African sides have had a number of heartbreaks in World Cups. Cameroon, Ghana and Senegal are the best-performing African countries in the showpiece’s history and have an opportunity to go one better in Qatar.
Five African teams are currently in Qatar for the 2022 Fifa World Cup in Qatar: Cameroon, Ghana, Morocco, Tunisia, and continental champions Senegal.
In order to reach the final-16 and then final-eight, you need to beat at least one ‘big’ side during the group stages and that’s exactly what Senegal did in 2002 when they beat World Champions France 1-0 in their first-ever match at a World Cup event. After reaching the furthest point an African team has ever reached, Senegal were finally eliminated in the quarterfinal stage after being defeated 1-0 by Turkey thanks to a İlhan Mansız extra-time goal.
They then went on to defeat Romania 2-1 to all but seal their place in the next round of the tournament. The Cameroonians were humbled 4-0 by the USSR in their final group-stage match but still qualified as group leaders. Ghana had scraped through the group stages of the 2010 World Cup — the first one held in Africa, in South Africa — on goal difference.
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