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South Africa advance past Tunisia after a 2–2 draw at AFCON 2000 on 12 February 2000
South Africa 2–2 Tunisia; South Africa won 4–3 on penalties was the completed AFCON 2000 third-place play-off result on 12 February 2000.
12 February 2000 · Accra
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The story
South Africa advance past Tunisia after a 2–2 draw in the third-place play-off of the 2000 Africa Cup of Nations on 12 February 2000. The completed result is recorded as South Africa 2–2 Tunisia in Accra, Ghana, with South Africa won 4–3 on penalties.
How it unfolded
South Africa won 4–3 on penalties after a match that produced 4 combined regulation-and-extra-time goals. The result is counted once as a single completed contest, not split into separate team, score or shoot-out reports.
The wider picture
CAF's official historical coverage establishes the competition context and outcome, while the independent tournament and international registers corroborate the date, venue city and score. This archive report does not infer lineups, attendance, refereeing or tactical detail, and the original match date remains separate from iintroo's later archive-publication timestamp.
Period by period
| Final | South Africa | Tunisia |
|---|---|---|
| After extra time | 2 | 2 |
| Penalty shoot-out | 4 | 3 |
Sources
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