Football · Continental
Cameroon advance past Nigeria after a 2–2 draw at AFCON 2000 on 13 February 2000
Nigeria 2–2 Cameroon; Cameroon won 4–3 on penalties was the completed AFCON 2000 final result on 13 February 2000.
13 February 2000 · Lagos
Event date:
The story
Cameroon advance past Nigeria after a 2–2 draw in the final of the 2000 Africa Cup of Nations on 13 February 2000. The completed result is recorded as Nigeria 2–2 Cameroon in Lagos, Nigeria, with Cameroon won 4–3 on penalties.
How it unfolded
Cameroon 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 | Nigeria | Cameroon |
|---|---|---|
| After extra time | 2 | 2 |
| Penalty shoot-out | 3 | 4 |
Sources
Check the original record.
Open the governing body or organiser’s publication for the underlying result, decision or tournament update.