| Last updated: 28-November-2001 |
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Group B Table & Matches
| Teams | P | W | D | L | F | A | GD | Pts | | Nigeria* | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 3 | +12 | 16 | | Liberia | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 8 | +2 | 15 | | Sudan | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 10 | -2 | 12 | | Ghana | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 9 | +1 | 11 | | Sierra Leone | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 15 | -13 | 4 |
| *Nigeria Qualify For Finals in Korea/Japan |
| Match Date | | Stadium/Venue | | Attendance | | 17-Jun-2000 | | Lagos | | 25,000 | | | | | | Nigeria | 2 (2) | Sierra Leone | 0 (0) |
Jay Jay Okocha (12) Benedict Akwuegbu (37) | |
| Match Date | | Stadium/Venue | | Attendance | | 18-Jun-2000 | | El Meriekh, Omdurman | | 35,000 | James Moja (53) Mughaid El Faki (88) | |
| Match Date | | Stadium/Venue | | Attendance | | 09-Jul-2000 | | National Sports Council, Accra | | 45,000 | | | | | | Ghana | 5 (1) | Sierra Leone | 0 (0) |
Charles Amoah (19, 61) Charles Akonnor (68) Yaw Preko (75) Ishmael Addo (89) | |
| Red Card | Mohamed Mansaray (54) (Sierra Leone) |
| Match Date | | Stadium/Venue | | Attendance | 09-Jul-2000 | | Samuel Doe Sports Complex Monrovia | | 50,000 | Christopher Wreh (4) Varmah Kpoto (36) | Sunday Oliseh (49) |
| Match Date | | Stadium/Venue | | Attendance | | 27-Jan-2001 | | Liberation Stadium, Port Harcourt | | 30,000 | Victor Agali (58, 68) Nwankwo Kanu (79) | |
| Match Date | | Stadium/Venue | | Attendance | | 28-Jan-2001 | | National Sports Council, Accra | | 30,000 | Emmanuel Duah (70) | Frank Seator (10) Oliver Makor (85) Shannon Musa (89) |
| Match Date | | Stadium/Venue | | Attendance | | 25-Feb-2001 | | El Meriekh, Omdurman | | 30,000 |
| Match Date | | Stadium/Venue | | Attendance | 25-Feb-2001 | | Samuel K Doe Sports Stadium Paynesville | | 35,000 | | | | | | Liberia | 1 (0) | Sierra Leone | 0 (0) |
| Match Date | | Stadium/Venue | | Attendance | | 10-Mar-2001 | | National Stadium, Freetown | | 30,000 | | | | | | Sierra Leone | 0 (0) | Sudan | 2 (2) |
| | James Moja (43) Khaled Bakhit (44) |
| Match Date | | Stadium/Venue | | Attendance | | 11-Mar-2001 | | National Sports Council, Accra | | 34,491 |
| Match Date | | Stadium/Venue | | Attendance | | 21-Apr-2001 | | National Stadium, Freetown | | 35,000 | | | | | | Sierra Leone | 1 (1) | Nigeria | 0 (0) |
| Match Date | | Stadium/Venue | | Attendance | 22-Apr-2001 | | Samuel K Doe Sports Stadium Paynesville | | 60,000 | Kelvin Sebwe (35) George Weah (48) | |
| Match Date | | Stadium/Venue | | Attendance | | 05-May-2001 | | National Stadium, Freetown | | 35,000 | | | | | | Sierra Leone | 1 (0) | Ghana | 1 (1) |
| Mahmadu Bah (87 pen) | Kwame Ayew (35) |
| Match Date | | Stadium/Venue | | Attendance | | 05-May-2001 | | Liberation Stadium, Port Harcourt | | 12,000 | Nwankwo Kanu (11) Victor Agali (59) | |
| Match Date | | Stadium/Venue | | Attendance | | 01-Jul-2001 | | El Meriekh, Omdurman | | 23,100 | | Jay Jay Okasha (40) Yakubu Ayegbeni (47, 85) Julius Aghahowa (78) |
| Match Date | | Stadium/Venue | | Attendance | | 01-Jul-2001 | | Monrovia | | 35,000 | Kelvin Sebwe (44) | Charles Amoah (32) Isaac Boakye (58) |
| Match Date | | Stadium/Venue | | Attendance | | 14-Jul-2001 | | National Stadium, Freetown | | 40,000 | | | | | | Sierra Leone | 0 (0) | Liberia | 1 (0) |
| Match Date | | Stadium/Venue | | Attendance | | 15-Jul-2001 | | National Sports Council, Accra | | 7,000 |
| Match Date | | Stadium/Venue | | Attendance | | 29-Jul-2001 | | Liberation Stadium, Port Harcourt | | 17,000 | Victor Agali (1) Tijani Babangida (18, 32) | |
| Red Card | Osei Boateng (42) (Ghana) |
| Match Date | | Stadium/Venue | | Attendance | | 29-Jul-2001 | | El Meriekh, Omdurman | | 8,000 | | | | | | Sudan | 3 (2) | Sierra Leone | 0 (0) |
Edward Aungali (17) Khaled Bakhit (40) Khalid El Mustafa (69) | |
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