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Africa and the world cupDespite the enormity and diversity of the African continent, home to 54 countries that are members of FIFA (the Fédération Internationale de Football Association), the passion for the beautiful game is universal.This tournament brings together the best players from around the world representing their national teams. However, as I outline in a research paper, there have been memorable and defining moments at each FIFA World Cup tournament that inspire hope for a breakthrough, perhaps even at the 2022 tournament in Qatar. The pairings in the qualifiers look exciting.Past performances by African teams at the FIFA World Cup have not yielded a trophy. Some of the favourites include Algeria, Côte d'Ivoire, Senegal, Cameroon, Egypt and Morocco – given their large contingent of professionals in top European leagues.

On the other hand, “defining moments” are characteristics that revealed, tested and shaped the perception and trajectory of the African and global game of football.A Senegal fan celebrates his team’s upset of world champions France at the 2002 FIFA World Cup in South Korea. In this context, “memorable” means moments in the tournament that stood out in terms of attraction, style of play and legacy. Indeed, the performance on the field has provided great moments of excitement, athleticism, talent and skill – but also moments of tactical naivety and indiscipline.There are, of course, others, but I outline 10 defining and memorable moments in my paper. Egypt were first, in 1934, the rest followed from 1970 onward.Africa’s participation in the tournament is characterised by numerous challenges, unexpected victories and dramatic failures.

Indeed, African players need to be reminded that they stand on the shoulders of those who resiliently battled to continually expand the opportunities of future generations of African players. A combination of injuries to key players, indiscipline, poor game management, tactical naivety and lack of disciplined organisation led to their poor showing.Moving forward, Africa has a long way to go. However, as the 2018 FIFA World Cup showed, Africa still lags in the development of the game.The question on many fans’ minds is: will an African team ever win the tournament? Egypt, Morocco, Tunisia, Senegal and Nigeria gave it a shot in 2018 in Russia but none made it to the second round. It takes Austria and West Germany colluding to have Algeria eliminated.1986: Morocco leads the table in a pool including England, Portugal and Poland but lose in the second round to West Germany.1990: Cameroon’s “ Indomitable Lions” qualify for the quarter-final and Roger Milla’s individual exploits.2002: Senegal’s “ Lions of Teranga” show up to beat defending world champions France and qualify for the quarter finals.2010: South Africa host the Football World Cup, inspire the world with the vuvuzela and a missed penalty in the 90th minute that cost Ghana a place in the semi–final.20: indiscipline, naivety, and technical retrogression characterise the African teams.The occasional brilliance, technical display and aggressive physical expression of African football talent at the cup has earned admiration, enthralled spectators and drawn many African children to soccer. This was due to just one final spot being available for the whole of Africa and Asia.1970 FIFA World Cup: Morocco becomes the first team post the 1966 boycott to qualify and represent Africa.1974: Zaire becomes the first sub-Saharan country to qualify and represent Africa – even as they concede a record nine goals in one match.1978: Tunisia registers the first African win at the tournament – defeating Mexico.1982: Algeria beats West Germany and Cameroon remains unbeaten, leading to additional slots for Africa at future Football World Cups.

Indeed, the 2010 tournament demonstrated Africa’s progress on and off the field, passion for the sport and commitment to play a bigger role on the world stage. The fact that the FIFA World Cup was successfully hosted by the African continent gives extra motivation for aspiring African teams. Addressing that elusive tactical naivety and discipline deficit at the highest levels of national sports governance and team management are issues begging for solutions for the continent to break the hitherto ceiling at the quarter final stage of the FIFA Football World Cup.Meet the five teams hoping to change Africa's World Cup storyLooking to 2022, many memorable and defining moments in each tournament indicate there is hope for a breakthrough.

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