The 2002 African Cup of Nations was the 23rd edition of the
Africa Cup of Nations
The Africa Cup of Nations referred to as AFCON (french: Coupe d'Afrique des Nations, sometimes referred to as CAN, or TotalEnergies Africa Cup of Nations for sponsorship reasons), and sometimes as African Cup of Nations, is the main internati ...
, the association football championship of Africa (
CAF). It was hosted by Mali. Just like in
2000
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, the field of sixteen teams was split into four groups of four.
Cameroon
Cameroon (; french: Cameroun, ff, Kamerun), officially the Republic of Cameroon (french: République du Cameroun, links=no), is a country in west-central Africa. It is bordered by Nigeria to the west and north; Chad to the northeast; the C ...
won its fourth championship (repeating as champions), beating
Senegal
Senegal,; Wolof: ''Senegaal''; Pulaar: 𞤅𞤫𞤲𞤫𞤺𞤢𞥄𞤤𞤠(Senegaali); Arabic: السنغال ''As-Sinighal'') officially the Republic of Senegal,; Wolof: ''Réewum Senegaal''; Pulaar : 𞤈𞤫𞤲𞤣𞤢𞥄𞤲𞤣𞤠ðž ...
on
penalty kicks 3–2 after a goalless draw.
Host selection
Bids :
* Algeria
* Botswana
* Egypt
* Ethiopia
* Mali
The organization of the 2002
Africa Cup of Nations
The Africa Cup of Nations referred to as AFCON (french: Coupe d'Afrique des Nations, sometimes referred to as CAN, or TotalEnergies Africa Cup of Nations for sponsorship reasons), and sometimes as African Cup of Nations, is the main internati ...
was awarded to Mali on 5 February 1998 by the
CAF Executive Committee meeting in
Ouagadougou
Ouagadougou ( , , ) is the capital and largest city of Burkina Faso and the administrative, communications, cultural, and economic centre of the nation. It is also the country's largest city, with a population of 2,415,266 in 2019. The city's n ...
, Burkina Faso during the
1998 African Cup of Nations
The 1998 African Cup of Nations in Burkina Faso was the 21st edition of the Africa Cup of Nations (ACN), the national football championship of Africa, administered by the Confederation of African Football (CAF). Just like in 1996, the field of ...
. Voters had a choice between five countries : Algeria, Botswana, Egypt, Ethiopia and Mali.
This was the first time that Mali had hosted the competition.
Qualification
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Squads
Venues
First round
Teams highlighted in green progress to the Quarter Finals.
Group A
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Group B
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Group C
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Group D
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Knockout stage
Quarterfinals
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Semifinals
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Third place match
Final
Scorers
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Patrick M'Boma
Henri Patrick Mboma Dem (born 15 November 1970) is a Cameroonian former professional footballer who played as a striker. He is the former all-time top goal-scorer for the Cameroon national team.
Club career
Born in Douala, Cameroon, Mboma sta ...
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Salomon Olembé
René Salomon Olembé-Olembé (born 8 December 1980) is a Cameroonian former professional footballer who played as a left midfielder.
Club career
Olembé started his career with Nantes, where he contributed 30 appearances as his side won 2000†...
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Julius Aghahowa
Julius Efosa Aghahowa (born 12 February 1982) is a Nigerian former professional association football, footballer who played as a striker (association football), striker. He was known for his pace and his back-flips when he scored goals. Aghahowa ...
;2 goals
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Hazem Emam
Hazem Emam ( ar, Øازم إمام; born 17 April 1975) is an Egyptian member of parliament. He is a member in House of Representatives and board member of Egyptian Football Association. Emam was a retired professional footballer who played as a ...
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Isaac Boakye
Isaac Boakye (born 26 November 1981) is a former professional footballer who played as striker for most of his career in Germany, Arminia Bielefeld, VfL Wolfsburg, 1. FSV Mainz 05 and 1. FC Nürnberg. In his native land, he featured for Goldf ...
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Bassala Touré
Bassala Touré (born 21 February 1976) is a Malian former footballer who played at both professional and international levels as a midfielder.
Career
Born in Bamako, Touré began his career with hometown club Stade Malien, before moving to Moro ...
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Hicham Zerouali
Hicham Zerouali ( ar, هشام زروالي; 17 January 1977 – 5 December 2004), nicknamed 'Zero' or the 'Moroccan Magician', was a Moroccan footballer. He played as a forward for clubs in Morocco, Scotland and the United Arab Emirates. He pl ...
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Salif Diao
Salif Alassane Diao (born 10 February 1977) is a Senegalese former professional footballer who played as a defensive midfielder.
Diao moved from Senegal to France when he was seventeen and started his career at Monaco with whom he helped with ...
;1 goal
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Nassim Akrour
Nassim Akrour ( ar, نسيم أكرور; born July 10, 1974) is an Algerian footballer and coach who currently plays for Chambéry and coaches the youth team at Annecy, whom he represented as a player between 2016 and 2019. At international level ...
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Nasreddine Kraouche
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Moumouni Dagano
Beli Moumouni Dagano (born 1 January 1981) is a Burkinabé former professional footballer who played as a striker. At international level, he represented the Burkina Faso national team.
Club career
Dagano began his career at Ivorian side Ste ...
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Amadou Touré
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Samuel Eto'o
Samuel Eto'o Fils (; born 10 March 1981) is a Cameroonian football administrator and former player who is the current president of the Cameroonian Football Federation from 11 December 2021. In his prime, Eto'o was regarded by pundits as one of ...
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Lucien Mettomo
Lucien Mettomo (born 19 April 1977) is a Cameroonian former professional footballer who played as a defender for Tonnerre Yaoundé, Saint-Étienne, Manchester City, Kaiserslautern, Kayseri Erciyesspor and FC Luzern.
He was part of the Camer ...
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Marc-Vivien Foé
Marc-Vivien Foé (1 May 1975 – 26 June 2003) was a Cameroonian professional footballer, who played as a defensive midfielder for both club and country.
Having initially played for Canon Yaoundé, Foé went on to play professionally in Ligue 1 ...
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Papi Kimoto
Papy Okitankoyi Kimoto (born 22 July 1976) is a DR Congolese football manager and former professional player who played as a striker, most notably for the DR Congo national team and for SC Lokeren and Standard Liège in the Belgian First Di ...
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Shabani Nonda
Shabani Christophe Nonda (born 6 March 1977) is a former professional footballer who played as a striker. Born in Burundi, he represented the DR Congo national team, earning 36 caps and scoring 20 goals. He was selected for DR Congo's squad fo ...
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Yves Yuvuladio
Yves Yuvuladio (born 5 March 1978) is a retired Congolese footballer who played as a defender.
Yuvuladio was a member of the DR Congo squad for the 2000 and 2002 Africa Cup of Nations
The 2002 African Cup of Nations was the 23rd edition of th ...
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Mido
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Kandia Traoré
Kandia Kaïn Émile Traoré (born 5 July 1980) is an Ivorian former professional footballer who played as a forward.
Club career
Born in Abidjan, Traoré started his career at Tunisian club Espérance Tunis, before moving to Le Havre in 2005. ...
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Prince Akim Daye
Prince Daye (born 11 April 1978) is a Liberian former footballer who played at both professional and international levels as a midfielder.
Career
Daye played in Ghana for Real Republican, in Liberia for Invincible Eleven, in France for Bastia, ...
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Kelvin Sebwe
Kelvin Sebwe (born April 4, 1972 in Monrovia) is a Liberian retired footballer who played as a midfielder. Sebwe was also a member of the Liberia national football team. His brother is Dionysius Sebwe
Dionysius "Dion" Sebwe (born March 7, 1969 ...
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George Weah
George Tawlon Manneh Oppong Ousman Weah (; born 1 October 1966) is a Liberian politician and former professional footballer who is the incumbent president of Liberia, in office since 2018. Prior to his election to the presidency, Weah served a ...
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Mamadou Bagayoko
Mamadou Bagayoko (born 21 May 1979) is a former professional footballer who played as a forward. Born in France, he represented Mali at international level.
Club career
Bagayoko was born in Paris. His debut at senior level came in 1999 for ...
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Dramane Coulibaly
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Seydou Keita
Seydou Keïta (; anglicised to Keita; born 16 January 1980) is a Malian former footballer. A versatile midfielder, he operated as both a central or defensive midfielder.
Keita most notably played for Lens (five seasons) and Barcelona (four), w ...
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Rachid Benmahmoud
Rachid Benmahmoud (born 14 September 1971 in Rabat) is a Morocco, Moroccan former Football (soccer), footballer.
External links
*Rachid Benmahmoud
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1971 births
Living people
Moroccan footballers
Footballers from Rabat
Moroccan expatr ...
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Yakubu Yakubu is an English transliteration of a West African name and is a cognate of Jacob and James. Notable people with the name include:
;Given name
* Yakubu (born 1982 as Yakubu Ayegbeni), Nigerian footballer
* Yakubu (Gobir ruler), historical ruler ...
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Garba Lawal
Garba Lawal (born 22 May 1974) is a Nigerian former professional footballer who played as a left midfielder. In 2014 he became general manager at Kaduna United and left his role in 2015. He is with the technical department of the Nigeria Footba ...
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Souleymane Camara
Souleymane Camara (born 22 December 1982) is a Senegalese former professional footballer who played as a forward. He is a former Senegal international and has represented his nation at the 2002 FIFA World Cup and three Africa Cup of Nations tour ...
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Lamine Diatta
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Papa Bouba Diop
Papa Bouba Diop (28 January 197829 November 2020) was a Senegalese professional footballer. His preferred position was defensive midfield but he could also play as a centre back, where he previously played at Lens. Diop was considered a strong ...
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El Hadji Diouf
El Hadji Ousseynou Diouf (; born 15 January 1981) is a Senegalese former professional footballer. Throughout his career, Diouf played as a winger or a forward.
Having started his professional football career in France with Sochaux, Rennes an ...
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Thabo Mngomeni
Thabo Mngomeni (born 24 June 1969, Cape Town, Western Cape) is a South African former Association football midfielder.
After starting his professional career at Cape Town Spurs and having a brief spell at Manning Rangers, Mngomeni became a hou ...
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Siyabonga Nomvete
Siyabonga Eugene Nomvethe (; born 2 December 1977) is a South African former professional soccer player who played as a forward.
Nomvethe played in several European leagues. Nomvethe represented the South Africa national team from his debut o ...
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Sibusiso Zuma
Sibusiso Wiseman Zuma (born 23 June 1975) is a South African former professional Association football, footballer who played as a Forward (association football), forward or midfielder.
Club career
Early career
Born in Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, Z ...
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Gift Kampamba
CAF Team of the Tournament
Goalkeeper
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Tony Sylva
Tony Mario Sylva (born 17 May 1975) is a Senegalese former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper.
He spent the vast majority of his 16-year professional career in France, playing in 157 Ligue 1 games during eight seasons and repre ...
Defenders
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Taribo West
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Rigobert Song
Rigobert Song Bahanag (born 1 July 1976) is a Cameroonian former professional footballer who is the manager of the Cameroon national team.
Known for his defensive skills, Song usually played as a centre-back but could also operate at right-back ...
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Ifeanyi Udeze
Ifeanyi Udeze (born 21 July 1980) is a former Nigerian professional footballer who played as a defender. He now works with Brila FM, one of the biggest sports radio in Nigeria as a Sports analyst. He participated in the 2002 World Cup, and pl ...
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Hany Ramzy
Hany Guda Ramzy ( ar, هانى جودة رمزى ) (born 10 March 1969) is an Egyptian football coach and former defender.
Early life
Ramzy was born in Abdeen region of Cairo to Coptic Orthodox parents. He has one sister, Miriam.
Ramzy be ...
Midfielders
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Seydou Keita
Seydou Keïta (; anglicised to Keita; born 16 January 1980) is a Malian former footballer. A versatile midfielder, he operated as both a central or defensive midfielder.
Keita most notably played for Lens (five seasons) and Barcelona (four), w ...
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Rafik Saifi
Rafik is the given name of:
*Rafik Al-Hariri (1944–2005), business tycoon, former Prime Minister of Lebanon
*Rafik Bouderbal (born 1987), French-born Algerian player currently playing for ES Sétif in the Algerian Championnat National
*Rafik Deg ...
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Patrick M'Boma
Henri Patrick Mboma Dem (born 15 November 1970) is a Cameroonian former professional footballer who played as a striker. He is the former all-time top goal-scorer for the Cameroon national team.
Club career
Born in Douala, Cameroon, Mboma sta ...
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Sibusiso Zuma
Sibusiso Wiseman Zuma (born 23 June 1975) is a South African former professional Association football, footballer who played as a Forward (association football), forward or midfielder.
Club career
Early career
Born in Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, Z ...
Forwards
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Julius Aghahowa
Julius Efosa Aghahowa (born 12 February 1982) is a Nigerian former professional association football, footballer who played as a striker (association football), striker. He was known for his pace and his back-flips when he scored goals. Aghahowa ...
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El Hadji Diouf
El Hadji Ousseynou Diouf (; born 15 January 1981) is a Senegalese former professional footballer. Throughout his career, Diouf played as a winger or a forward.
Having started his professional football career in France with Sochaux, Rennes an ...
External links
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