Cameroon won the championship, beating Nigeria in the final 4–3 on penalties.

[1] As winners, they qualified for the 2001 FIFA Confederations Cup as African representatives.

It was expected that Zimbabwe will host this edition but it was sidelined by the CAF on 8 February 1999 in Abidjan, Ivory Coast for non-compliance with the specifications, the CAF announced that they would be receiving applications for the new hosts until 10 March 1999.

Bids : Egypt, Ghana, Morocco and Nigeria, were determined by the CAF to be compliant with the host criteria.

The organization of the 2000 Africa Cup of Nations was awarded jointly to Ghana and Nigeria on 15 March 1999 by the CAF Executive Committee meeting in Cairo, Egypt.