Africa's World Cup highs and lows
If South Africans want an omen in the run-up to Friday's opening clash against Mexico, they can take heart from the most tenuous of facts - that every time an African team has contested the World Cup opener, they have not only won it, but also made it to the quarter-finals.
Cameroon in 1990 and Senegal in 2002 are the two major highlights of Africa's World Cup adventure, but what about the rest?
And what about the lowlights? Here are my African highs and lows.
TOP 10 HIGHS:
The 1966 boycott: One of the highs was, at the time, a considerable low. With Africa awarded half a place at the World Cup by an intractable FIFA, . The drastic protest worked as Africa received its own berth for 1970.
Tunisia 1978: Nearly 50 years after Africa first participated in the World Cup, the continent recorded its first victory as Tunisia beat Mexico 3-1 in Rosario (although the Carthage Eagles haven't won at the World Cup since).
Algeria 1982: Shocks had already rocked the World Cup but .
Rabah Madjer opened the scoring, West German captain Karl-Heinz Rummenigge levelled, leaving it to the great Lakdar Belloumi to seal a late victory. "Germany had very good players but we also had a great team, with lots of experience and talent," says Madjer.
Morocco 1986: The Atlas Lions continued North Africa's pioneering World Cup role when becoming the first Africans into the second round. "Nobody could believe what we'd done because we were taking on Poland, England and Portugal," says goalkeeper Badu Zaki, whose team topped the group unbeaten. "I think our performances persuaded Fifa that Africa deserved more places at the World Cup."
At 42, Roger Milla became the oldest goalscorer in World Cup history
Cameroon 1990: The Indomitable Lions' Italian adventure is Africa's proudest World Cup memory - headlined by Sub-Saharan Africa announced it could be a football power when Francois Omam-Biyik's prodigious leap sunk defending champions Argentina 1-0.
Wins over Romania and Colombia followed and in the quarters, Thomas N'Kono, Cyrille Makanaky and co. were just seven minutes away from beating England. No African side has ever been so close to the semi-finals.
Roger Milla: Milla made his mark in 1990 but furthered a personal milestone when netting against Russia at USA '94. The forward had reset the oldest goalscorer mark at 42 years - a World Cup record that will surely never be broken.
Nigeria 1994: Packing power and flair, the Super Eagles routed Bulgaria 3-0 - Rashidi Yekini pumping his fists through the net in celebration - while Daniel Amokachi netted a screamer against Greece.
Nigeria were then two minutes from the quarter-finals until ten-man Italy equalised. "It's a shame we didn't realise how good we were, as we lacked experience," says . "But 1994 helped us win the 1996 Olympics."
Nigeria 1998: The Super Eagles are the only African side to twice reach the knock-outs. The highlight here was the 3-2 win over Spain, lit up by Sunday Oliseh's sweet 25-yard half-volley. Okocha was also in sublime form, dazzling with his tricks and flicks.
Senegal 2002: Lightning struck twice as an unfancied African side defeated the reigning champions 1-0 in the opening game - Senegal's humbling of former colonialists France inspired by El Hadji Diouf's thrilling display.
Draws with Denmark and Uruguay, and a knock-out defeat of Sweden, took the Teranga Lions into the quarters, where they lost to Turkey. "The only game we prepared for like people wanted us to - having lunch, staying in your room, looking at the ceiling etc. - was the one we lost because mentally we'd already played the game," laments midfielder Salif Diao.
Fifa's Rotation Policy: 15 March 2001 was one of African football's most momentous days for Fifa, who had decided to the year before, chose the continent to start the new system in 2010. Of course, 15 May 2004 is more celebrated in South Africa as that was the day the World Cup hosts won the bid.
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THE LOWS:
Zaire 74: This display was a disaster as the African champions played three and lost three (scoring 0, conceding 14). In addition, when kicking away an opponents' free-kick. He's since claimed he was trying to get sent off in protest at the federation withholding money from the squad. "I knew the rules very well but the referee was lenient and only gave me a yellow."
Togo 2006: Bonuses have been the bugbear of many African campaigns but the Hawks took things to a new level when becoming the first team to threaten to boycott a World Cup match.
With the FA refusing to pay the agreed amount, the players were set to sit out the Switzerland tie until Fifa guaranteed them funds. Later on, Fifa fined the Togolese FA for behaviour 'unworthy of a World Cup participant'.
The 'Shame of Gijon', Spain 1982: This setback denied Algeria an historic place in the second round. Since they'd already played, group rivals West Germany and Austria knew a narrow German win in their contest would take both sides through.
After the Germans' early goal, - sparking public outcry and Fifa to ensure that all final group ties were played simultaneously from then on. "We were tricked out of qualification but the anger has gone now," says Madjer.
The Big-Name Absences: Africans decry the failure of Liberia's George Weah, Ghana's Abedi Pele and Mali's Salif Keita. On this occasion, many fans are also dismayed by the absence of a team, six-time African champions Egypt, meaning Ahmed Hassan and Mohamed Aboutreika will be sorely missed.
The Quarter-Final Barrier: Despite winning the U17 World Cup, the U20 World Cup and the Olympic Games, Africa has never won the World Cup - nor reached the last four. Can the continent's first World Cup rewrite history?
Born in Wimbledon, my enthusiasm for the global game was already sizeable before the tragic demise of the boys from SW19. Having covered football in over 50 countries, I've been working in the ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ's African sports section since the early noughties, recently spending three years in Africa to report on the run-up to the continent's first World Cup.
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At 10th Jun 2010, jchubeta_aBridgeTooFar wrote:Okocha was spot on with his comment about the last gasp defeat to Italy in USA 94. The Super Eagles were so close to the quarter-finals, and surely that team may have gone on the semi-finals at least. Superb team, the Nigerian USA 94 team, arguably the best African team to have contested a WC.
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At 10th Jun 2010, Allexons wrote:Piers,
"six-time African champions Egypt", actually Egypt won the title seven times...
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At 10th Jun 2010, moks wrote:Its obvious Africa will hardly ever win the world cup.
MOst of the highs were surprises.
FIFA and its referees make sure the do everything to cheat and stop African teams going anywhere.
As long as I know Africans would just be participants.
Too many cases of outright injustice can be listed from the past.
And if it were not FIFA policy, did they do anything to the referees? NO!
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At 10th Jun 2010, aloma-king wrote:there is no point talking about refreeing because it is all clear for all to see and this forum might take a diverse turn.
Africans I realise have stand shoulder to shoulder with the power house in world football with there past results and performance.the only thing lacking is a consintent run which I believe is still lacking but could change if the fans could be as bias as they could be.
Of all the team representing the continent only Algeria have not reached the second but the have had an ex world champion scalp in their bag.The semis is for their taking.
GO ON DO IT!
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At 10th Jun 2010, Teflonso the King of Motorsport wrote:You mean 'inferiority'. I hope an African nation does well, especially South Africa. If Drogba is okay, then Cote d'Ivoire could go a long way.
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At 10th Jun 2010, Yoye wrote:As much as the whole continent derive some pride from hosting the world cup event, the prospects for a successful campaign for african teams are dim.
It is hard to fancy any one of them making it to the last four. Some teams are almost irrelevant either because of their strength, group strength or a combination of both. The prevailing perception that they are competitive because they boast professionnals playing at the highest levels in European leagues is ludicrous.
You need talent but organization enables talent to flourish. There is no stability from upper management down to the coaches. Political interference and bonuses issues foster a me, myself and I attitude instead of a strong team identity.
It is likely that, none of the african squad will make the knock-out round even.
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At 10th Jun 2010, Kisembo Kinobe wrote:African Teams have a chance believe me.
Every one is talking of Arg, Spa, Eng, Or Bra.
Uruguay just need to give France a scare. Or even to me, Mexico is already a done deal for Perreira Carlos...
LOL.. Bafana Bafafa
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At 10th Jun 2010, Kisembo Kinobe wrote:By the way, the Germans better watch out for Serbia.
I see Serbian topping that group....
I mean, im only looking at the surprise side of FOOTBALL.
Jabulaniiiiiiiiiiiii...
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At 10th Jun 2010, Yoye wrote:I would like to respectfully tell Kisembe that on paper everyone has a chance which is why there is a competition and the favourites not always win.
But objective and cold assessment of our organizational shortcomings shows a significant competitive disadvantage when compared to more developed football nations. For example Adebayor was the only player playing for Togo in Germany 2006 playing first team football in a notable european league top-tier team for Togo. The team included even a player from the 4th lower french division...
We love to believe at the expense of preparation. Real belief comes from preparation which is why success has eluded us so far. I do not see that changing this year just because we are hosting the WC.
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At 10th Jun 2010, Kisembo Kinobe wrote:Cant really wait...
I have long been waiting..
Will put on all the RSA colurs tomorrow.
Bafana bafana 2 Mexico 1
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At 10th Jun 2010, sunnela wrote:THE WRITE UP BRINGS SWEET BITTER MEMORIES, PIERS.... ONE MORE QUESTIONS, WHY ARE YOU HOLDING BACK THE BLOG ON THE SUPER EAGLES? IS IT BECAUSE OF DENNIS OR THE FACT THAT U DONT KNOW WHAT TO EXPECT FROM THEM, SO U'LL RATHER SEE THE ARGENTINA GAME FIRST? BUT IT'S NOT FAIR GIVEN THAT THE OTHER 5 AFRICAN TEAMS BLOGS ARE OUT BEFORE THE START OF THE WORLD CUP? KEEP UP THE GOOD JOB
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At 11th Jun 2010, Saheedospur wrote:It's really unfortunate that the Egyptians didn't make it to the finals... they are easily the best team on the continent. But they had their chance and the fluffed it.
While they are not at their best at the moment, I actually think Nigeria and Cameroon have the best chances of making it out of their groups. Ghana vs Serbia should be an intense and decisive game.
With the home crowd behind them, who knows how well the South Africans will do (not holding my breadth though, cos in all honesty their team sucks!!!).
Cote d'ivoire and Algeria might as well not have shown up... no disrespect to them.
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At 11th Jun 2010, cliveeta wrote:Africa teams have shown passion and flair but often lack professionalism. I am not sure any of them will make it past the round of 16 - it would take concentration and dedication.
Ivory Coast depend too much on one player, Ghana has lots their best player, S Africa may simply not be good enough. I think Camaroon would go the furthest but they are in the hardest group....
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At 11th Jun 2010, What Would Clough Do wrote:Ivory Coast is gonna rock baby, elephant feet poundin' on the terra, they'll win over Portugal in their first game, probably little vs. Brazil and advance if they can take care of the North Koreans who would be a cinch to win if the game were played in Middlesbrough.
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At 11th Jun 2010, A wet windy night in Stoke wrote:Piers,
Thanks for writing a neutral piece on African football. Reading the press and listening to interviews one is met by the constant "an African team will make it this time.." Everyone seems to feel that they must have something nice to say about Africa now that they inevitably have to talk about an African team, given that the Cup is being played there.. You can't help the cringe with all this patronising and PCness.
Anyway, all the African sides in SA have not beaten Egypt in the ACN since 2004. Now, are these the teams that will set the WC on fire? While there are plenty of very talented African players, it is teams that win championships, and I don't see any great teams. I am ready to be surprised, but I don't see an African side in the last four. Should that happen, at the expense of which team - Argentina, Brazil, Italy, Germany, Holland, Portugal, England or even France? You have to beat one or two of these to make it to the last four..
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At 11th Jun 2010, What Would Clough Do wrote:The 1994 Super Eagles team was put together largely it seems by some Dutchmen, forgive me for forgetting his name, some Nigerians hold the guy in the highest of esteem almost to reverence not meaning to exaggerate. However it goes, I'm with the Super Eagles and it's got to be a long term plan, I'm not sure if Lagerback is the answer, they've done well in some friendlies and I've got an open mind, read Vanguard, it really is a lot of politicking going on there.
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At 11th Jun 2010, Lagellerotumblero - Show goes on after 606 wrote:Nice little summary of the Africans and the World Cup there, but another low for me was Germany '06, seeing only Ghana in the last 16 was depressing, Ivory Coast were in a difficult group, Tunisia, Togo, Angola didn't do well.
As an African I want our teams to do well, but I'm not so optimistic on one of our teams winning the whole thing. Maybe, maybe and that's a big maybe the semi-finals, at least one team such as Ivory Coast or a suprise appearance by Ghana. (Nigeria forget it, no matter how many stubborn users will post here, you're not getting out of the first round!)
I think we still lack the professionalism and cohesiveness of the bigger European sides, again take note Nigeria. And then there's that really annoying trait that we can't do the simple and most important things first...We love the tricks and the feints and the fancy footwork but we can't seem to PUT THE BALL IN THE NET!! Ghana did that against Brazil in 06, South Africa did that in the Confederations Cup. If we could cut back on the fancy stuff, we can score more important goals.
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At 11th Jun 2010, DrCajetanCoelho wrote:African footballers have shown that they can play well anywhere in the world. Hats off to these immensely gifted people of Africa. World Cup 2010 in South Africa is their hour of glory. Let's join them in the celebration of life.
Dr. Cajetan Coelho
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At 11th Jun 2010, fASH wrote:@ Lagellerotumblero - Oleksandr the great
All teams have a total of 270minutes of play to book a spot in the next phase of the competition. Why say Nigeria should forget it? Its football remember.
I really don't fancy our chances against the Argies but they also struggled to get to this stage with these same stars.
My conclusion is we all should expect a close encounter.
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At 11th Jun 2010, Happy_Iyke wrote:Thanks Piers for this article. I'm bookmarking it for future reference.
I think Africa's biggest problem is corruption. It has made us unable to run our football well. 2010 should have been our year to get to the last 4 or even win the cup just like every other continent does when they host. But,it looks unlikely now. Unless if Ghana can prove me wrong. All other African teams except perhaps South Africa are likely to go home after the 1st round.
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At 11th Jun 2010, hackerjack wrote:Africa is nowhere near winning the cup unfortunately. They have progressed a little from 1990 in that there are plenty of players now playing in the top leagues around the world. Unfortunately this does not make their national teams any better as the game now is far more team oriented than it was back then. Any single weakness will prevent success and all of the african nations have that still.
Nigeria probably should make the last 16 from their group and with potentially Mexico or a dodgy France in round 2 they have the best chance of a quarter final place where they should run into Germany. An outside chance at a semi-final? Maybe, but a long shot.
Ivory Coast have the best team but will find it very difficult to get past Portugal or Brazil, even if they get 2nd place in that group Spain will likely be waiting.
Ghana are highly unlikely to get through in with Germany and Serbia and could easily finish bottom of that group without Essien.
Algeria against the USA should decide second place in their group but the USA will start big favourites there.
South Africa unfortunately is the weakest African nation and will almost certainly be the first hosts to not get through the group stage, I can't see them beating (or likely even getting a point from) France or Mexico and even Uruguay will start as favourites in thier match.
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At 11th Jun 2010, Lagellerotumblero - Show goes on after 606 wrote:fASH, Naija simply don't float my my boat. Used to like them during the late 90's., early noughties, but not nowadays. Their youth squads are pretty much good, but their senior squads don't play inspiring football. Their group looks easy, but I'm not holding my breath. They scrap through the group stages of the AFCON, but the world cup is a different issue. I'ld love to be proven wrong though.
May I also comment on those saying that referees undermine African teams at the world cup. I think that's baseless, we should go further through better play and stop blaming the officials.
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At 11th Jun 2010, buymespresso wrote:If anyone is looking for more details, like all Africa's World Cup results in one big pretty table, see the Wikipedia:
s_World_Cup
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At 11th Jun 2010, What Would Clough Do wrote:I'd give a break to Africa anyway, this is their first World Cup, here we have a great leader in Mandela in Africa. Compare that to the first World Cup held in Europe. Save the Ireland/France episode and this ball I am hearing about, I'm sure measures are taken to try to make this a much more fair tournament than last time. Compare that too to the first World Cup held in Europe.
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At 16th Jun 2010, OlaKay wrote:jchubeta_aBridgeTooFar
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Okocha is not right!
They rather lacked tactical/positional/self discipline in 1994.
He especially and Oliha were show boating when they should have played keep ball against the 10 men of Italy.
African players still suffer the same till now, that’s the main reason we won’t go far again this 2010!
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At 5th Mar 2011, jamesodonell wrote:[Unsuitable/Broken URL removed by Moderator]You have written a very nice article about the African team’s performance in previous world cups. I clearly remember the Cameroon 1990 team and the legend Roger Milla's games. It was different era and it was pure pleasure to watch football games. The players were less technical and more natural in their game. This allowed their opponents to also play pure football without to much tackles and fouls.
When we compare it today’s football game it is really physical and more technical, the beauty of the natural talent displayed on football field is diminishing as the coaches want the players to be more technical which ends up restricting the players of their natural flow. In addition to that currently football games require more physical fitness from the players making it more demanding on them and making them more prone to injuries.
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At 7th Mar 2011, stoneyg wrote:That sucks, in Togo 2006 they just wanted more money and they ended up with a fine! I wonder how much they wanted and why
Senegal 2002 was unforgettable. I love when teams lose because they get cocky.
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At 16th Mar 2011, rogerG wrote:I have been reading out some of your posts and i can claim pretty good stuff. I will definitely bookmark your site.
Africans I realise have stand shoulder to shoulder with the power house in world football with there past results and performance.the only thing lacking is a consintent run which I believe is still lacking but could change if the fans could be as bias as they could be.
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At 17th Mar 2011, woweee wrote:Definetly the best African team to have made it into the world cup.
African teams have often been criticised for there lack professionalism. I doubt if any of there teams will make it further than the top 16. Which ain't bad. Looking forward to the next world cup.
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At 17th Mar 2011, Paul wrote:The World Cup shows that Europe and South America are the two leading confederations in the world, but the best teams in the other confederations can hold their own against all but the very best of these two dominant groups (Spain, Germany, Netherlands, Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay).
The world cup result shows that a team of stars (Spain) will win, also if not everyone is in a perfect condition, [Unsuitable/Broken URL removed by Moderator] over a team with fewer stars (Uruguay, Ghana, USA) or a team without stars (Paraguay) or a collection of stars that isn’t a team (Netherlands, Germany, England, Brazil, Argentina)! Just my opinion. Cheers, Paul
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At 17th Mar 2011, ecohip wrote:Pele said that this would happen in the 20th century and it didn't. Africa needs to step it up and play like a team and not individuals
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At 17th Mar 2011, SarahAnderson45 wrote:I remember I had Senegal going all the way in the 2002 World Cup. Obviously this did not work out for me very well.
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At 17th Mar 2011, Branco Design wrote:nice post congradulation
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At 17th Mar 2011, noel99 wrote:I think an Afrian team will win a world cup But maybe not in the next one but by 2020 definitely.
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At 17th Mar 2011, Pizza Oradea wrote:I`m in a little problem whith this WC`s in this now days..
Romanian and Hungaryans are too losers to get out from quarters. But Africans and other countrys like this is powerfull so in my opinion Africans have FULL CHANGE to win in every part of this.
So, GL for Africans!
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At 18th Mar 2011, Art wrote:2 Pizza Oradea:
I don't think that Romanian are losers. May be in the next year (or next [Unsuitable/Broken URL removed by Moderator]they'll play match better.
About Africans an this post: sometime they win, like others.
Thanks.
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