2000 African Cup of Nations

22nd edition of the Africa Cup of Nations June 2026 June 2026 African Cup of Nations 2000 GhanaNigeria2000logo.png 150px African Cup of Nations 2000 official logo Ghana Nigeria 22 January – 13 February 16 4 4 Cameroon 3 Nigeria South Africa Tunisia 32 73 677500 RSA Shaun Bartlett (5 goals) CMR 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.https://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sport/football/africa/cup_of_nations/cup_news/641697.stm BBC News | CUP NEWS | Cameroon are Kings of Africa 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 2000 African Cup of Nations qualification thumb|300px|Participating nations Team Qualified as Qualified on Previous appearances in tournamentBold indicates champion for that year, Italic indicates host. EGY Holders 28 February 1998 01 16 (1957, 1959, 1962, 1963, 1970, 1974, 1976, 1980, 1984, 1986,1988, 1990, 1992, 1994, 1996, 1998) GHA Co-hosts 03 12 (1963, 1965, 1968, 1970, 1978, 1980, 1982, 1984, 1992, 1994,1996, 1998) NGR Co-hosts 04 10 (1963, 1976, 1978, 1980, 1982, 1984, 1988, 1990, 1992, 1994) BFA Group 5 winners 6 June 1999 13 3 (1978, 1996, 1998) CMR Group 1 winners 6 June 1999 04 10 (1970, 1972, 1982, 1984, 1986, 1988, 1990, 1992, 1996, 1998) MAR Group 2 winners 6 June 1999 7 8 (1972, 1976, 1978, 1980, 1986, 1988, 1992, 1998) ALG Group 7 runners-up 20 June 1999 04 10 (1968, 1980, 1982, 1984, 1986, 1988, 1990, 1992, 1996, 1998) CGO Group 3 runners-up 20 June 1999 10 5 (1968 1972, 1974, 1978, 1992) COD 1997 Group 6 runners-up 20 June 1999 04 11 (1965, 1968, 1970, 1972, 1974, 1976, 1988, 1992, 1994, 1996,1998) GAB Group 4 runners-up 20 June 1999 14 2 (1994, 1996) CIV Group 3 winners 20 June 1999 02 13 (1965, 1968, 1970, 1974, 1980, 1984, 1986, 1988, 1990, 1992,1994, 1996, 1998) RSA Group 4 winners 20 June 1999 15 2 (1996, 1998) TOG Group 2 runners-up 20 Jun 1999 14 3 (1972, 1984, 1998) TUN Group 7 winners 20 June 1999 05 8 (1962, 1963, 1965, 1978, 1982, 1994, 1996, 1998) ZAM Group 6 winners 20 June 1999 04 9 (1974, 1978, 1982, 1986, 1990, 1992, 1994, 1996, 1998) SEN Playoff winners 21 August 1999 8 6 (1965, 1968, 1986, 1990, 1992, 1994) Notes Squads 2000 African Cup of Nations squads Venues GHA AccraGHA KumasiNGA LagosNGA KanoAccra Sports StadiumBaba Yara StadiumNational StadiumSani Abacha StadiumCapacity: 40,000Capacity: 51,500Capacity: 55,000Capacity: 25,000150x150px150x150px150x150px150x150pxGhana center 300 Ghana 5.55 -0.2 Accra low Ghana 6.67 -1.62 Kumasi leftNigeria center 450 Nigeria 6.453056 3.395833 Lagos bottom Nigeria 12 8.516667 Kano bottom 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. 2000 Africa Cup of Nations Group A standings no_hide_class_rules 22 January 2000 16:00 GHA 1–1 CMR Ayew 57 Foé 19 Accra Sports Stadium, Accra 45,000 Ali Bujsaim (United Arab Emirates) 24 January 2000 16:00 CIV 1–1 TOG Guel 38 pen. Ouadja 62 Accra Sports Stadium, Accra 13,000 Tessema Hailemalak (Ethiopia) 27 January 2000 16:00 GHA 2–0 TOG Ayew 28 Addo 37 Accra Sports Stadium, Accra 30,000 Abderrahim Al-Arjoune (Morocco) 28 January 2000 19:45 CMR 3–0 CIV Kalla 29 Eto'o 45 M'Boma 90 Accra Sports Stadium, Accra 5,000 Mourad Daami (Tunisia) 31 January 2000 16:00 GHA 0–2 CIV Kalou 45 Sié 84 Accra Sports Stadium, Accra 40,000 Gamal Al-Ghandour (Egypt) 31 January 2000 16:00 CMR 0–1 TOG Tchangai 18 Baba Yara Stadium, Kumasi 2,000 Olufunmi Olaniyan (Nigeria) Group B 2000 Africa Cup of Nations Group B standings no_hide_class_rules 23 January 2000 19:45 RSA 3–1 GAB Ngobe 43 Bartlett 55 78 Nzigou 21 Baba Yara Stadium, Kumasi 20,000 Gamal Al-Ghandour (Egypt) 24 January 2000 19:45 COD 1997 0–0 ALG Baba Yara Stadium, Kumasi 7,000 Manuel Duarte (Cape Verde) 27 January 2000 19:45 RSA 1–0 COD 1997 Bartlett 44 Baba Yara Stadium, Kumasi 3,500 Olufunmi Olaniyan (Nigeria) 29 January 2000 19:45 ALG 3–1 GAB Ghazi 12 Tasfaout 41 Dziri 89 Mbanangoyé 89 Baba Yara Stadium, Kumasi 5,000 Isaak Abdulkadir (Tanzania) 2 February 2000 16:00 RSA 1–1 ALG Bartlett 2 Moussouni 53 Baba Yara Stadium, Kumasi 2,000 Tessema Hailemalak (Ethiopia) 2 February 2000 16:00 COD 1997 0–0 GAB Accra Sports Stadium, Accra 2,000 Abderrahim Al-Arjoune (Morocco) Group C main WDL standings CAF EGY EGY SEN SEN ZAM ZAM BFA BUR complete 3 0 0 7 2 1 1 1 5 4 0 2 1 3 5 0 1 2 4 8 Q KO KO green1 Advance to knockout stage 23 January 2000 18:30 EGY 2–0 ZAM Radwan 37 H. Hassan 50 Sani Abacha Stadium, Kano 18,000 Coffi Codjia (Benin) 25 January 2000 17:00 BUR 1–3 SEN Sanou 65 Camara 4 Sarr 45 Keita 86 Sani Abacha Stadium, Kano 12,000 Abdel Hakim Shelmani (Libya) 28 January 2000 18:30 EGY 1–0 SEN H. Hassan 39 Sani Abacha Stadium, Kano 30,000 Petros Mathabela (South Africa) 29 January 2000 18:30 ZAM 1–1 BUR Lota 16 Ouédraogo 90 Sani Abacha Stadium, Kano 5,000 Abdel Hakim Shelmani (Libya) 1 February 2000 17:00 EGY 4–2 BUR Salah Hosny 30 H. Hassan 75 pen. Ramzy 85 Ali 90 Koudou 10 Sanou 24 Sani Abacha Stadium, Kano 17,000 Pierre Mounguegui (Gabon) 1 February 2000 17:00 ZAM 2–2 SEN Chilembe 52 Bwalya 87 pen. Camara 47 Mbaye 80 National Stadium, Lagos 2,000 Alex Quartey (Ghana) Group D main WDL standings CAF NGR NGR TUN TUN MAR MAR CGO CGO complete 2 1 0 6 2 H 1 1 1 3 4 1 1 1 1 2 0 1 2 0 2 Q KO KO green1 Advance to knockout stage 23 January 2000 16:00 NGA 4–2 TUN Okocha 28 58 Ikpeba 71 77 Sellimi 49 Baya 90 National Stadium, Lagos 80,000 Alain Sars (France) 25 January 2000 19:30 MAR 1–0 CGO Bassir 85 National Stadium, Lagos 8,000 Alex Quartey (Ghana) 28 January 2000 16:00 NGA 0–0 CGO National Stadium, Lagos 60,000 Felix Tangawarima (Zimbabwe) 29 January 2000 16:00 TUN 0–0 MAR National Stadium, Lagos 5,000 Falla N'Doye (Senegal) 3 February 2000 17:00 NGA 2–0 MAR George 28Aghahowa 81 National Stadium, Lagos 60,000 Coffi Codjia (Benin) 3 February 2000 17:00 TUN 1–0 CGO Jaïdi 18 Sani Abacha Stadium, Kano 12,000 Ali Bujsaim (United Arab Emirates) Knockout stage N8 white-space:nowrap yes high yes 6 February – Accra CMR 2 ALG 1 7 February – Kano EGY 0 TUN 1 6 February – Kumasi RSA 1 GHA 0 7 February – Lagos NGA 2 SEN 1 10 February – Accra CMR 3 TUN 0 10 February – Lagos RSA 0 NGA 2 13 February – Lagos CMR 2 (4) NGA 2 (3) 12 February – Accra TUN 2 (3) RSA 2 (4) Quarter-finals 6 February 2000 16:00 CMR 2–1 ALG Eto'o 7 Foé 24 Tasfaout 79 Accra Sports Stadium, Accra 15,000 Falla N'Doye (Senegal) 6 February 2000 19:30 RSA 1–0 GHA Nomvethe 42 Kumasi Sports Stadium, Kumasi 40,000 Mourad Daami (Tunisia) 7 February 2000 16:00 EGY 0–1 TUN Badra 22 pen. Sani Abacha Stadium, Kano 12,000 Alain Sars (France) 7 February 2000 19:00 NGA 2–1 (a.e.t.) SEN Aghahowa 85 92 Fadiga 7 National Stadium, Lagos 60,000 Felix Tangawarima (Zimbabwe) Semi-finals 10 February 2000 16:30 NGA 2–0 RSA Babangida 1 34 National Stadium, Lagos 60,000 Gamal Al-Ghandour (Egypt) 10 February 2000 18:30 CMR 3–0 TUN M'Boma 49 85 Eto'o 81 Accra Sports Stadium, Accra 6,000 Ali Bujsaim (United Arab Emirates) Third place match 12 February 2000 16:00 RSA 2–2 yes Report TUN Bartlett 11 Nomvethe 62 Zitouni 27 89 Accra Sports Stadium, Accra 1,000 Coffi Codjia (Benin) Bartlett Mkhalele Ndlanya Tinkler Moshoeu Bapela 4–3 Chihi Jaziri Gabsi Boukadida Badra Zitouni Final 2000 African Cup of Nations final 13 February 2000 16:00 NGA 2–2 yes Report CMR Chukwu 45 Okocha 47 Eto'o 26 M'Boma 31 National Stadium, Lagos 60,000 Mourad Daami (Tunisia) Okocha Okpara Kanu Ikpeba Oliseh 3–4 M'Boma Wome Geremi Foé Song Statistics Goalscorers 73 32 RSA Shaun Bartlett CMR Samuel Eto'o CMR Patrick M'Boma EGY Hossam Hassan NGA Julius Aghahowa NGA Jay-Jay Okocha ALG Abdelhafid Tasfaout BFA Ousmane Sanou CMR Marc-Vivien Foé GHA Kwame Ayew NGA Tijani Babangida NGA Victor Ikpeba SEN Henri Camara RSA Siyabonga Nomvethe TUN Ali Zitouni ALG Billel Dziri ALG Farid Ghazi ALG Fawzi Moussouni BFA Ismaël Koudou BFA Alassane Ouédraogo CMR Raymond Kalla EGY Abdel Halim Ali EGY Yasser Radwan EGY Hany Ramzy EGY Ahmed Salah Hosny GAB Bruno Mbanangoyé GAB Shiva N'Zigou GHA Otto Addo CIV Tchiressoua Guel CIV Bonaventure Kalou CIV Donald-Olivier Sié MAR Salaheddine Bassir NGA Raphael Chukwu NGA Finidi George SEN Khalilou Fadiga SEN Salif Keita SEN Abdoulaye Mbaye SEN Pape Sarr RSA Dumisa Ngobe TOG Lantame Ouadja TOG Massamasso Tchangai TUN Walid Azaiez TUN Khaled Badra TUN Radhi Jaïdi TUN Adel Sellimi ZAM Kalusha Bwalya ZAM Laughter Chilembe ZAM Dennis Lota Team of the tournament The following players were selected in the 2000 African Cup of Nations Team of the Tournament for their performances throughout the tournament. Goalkeepers Defenders Midfielders ForwardsEGY Nader El-Sayed SEN Pape Malick Diop TUN Khaled Badra CMR Rigobert Song EGY Mohamed Emara ALG Billel Dziri CMR Lauren NGA Jay-Jay Okocha SEN Khalilou Fadiga CMR Samuel Eto'o CMR Patrick Mboma Tournament rankings Ranking criteria Teams are ranked according to the round in which they were eliminated, with the teams eliminated in the same round ranked according to their results and goal difference in that round. yes yes yes 95 1 CMR yes 4 2 0 11 5 gold 2 NGA yes 4 1 1 12 8 silver 3 RSA B yes 3 2 1 8 5 #c96 4 TUN D yes 1 2 2 5 8 |- | colspan="11" | Eliminated in the quarter-finals |- 5 ALG B yes 1 2 1 5 4 6 GHA A yes 1 1 2 3 4 7 EGY C yes 3 0 1 7 3 8 SEN C yes 1 1 2 6 6 |- | colspan="11" | Eliminated in the group stage |- 9 CIV A yes 1 1 1 3 4 10 ZAM C yes 0 2 1 3 5 11 TGO A yes 1 1 1 2 3 12 MAR D yes 1 1 1 1 2 13 COD B yes 0 2 1 0 1 14 BFA C yes 0 1 2 4 8 15 GAB B yes 0 1 2 2 6 16 COG D yes 0 1 2 0 2 |} References External links Details at RSSSF 2000 Cup of Nations Cup of Nations Category:1999–2000 in Ghanaian football Category:1999–2000 in Nigerian football Category:Men's international association football competitions hosted by Ghana Category:Men's international association football competitions hosted by Nigeria Category:Football competitions in Accra Category:Football competitions in Lagos Category:Sport in Kumasi Category:Sport in Kano Category:January 2000 sports events in Africa Category:February 2000 sports events in Africa