2002 FIFA World Cup qualification – CAF first round

The CAF first round of 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification was contested between 50 CAF members.

The 50 teams were divided into 5 pools of 10 teams each. In each pool, the 10 teams were paired up to play knockout matches on a home-and-away basis. The winners advanced to the final round.

There were 130 goals scored in 50 matches, for an average of 2.6 goals per match.

Pool A

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Mauritania  1–5  Tunisia 1–2 0–3
Guinea-Bissau  0–3  Togo 0–0 0–3
Cape Verde  0–2  Algeria 0–0 0–2
Benin  1–2  Senegal 1–1 0–1
Gambia  0–3  Morocco 0–1 0–2

First leg

Mauritania 1–2 Tunisia
Ould Ely 85' Report Jaïdi 65'
Gabsi 76'
Stade Olympique, Nouakchott
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Modou Sowe (Gambia)
Guinea-Bissau 0–0 Togo
Report
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Manuel Monteiro Duarte (Cape Verde)
Cape Verde 0–0 Algeria
Report
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Abdou Diouf (Senegal)
Benin 1–1 Senegal
Okétola 33' Report N'Diaye 15'
Attendance: 17,959
Referee: Olufunmi Orimisan Olaniyan (Nigeria)
Gambia 0–1 Morocco
Report El Moubarki 63'
Independence Stadium, Bakau
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Mamadouba Camara (Guinea)

Second leg

Tunisia 3–0 Mauritania
Sidibé 16' (o.g.)
Jaziri 25'
Mhedhebi 49'		 Report
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Mourad Bendada (Morocco)

Tunisia win 5–1 on aggregate

Togo 3–0 Guinea-Bissau
Salifou 44'
Kouko 65'
Dovi-Akon 87'		 Report
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Emmanuel Okoampah (Ghana)

Togo win 3–0 on aggregate

Algeria 2–0 Cape Verde
Bourahli 7'
Saïfi 12'		 Report
Attendance: 50,000
Referee: Malick Sillah (Gambia)

Algeria win 2–0 on aggregate

Senegal 1–0 Benin
Ba 63' Report
Attendance: 19,000
Referee: Ba Seydou (Mauritania)

Senegal win 2–1 on aggregate

Morocco 2–0 Gambia
El Khattari 17', 31' Report
Attendance: 10,800
Referee: Alhabib Ahmad (Libya)

Morocco win 3–0 on aggregate

Pool B

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Madagascar  2–1  Gabon 2–0 0–1
Botswana  0–2  Zambia 0–1 0–1
Swaziland  1–8  Angola 0–1 1–7
Lesotho  0–3  South Africa 0–2 0–1
Sudan  2–2 (a)  Mozambique 1–0 1–2

First leg

Madagascar 2–0 Gabon
Randrianaivo 37', 65' Report
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Robin Williams (South Africa)
Botswana 0–1 Zambia
Report Lota 40'
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Wilfred Mukuna (Zimbabwe)
Swaziland 0–1 Angola
Report Edson 55'
Attendance: 8,600
Referee: Walter Mochubela (South Africa)
Lesotho 0–2 South Africa
Report Bartlett 40'
Pule 71'
Attendance: 12,035
Referee: Edwin Senai (Botswana)
Sudan 1–0 Mozambique
Faroug Jabra 8' Report
Attendance: 18,000
Referee: Berhane Teshome (Eritrea)

Second leg

Gabon 1–0 Madagascar
Cousin 41' Report
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Benoit Benjamin Mbone Ndinga (Cameroon)

Madagascar win 2–1 on aggregate

Zambia 1–0 Botswana
Milanzi 83' Report
Independence Stadium, Lusaka
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Eusebio Alfredo (Mozambique)

Zambia win 2–0 on aggregate

Angola 7–1 Swaziland
Hélder Vicente 18'
Joni 26'
Paulão 29', 72'
Isaac 35', 88'
Covilhã 85'		 Report Dlamini 79'
Attendance: 50,000
Referee: Edwin Senai (Botswana)

Angola win 8–1 on aggregate

South Africa 1–0 Lesotho
Bartlett 48' Report
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Aaron Nkole (Zambia)

South Africa win 3–0 on aggregate

Mozambique 2–1 Sudan
Tico-Tico 39', 79' Report Mujahid Ahmed 66'
Attendance: 7,235
Referee: Felix Tangawarima (Zimbabwe)

2–2 on aggregate, Sudan win on away goals

Pool C

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
São Tomé and Príncipe  2–4  Sierra Leone 2–0 0–4
Central African Republic  1–4  Zimbabwe 0–1 1–3
Rwanda  2–4  Ivory Coast 2–2 0–2
Equatorial Guinea  2–5  Congo 1–3 1–2
Libya  4–3  Mali 3–0 1–3

First leg

São Tomé and Príncipe 2–0 Sierra Leone
Ramos 36'
Pontes 59'		 Report
Attendance: 6,500
Referee: Gilbert Njike (Cameroon)
Central African Republic 0–1 Zimbabwe
Report Ndlovu 6'
Attendance: 13,000
Referee: Ladoual Hisseine (Chad)
Rwanda 2–2 Ivory Coast
Mili 46'
Nsengiyumva 75'		 Report Akassou 45'
Keïta 82'
Attendance: 16,000
Referee: Isaack Abdulkadir (Tanzania)
Equatorial Guinea 1–3 Congo
Eyoma 34' Report Ngoma 15'
N'Keoua 29'
Eta 64'
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Pierre Alain Mounguengui (Gabon)
Libya 3–0 Mali
Muntasser 4'
Al Masli 56'
Mhemed 81'		 Report
Attendance: 50,000
Referee: Ferid Sahli (Tunisia)

Second leg

Sierra Leone 4–0 São Tomé and Príncipe
C.Mansaray 32', 46'
Kanu 58'
S.Mansaray 79'		 Report
National Stadium, Freetown
Attendance: 65,000
Referee: Idrissa Kaba (Liberia)

Sierra Leone won 4–2 on aggregate

Zimbabwe 3–1 Central African Republic
Ncube 20'
Ndlovu 35'
Jukulile 87'		 Report Djim 39'
National Sports Stadium, Harare
Attendance: 18,951
Referee: Ferdinard Gadaga (Malawi)

Zimbabwe won 4–1 on aggregate

Ivory Coast 2–0 Rwanda
Bakayoko 35', 66' Report
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Chukwudi Chukwujekwu (Nigeria)

Ivory Coast won 4–2 on aggregate

Congo 2–1 Equatorial Guinea
Moyimbouabeka 7'
Lepaye 81'		 Report Mba 67'
Stade Municipal, Pointe-Noire
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Gilbert Njike (Cameroon)

Congo won 5–2 on aggregate

Mali 3–1 Libya
Traoré 47', 78'
Dissa 80'		 Report Bushaala 45'
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Zeli Sinko (Ivory Coast)

Libya won 4–3 on aggregate

Pool D

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Djibouti  2–10  DR Congo 1–1 1–9
Seychelles  1–4  Namibia 1–1 0–3
Eritrea  0–4  Nigeria 0–0 0–4
Somalia  0–6  Cameroon 0–3 0–3
Mauritius  2–6  Egypt 0–2 2–4

First leg

Djibouti 1–1 DR Congo
Khaireh 39' Report Yemweni 82'
Attendance: 2,700
Referee: Hassan Mohamed Mohamud (Somalia)
Seychelles 1–1 Namibia
Zialor 28' Report Shivute 20'
Attendance: 3,452
Referee: Pradeep Sohan (Mauritius)
Eritrea 0–0 Nigeria
Report
Attendance: 4,151
Referee: Ahmed Auda (Egypt)
Somalia 0–3 Cameroon
Report Mboma 26'
Foé 31'
Eto'o 37'
Attendance: 35,000
Referee: Thomas Boko (Benin)
Mauritius 0–2 Egypt
Report Emara 15'
Farouk 75'
Attendance: 40,000
Referee: Hichem Guirat (Tunisia)

Second leg

DR Congo 9–1 Djibouti
Mayélé 1', 67'
Yemweni 25', 59', 88'
Nonda 33', 35'
Mazingu-Dinzey 52'
Mpia 78'		 Report Robleh 29'
Attendance: 50,000
Referee: Ladoual Hisseine (Chad)

Congo DR won 10–2 on aggregate

Namibia 3–0 Seychelles
Tjikuzu 7', 13', 79' Report
Attendance: 1,600
Referee: Dominique Urbatro (Réunion)

Namibia won 4–1 on aggregate

Nigeria 4–0 Eritrea
Akwuegbu 13'
Lawal 20'
Akpoborie 65'
Kanu 89'		 Report
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Manuel Monteiro Duarte (Cape Verde)

Nigeria won 4–0 on aggregate

Cameroon 3–0 Somalia
Jama Mba 15', 27'
Olembé 48'		 Report
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Pierre Alain Mounguengui (Gabon)

Cameroon won 6–0 on aggregate

Egypt 4–2 Mauritius
Kamouna 5' (p)
Farouk 72', 74'
Salah 90'		 Report Périatambée 45'
Bax 88'
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Mohsen Boukthir (Tunisia)

Egypt won 6–2 on aggregate

Pool E

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Malawi  2–0  Kenya 2–0 0–0
Tanzania  2–4  Ghana 0–1 2–3
Uganda  4–7  Guinea 4–4 0–3
Ethiopia  2–4  Burkina Faso 2–1 0–3
Chad  0–1  Liberia 0–1 0–0

First leg

Malawi 2–0 Kenya
Somanje 53'
Nkhwazi 88'		 Report
Attendance: 18,000
Referee: Paul Phomane (Lesotho)
Tanzania 0–1 Ghana
Report Kuffour 21'
Attendance: 13,000
Referee: Eusebio Alfredo (Mozambique)
Uganda 4–4 Guinea
Mubiru 59'
Musisi 73'
Tabula 77'
Kyambadde 89'		 Report Thiam 24'
Youla 55', 83'
Feindouno 88'
Attendance: 8,609
Referee: Hailemelak Tessema (Ethiopia)
Ethiopia 2–1 Burkina Faso
Alameraw 48'
Getachew 64'		 Report Touré 81'
Attendance: 10,544
Referee: Maxim Itur (Kenya)
Chad 0–1 Liberia
Report Sebwe 44'
Stade Nacional, N'Djamena
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Ibrahim Djingarey (Nigeria)

Second leg

Kenya 0–0 Malawi
Report
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Jean-Marie Hicuburundi (Burkina Faso)

Malawi won 2–0 on aggregate

Ghana 3–2 Tanzania
Kuffour 19'
Ahinful 28'
Addo 64'		 Report Lungu 44'
Abubakari 54'
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Abdou Diouf (Senegal)

Ghana won 4–2 on aggregate

Guinea 3–0 Uganda
Camara 47'
Feindouno 70', 74'		 Report
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Sidi Bekaye Magassa (Mali)

Guinea won 7–4 on aggregate

Burkina Faso 3–0 Ethiopia
Zongo 3', 37' (p)
Barro 10'		 Report
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Coffi Codjia (Benin)

Burkina Faso won 4–2 on aggregate

Liberia 0–0 Chad
Report
National Complex, Monrovia
Attendance: 43,000
Referee: Samuel Kamara (Sierra Leone)

Liberia won 1–0 on aggregate

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