Football tournament
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This page details the process of qualifying for the 2000 African Cup of Nations.
Preliminary round
Attendance: 35,000
Referee: Abderrahim El Arjoun (
Morocco)
Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Ibrahim Djingarey Amadou (
Niger)
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Baba Touré (
Togo)
Estádio Patrice Lumumba, Bata Attendance: 11,000
Note: both games were played in Kenya.
Gambia withdrew, Senegal advanced automatically.
Mauritania withdrew, Sierra Leone advanced automatically.
Ethiopia withdrew due to Eritrean–Ethiopian War, Eritrea advanced automatically.
Group round
Group round took place between October 2, 1998, and June 20, 1999.
Group 1
Ghana qualified as hosts as of 15 March 1999, their results where annulled. Eritrea qualified for Playoff.
Source:
(H) Awarded hosting rights
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Ahmed El-Shinawi (
Egypt)
Referee: Haroun Boukar (
Chad)
Group 2
Sierra Leone withdrew due to the Sierra Leone Civil War on 22 March 1999, their result was annulled.
Source:
(W) Withdrew
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Alex Quartey (
Ghana)
Attendance: 28,000
Referee: Malick Sillah (
Gambia)
Group 3
Source:
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Sillah Malick (
Gambia)
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Antônio da Silva (
Angola)
Referee: Pierre Mouguengui (
Gabon)
Referee: Olaniyan Olufemi (
Nigeria)
Group 4
Source:
Attendance: 32,385
Referee: Richard Phiri (
Zambia)
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Abdulkadir Isaack Omar (
Tanzania)
Attendance: 18,000
Referee: Joseph Mandzioukouta (
Congo)
Referee: Ibrahim Djingarey (
Niger)
Group 5
Nigeria qualified as hosts as of 15 March 1999, their results were annulled. Senegal qualified for Playoff.
Source:
(H) Awarded hosting rights
Attendance: 40,000
Referee: Mamadouba Camara (
Guinea)
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Baba Touré (
Togo)
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Emmanuel Okoampah (
Ghana)
Group 6
Source:
Attendance: 75,000
Referee: Pierre Mounguengui (
Gabon)
Attendance: 75,000
Referee: Boukar Haroun (
Chad)
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Ahmed Saleh (
Sudan)
Attendance: 4,500
Referee: Ahmed El-Shenawi (
Egypt)
Group 7
Source:
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Sidi Bekaye Magassa (
Mali)
Attendance: 50,000
Referee: Abderahim El Arjoun (
Morocco)
Attendance: 40,000
Referee: Malick Sillah (
Gambia)
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Omar Abdulkadir Isaack (
Tanzania)
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Hassan Mohamud (
Egypt)
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Abdullhakim Shelmani (
Libya)
Attendance: 18,000
Referee: Alex Quartey (
Ghana)
Playoff
Eritrea (runners-up of groups 1) and Senegal (runners-up of groups 5) join Zimbabwe in a playoff for one place in the final tournament.
Source:
- 1st leg
Attendance: 40,000
Referee: Omar Isaack Abdulkadir (
Tanzania)
- 2nd leg
Attendance: 40,000
Referee: Olufemi Olaniyan (
Nigeria)
Attendance: 40,000
Referee: Abdel Hamid Radwan (
Egypt)
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Abdulhakim El Shelmani (
Libya)
Qualified teams
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- Notes
- The 2021 and 2023 tournaments were actually held in 2022 and 2024 respectively.
- There were no 1957 and 1959 qualifications as places were given by invitation only.
- The "finals" articles for 1959 and 1976 are about the decisive matches of final group stages.
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