Factbox: The 5 African teams that reached the 2022 World Cup

Ahram Online , Wednesday 30 Mar 2022

Senegal, Morocco, Ghana, Tunisia and Cameroon have qualified for the 2022 World Cup after winning their playoff games held on 25 and 29 March.

Ghana
A Ghana soccer player celebrates at the end of the 2022 Qatar World Cup qualifying playoff second leg at Moshood Abiola Stadium, in Abuja, Nigeria, Tuesday, March. 29, 2022. Ghana defeated Nigeria on away goal rule to qualify for the 2022 World Cup in Qatar. (Photo: AP)

A glance at the five African representatives who booked their tickets to Qatar.

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SENEGAL

FIFA ranking: 18

Coach: Aliou Cisse

Captain: Kalidou Koulibaly

Key players: Sadio Mane, Ismaila Sarr, Edouard Mendy and Idrissa Gana Gueye.

Qualifiers:

Playoffs:

Senegal 1-0 (3-1 pens) Egypt

Egypt 1-0 Senegal

Group stage

Group H: Played=6, Won=5, Drew=1, Lost=0, Goals For=15, Goals Against=4, Points=16

Previous World Cup participations: 2 (2002 and 2018)

 

MOROCCO

FIFA ranking: 24

Coach: Vahid Halilhodzic

Captain: Romain Saiss

Key players: Youssef En-Nesyri, Munir El Haddadi and Achraf Hakimi.

Qualifiers

Playoffs:

Morocco 4-1 DR Congo

DR Congo 1-1 Morocco

Groupstage

Group I: Played=6, Won=6, Drew=0, Lost=0, Goals For=20, Goals Against=1, Points=18

Previous World Cup participations: 5 (1970, 1986, 1994, 1998 and 2018)

 

TUNISIA

FIFA ranking: 36

Coach: Jalel Kadri

Captain: Wahbi Khazri

Key players: Wahbi Khazri, Youssef Msakni and Ali Maaloul.

Qualifiers

Playoffs:

Tunisia 0-0 Mali

Mali 0-1 Tunisia

Groupstage:

Group B: Played=6, Won=4, Drew=1, Lost=1, Goals For=11, Goals Against=2, Points=13

Previous World Cup participations: 5 (1978, 1998, 2002, 2006 and 2018)

 

 

CAMEROON

FIFA ranking: 38

Coach: Rigobert Song

Captain: Eric Choupo-Moting

Key players: Eric Choupo-Moting, Vincent Aboubakar, Karl Ekambi and Andre Onana

Qualifiers

Playoffs:

Algeria 1-1 Cameroon

Cameroon 0-1 Algeria

Groupstage

Group D: Played=6, Won=5, Drew=0, Lost=1, Goals For=12, Goals Against=3, Points=15

Previous World Cup participations: 7 (1982, 1990, 1994, 1998, 2002, 2010 and 2014)

 

GHANA

FIFA ranking: 61

Coach: Otto Addo

Captain: Andrew Ayew

Key players: Andrew Ayew, Jordan Ayew, Thomas Partey

Qualifiers

Playoffs

Nigeria 1-1 Ghana

Ghana 0-0 Nigeria

Groupstage

Group G: Played=6, Won=4, Drew=1, Lost=1, Goals For=7, Goals Against=3, Points=13

Previous World Cup participations: 3 (2006, 2010, 2014)

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