This page details the process of qualifying for the 2000 African Cup of Nations .
Preliminary round [ ]
Team 1
Agg.
Team 2
1st leg
2nd leg
Libya
1–6
Algeria
1–3
0–3
Benin
2–3
Angola
2–1
0–2
Mali
3–0
Cape Verde
3–0
0–0
Chad
1–1 (a )
Congo
1–1
0–0
Equatorial Guinea
0–5
Gabon
0–2
0–3
Djibouti
1–12
Kenya
0–3
1–9
Niger
2–3
Liberia
2–1
0–2
Swaziland
2–3
Madagascar
1–2
1–1
Lesotho
2–4
Mauritius
1–1
1–3
Botswana
1–2
Mozambique
0–0
1–2
Namibia
3–1
Malawi
2–1
1–0
Burundi
2–0
Tanzania
1–0
1–0
São Tomé and Príncipe
0–6
Togo
0–4
0–2
Uganda
5–0
Rwanda
5–0
0–0
Senegal
w/o
Gambia
—
—
Sierra Leone
w/o
Mauritania
—
—
Eritrea
w/o
Ethiopia
—
—
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.
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Cameroon
4
3
1
0
8
1
+7
10
Eritrea
4
1
1
2
2
4
−2
4
Mozambique
4
1
0
3
4
9
−5
3
Ghana (H)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Source:[citation needed ] (H) Awarded hosting rights
Group 2 [ ]
Sierra Leone withdrew due to the Sierra Leone Civil War on 22 March 1999, their result was annulled.
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Morocco
4
2
2
0
6
4
+2
8
Togo
4
1
1
2
6
6
0
4
Guinea
4
1
1
2
3
5
−2
4
Sierra Leone (W)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Source:[citation needed ] (W) Withdrew
Group 3 [ ]
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Ivory Coast
6
3
2
1
7
2
+5
11
Congo
6
3
1
2
6
5
+1
10
Mali
6
2
3
1
5
3
+2
9
Namibia
6
0
2
4
2
10
−8
2
Source:[citation needed ]
Group 4 [ ]
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
South Africa
6
3
2
1
10
5
+5
11
Gabon
6
3
1
2
10
10
0
10
Mauritius
6
1
3
2
6
8
−2
6
Angola
6
1
2
3
7
10
−3
5
Source:[citation needed ]
Group 5 [ ]
Nigeria qualified as hosts as of 15 March 1999, their results were annulled. Senegal qualified for Playoff.
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Burkina Faso
4
2
2
0
8
5
+3
8
Senegal
4
1
2
1
4
4
0
5
Burundi
4
1
0
3
3
6
−3
3
Nigeria (H)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Source:[citation needed ] (H) Awarded hosting rights
Group 6 [ ]
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Zambia
6
5
1
0
9
2
+7
16
DR Congo
6
3
1
2
7
6
+1
10
Madagascar
6
1
2
3
6
10
−4
5
Kenya
6
0
2
4
3
7
−4
2
Source:[citation needed ]
Group 7 [ ]
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Tunisia
6
5
0
1
13
3
+10
15
Algeria
6
2
1
3
8
7
+1
7
Liberia
6
2
1
3
7
8
−1
7
Uganda
6
2
0
4
3
13
−10
6
Source:[citation needed ]
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.
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Senegal
4
3
0
1
11
4
+7
9
Zimbabwe
4
3
0
1
7
3
+4
9
Eritrea
4
0
0
4
2
13
−11
0
Source:[citation needed ]
1st leg
2nd leg
Qualified teams [ ]
Algeria
Burkina Faso
Cameroon
DR Congo
Congo
Egypt (holders)
Gabon
Ghana (co-hosts)
Ivory Coast
Morocco
Nigeria (co-hosts)
Senegal
South Africa
Togo
Tunisia
Zambia
External links [ ]
show Africa Cup of Nations
Tournaments
Sudan 1957
United Arab Republic 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 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
Ghana 2008
Angola 2010
Gabon/Equatorial Guinea 2012
South Africa 2013
Equatorial Guinea 2015
Gabon 2017
Egypt 2019
Cameroon 2021
Ivory Coast 2023
Guinea 2025
Qualification Finals Squads Statistics
No qualification took place in 1957 and 1959 as places were given by invitation only. In 1959 and 1976, there was no final; the article is about the decisive match of the final group stage.