Qualification
Preliminary round
The first leg matches were played on either the 14th or 16 April 2000. The second leg matches were played on either the 28th or 30 April 2000. The winners advanced to the First Round.
| Team 1 | Agg. Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Eritrea  | 2 – 4 |  Burundi | 1 – 2 | 1 – 2 |
Swaziland  | 2 – 6 |  Tanzania | 1 – 2 | 1 – 4 |
Malawi  | 4 – 0 |  Mauritius | 3 – 0 | 1 – 0 |
Equatorial Guinea  | 5 – 0 |  São Tomé and Príncipe | 4 – 0 | 1 – 0 |
Rwanda  | 1 – 2 |  Mozambique | 0 – 1 | 1 – 1 |
Madagascar  | 3 – 4 |  Lesotho | 1 – 1 | 2 – 3 |
Zimbabwe  | 5 – 2 |  Botswana | 1 – 1 | 4 – 1 |
Sierra Leone  | 0 – 1 |  Gambia | 0 – 0 | 0 – 1 |
Libya  | 0 – 8 d [1] |  Chad | 0 – 3 | 0 – 5 |
Kenya  | 2 – 0 |  Somalia | 2 – 0 | [2] |
Namibia  | w/o |  Gabon | – | – |
Senegal  | w/o |  Guinea-Bissau | – | – |
Sudan  | w/o |  Congo | – | – |
Togo  | w/o |  Algeria | – | – |
Liberia  | w/o |  Ivory Coast | – | – |
First round
The first leg matches were played on either 23 or 25 June 2000. The second leg matches were played on either 7 or 9 July 2000. The winners advanced to the second round.
| Team 1 | Agg. Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Namibia | 2 – 7 |  Cameroon | 2 – 1 | 0 – 6 |
| Tanzania | 0 – 2 | Burundi | 0 – 0 | 0 – 2 |
| Senegal | 2 – 3 |  Nigeria | 2 – 0 | 0 – 3 |
| Malawi | 3 – 2 |  Angola | 1 – 0 | 2 – 2 |
| Equatorial Guinea | 2 – 3 |  South Africa | 2 – 1 | 0 – 2 |
| Mozambique | 3 – 1 | Kenya | 2 – 0 | 1 – 1 |
| Lesotho | 4 – 5 |  Ethiopia | 0 – 5 | 4 – 0 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 – 3 |  Zambia | 0 – 1 | 1 – 2 |
| Gambia | 2 – 1 |  Ghana | 1 – 0 | 1 – 1 |
| Libya | 0 – 11 |  Burkina Faso | 0 – 5 | 0 – 6 |
Morocco  | 3 – 9 |  Mali | 1 – 5 | 2 – 4 |
Tunisia  | 0 – 3 |  Guinea | 0 – 0 | 0 – 3 |
| Sudan | w/o |  Egypt | – | – |
| Liberia | w/o | Algeria | – | – |
Second round
The first leg matches were played on either 11 or 12 November 2000. The second leg matches were played on either 24, 25 or 26 November. The winners advanced to the finals.
| Team 1 | Agg. Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Burundi | 3 – 4 | Cameroon | 2 – 2 | 1 – 2 |
| Malawi | 1 – 4 | Nigeria | 1 – 1 | 0 – 3 |
| Mozambique | 2 – 1 | South Africa | 1 – 0 | 1 – 1 |
| Zambia | 1 – 1 (p 3 – 4) | Ethiopia | 1 – 0 | 0 – 1 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 – 1 (p 4 – 2) | Gambia | 1 – 0 | 0 – 1 |
| Mali | 6 – 0 | Sudan | 3 – 0 | 3 – 0 |
| Algeria | w/o | Guinea | 1 – 5 | w/o |
