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. It was co-hosted by Ghana and Nigeria, who jointly replaced Zimbabwe as host. Just like in 1998 [Africa Cup of Nations|1998], the field of sixteen teams was split into four groups of four.
Cameroon won the championship, beating Nigeria 2000 African [Cup of Nations final | 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
  • Ghana / Nigeria
  • 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

[Image:African Cup of Nations 2000.png|thumb|300px|Participating nations]
TeamQualified asQualified onPrevious appearances in tournament
Holders
Co-hosts
Co-hosts
Group 5 winners
Group 1 winners
Group 2 winners
Group 7 runners-up
Group 3 runners-up
Group 6 runners-up
Group 4 runners-up
Group 3 winners
Group 4 winners
Group 2 runners-up
Group 7 winners
Group 6 winners
Playoff winners

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First round

Teams highlighted in green progress to the Quarter Finals.
''All times local: GMT and WAT ''

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.
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Group B

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Group C


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Group D


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Knockout stage

Quarter-finals

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Semi-finals

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CAF Team of the Tournament

Goalkeeper
Defenders
Midfielders
Forwards