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2000 African Cup of Nations Final
Event	2000 African Cup of Nations
	After extra time; Cameroon won 4–3 on penalties
Date	13 February 2000
Venue	Lagos National Stadium, Lagos
Referee	Mourad Daami (Tunisia)
Attendance	60,000
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The 2000 African Cup of Nations Final was a football match that took place on 13 February 2000 at the Lagos National Stadium in Lagos, Nigeria, to determine the winner of the 2000 African Cup of Nations, the football championship of Africa organized by the Confederation of African Football (CAF).

Cameroon won the title for the third time^[1] by beating Nigeria 4–3 on penalties.^[2]

Summary

The first goal was scored after a foul on Patrick M'Boma which led to a free kick that was capitalised by Samuel Eto'o in the 26th minute. In the 31st minute, M'Boma capitalized on a through pass from Eto'o to double the lead, nutmegging Ike Shorunmu in the process.

Cameroon continued to press for most of the first half and hit the post on one occasion. Striker Raphael Chukwu placed a low level shot at the back of the net to reduce the deficit to one before halftime. Then, Jay-Jay Okocha scored a long range shot to level the scoreline. Eto'o attempted to put Cameroon ahead again, but his shot hit the post. Substitute Tijani Babangida had a finely-placed shot on target which was saved by Boukar Alioum. Victor Ikpeba had a long range header go off target. The game was eventually decided on penalties with Cameroon emerging victorious.^[3]

Details

13 February 2000

16:00

Nigeria	2–2 (a.e.t.)	Cameroon
Chukwu 45' Okocha 47'	Report	Eto'o 26' M'Boma 31'
Penalties
Okocha Okpara Kanu Ikpeba Oliseh	3–4	M'Boma Wome Geremi Foé Song

National Stadium, Lagos

Attendance: 60,000

Referee: Mourad Daami (Tunisia)

Nigeria

Cameroon


GK	1	Ike Shorunmu
RB	21	Godwin Okpara
CB	5	Furo Iyenemi	26'
CB	15	Sunday Oliseh (c)	55'
LB	6	Taribo West
CM	7	Finidi George		70'
CM	8	Mutiu Adepoju		98'
CM	3	Celestine Babayaro
AM	10	Jay-Jay Okocha
CF	18	Raphael Chukwu		46'
CF	4	Nwankwo Kanu
Substitutions:
FW	17	Julius Aghahowa		46'
FW	13	Tijani Babangida		70'
FW	20	Victor Ikpeba		98'
Manager:
Jo Bonfrère


GK	1	Alioum Boukar
RB	6	Pierre Njanka	90+2'
CB	4	Rigobert Song (c)	57'
CB	5	Raymond Kalla		94'
LB	3	Pierre Womé	23'
DM	17	Marc-Vivien Foé
RM	12	Lauren
LM	20	Salomon Olembé
AM	8	Geremi
CF	10	Patrick M'Boma
CF	9	Samuel Eto'o		72'^[4]
Substitutions:
FW	21	Joseph-Désiré Job		72'
DF	13	Lucien Mettomo		94'
Manager:
Pierre Lechantre