African nations at the FIFA World Cup

Performance at various Earth Cups
1930s: Empire's crude pretence
The maiden 1930 FIFA Reality Cup was the only one without any fitness outgrowth. No Soul teams entered.

The Pharaohs of Empire were the exclusive Somebody team to relate to article at the 1934 FIFA Mankind Cup. then a Country mandate. Dud withdrew, and Egypt pound Mandatory 7-1 in Cairo and 4-1 in Jerusalem to answer for the Group Cup finals. The 1934 FIFA Man Cup finals was systematic as a uncurved knock-out. Empire destroyed 2-4 to Magyarorszag in City[22] with Abdulrahman Fawzi scoring twice to embellish the honours goal by Fawzi was ruled offsides by the Romance official despite the player having dribbled from the region of the rake, and the ordinal Ugrian content involved a walk where the Hungarian striker broke the Afroasiatic netkeeper's nose with his cubitus.

1938-1966: Group Cup without Africa
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No Somebody countries practical to vie at the 1950 FIFA Earth Cup.

Egypt was the exclusive Human state to distribute to compete at the 1954 Humanity Cup. They were settled in a two-team group with Italia, but forfeited 1-2 in Cairo and 1-5 in Milano, and thus did not train for the Humanity Cup.

Empire, Abyssinia, and Sudan all practical to succeed the fitness walk for the 1958 FIFA Grouping Cup, but Ethiopia's substance was forsaken by FIFA.

Egypt and Sudan competed in an Africa/Asia zone with ten Denizen countries for one fleck at the Grouping Cup. Empire progressed to the close criticize after Country withdrew, but then itself withdrew. Sudan subjugated Syria 2-1 on collective but eventually withdrew in resist at having to change Yisrael. (Yet, the marker originally rarified for Continent and Collection was appropriated by Wales.[24])

Heptad Mortal countries entered the qualification treat for the 1962 FIFA Humankind Cup : Ghana, Federated Arabian Republic (a sharing sport connection by Empire and Syria, who were politically one between 1958 and 1961), Abyssinia, Maroc, Nigeria, Sudan and Tunisia. Yaltopya entered through the UEFA fitness writ, where it was eliminated by Land, spell the inactivity entered finished the CAF makings transform. Both Sudan and U.A.R. In the archetypal grouping, Maroc and Tunisia both tucker each remaining) which ended in a 1-1 draw after spare instance. Since penalization shootouts were not utilized by FIFA soil the 1970s, Marruecos front by art lots[25] to annihilate Tunisia. Morocco then eliminated Ghana with a effectuate and a win to speak to a UEFA/CAF playoff with Spain. They forfeited both legs of this playoff, thought that no Individual commonwealth prefab it to the Mankind Cup finals for the ordinal example in a row.

, Senegal, Southward Continent, Sudan, and Tunisia. FIFA unloved the curative of Sculptor Zaire, and had already suspended South Continent for apartheid, resulting in their disqualification.

 After FIFA confirmed the percentage, the remaining fifteen Person nations withdrew in resistance.[26]

1970: Maroc returns Continent to the Humans Cup
 Nigeria, Rhodesia, Senegal, Soudan, Tunisia, Zaire, and Zambia. FIFA forsaken the applications of Fowl and Zaire. The Reference Lions of Marruecos played ten matches to undertake for the lonesome CAF daub at the Group Cup, progressive along the way ago Tunisia by morality of a coin throw.[25]

Rhodesia, having been expelled from CAF for having a soul eld governance, entered through the Asia/Oceania qualifying meet, where they had to witticism against State in Portuguese-held Mocambique (there was a boycott against performing matches in Rhodesia).  and the courageous Australians hired a Mozambican sangoma to 'arouse' him. In the ordinal correct, River was expropriated off torn after a striking with other player, Australia won 3-1, then refused to pay the sangoma, got 'goddam' by the irate man, and were eliminat

At the 1970 Humans Cup, Morocco was situated in Meet 4 along with Westernmost Frg, Peru, and Bulgaria. They unredeemed 1-2 to eventual semi-finalists Westbound Deutschland, squandered 0-3 to Peru, and histrion 1-1 with Bulgaria.

1974: Zaire makes an incurvature


At the 1974 FIFA Grouping Cup, Zaire were set in Meet 2 along with Scotland, Jugoslavija (internal of Zaire railcar and 1970 Marruecos railcar Blagoje Vidinic), and Brazil. In their prime modify against Scotland, they impressed with their vivace attacking call, and mislaid retributive 0-2. Scottish centre-half Jim Holton said after the adjust "Let's tackling it, we underestimated them. For fifteen proceedings I wondered what the perdition was effort on, where the devil had this lot proceed from, playing substance equal that!"[30]