2004 African Cup of Nations qualification

Qualification for the 2004 African Cup of Nations.

Qualification for championships (CAF)
FIFA World Cup
Africa Cup of Nations

Qualified teams

Qualifying round

Of the 52 nations, only Somalia didn't take part, Cameroon qualified as holders and Tunisia qualified as hosts. Furthermore, Djibouti, São Tomé and Príncipe, and Guinea-Bissau withdrew. The remaining 46 teams then ended up being divided into 7 groups of 4 teams and 6 groups of 3 teams, with the 13 group winners and the best runner-up from the groups containing 4 sides, qualifying for the finals. Qualifying took place between 6 September 2002 and 6 July 2003.

Group 1

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Nigeria 4 2 2 0 7 3 +4 8
 Angola 4 1 2 1 7 4 +3 5
 Malawi 4 1 0 3 3 10 −7 3
 Djibouti (W) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Source:
(W) Withdrew
Angola 0–0 Nigeria
Estádio da Cidadela, Luanda
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Petros Mathabela (South Africa)
Malawi 1–0 Angola
Mwafulirwa 85'
Civo Stadium, Lilongwe
Attendance: 40,000
Referee: Felix Tangawarima (Zimbabwe)
Malawi 0–1 Nigeria
Utaka 10'
Attendance: 60,000
Referee: Aaron Nkole (Zambia)
Nigeria 4–1 Malawi
Yakubu 10', 16'
N. Kanu 22', 35'		 Kanyenda 8'
Referee: Falla Ndoye (Senegal)
Nigeria 2–2 Angola
Kalu Uche 57'
Odemwingie 62' (pen.)		 Figueiredo 9'
Akwá 55'
Samuel Ogbemudia Stadium, Benin City
Angola 5–1 Malawi
Msowoya 2'
Akwá 3'
Flávio Amado 33'
Stopirra 76'
Chinho 89'		 Mgangira 78'
Estádio da Cidadela, Luanda
Attendance: 10,000

Group 2

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Guinea 6 4 0 2 10 3 +7 12
 Niger 6 3 0 3 5 6 −1 9
 Ethiopia 6 3 0 3 5 7 −2 9
 Liberia 6 2 0 4 3 7 −4 6
Source:
Niger 3–1 Ethiopia
Tankary 55', 61'
Garba 80'		 Ashenafi 16'
Attendance: 35,000
Referee: Lassina Paré (Burkina Faso)
Guinea 3–0 Liberia
T. Camara 1'
Mansaré 54'
Conté 69'
Stade du 28 Septembre, Conakry
Attendance: 35,000
Referee: Samba Diouf (Senegal)
Liberia 1–0 Niger
Daye 80'
Samuel Kanyon Doe Stadium, Monrovia
Attendance: 40,000
Ethiopia 1–0 Guinea
Abege 63'
Referee: Maxim Itur (Kenya)
Ethiopia 1–0 Liberia
Feleke 80'
Attendance: 40,000
Referee: Ali Mohamed Hassan (Djibouti)
Guinea 2–0 Niger
Mansaré 40' (p)
A. Sylla 90'
Stade du 28 Septembre, Conakry
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Montero Duarte (Cape Verde)
Niger 1–0 Guinea
Tankari 69'
Attendance: 50,000
Referee: Joseph Wellington (Ghana)
Liberia 1–0 Ethiopia
Mennoh 57'
Antoinette Tubman Stadium, Monrovia
Attendance: 14,000
Referee: Aguidissou Crespin (Benin)
Liberia 1–2 Guinea
Daye 20' Youla 11', 50'
Accra Sports Stadium, Accra, Ghana (neutral ground)
Referee: Modou Sowe (Gambia)
Ethiopia 2–0 Niger
Azad 15' (o.g.)
Kidanu 51'
Attendance: 25,000
Niger 1–0 Liberia
Alhassan 90' (p)
Guinea 3–0 Ethiopia
Youla 32', 72'
Feindouno 55'
Stade du 28 Septembre, Conakry

Group 3

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Benin 6 4 1 1 12 4 +8 13
 Zambia 6 3 2 1 6 5 +1 11
 Sudan 6 3 1 2 9 6 +3 10
 Tanzania 6 0 0 6 1 13 −12 0
Source:
Benin 4–0 Tanzania
Adjamossi 9', 38'
Tchomogo 75' (p)
Latoundji 85'
Stade René Pleven d'Akpakpa, Cotonou
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Chukwujekwu Chukudi (Nigeria)
Sudan 0–1 Zambia
Nsofwa 89'
Referee: Teshome Berhane (Ethiopia)
Tanzania 1–2 Sudan
Rajab 17' Richard 27' (pen), 53'
CCM Kirumba Stadium, Mwanza
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Hailemalack Tessema (Ethiopia)
Zambia 1–1 Benin
Kilambe 75' Oladipupo 45'
Independence Stadium, Lusaka
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Walter Mochubela (South Africa)
Tanzania 0–1 Zambia
Lungu 25'
Attendance: 23,000
Referee: Tessema Haislemelk (Ethiopia)
Sudan 3–0 Benin
Tambal 35', 70'
Kabair 68'
Al-Hilal Stadium, Omdurman
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Buenkadil Bisingu Wabelo (DR Congo)
Zambia 2–0 Tanzania
Milanzi 44', 81'
Independence Stadium, Lusaka
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Youngson Chilinda (Malawi)
Benin 3–0 Sudan
Tchomogo 55' (p)
Ogunbiyi 90'
Stade de l'Amitié, Cotonou
Referee: Koman Coulibaly (Mali)
Zambia 1–1 Sudan
Chalwe 72' Dalag 23'
Independence Stadium, Lusaka
Referee: Hillary Maxim (Kenya)
Tanzania 0–1 Benin
Kabirou 66'
Attendance: 20,000
Benin 3–0 Zambia
Tchomogo 9', 26'
Latoundji 75'
Stade de l'Amitié, Cotonou
Attendance: 40,000
Referee: Monteiro Duarté (Cape Verde)
Sudan 3–0
Awarded		 Tanzania
Withdrew

Tanzania pulled out for financial reasons and the game was awarded to Sudan.

Group 4

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Burkina Faso 6 4 1 1 12 2 +10 13
 Congo 6 2 3 1 5 4 +1 9
 Mozambique 6 2 2 2 3 8 −5 8
 Central African Republic 6 0 2 4 3 9 −6 2
Source:
Congo 0–0 Burkina Faso
Stade Alphonse Massemba-Débat, Brazzaville
Attendance: 60,000
Referee: Maxime Itur (Kenya)
Central African Republic 1–1 Mozambique
Tamboulas 72' Fumo 60'
Barthélemy Boganda Stadium, Bangui
Referee: Felipe Ndong (Equatorial Guinea)
Burkina Faso 2–1 Central African Republic
A. Touré 60'
Minoungou 75'		 Oueifio 38'
Stade du 4 Août, Ouagadougou
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Zakaria Camara (Guinea)
Mozambique 0–3 Congo
Tsoumou-Madza 49'
Guié-Mien 70'
Bakouma 73'
Estádio do Maxaquene, Maputo
Referee: Verson Lwanja (Malawi)
Mozambique 1–0 Burkina Faso
Dário 89'
Estádio da Machava, Maputo
Referee: Nunko Rajanad (Mauritius)
Congo 2–1 Central African Republic
Embingou 6'
Ewolo 52'		 Makita 84'
Stade Alphonse Massemba-Débat, Brazzaville
Burkina Faso 4–0 Mozambique
Dagano 6', 8'
A. Touré 34'
Minoungou 88'
Stade du 4 Août, Ouagadougou
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Mohamed Ould Lemghambodj (Mauritania)
Central African Republic 0–0 Congo
Barthélemy Boganda Stadium, Bangui
Referee: Hissene Ladoual (Chad)
Burkina Faso 3–0 Congo
A. Touré 54' (pen.)
Ouédraogo 61'
Minoungou 75'
Stade du 4 Août, Ouagadougou
Attendance: 36,000
Referee: Alex Jules Mana (Nigeria)
Mozambique 1–0 Central African Republic
Jossias 73' (pen.)
Estádio da Machava, Maputo
Attendance: 15,000
Central African Republic 0–3 Burkina Faso
Dagano 30', 71'
Minoungou 90'
Barthélemy Boganda Stadium, Bangui
Congo 0–0 Mozambique
Stade Alphonse Massemba-Débat, Brazzaville

Group 5

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Kenya 6 4 1 1 9 2 +7 13
 Togo 6 3 1 2 9 7 +2 10
 Cape Verde 6 3 0 3 9 8 +1 9
 Mauritania 6 0 2 4 0 10 −10 2
Source:
Mauritania 0–2 Cape Verde
Lito 45'
Toni 60'
Stade Olympique, Nouakchott
Referee: Salih Malick (Gambia)
Kenya 3–0 Togo
Baraza 62'
Otieno 68'
Oliech 90'
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Issack Abdulkader (Tanzania)
Cape Verde 0–1 Kenya
Baraza 58'
Estádio Nacional de Cabo Verde, Praia
Referee: Aboubacar Sharaf (Ivory Coast)
Togo 1–0 Mauritania
Adebayor 23'
Stade de Kégué, Lomé
Referee: Idrissa Kaba (Liberia)
Kenya 4–0 Mauritania
Mambo 15', 70'
Oyuga 43'
Oliech 43'
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Teshome Berhane (Eritrea)
Cape Verde 2–1 Togo
Duarte 68'
Caló 80'		 Wondu 37'
Referee: Carlos Santos Nandigna (Guinea-Bissau)
Mauritania 0–0 Kenya
Stade Olympique, Nouakchott
Referee: Yakouba Keita (Guinea)
Togo 5–2 Cape Verde
Faria 2'
Touré 23', 32'
Mikimba 72'
Adebayor 78'		 Lito 6'
Caló 26'
Stade de Kégué, Lomé
Referee: Lassina Paré (Burkina Faso)
Cape Verde 3–0
Abandoned at 85'		 Mauritania
Lito 65'
Caló 76' (pen.), 82'

The match was abandoned at 3-0 in 85' when Mauritania were reduced to six players following 5 red cards. The result stood.

Togo 2–0 Kenya
Faria 23', 57' (pen.)
Stade de Kégué, Lomé
Referee: Louis Rembengouet (Gabon)
Mauritania 0–0 Togo
Stade Olympique, Nouakchott
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Amadou Ibrahima Diaguiray (Niger)
Kenya 1–0 Cape Verde
Oliech 84'
Attendance: 35,000

Group 6

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Mali 6 4 1 1 9 2 +7 13
 Zimbabwe 6 4 1 1 8 3 +5 13
 Seychelles 6 2 0 4 4 10 −6 6
 Eritrea 6 1 0 5 1 7 −6 3
Source:
Seychelles 1–0 Eritrea
Victor 50'
Stade Linité, Victoria
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Benjamina Ravelontsalama (Madagascar)
Zimbabwe 1–0 Mali
Muhoni 30'
Attendance: 50,000
Referee: Walter Mochubela (South Africa)
Eritrea 0–1 Zimbabwe
P. Ndlovu 10'
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Omer Rirache (Djibouti)
Mali 3–0 Seychelles
S. Keita 30'
Sidibé 75'
D. Coulibaly 85'
Stade du 26 Mars, Bamako
Attendance: 50,000
Referee: Denis Sorie (Sierra Leone)
Eritrea 0–2 Mali
Thiam 54'
D. Coulibaly 89'
Referee: Abdulkadir Omar (Tanzania)
Zimbabwe 3–1 Seychelles
P. Ndlovu 19' (pen.), 94' (pen.)
A. Ndlovu 90'		 Philip Zialor 91'
Attendance: 60,000
Referee: Bernardo Colembi Eugênio (Angola)
Seychelles 2–1 Zimbabwe
Baldé 75' (pen.)
Zialor 81'		 A. Ndlovu 86'
Stade Linité, Victoria
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Langwenya Mangaliso (Swaziland)
Mali 1–0 Eritrea
S. Coulibaly 20'
Stade du 26 Mars, Bamako
Referee: Aboubacar Charaf (Ivory Coast)
Eritrea 1–0 Seychelles
Fessehaye 62'
Mali 0–0 Zimbabwe
Stade du 26 Mars, Bamako
Seychelles 0–2 Mali
S. Traoré 60'
B. Touré 85'
Stade Linité, Victoria
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Lim Kee Chong (Mauritius)
Zimbabwe 2–0 Eritrea
P. Ndlovu 11', 17' (pen.)

Group 7

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Morocco 6 5 1 0 10 0 +10 16
 Sierra Leone 6 3 1 2 7 4 +3 10
 Gabon 6 2 0 4 7 7 0 6
 Equatorial Guinea 6 1 0 5 3 16 −13 3
Source:
Gabon 0–1 Morocco
Chippo 16'
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Raphaël Evehe Divine (Cameroon)
Equatorial Guinea 1–3 Sierra Leone
Mavidi 82' Bah 38'
Sesay 46'
Mansaray 68'
Estadio de Malabo, Malabo
Referee: Lourenço Tavares Neto (São Tomé and Príncipe)
Sierra Leone 2–0 Gabon
Kpaka 45'
Bah 46'
National Stadium, Freetown
Referee: Kouévi Ekoué-Toulan (Togo)
Morocco 5–0 Equatorial Guinea
Ramzi 8'
Bidoudane 24'
Safri 27'
Rokki 45'
Kacemi 70'
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Mohsen Boukhtir (Guinea)
Sierra Leone 0–0 Morocco
National Stadium, Freetown
Referee: Idrissa Kaba (Liberia)
Gabon 4–0 Equatorial Guinea
Mouloungui 8'
Larry 40', 49'
Bito'o 65' (pen.)
Referee: Lourenço Tavares Neto (São Tomé and Príncipe)
Morocco 1–0 Sierra Leone
Chippo 25'
Referee: Abdul El-Fatah Esam Eldeen (Egypt)
Equatorial Guinea 2–1 Gabon
Mba 22'
Malango 50'		 Djissikadié 43'
Stade de la Liberté, Bata
Referee: Buenkadils Bisingu (DR Congo)
Morocco 2–0 Gabon
El Yaagoubi 22'
Zairi 75'
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Mohamed Abdelhakim Al-Shelmani (Libya)
Sierra Leone 2–0 Equatorial Guinea
Kallon 71'
Kabbah 90'
National Stadium, Freetown
Equatorial Guinea 0–1 Morocco
Kharja 60'
Stade de la Liberté, Bata
Gabon 2–0 Sierra Leone
Mbanangoyé 33'
Mintsa

Group 8

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Senegal 4 3 1 0 7 1 +6 10
 Gambia 4 1 1 2 7 4 +3 4
 Lesotho 4 1 0 3 1 10 −9 3
 São Tomé and Príncipe (W) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Source:
(W) Withdrew
Lesotho 0–1 Senegal
H. Camara 35'
Setsoto Stadium, Maseru
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Langwenja Mangaliso (Swaziland)
Gambia 6–0 Lesotho
Nyang 7', 40'
Sarr 45'
J. Ceesay 55', 88'
Soley
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Seydou Ba (Mauritania)
Gambia 0–0 Senegal
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Amadou Ibrahim Djingarey (Niger)
Senegal 3–1 Gambia
Diatta 8'
H. Camara 36'
Diouf 73'		 Sillah 63'
Stade Léopold Sédar Senghor, Dakar
Referee: Hichem Guirat (Tunisia)
Senegal 3–0 Lesotho
Diouf 26' (pen.)
H. Camara 66', 70'
Stade Léopold Sédar Senghor, Dakar
Lesotho 1–0 Gambia
Makhele 87'
Setsoto Stadium, Maseru
Attendance: 10,000

Group 9

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 DR Congo 6 3 2 1 9 5 +4 11
 Libya 6 3 1 2 12 8 +4 10
 Swaziland 6 2 2 2 8 12 −4 8
 Botswana 6 0 3 3 2 6 −4 3
Source:
Botswana 0–0 Swaziland
Referee: Samuel Moeketsi (Lesotho)
Libya 3–2 DR Congo
Al-Malyan 16'
Muntasser 36'
Essam Bilal 41' (pen.)		 Nonda 22'
Marlin Piana 52'
Misurata Stadium, Misurata
Referee: Mohammed El Arjoun (Morocco)
DR Congo 2–0 Botswana
LuaLua 6'
Piana 21'
Attendance: 100,000
Referee: Joseph Mandzioukouta (Congo)
Swaziland 2–1 Libya
Gamedze 81'
Nhleko 83'		 Salah 20' (pen.)
Somhlolo National Stadium, Lobamba
Referee: Bernardo Colembi (Angola)
Libya 0–0 Botswana
March 28 Stadium, Benghazi
Referee: Pare Passina (Burkina Faso)
Swaziland 1–1 DR Congo
Dlamini 10' Musasa 65'
Somhlolo National Stadium, Lobamba
Referee: Mathew Katjimune (Namibia)
Botswana 0–1 Libya
Al Masli 89'
Referee: Nunkoo Rajanand (Mauritius)
DR Congo 2–0 Swaziland
Piana 18'
Musasa 71'
Attendance: 60,000
Referee: Benjamin Ravelotslam (Mauritius)
DR Congo 2–1 Libya
Masudi 29'
Piana 83'		 Ilid Hamid 49'
Swaziland 3–2 Botswana
Siza Dlamini 7', 25'
Sibusiso Dlamini 18'		 Mogaladi 41'
Kolagano 56'
Somhlolo National Stadium, Lobamba
Attendance: 10,000
Libya 6–2 Swaziland
El Taib
Al-Mirghani
Al-Tarhouni (pen.)
Al-Milyan
Saad (pen.)		 Bongali Dlamini
Botswana 0–0 DR Congo

Group 10

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Egypt 4 3 0 1 14 1 +13 9
 Madagascar 4 2 0 2 2 8 −6 6
 Mauritius 4 1 0 3 2 9 −7 3
 Guinea-Bissau (W) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Source:
(W) Withdrew
Madagascar 1–0 Egypt
Menahely 73'
Referee: Aaron Dkole (Zambia)
Mauritius 0–1 Madagascar
Menahely 26'
Stade Auguste Vollaire, Centre de Flacq
Attendance: 1,819
Mauritius 0–1 Egypt
Mido 43'
Rose Hill Stadium, Beau Bassin-Rose Hill
Attendance: 800
Referee: Jelas Masole (Botswana)
Egypt 7–0 Mauritius
Mido 7' (pen.), 22'
El-Sayed 18'
Hamza 53'
Emam 61'
A. Hassan 72', 89'
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Mohamed Abdalla (Libya)
Egypt 6–0 Madagascar
El-Tabei 1'
Belal 9', 24', 56', 83'
Mido 41'
Madagascar 0–2 Mauritius
Perle 16'
Appou 31' (pen.)

Group 11

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 South Africa 4 3 1 0 6 1 +5 10
 Ivory Coast 4 2 1 1 8 3 +5 7
 Burundi 4 0 0 4 1 11 −10 0
Source:
Ivory Coast 0–0 South Africa
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Coulibaly Koman (Mali)
South Africa 2–0 Burundi
Mayo 13'
Buckley 39'
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Abdoul Madarbocus (Mauritius)
Burundi 0–1 Ivory Coast
Bakari 11'
Prince Louis Rwagasore Stadium, Bujumbura
Referee: Michel Gasingwa (Rwanda)
Ivory Coast 6–1 Burundi
Drogba 7', 27', 32'
Bakari 56', 78'
Dindane 70'		 Shabani 88'
Attendance: 50,000
Referee: Manuel Monteiro Duarte (Cape Verde)
South Africa 2–1 Ivory Coast
Bartlett 21'
Nomvete 65'		 Kalou 41'
Attendance: 35,000
Burundi 0–2 South Africa
Mokoena 1'
Fredericks 30'
Prince Louis Rwagasore Stadium, Bujumbura
Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Berhane Teshome (Ethiopia)

Group 12

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Algeria 4 3 1 0 6 1 +5 10
 Chad 4 1 1 2 4 6 −2 4
 Namibia 4 1 0 3 2 5 −3 3
Source:
Namibia 0–1 Algeria
Benjamin 5' (o.g.)
Independence Stadium, Windhoek
Attendance: 13,000
Referee: Felix Tangawarima (Zimbabwe)
Algeria 4–1 Chad
Akrour 26', 72' (pen.)
Belmadi 54', 69'
Stade 19 Mai 1956, Annaba
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Ahmed Redha El Batadji (Egypt)
Chad 2–0 Namibia
Hisseine 57', 90'
Stade Nacional, N'Djamena
Referee: Maurice Dimanche (Central African Republic)
Namibia 2–1 Chad
Dieergaardt 24'
Hummel 76' (pen.)		 Hissein 35'
Independence Stadium, Windhoek
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Eugênio Bernardo Colembi (Angola)
Algeria 1–0 Namibia
Kraouche 5'
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Ahmed Auda (Egypt)
Chad 0–0 Algeria
Stade Nacional, N'Djamena

Group 13

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Rwanda 4 2 1 1 4 4 0 7
 Uganda 4 1 2 1 2 2 0 5
 Ghana 4 1 1 2 5 5 0 4
Source:
Uganda 1–0 Ghana
Obwiny 52'
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Hassan Mohamed (Somalia)
Ghana 4–2 Rwanda
Ntaganda 24' (o.g.)
Mohammed 42'
Asampong 58'
Boateng 70' (pen.)		 Milly 16'
Ndikumana 43' (pen.)
Attendance: 40,000
Referee: Pare Lassina (Burkina Faso)
Rwanda 0–0 Uganda
Referee: Mohamed Bakhit (Sudan)
Uganda 0–1 Rwanda
Gatete 40'
Attendance: 50,000
Referee: Alemu Gizate (Ethiopia)
Ghana 1–1 Uganda
Amoah 84' Bajope 16'
Rwanda 1–0 Ghana
Gatete 49'
Attendance: 40,000

Best runner-up

The best runner-up from groups with four teams would qualify for the finals.

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Zimbabwe 6 4 1 1 9 2 +7 13
 Zambia 6 3 2 1 6 5 +1 11
 Libya 6 3 1 2 12 8 +4 10
 Sierra Leone 6 3 1 2 7 4 +3 10
 Togo 6 3 1 2 9 7 +2 10
 Congo 6 2 3 1 5 4 +1 9
 Niger 6 3 0 3 5 6 −1 9
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