 Nyorai kuenderera mberi kweiyi ndima - Mu2002 African Cup of Nations, muMali, Egypt yakakwanisa kupinda mumutambo uyu. Egypt yakaiswa muGroup D neSenegal, Tunisia, neZambia. Mumutambo wavo wokutanga, Egypt yakarasikirwa ne01 kuSenegal. Zvisinei, Egypt yakakunda mitambo yavo miviri yasara yeboka, ine zvibodzwa zve 10 vachipesana neTunisia uye 21 vachipesana neZambia. Egypt yakakwikwidza kumaquarter-finals, semumhanyi wechipiri, aine mapoinzi matanhatu, kuzotarisana neCameroon. Mumutambo uyu, Cameroon ichirwisana neEgypt, mumakwikwi ekupedzisira, Egypt yakarasikirwa 10. Mubairo uyu wakabvisa Egipita. Mumakwikwi aya, Cameroon yakahwina mukombe wayo wechina, ichiva mukombe wechipiri wakakundwa zvakateedzana. 