MWI 1–0 ANG Mwafulirwa 85 Civo Stadium, Lilongwe 40,000 Felix Tangawarima (Zimbabwe) 29 March 2003 MWI 0–1 NGA Utaka 10 Chichiri Stadium, Blantyre 60,000 Aaron Nkole (Zambia) 7 June 2003 NGA 4–1 MWI Yakubu 10 16 N. Kanu 22 35 Kanyenda 8 National Stadium, Abuja Falla Ndoye (Senegal) 21 June 2003 NGA 2–2 ANG Kalu Uche 57 Odemwingie 62 pen. Figueiredo 9 Akwá 55 Samuel Ogbemudia Stadium, Benin City 6 July 2003 ANG 5–1 MWI Msowoya 2 Akwá 3 Flávio Amado 33 Stopirra 76 Chinho 89 Mgangira 78 Estádio da Cidadela, Luanda 10,000 Group B main WDL Group 2 Q n GUI GUI NIG NIG ETH ETH 1996 LBR LBR 4 0 2 10 3 3 0 3 5 6 3 0 3 5 7 2 0 4 3 7 #ccffcc A #ffffcc B complete 7 September 2002 NIG 3–1 ETH 1996 Tankary 55 61 Garba 80 Ashenafi 16 Stade Général Seyni Kountché, Niamey 35,000 Lassina Paré (Burkina Faso) 8 September 2002 GUI 3–0 LBR T. Camara 1 Mansaré 54 Conté 69 Stade du 28 Septembre, Conakry 35,000 Samba Diouf (Senegal) 12 October 2002 LBR 1–0 NIG Daye 80 Samuel Kanyon Doe Stadium, Monrovia 40,000 13 October 2002 ETH 1996 1–0 GUI Abege 63 Addis Ababa Stadium, Addis Ababa Maxim Itur (Kenya) 30 March 2003 ETH 1996 1–0 LBR Feleke 80 Addis Ababa Stadium, Addis Ababa 40,000 Ali Mohamed Hassan (Djibouti) 30 March 2003 GUI 2–0 NIG Mansaré 40 p A. Sylla 90 Stade du 28 Septembre, Conakry 25,000 Montero Duarte (Cape Verde) 7 June 2003 NIG 1–0 GUI Tankari 69 Stade Général Seyni Kountché, Niamey 50,000 Joseph Wellington (Ghana) 8 June 2003 LBR 1–0 ETH 1996 Mennoh 57 Antoinette Tubman Stadium, Monrovia 14,000 Aguidissou Crespin (Benin) 21 June 2003 LBR 1–2 GUI Daye 20 Youla 11 50 Accra Sports Stadium, Accra, Ghana (neutral ground) Modou Sowe (Gambia) 22 June 2003 ETH 1996 2–0 NIG Azad 15 o.g. Kidanu 51 Addis Ababa Stadium, Addis Ababa 25,000 5 July 2003 NIG 1–0 LBR Alhassan 90 p Stade Général Seyni Kountché, Niamey 6 July 2003 GUI 3–0 ETH 1996 Youla 32 72 Feindouno 55 Stade du 28 Septembre, Conakry Group C main WDL Group 3 Q n BEN BEN ZAM ZAM SUD SUD TAN TAN 4 1 1 12 4 3 2 1 6 5 3 1 2 9 6 0 0 6 1 13 #ccffcc A #ffffcc B complete 8 September 2002 BEN 4–0 TAN Adjamossi 9 38 Tchomogo 75 p Latoundji 85 Stade René Pleven d'Akpakpa, Cotonou 10,000 Chukwujekwu Chukudi (Nigeria) 8 September 2002 SUD 0–1 ZAM Nsofwa 89 Al-Merrikh Stadium, Omdurman Teshome Berhane (Ethiopia) 12 October 2002 TAN 1–2 SUD Rajab 17 Richard 27 pen 53 CCM Kirumba Stadium, Mwanza 20,000 Hailemalack Tessema (Ethiopia) 12 October 2002 ZAM 1–1 BEN Kilambe 75 Oladipupo 45 Independence Stadium, Lusaka 30,000 Walter Mochubela (South Africa) 29 March 2003 TAN 0–1 ZAM Lungu 25 National Stadium, Dar es Salaam 23,000 Tessema Haislemelk (Ethiopia) 29 March 2003 SUD 3–0 BEN Tambal 35 70 Kabair 68 Al-Hilal Stadium, Omdurman 20,000 Buenkadil Bisingu Wabelo (DR Congo) 7 June 2003 ZAM 2–0 TAN Milanzi 44 81 Independence Stadium, Lusaka 30,000 Youngson Chilinda (Malawi) 8 June 2003 BEN 3–0 SUD Tchomogo 55 p 72 Ogunbiyi 90 Stade de l'Amitié, Cotonou Koman Coulibaly (Mali) 21 June 2003 ZAM 1–1 SUD Chalwe 72 Dalag 23 Independence Stadium, Lusaka Hillary Maxim (Kenya) 22 June 2003 TAN 0–1 BEN Kabirou 66 National Stadium, Dar es Salaam 20,000 6 July 2003 BEN 3–0 ZAM Tchomogo 9 26 Latoundji 75 Stade de l'Amitié, Cotonou 40,000 Monteiro Duarté (Cape Verde) 6 July 2003 SUD 3–0 Awarded TAN Withdrew Omdurman Tanzania pulled out for financial reasons and the game was awarded to Sudan. Group D main WDL Group 4 Q n BFA BFA CGO CGO MOZ MOZ CAR CAR 4 1 1 12 2 2 3 1 5 4 2 2 2 3 8 0 2 4 3 9 #ccffcc A #ffffcc B complete 8 September 2002 CGO 0–0 BFA Stade Alphonse Massemba-Débat, Brazzaville 60,000 Maxime Itur (Kenya) 9 September 2002 CAF 1–1 MOZ Tamboulas 72 Fumo 60 Barthélemy Boganda Stadium, Bangui Felipe Ndong (Equatorial Guinea) 13 October 2002 BFA 2–1 CAF A. Touré 60 Minoungou 75 Oueifio 38 Stade du 4 Août, Ouagadougou 25,000 Zakaria Camara (Guinea) 13 October 2002 MOZ 0–3 CGO Tsoumou-Madza 49 Guié-Mien 70 Bakouma 73 Estádio do Maxaquene, Maputo Verson Lwanja (Malawi) 30 March 2003 MOZ 1–0 BFA Dário 89 Estádio da Machava, Maputo Nunko Rajanad (Mauritius) 4 May 2003 CGO 2–1 CAF Embingou 6 Ewolo 52 Makita 84 Stade Alphonse Massemba-Débat, Brazzaville 7 June 2003 BFA 4–0 MOZ Dagano 6 8 A. Touré 34 Minoungou 88 Stade du 4 Août, Ouagadougou 25,000 Mohamed Ould Lemghambodj (Mauritania) 8 June 2003 CAF 0–0 CGO Barthélemy Boganda Stadium, Bangui Hissene Ladoual (Chad) 21 June 2003 BFA 3–0 CGO A. Touré 54 pen. Ouédraogo 61 Minoungou 75 Stade du 4 Août, Ouagadougou 36,000 Alex Jules Mana (Nigeria) 22 June 2003 MOZ 1–0 CAF Jossias 73 pen. Estádio da Machava, Maputo 15,000 6 July 2003 CAF 0–3 BFA Dagano 30 71 Minoungou 90 Barthélemy Boganda Stadium, Bangui 6 July 2003 CGO 0–0 MOZ Stade Alphonse Massemba-Débat, Brazzaville Group E main WDL Group 5 Q n KEN KEN TOG TOG CPV CPV MTN MTN 1959 4 1 1 9 2 3 1 2 9 7 3 0 3 9 8 0 2 4 0 10 #ccffcc A #ffffcc B complete 6 September 2002 MTN 1959 0–2 CPV Lito 45 Toni 60 Stade Olympique, Nouakchott Salih Malick (Gambia) 7 September 2002 KEN 3–0 TOG Baraza 62 Otieno 68 Oliech 90 Moi International Sports Centre, Nairobi 20,000 Issack Abdulkader (Tanzania) 12 October 2002 CPV 0–1 KEN Baraza 58 Estádio Nacional de Cabo Verde, Praia Aboubacar Sharaf (Ivory Coast) 12 October 2002 TOG 1–0 MTN 1959 Adebayor 23 Stade de Kégué, Lomé Idrissa Kaba (Liberia) 29 March 2003 KEN 4–0 MTN 1959 Mambo 15 70 Oyuga 43 Oliech 43 Moi International Sports Centre, Nairobi 30,000 Teshome Berhane (Eritrea) 29 March 2003 CPV 2–1 TOG Duarte 68 Caló 80 Wondu 37 Estádio da Várzea, Praia Carlos Santos Nandigna (Guinea-Bissau) 6 June 2003 MTN 1959 0–0 KEN Stade Olympique, Nouakchott Yakouba Keita (Guinea) 8 June 2003 TOG 5–2 CPV Faria 2 Touré 23 32 Mikimba 72 Adebayor 78 Lito 6 Caló 26 Stade de Kégué, Lomé Lassina Paré (Burkina Faso) 21 June 2003 CPV 3–0Abandoned at 85' MTN 1959 Lito 65 Caló 76 pen. 82 Estádio da Várzea, Praia The match was abandoned at 3-0 in 85' when Mauritania were reduced to six players following 5 red cards. The result stood. 22 June 2003 TOG 2–0 KEN Faria 23 57 pen. Stade de Kégué, Lomé Louis Rembengouet (Gabon) 5 July 2003 MTN 1959 0–0 TOG Stade Olympique, Nouakchott 2,000 Amadou Ibrahima Diaguiray (Niger) 5 July 2003 KEN 1–0 CPV Oliech 84 Kasarani Stadium, Nairobi 35,000 Group F main WDL Group 6 Q n MLI MLI ZIM ZIM SEY SEY ERI ERI 4 1 1 9 2 4 1 1 8 3 2 0 4 4 10 1 0 5 1 7 #ccffcc A A complete 8 September 2002 SEY 1–0 ERI Victor 50 Stade Linité, Victoria 3,000 Benjamina Ravelontsalama (Madagascar) 8 September 2002 ZIM 1–0 MLI Muhoni 30 National Sports Stadium, Harare 50,000 Walter Mochubela (South Africa) 12 October 2002 ERI 0–1 ZIM P. Ndlovu 10 Cicero Stadium, Asmara 10,000 Omer Rirache (Djibouti) 13 October 2002 MLI 3–0 SEY S. Keita 30 Sidibé 75 D. Coulibaly 85 Stade du 26 Mars, Bamako 50,000 Denis Sorie (Sierra Leone) 30 March 2003 ERI 0–2 MLI Thiam 54 D. Coulibaly 89 Cicero Stadium, Asmara Abdulkadir Omar (Tanzania) 30 March 2003 ZIM 3–1 SEY P. Ndlovu 19 pen. 94 pen. A. Ndlovu 90 Philip Zialor 91 National Sports Stadium, Harare 60,000 Bernardo Colembi Eugênio (Angola) 7 June 2003 SEY 2–1 ZIM Baldé 75 pen. Zialor 81 A. Ndlovu 86 Stade Linité, Victoria 12,000 Langwenya Mangaliso (Swaziland) 7 June 2003 MLI 1–0 ERI S. Coulibaly 20 Stade du 26 Mars, Bamako Aboubacar Charaf (Ivory Coast) 21 June 2003 ERI 1–0 SEY Fessehaye 62 Cicero Stadium, Asmara 22 June 2003 MLI 0–0 ZIM Stade du 26 Mars, Bamako 5 July 2003 SEY 0–2 MLI S. Traoré 60 B. Touré 85 Stade Linité, Victoria 5,000 Lim Kee Chong (Mauritius) 5 July 2003 ZIM 2–0 ERI P. Ndlovu 11 17 pen. National Sports Stadium, Harare Group G main WDL Group 7 Q n MAR MAR SLE SLE GAB GAB EQG EQG 5 1 0 10 0 3 1 2 7 4 2 0 4 7 7 1 0 5 3 16 #ccffcc A #ffffcc B complete 7 September 2002 GAB 0–1 MAR Chippo 16 Stade Omar Bongo, Libreville 30,000 Raphaël Evehe Divine (Cameroon) 8 September 2002 EQG 1–3 SLE Mavidi 82 Bah 38 Sesay 46 Mansaray 68 Estadio de Malabo, Malabo Lourenço Tavares Neto (São Tomé and Príncipe) 12 October 2002 SLE 2–0 GAB Kpaka 45 Bah 46 National Stadium, Freetown Kouévi Ekoué-Toulan (Togo) 13 October 2002 MAR 5–0 EQG Ramzi 8 Bidoudane 24 Safri 27 Rokki 45 Kacemi 70 Moulay Abdellah Stadium, Rabat 25,000 Mohsen Boukhtir (Guinea) 29 March 2003 SLE 0–0 MAR National Stadium, Freetown Idrissa Kaba (Liberia) 29 March 2003 GAB 4–0 EQG Mouloungui 8 Larry 40 49 Bito'o 65 pen. Stade Omar Bongo, Libreville Lourenço Tavares Neto (São Tomé and Príncipe) 8 June 2003 MAR 1–0 SLE Chippo 25 Stade Mohammed V, Casablanca Abdul El-Fatah Esam Eldeen (Egypt) 8 June 2003 EQG 2–1 GAB Mba 22 Malango 50 Djissikadié 43 Stade de la Liberté, Bata Buenkadils Bisingu (DR Congo) 20 June 2003 MAR 2–0 GAB El Yaagoubi 22 Zairi 75 Moulay Abdellah Stadium, Rabat 15,000 Mohamed Abdelhakim Al-Shelmani (Libya) 22 June 2003 SLE 2–0 EQG Kallon 71 Kabbah 90 National Stadium, Freetown 6 July 2003 EQG 0–1 MAR Kharja 60 Stade de la Liberté, Bata 6 July 2003 GAB 2–0 SLE Mbanangoyé 33 Mintsa Stade Omar Bongo, Libreville Group H main WDL Group 8 Q n SEN SEN GAM GAM LES LES 1987 STP STP W 3 1 0 7 1 1 1 2 7 4 1 0 3 1 10 Withdrew #ccffcc A #ffcccc R complete 8 September 2002 LES 1987 0–1 SEN H. Camara 35 Setsoto Stadium, Maseru 30,000 Langwenja Mangaliso (Swaziland) 13 October 2002 GAM 6–0 LES 1987 Nyang 7 40 Sarr 45 J. Ceesay 55 88 Soley Independence Stadium, Bakau 25,000 Seydou Ba (Mauritania) 30 March 2003 GAM 0–0 SEN Independence Stadium, Bakau 30,000 Amadou Ibrahim Djingarey (Niger) 7 June 2003 SEN 3–1 GAM Diatta 8 H. Camara 36 Diouf 73 Sillah 63 Stade Léopold Sédar Senghor, Dakar Hichem Guirat (Tunisia) 14 June 2003 SEN 3–0 LES 1987 Diouf 26 pen. H. Camara 66 70 Stade Léopold Sédar Senghor, Dakar 6 July 2003 LES 1987 1–0 GAM Makhele 87 Setsoto Stadium, Maseru 10,000 Group I main WDL Group 9 Q n COD COD 1997 LBY LBY 1977 SWZ SWZ Swaziland BOT BOT 3 2 1 9 5 3 1 2 12 8 2 2 2 8 12 0 3 3 2 6 #ccffcc A #ffffcc B complete 7 September 2002 BOT 0–0 SWZ Swaziland Botswana National Stadium, Gaborone Samuel Moeketsi (Lesotho) 8 September 2002 LBY 1977 3–2 COD 1997 Al-Malyan 16 Muntasser 36 Essam Bilal 41 pen. Nonda 22 Marlin Piana 52 Misurata Stadium, Misurata Mohammed El Arjoun (Morocco) 13 October 2002 COD 1997 2–0 BOT LuaLua 6 Piana 21 Stade des Martyrs, Kinshasa 100,000 Joseph Mandzioukouta (Congo) 13 October 2002 SWZ Swaziland 2–1 LBY 1977 Gamedze 81 Nhleko 83 Salah 20 pen. Somhlolo National Stadium, Lobamba Bernardo Colembi (Angola) 30 March 2003 LBY 1977 0–0 BOT March 28 Stadium, Benghazi Pare Passina (Burkina Faso) 30 March 2003 SWZ Swaziland 1–1 COD 1997 Dlamini 10 Musasa 65 Somhlolo National Stadium, Lobamba Mathew Katjimune (Namibia) 7 June 2003 BOT 0–1 LBY 1977 Al Masli 89 Botswana National Stadium, Gaborone Nunkoo Rajanand (Mauritius) 8 June 2003 COD 1997 2–0 SWZ Swaziland Piana 18 Musasa 71 Stade des Martyrs, Kinshasa 60,000 Benjamin Ravelotslam (Mauritius) 22 June 2003 COD 1997 2–1 LBY 1977 Masudi 29 Piana 83 Ilid Hamid 49 Stade des Martyrs, Kinshasa 22 June 2003 SWZ Swaziland 3–2 BOT Siza Dlamini 7 25 Sibusiso Dlamini 18 Mogaladi 41 Kolagano 56 Somhlolo National Stadium, Lobamba 10,000 5 July 2003 LBY 1977 6–2 SWZ Swaziland El Taib Al-Mirghani Al-Tarhouni pen. Al-Milyan Saad pen. Bongali Dlamini June 11 Stadium, Tripoli 5 July 2003 BOT 0–0 COD 1997 Botswana National Stadium, Gaborone Group J main WDL Group 10 Q n EGY EGY MAD MAD MRI MRI GNB GNB W 3 0 1 14 1 2 0 2 2 8 1 0 3 2 9 Withdrew #ccffcc A #ffcccc R complete 7 September 2002 MAD 1–0 EGY Menahely 73 Mahamasina Municipal Stadium, Antananarivo Aaron Dkole (Zambia) 12 October 2002 MRI 0–1 MAD Menahely 26 Stade Auguste Vollaire, Centre de Flacq 1,819 Eddy Maillet (Seychelles) 29 March 2003 MRI 0–1 EGY Mido 43 Rose Hill Stadium, Beau Bassin-Rose Hill 800 Jelas Masole (Botswana) 8 June 2003 EGY 7–0 MRI Mido 7 pen. 22 El-Sayed 18 Hamza 53 Emam 61 A. Hassan 72 89 Port Said Stadium, Port Said 20,000 Mohamed Abdalla (Libya) 20 June 2003 EGY 6–0 MAD El-Tabei 1 Belal 9 24 56 83 Mido 41 Port Said Stadium, Port Said 6 July 2003 MAD 0–2 MRI Perle 16 Appou 31 pen. Mahamasina Municipal Stadium, Antananarivo Group K main WDL Group 11 Q n RSA RSA CIV CIV BDI BDI 3 1 0 6 1 2 1 1 8 3 0 0 4 1 11 #ccffcc A complete 8 September 2002 CIV 0–0 RSA Stade Félix Houphouët-Boigny, Abidjan 30,000 Coulibaly Koman (Mali) 13 October 2002 RSA 2–0 BDI Mayo 13 Buckley 39 Vodacom Park, Bloemfontein 30,000 Abdoul Madarbocus (Mauritius) 30 March 2003 BDI 0–1 CIV Bakari 11 Prince Louis Rwagasore Stadium, Bujumbura Michel Gasingwa (Rwanda) 8 June 2003 CIV 6–1 BDI Drogba 7 27 32 Bakari 56 78 Dindane 70 Shabani 88 Stade Félix Houphouët-Boigny, Abidjan 50,000 Manuel Monteiro Duarte (Cape Verde) 22 June 2003 RSA 2–1 CIV Bartlett 21 Nomvete 65 Kalou 41 Peter Mokaba Stadium, Pietersburg 35,000 Eddy Maillet (Seychelles) 6 July 2003 BDI 0–2 RSA Mokoena 1 Fredericks 30 Prince Louis Rwagasore Stadium, Bujumbura 8,000 Berhane Teshome (Ethiopia) Group L main WDL Group 12 Q n ALG ALG CHA CHA NAM NAM 3 1 0 6 1 1 1 2 4 6 1 0 3 2 5 #ccffcc A complete 7 September 2002 NAM 0–1 ALG Benjamin 5 o.g. Independence Stadium, Windhoek 13,000 Felix Tangawarima (Zimbabwe) 11 October 2002 ALG 4–1 CHA Akrour 26 72 pen.Belmadi 54 69 Stade 19 Mai 1956, Annaba 20,000 Ahmed Redha El Batadji (Egypt) 30 March 2003 CHA 2–0 NAM Hisseine 57 90 Stade Nacional, N'Djamena Maurice Dimanche (Central African Republic) 7 June 2003 NAM 2–1 CHA Dieergaardt 24Hummel 76 pen. Hissein 35 Independence Stadium, Windhoek 5,000 Eugênio Bernardo Colembi (Angola) 20 June 2003 ALG 1–0 NAM Kraouche 5 Stade Mustapha Tchaker, Blida 30,000 Ahmed Auda (Egypt) 6 July 2003 CHA 0–0 ALG Stade Nacional, N'Djamena Group M main WDL Group 13 Q n RWA RWA UGA UGA GHA GHA 2 1 1 4 4 1 2 1 2 2 1 1 2 5 5 #ccffcc A complete 7 September 2002 UGA 1–0 GHA Obwiny 52 Nakivubo Stadium, Kampala 25,000 Hassan Mohamed (Somalia) 13 October 2002 GHA 4–2 RWA Ntaganda 24 o.g. Mohammed 42 Asampong 58 Boateng 70 pen. Milly 16 Ndikumana 43 pen. Accra Sports Stadium, Accra 40,000 Pare Lassina (Burkina Faso) 29 March 2003 RWA 0–0 UGA Amahoro Stadium, Kigali Mohamed Bakhit (Sudan) 7 June 2003 UGA 0–1 RWA Gatete 40 Nakivubo Stadium, Kampala 50,000 Alemu Gizate (Ethiopia) 22 June 2003 GHA 1–1 UGA Amoah 84 Bajope 16 Kumasi Sports Stadium, Kumasi 6 July 2003 RWA 1–0 GHA Gatete 49 Amahoro Stadium, Kigali 40,000 Best runner-up The best runner-up from groups with four teams would qualify for the finals. main WDL Q n y ZIM ZIM ZAM ZAM LBY LBY 1977 SLE SLE TOG TOG CGO CGO NIG NIG 4 1 1 9 2 3 2 1 6 5 3 1 2 12 8 3 1 2 7 4 3 1 2 9 7 2 3 1 5 4 3 0 3 5 6 #ccffcc A complete References External links Details at RSSSF Qualification 2004 Cup of Nations qualification Cup of Nations qualification