On 29th July, 2001, Nigeria defeated visiting Ghana 3-0 to qualify for the 2002 FIFA World Cup tournament staged in Japan and South Korea.
Tijani Babangida added two first-half goals to Victor Agali's second-minute strike, moving Nigeria one point above Liberia at the top of African qualifying's Group B. If Nigeria had drawn or lost, Liberia would have advanced.
Ghana's goalkeeper Osei Boateng was sent off at a time, the Back Stars had exhausted all their three substitutions and left an outfield player in Emmanuel Osei Kuffour with no option than to guard the post in the early minutes.
Nigeria became the eighth team to secure qualification for the 32-team tournament, joining fellow African group winners Cameroon, Tunisia, South Africa and Senegal, co-hosts Japan and South Korea and holder France.
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