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2000 African Cup of Nations - Ghana/Nigeria
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Teams 16
Host Ghana/Nigeria
Champions Cameroon (3rd title)
Matches Played 32
Goals Scored 73 (2.28 per match)
Top Scorer(s) Shaun Bartlett (RSA)
5 goals

The 2000 African Cup of Nations was the 22nd edition of the African Cup of Nations, the soccer championship of Africa (CAF). It was co-hosted by Ghana and Nigeria, who jointly replaced Zimbabwe as host. Just like in 1998, the field of sixteen teams was split into four groups of four. Cameroon won the championship, beating Nigeria in the final 4-3 on penalty kicks.

Host Cities & Venues

Mascots of the 2000 championship, a green eagle of Nigeria and a black star of Ghana
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Mascots of the 2000 championship, a green eagle of Nigeria and a black star of Ghana

Cities Venues Capacity
Lagos, Nigeria  Surelere Stadium 55,000
Kumasi, Ghana Kumasi Sports Stadium 51,500
Accra, Ghana  Accra Sports Stadium 35,000
Kano, Nigeria Sani Abacha Stadium 25,000

Squads

For a list of all squads that played in the final tournament, see 2000 African Cup of Nations (squads)

Qualification

For qualification results, see 2000 African Cup of Nations (qualification)

Participating Teams

Algeria
  • Burkina Faso
  • Cameroon
  • Congo DR
  • Congo
  • Côte d'Ivoire
  • Egypt
  • Gabon
    Ghana
  • Morocco
  • Nigeria
  • Senegal
  • South Africa
  • Togo
  • Tunisia
  • Zambia

    Finals

    Group Stages

    Teams in Bold progress to the Quarter Finals, teams in italics are eliminated from the tournament.

    Group A

    Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
    '''
    Cameroon'''
    
    4 3 1 1 1 4 2
    2
    '''
    Ghana'''
    
    4 3 1 1 1 3 3 0
    ''
    Côte d'Ivoire''
    
    4 3 1 1 1 3 4
    ''
    Togo''
    
    4 3 1 1 1 2 3






    Group B

    Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
    '''
    South Africa'''
    
    7 3 2 1 0 5 2
    3
    '''
    Algeria'''
    
    5 3 1 2 0 4 2
    2
    ''
    Congo DR''
    
    2 3 0 2 1 0 1
    ''
    Gabon''
    
    1 3 0 1 2 2 6






    Group C

    Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
    '''
    Egypt'''
    
    9 3 3 0 0 7 2
    5
    '''
    Senegal'''
    
    4 3 1 1 1 5 4
    1
    ''
    Zambia''
    
    2 3 0 2 1 3 5
    ''
    Burkina Faso''
    
    1 3 0 1 2 4 8






    Group D

    Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
    '''
    Nigeria'''
    
    7 3 2 1 0 6 2
    4
    '''
    Tunisia'''
    
    4 3 1 1 1 3 4
    ''
    Morocco''
    
    4 3 1 1 1 1 2
    ''
    Congo''
    
    1 3 0 1 2 0 2






    Knockout Stages

    Quarterfinals




    Semifinals


    Third place playoff

        Penalties  
    Nomvete missed
    Mkhalele scored
    Tinkler scored
    Bartlett missed
    Moshoeu scored
    Bapela scored
    4-3 Chihi missed
    Jaziri saved
    Gabsi scored
    Boukadida scored
    Badra scored
    Zitouni saved
     

    Final

        Penalties  
    Okocha scored
    Okpara scored
    Kanu saved
    Ikpeba missed
    Oliseh scored
    3-4 Mboma scored
    Wome scored
    Geremi scored
    Foe missed
    Song scored
     
    African Cup of Nations 2000 Champions:


    CAMEROON

    Individual scorers

    | width="50%" align="" valign="" | 5 goals
    Shaun Bartlett
    
    4 goals
    Samuel Eto'o
    
  • Patrick Mboma
    3 goals
    Hossam Hassan
    
  • Julius Aghahowa
  • Jay-Jay Okocha
    2 goals
    Abdelhafid Tasfaout
    
  • Ousmane Sanou
  • Marc-Vivien Foé
  • Kwame Ayew
  • Tijjani Babangida
  • Victor Ikpeba
  • Henri Camara
  • Siyabonga Nomvete
  • Ali Zitouni

    | width="50%" align="" valign="" | 1 goal
    Billel Dziri
    
  • Farid Ghazi
  • Fawzi Moussouni
  • Ismael Koudou
  • Alassane Ouédraogo
  • Raymond Kalla
  • Tchiressoua Guel
  • Bonaventure Kalou
  • Donald-Olivier Sie
  • Abdel Halem Ali
  • Yasser Radwan
  • Hany Ramzy
  • Ahmed Salah
  • Bruno Mbanagoye
  • Chiva Nzigou
  • Otto Addo
  • Salaheddine Bassir
  • Raphael Chukwu
  • Finidi George
  • Khalilou Fadiga
  • Salif Keita
  • Abdoulaye Mbaye
  • Pape Sarr
  • Dumisa Ngobe
  • Lantame Ouadja
  • Massamasso Tchangai
  • Walid Azaiez
  • Khaled Badra
  • Radhi Jaidi
  • Adel Sellimi
  • Kalusha Bwalya
  • Laughter Chilembi
  • Dennis Lota

    |}

    External links


    Sudan 1957 | Egypt 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 (Côte d'Ivoire) 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 | 2010

     


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