Africa Cup of Nations, 2000
- qualifying
All competitions Africa Cup of Nations home
Group Stage
| Group Playoff | P | 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 |
The runners of groups 1 and 5 and Zimbabwe played off for a place in the final tournament.
| Group 1 | P | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Cameroon | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 10 |
| Ghana | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 8 | 9 |
| Eritrea | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 9 | -7 | 4 |
| Mozambique | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 10 | -6 | 3 |
| Group 2 | P | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Morocco | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 11 |
| Guinea | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | -2 | 5 |
| Togo | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 4 |
| Sierra Leone | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | -3 | 1 |
| Group 3 | P | 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 | P | 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 | P | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Burkina Faso | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 9 |
| Senegal | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 7 |
| Nigeria | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| Burundi | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 8 | -5 | 3 |
| Group 6 | P | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Zambia | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 7 | 16 |
| Congo DR | 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 | P | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Tunisia | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 3 | 10 | 15 |
| Uganda | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 14 | -9 | 9 |
| Algeria | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 7 |
| Liberia | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 8 | -1 | 7 |
Preliminary Round |
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| 31 Jul 1998 | 1st leg | Djibouti | 0:3 | Kenya |
| 15 Aug 1998 | 2nd leg | Kenya | 9:1 | Djibouti |
| Aggregate | Djibouti | 1:12 | Kenya |
| 31 Jul 1998 | 1st leg | Libya | 1:3 | Algeria |
| 14 Aug 1998 | 2nd leg | Algeria | 3:0 | Libya |
| Aggregate | Libya | 1:6 | Algeria |
| 01 Aug 1998 | 1st leg | Namibia | 2:1 | Malawi |
| 15 Aug 1998 | 2nd leg | Malawi | 0:1 | Namibia |
| Aggregate | Namibia | 3:1 | Malawi |
| 01 Aug 1998 | 1st leg | Uganda | 5:0 | Rwanda |
| 16 Aug 1998 | 2nd leg | Rwanda | 0:0 | Uganda |
| Aggregate | Uganda | 5:0 | Rwanda |
| 02 Aug 1998 | 1st leg | Benin | 2:1 | Angola |
| 16 Aug 1998 | 2nd leg | Angola | 2:0 | Benin |
| Aggregate | Benin | 2:3 | Angola |
| 02 Aug 1998 | 1st leg | Botswana | 0:0 | Mozambique |
| 15 Aug 1998 | 2nd leg | Mozambique | 2:1 | Botswana |
| Aggregate | Botswana | 1:2 | Mozambique |
| 02 Aug 1998 | 1st leg | Burundi | 1:0 | Tanzania |
| 16 Aug 1998 | 2nd leg | Tanzania | 0:1 | Burundi |
| Aggregate | Burundi | 2:0 | Tanzania |
| 02 Aug 1998 | 1st leg | Chad | 1:1 | Congo |
| 16 Aug 1998 | 2nd leg | Congo | 0:0 | Chad |
| Aggregate | Chad | 1:1 | Congo |
| Congo go through on away goals. |
| 02 Aug 1998 | 1st leg | Equatorial Guinea | 0:2 | Gabon |
| 16 Aug 1998 | 2nd leg | Gabon | 3:0 | Equatorial Guinea |
| Aggregate | Equatorial Guinea | 0:5 | Gabon |
| 02 Aug 1998 | 1st leg | Lesotho | 1:1 | Mauritius |
| 23 Aug 1998 | 2nd leg | Mauritius | 3:1 | Lesotho |
| Aggregate | Lesotho | 2:4 | Mauritius |
| 02 Aug 1998 | 1st leg | Mali | 3:0 | Cape Verde Islands |
| 16 Aug 1998 | 2nd leg | Cape Verde Islands | 0:0 | Mali |
| Aggregate | Mali | 3:0 | Cape Verde Islands |
| 02 Aug 1998 | 1st leg | Niger | 2:1 | Liberia |
| 16 Aug 1998 | 2nd leg | Liberia | 2:0 | Niger |
| Aggregate | Niger | 2:3 | Liberia |
| 02 Aug 1998 | 1st leg | Swaziland | 1:2 | Madagascar |
| 23 Aug 1998 | 2nd leg | Madagascar | 1:1 | Swaziland |
| Aggregate | Swaziland | 2:3 | Madagascar |
| 02 Aug 1998 | 1st leg | Togo | 4:0 | Sao Tome and Principe |
| 18 Aug 1998 | 2nd leg | Sao Tome and Principe | 0:2 | Togo |
| Aggregate | Togo | 6:0 | Sao Tome and Principe |