# 2000 African Cup of Nations qualification

This page details the process of qualifying for the 2000 African Cup of Nations.

## Preliminary round

| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | 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 |

### 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 |

### 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 |

### 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 |

### 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 |

### 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 |

### 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 |

## 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 |

### 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