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Encyclopedia > 2002 African Cup of Nations

The 2002 African Cup of Nations was the 23rd edition of the African Cup of Nations, the soccer championship of Africa (CAF). It was hosted by Mali. Just like in 2000, the field of sixteen teams was split into four groups of four. Cameroon won its fourth championship (repeating as champions), beating Senegal on penalty kicks 3-2 after tying them in the final 0-0. 2002 (MMII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The African Cup of Nations is the main international football competition for CAF nations. ... Football is a ball game played between two teams of eleven players, each attempting to win by scoring more goals than their opponent. ... The Confederation of African Football (CAF; French: Confédération Africaine de Football) represents international football in Africa, and organises the African Nations Cup as well as the African Champions League. ... The 2000 African Cup of Nations was the 22nd edition of the African Cup of Nations, the soccer championship of Africa (CAF). ... Ricardo Pereira scores the winning penalty in the quarterfinals of Euro 2004 Penalty Shootouts (officially referred to as Kicks From The Penalty Mark) are sometimes used to decide which team progresses to the next stage of a tournament following a tied result in a game of association football (soccer). ...

Contents


Round 1

Teams

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Group A

Team Played Won Drawn Lost For Against GD Points
Nigeria Nigeria 3 2 1 0 2 0 2 7
Mali Mali 3 1 2 0 3 1 2 5
Liberia Liberia 3 0 2 1 3 4 -1 2
Algeria Algeria 3 0 1 2 2 5 -3 1
Matchday One
Mali 1–1 Liberia
Nigeria 1–0 Algeria
Matchday Two
Mali 0–0 Nigeria
Liberia 2–2 Algeria
Matchday Three
Mali 2–0 Algeria
Nigeria 1–0 Liberia

File links The following pages link to this file: ACF Fiorentina Internazionale Luton Town F.C. Nigeria West Bromwich Albion F.C. Freedom House Football World Cup 2002 Newcastle United F.C. African Union 2002 Commonwealth Games Everton F.C. La Francophonie Football World Cup 1998 Football World Cup 1994... Large flag of Mali Image originally derived from the public domain flags of the CIA World Factbook. ... File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Image File history File links Based on the flag provided by the CIA World Factbook. ...

Group B

Team Played Won Drawn Lost For Against GD Points
South Africa South Africa 3 1 2 0 3 1 2 5
Ghana Ghana 3 1 2 0 2 1 1 5
Morocco Morocco 3 1 1 1 3 4 -1 4
Burkina Faso Burkina Faso 3 0 1 2 2 4 -2 1
Matchday One
South Africa 0–0 Burkina Faso
Morocco 0–0 Ghana
Matchday Two
South Africa 0–0 Ghana
Morocco 2–1 Burkina Faso
Matchday Three
South Africa 3–1 Morocco
Ghana 2–1 Burkina Faso

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Group C

Team Played Won Drawn Lost For Against GD Points
Cameroon Cameroon 3 3 0 0 5 0 5 9
Congo DR Congo DR 3 1 1 1 3 2 1 4
Togo Togo 3 0 2 1 0 3 -3 2
Côte d'Ivoire 3 0 1 2 1 4 -3 1
Matchday One
Cameroon 1–0 Congo DR
Togo 0–0 Côte d'Ivoire
Matchday Two
Cameroon 1–0 Côte d'Ivoire
Congo DR 0–0 Togo
Matchday Three
Cameroon 3–0 Togo
Congo DR 3–1 Côte d'Ivoire

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Group D

Team Played Won Drawn Lost For Against GD Points
Senegal Senegal 3 2 1 0 2 0 2 7
Egypt Egypt 3 2 0 1 3 2 1 6
Tunisia Tunisia 3 0 2 1 0 1 -1 2
Zambia Zambia 3 0 1 2 1 3 -2 1
Matchday One
Senegal 1–0 Egypt
Zambia 0–0 Tunisia
Matchday Two
Egypt 1–0 Tunisia
Senegal 1–0 Zambia
Matchday Three
Egypt 2–1 Zambia
Senegal 0–0 Tunisia

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Quarterfinals

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Semifinals

Large flag of Mali Image originally derived from the public domain flags of the CIA World Factbook. ... General info: Large flag of Cameroon Dimensions: 453x302 pixels Source: Image originally derived from the public domain flags of the CIA World Factbook License: originally public domain, modifications under GFDL Most of the flags have had their colours improved and many have been resized to the proper ratios. ... File links The following pages link to this file: ACF Fiorentina Internazionale Luton Town F.C. Nigeria West Bromwich Albion F.C. Freedom House Football World Cup 2002 Newcastle United F.C. African Union 2002 Commonwealth Games Everton F.C. La Francophonie Football World Cup 1998 Football World Cup 1994... Extra time is an additional period played at the end some games of football (soccer) if the score is tied after the two standard periods (halves) of play. ... Large flag of Senegal Image originally derived from the public domain flags of the CIA World Factbook. ...

Third place match

File links The following pages link to this file: ACF Fiorentina Internazionale Luton Town F.C. Nigeria West Bromwich Albion F.C. Freedom House Football World Cup 2002 Newcastle United F.C. African Union 2002 Commonwealth Games Everton F.C. La Francophonie Football World Cup 1998 Football World Cup 1994... Large flag of Mali Image originally derived from the public domain flags of the CIA World Factbook. ...

Final

General info: Large flag of Cameroon Dimensions: 453x302 pixels Source: Image originally derived from the public domain flags of the CIA World Factbook License: originally public domain, modifications under GFDL Most of the flags have had their colours improved and many have been resized to the proper ratios. ... Ricardo scores a decisive penalty in the quarterfinals of EURO 2004 Kicks from the penalty mark (commonly referred to as a penalty shootout) are sometimes used to decide which team progresses to the next stage of a tournament following a tied result in a game of association football (soccer). ... Large flag of Senegal Image originally derived from the public domain flags of the CIA World Factbook. ...

External links

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African Cup of Nations

Sudan 1957 | Egypt 1959 | Ethiopia 1962 | Ghana 1963 | Tunisia 1965 | Ethiopia 1968 | Sudan 1970
Cameroon 1972 | Egypt 1974 | Ethiopia 1976 | Ghana 1978 | Nigeria 1980 | Libya 1982
Ivory Coast (Côte d'Ivoire) 1984 | Egypt 1986 | Morocco 1988 | Algeria 1990 | Senegal 1992 | Tunisia 1994
South Africa 1996 | Burkina Faso 1998 | Ghana/Nigeria 2000 | Mali 2002 | Tunisia 2004 | Egypt 2006 The African Cup of Nations is the main international football competition for CAF nations. ... The 1984 African Cup of Nations was the 14th edition of the African Cup of Nations, the soccer championship of Africa (CAF). ... The 2000 African Cup of Nations was the 22nd edition of the African Cup of Nations, the soccer championship of Africa (CAF). ...

International football

FIFA - World Cup - Women's World Cup - World Rankings - Player of the Year
Asia: AFC - Asian Cup
Africa: CAF - African Cup of Nations
South America: CONMEBOL - Copa América
North America: CONCACAF - Gold Cup
Oceania: OFC - OFC Nations Cup
Europe: UEFA - European Championship Federation Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) Asian Football Confederation (AFC) Confederation of African Football (CAF) Confederation of North, Central American and Caribbean Association Football (CONCACAF) Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) South American Football Confederation (CONMEBOL) Oceania Football Confederation (OFC) The Current Laws of the Game (LOTG) The Rec. ... The Fédération Internationale de Football Association, universally known by its acronym FIFA, is the international governing body of football (soccer). ... The Football World Cup (official name: FIFA World Cup) is the most important competition in international football (soccer). ... The FIFA Womens World Cup is the most important competition in international football for women. ... The FIFA World Rankings were introduced in August 1993 to make it possible to publish comparisons of the relative strengths of internationally active teams at regular intervals. ... The FIFA World Player of the Year is a football award given annually to the male and female player who is thought to be the best in the world, based on votes by coaches and captains of international teams. ... Asian Football Confederation Logo The Asian Football Confederation (AFC) is the governing body of football in Asia. ... The AFC Asian Cup, formerly known as the Asian Nations Cup is the main national football competition of the AFC nations. ... The Confederation of African Football (CAF; French: Confédération Africaine de Football) represents international football in Africa, and organises the African Nations Cup as well as the African Champions League. ... The African Cup of Nations is the main international football competition for CAF nations. ... CONMEBOL or CSF (CONfederación sudaMEricana de FútBOL, South American Football Confederation) is the governing body of football in South America. ... The Copa América is the main national football competition of the CONMEBOL nations. ... CONCACAF (the Confederation of North, Central American and Caribbean Association Football), also known as The Football Confederation, is the continent-wide governing body for association football in North America, Central America and the Caribbean. ... The CONCACAF Gold Cup is the main national soccer competition of the CONCACAF nations. ... Oceania Football Confederation logo since 1998 The Oceania Football Confederation is one of the six continental confederations of international football. ... The Oceania Cup is the biennial football competition held among the Oceanian nations. ... UEFA logo The Union of European Football Associations, almost always referred to by the acronym UEFA (pronounced you-AY-fuh), is the administrative and controlling body for European football. ... The UEFA European Championship is the main national football competition of the UEFA nations. ...



 
 

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