2004_Africa_Cup_of_Nations_qualification

2004 African Cup of Nations qualification

2004 African Cup of Nations qualification

Football tournament


Qualification for the 2004 African 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

More information Team, Pld ...
Source: [citation needed]
(W) Withdrew
More information Angola, 0–0 ...
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Petros Mathabela (South Africa)

More information Malawi, 1–0 ...
Attendance: 40,000
Referee: Felix Tangawarima (Zimbabwe)

More information Malawi, 0–1 ...
Attendance: 60,000
Referee: Aaron Nkole (Zambia)

More information Nigeria, 4–1 ...
Referee: Falla Ndoye (Senegal)

More information Nigeria, 2–2 ...

More information Angola, 5–1 ...
Attendance: 10,000

Group 2

More information Team, Pld ...
Source: [citation needed]
More information Niger, 3–1 ...
Attendance: 35,000
Referee: Lassina Paré (Burkina Faso)
More information Guinea, 3–0 ...
Attendance: 35,000
Referee: Samba Diouf (Senegal)

More information Liberia, 1–0 ...
More information Ethiopia, 1–0 ...
Referee: Maxim Itur (Kenya)

More information Ethiopia, 1–0 ...
Attendance: 40,000
Referee: Ali Mohamed Hassan (Djibouti)
More information Guinea, 2–0 ...
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Montero Duarte (Cape Verde)

More information Niger, 1–0 ...
Attendance: 50,000
Referee: Joseph Wellington (Ghana)
More information Liberia, 1–0 ...
Attendance: 14,000
Referee: Aguidissou Crespin (Benin)

More information Liberia, 1–2 ...
Accra Sports Stadium, Accra, Ghana (neutral ground)
Referee: Modou Sowe (Gambia)
More information Ethiopia, 2–0 ...
Attendance: 25,000

More information Niger, 1–0 ...
More information Guinea, 3–0 ...

Group 3

More information Team, Pld ...
Source: [citation needed]
More information Benin, 4–0 ...
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Chukwujekwu Chukudi (Nigeria)
More information Sudan, 0–1 ...
Referee: Teshome Berhane (Ethiopia)

More information Tanzania, 1–2 ...
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Hailemalack Tessema (Ethiopia)
More information Zambia, 1–1 ...
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Walter Mochubela (South Africa)

More information Tanzania, 0–1 ...
Attendance: 23,000
Referee: Tessema Haislemelk (Ethiopia)
More information Sudan, 3–0 ...
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Buenkadil Bisingu Wabelo (DR Congo)

More information Zambia, 2–0 ...
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Youngson Chilinda (Malawi)
More information Benin, 3–0 ...
Referee: Koman Coulibaly (Mali)

More information Zambia, 1–1 ...
Referee: Hillary Maxim (Kenya)
More information Tanzania, 0–1 ...
Attendance: 20,000

More information Benin, 3–0 ...
Attendance: 40,000
Referee: Monteiro Duarté (Cape Verde)
More information Sudan, 3–0 Awarded ...

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

Group 4

More information Team, Pld ...
Source: [citation needed]
More information Congo, 0–0 ...
Attendance: 60,000
Referee: Maxime Itur (Kenya)
More information Central African Republic, 1–1 ...

More information Burkina Faso, 2–1 ...
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Zakaria Camara (Guinea)
More information Mozambique, 0–3 ...
Referee: Verson Lwanja (Malawi)

More information Mozambique, 1–0 ...
Referee: Nunko Rajanad (Mauritius)
More information Congo, 2–1 ...

More information Burkina Faso, 4–0 ...
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Mohamed Ould Lemghambodj (Mauritania)
More information Central African Republic, 0–0 ...
Referee: Hissene Ladoual (Chad)

More information Burkina Faso, 3–0 ...
Attendance: 36,000
Referee: Alex Jules Mana (Nigeria)
More information Mozambique, 1–0 ...
Attendance: 15,000

More information Central African Republic, 0–3 ...
More information Congo, 0–0 ...

Group 5

More information Team, Pld ...
Source: [citation needed]
More information Mauritania, 0–2 ...
Referee: Salih Malick (Gambia)
More information Kenya, 3–0 ...
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Issack Abdulkader (Tanzania)

More information Cape Verde, 0–1 ...
More information Togo, 1–0 ...
Referee: Idrissa Kaba (Liberia)

More information Kenya, 4–0 ...
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Teshome Berhane (Eritrea)
More information Cape Verde, 2–1 ...
Referee: Carlos Santos Nandigna (Guinea-Bissau)

More information Mauritania, 0–0 ...
Referee: Yakouba Keita (Guinea)
More information Togo, 5–2 ...
Referee: Lassina Paré (Burkina Faso)

More information Cape Verde, 3–0 Abandoned at 85' ...

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

More information Togo, 2–0 ...
Referee: Louis Rembengouet (Gabon)

More information Mauritania, 0–0 ...
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Amadou Ibrahima Diaguiray (Niger)
More information Kenya, 1–0 ...
Attendance: 35,000

Group 6

More information Team, Pld ...
Source: [citation needed]
More information Seychelles, 1–0 ...
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Benjamina Ravelontsalama (Madagascar)
More information Zimbabwe, 1–0 ...
Attendance: 50,000
Referee: Walter Mochubela (South Africa)

More information Eritrea, 0–1 ...
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Omer Rirache (Djibouti)
More information Mali, 3–0 ...
Attendance: 50,000
Referee: Denis Sorie (Sierra Leone)

More information Eritrea, 0–2 ...
Referee: Abdulkadir Omar (Tanzania)
More information Zimbabwe, 3–1 ...
Attendance: 60,000
Referee: Bernardo Colembi Eugênio (Angola)

More information Seychelles, 2–1 ...
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Langwenya Mangaliso (Swaziland)
More information Mali, 1–0 ...
Referee: Aboubacar Charaf (Ivory Coast)

More information Eritrea, 1–0 ...
More information Mali, 0–0 ...

More information Seychelles, 0–2 ...
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Lim Kee Chong (Mauritius)
More information Zimbabwe, 2–0 ...

Group 7

More information Team, Pld ...
Source: [citation needed]
More information Gabon, 0–1 ...
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Raphaël Evehe Divine (Cameroon)
More information Equatorial Guinea, 1–3 ...
Estadio de Malabo, Malabo
Referee: Lourenço Tavares Neto (São Tomé and Príncipe)

More information Sierra Leone, 2–0 ...
Referee: Kouévi Ekoué-Toulan (Togo)
More information Morocco, 5–0 ...
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Mohsen Boukhtir (Guinea)

More information Sierra Leone, 0–0 ...
Referee: Idrissa Kaba (Liberia)
More information Gabon, 4–0 ...
Referee: Lourenço Tavares Neto (São Tomé and Príncipe)

More information Morocco, 1–0 ...
Referee: Abdul El-Fatah Esam Eldeen (Egypt)
More information Equatorial Guinea, 2–1 ...
Stade de la Liberté, Bata
Referee: Buenkadils Bisingu (DR Congo)

More information Morocco, 2–0 ...
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Mohamed Abdelhakim Al-Shelmani (Libya)
More information Sierra Leone, 2–0 ...

More information Equatorial Guinea, 0–1 ...
Stade de la Liberté, Bata
More information Gabon, 2–0 ...

Group 8

More information Team, Pld ...
Source: [citation needed]
(W) Withdrew
More information Lesotho, 0–1 ...
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Langwenja Mangaliso (Swaziland)

More information Gambia, 6–0 ...
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Seydou Ba (Mauritania)

More information Gambia, 0–0 ...
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Amadou Ibrahim Djingarey (Niger)

More information Senegal, 3–1 ...

More information Senegal, 3–0 ...

More information Lesotho, 1–0 ...
Attendance: 10,000

Group 9

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Source: [citation needed]
More information Botswana, 0–0 ...
Referee: Samuel Moeketsi (Lesotho)
More information Libya, 3–2 ...
Referee: Mohammed El Arjoun (Morocco)

More information DR Congo, 2–0 ...
Attendance: 100,000
Referee: Joseph Mandzioukouta (Congo)
More information Swaziland, 2–1 ...
Referee: Bernardo Colembi (Angola)

More information Libya, 0–0 ...
Referee: Pare Passina (Burkina Faso)
More information Swaziland, 1–1 ...
Referee: Mathew Katjimune (Namibia)

More information Botswana, 0–1 ...
Referee: Nunkoo Rajanand (Mauritius)
More information DR Congo, 2–0 ...
Attendance: 60,000
Referee: Benjamin Ravelotslam (Mauritius)

More information DR Congo, 2–1 ...
More information Swaziland, 3–2 ...

More information Libya, 6–2 ...
More information Botswana, 0–0 ...

Group 10

More information Team, Pld ...
Source: [citation needed]
(W) Withdrew
More information Madagascar, 1–0 ...

More information Mauritius, 0–1 ...

More information Mauritius, 0–1 ...
Rose Hill Stadium, Beau Bassin-Rose Hill
Attendance: 800
Referee: Jelas Masole (Botswana)

More information Egypt, 7–0 ...
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Mohamed Abdalla (Libya)

More information Egypt, 6–0 ...

More information Madagascar, 0–2 ...

Group 11

More information Team, Pld ...
Source: [citation needed]
More information Ivory Coast, 0–0 ...
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Coulibaly Koman (Mali)

More information South Africa, 2–0 ...
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Abdoul Madarbocus (Mauritius)

More information Burundi, 0–1 ...

More information Ivory Coast, 6–1 ...
Attendance: 50,000
Referee: Manuel Monteiro Duarte (Cape Verde)

More information South Africa, 2–1 ...

More information Burundi, 0–2 ...
Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Berhane Teshome (Ethiopia)

Group 12

More information Team, Pld ...
Source: [citation needed]
More information Namibia, 0–1 ...
Attendance: 13,000
Referee: Felix Tangawarima (Zimbabwe)

More information Algeria, 4–1 ...
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Ahmed Redha El Batadji (Egypt)

More information Chad, 2–0 ...

More information Namibia, 2–1 ...
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Eugênio Bernardo Colembi (Angola)

More information Algeria, 1–0 ...
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Ahmed Auda (Egypt)

More information Chad, 0–0 ...

Group 13

More information Team, Pld ...
Source: [citation needed]
More information Uganda, 1–0 ...
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Hassan Mohamed (Somalia)

More information Ghana, 4–2 ...
Attendance: 40,000
Referee: Pare Lassina (Burkina Faso)

More information Rwanda, 0–0 ...
Referee: Mohamed Bakhit (Sudan)

More information Uganda, 0–1 ...
Attendance: 50,000
Referee: Alemu Gizate (Ethiopia)

More information Ghana, 1–1 ...

More information Rwanda, 1–0 ...
Attendance: 40,000

Best runner-up

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

More information Team, Pld ...
Source: [citation needed]

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