Football at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Men's African Qualifiers

2000 Summer Olympics – Men's Football African Qualifiers

Dates	6 December 1998 – 26 March 2000
← 1996 2004 →

The African Men's Olympic Qualifiers began in December 1998 and ended in May 2000 and was held to determine the African national teams for under 23 that will participate at the 2000 Summer Olympics football tournament held in Sydney.^[1]

Participants[]

Preliminary round[]

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
	0–6		0–2	0–4
	1–2		1–0	0–2
	2–1		2–1	0–0
	5–2		3–0	2–2
	3–3 (a)		0–0	3–3
	2–1		1–0	1–1

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First round[]

Group 1[]

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
	2–2 (a)	Zambia	1–0	1–2
Nigeria	6–3		4–0	2–3
Angola	8–2		4–2	4–0
Zimbabwe	w/o		4–1	—

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Group 2[]

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Cameroon	5–0		5–0	0–0
	5–1	Gabon	4–1	1–0
Ghana	4–2		2–1	2–1
	2–3	South Africa	2–2	0–1

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Group 3[]

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Algeria	2–4	Ivory Coast	1–3	1–1
Tunisia	3–2	Senegal	1–1	2–1
	2–3	Egypt	1–1	1–3
	w/o	Morocco	2–1	—

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Second round[]

Group 1[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Nigeria	6	4	0	2	12	7	+5	12	2000 Summer Olympics
2	Angola	6	4	0	2	13	9	+4	12
3	Zimbabwe	6	4	0	2	11	11	0	12
4		6	0	0	6	3	12	−9	0

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Group 2[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Cameroon	6	5	0	1	12	4	+8	15	2000 Summer Olympics
2	South Africa	6	4	1	1	12	6	+6	13	Playoff stage
3	Ghana	6	2	1	3	7	9	−2	7
4		6	0	0	6	4	16	−12	0

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Group 3[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Morocco	6	4	1	1	11	8	+3	13	2000 Summer Olympics
2	Egypt	6	3	2	1	11	7	+4	11
3	Ivory Coast	6	2	2	2	13	10	+3	8
4	Tunisia	6	0	1	5	5	15	−10	1

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Ranking of second-placed teams[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	South Africa (Q)	6	4	1	1	12	6	+6	13	Playoff
2	Angola	6	4	0	2	13	9	+4	12
3	Egypt	6	3	2	1	11	7	+4	11

Playoffs[]

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
New Zealand	2–4	South Africa	2–3	0–1

References[]