 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 4â3 on penalty kicks. ==qualified teams== thumb|participating nations  {| width=50% |width=50%| *  *  *  *  *  *  *  (holders) *  |width=50%| *  (hosts) *  *  (hosts) *  *  *  *  *  |} ==squads==  ==venues== {| class=wikitable style="text-align:center" |- ! accra, ghana | rowspan="8" |       ! lagos, nigeria |- | accra sports stadium || national stadium |- | capacity: 40,000 || capacity: 55,000 |- | 150px || 150px |- ! kumasi, ghana || kano, nigeria |- | kumasi sports stadium || sani abacha stadium |- | capacity: 51,500 || capacity: 25,000 |- | 150px || 150px |} ==first round== teams highlighted in green progress to the quarter finals. all times local: gmt (utc) and [[west africa ti
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