2002 Africa Cup of Nations qualification


This page details the process of qualifying for the 2002 African Cup of Nations.

Qualified teams

The 16 qualified teams are:

Qualifying rounds

Preliminary round

The quarter finalists of 2000 Africa Cup of Nations received a bye to the group stage. These teams are: Algeria, Egypt, Ghana, Nigeria, Senegal, South Africa, Tunisia.

Group round

Qualifying took place between 2 September 2000 and 17 June 2001.

Group 1


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Group 2


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Group 3


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Group 4


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Group 5

Guinea were excluded on 19 March 2001, after the Guinean sports minister had failed to meet a third FIFA deadline to reinstall the Guinean FF functionaries.
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Group 6


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Group 7


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