2000 African Cup of Nations

The 2000 African Cup of Nations was the 22nd edition of the Africa Cup of Nations, the association football 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  penalties. As winners, they qualified for the 2001 FIFA Confederations Cup as African representatives.

Host selection
It was expected that Zimbabwe will host this edition but it was sidelined by the CAF on 8 February 1999 in Abidjan, Ivory Coast for non-compliance with the specifications, the CAF announced that they would be receiving applications for the new hosts until 10 March 1999.

Bids :
 * Egypt (withdrew)
 * Ghana / Nigeria (selected as hosts) 
 * Morocco

Egypt, Ghana, Morocco and Nigeria, were determined by the CAF to be compliant with the host criteria. Later, Egypt withdrew. A joint bid was formed between Ghana and Nigeria.

The organization of the 2000 Africa Cup of Nations was awarded jointly to Ghana and Nigeria on 15 March 1999 by the CAF Executive Committee meeting in Cairo, Egypt. Voters had a choice between three countries : Ghana, Morocco and Nigeria. This is the first time ever that the African Cup was co-hosted by two countries.

This is also the second time that Nigeria has hosted the African Cup after 1980 and the third time for Ghana after 1963 and 1978.

Qualified teams



 * Notes

First round
Teams highlighted in green progress to the Quarter Finals.

All times local: GMT (UTC) and WAT (UTC +1)

Group A
Group A of the 2000 AFCON remains as the only group stage that all four teams to achieve four points out of three matches.

Top scorers

 * 5 goals
 * 🇿🇦 Shaun Bartlett


 * 4 goals


 * 🇨🇲 Samuel Eto'o
 * 🇨🇲 Patrick M'Boma


 * 3 goals


 * 🇪🇬 Hossam Hassan
 * 🇳🇬 Julius Aghahowa
 * 🇳🇬 Jay-Jay Okocha


 * 2 goals


 * 🇩🇿 Abdelhafid Tasfaout
 * 🇧🇫 Ousmane Sanou
 * 🇨🇲 Marc-Vivien Foé
 * 🇬🇭 Kwame Ayew
 * 🇳🇬 Tijani Babangida
 * 🇳🇬 Victor Ikpeba
 * 🇸🇳 Henri Camara
 * 🇿🇦 Siyabonga Nomvethe
 * 🇹🇳 Ali Zitouni


 * 1 goal


 * 🇩🇿 Billel Dziri
 * 🇩🇿 Farid Ghazi
 * 🇩🇿 Fawzi Moussouni
 * 🇧🇫 Ismaël Koudou
 * 🇧🇫 Alassane Ouédraogo
 * 🇨🇲 Raymond Kalla
 * 🇪🇬 Abdel Halim Ali
 * 🇪🇬 Yasser Radwan
 * 🇪🇬 Hany Ramzy
 * 🇪🇬 Ahmed Salah Hosny
 * 🇬🇦 Bruno Mbanangoyé
 * 🇬🇦 Shiva N'Zigou
 * 🇬🇭 Otto Addo
 * Tchiressoua Guel
 * Bonaventure Kalou
 * Donald-Olivier Sié
 * 🇲🇦 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 Jaïdi
 * 🇹🇳 Adel Sellimi
 * 🇿🇲 Kalusha Bwalya
 * 🇿🇲 Laughter Chilembe
 * 🇿🇲 Dennis Lota

CAF Team of the Tournament
'''Goalkeeper
 * 🇪🇬 Nader El-Sayed

Defenders
 * 🇸🇳 Pape Malick Diop
 * 🇹🇳 Khaled Badra
 * 🇨🇲 Rigobert Song
 * 🇪🇬 Mohamed Emara

Midfielders
 * 🇩🇿 Billel Dziri
 * 🇨🇲 Lauren
 * 🇳🇬 Jay-Jay Okocha
 * 🇸🇳 Khalilou Fadiga

Forwards
 * 🇨🇲 Samuel Eto'o
 * 🇿🇦 Shaun Bartlett