A total of 15 African countries has participated in the FIFA World Cup throughout the tournament’s history.
Cameroon holds the record for the most FIFA World Cup participations by any African country, having qualified for the tournament eight times.
The “Indomitable Lions” represented the continent in 1982, 1990, 1994, 1998, 2002, 2010, 2014, and 2022.
The following is the list of African countries that participated at the world cup:
1934: Egypt
1970: Morocco
1974: Democratic Republic of Congo then Zaire
1978: Tunisia
1982: Algeria, Cameroon
1986: Algeria, Morocco
1990: Cameroon, Egypt
1994: Cameroon, Morocco, Nigeria
1998: Cameroon, Morocco, Nigeria, South Africa, Tunisia
2002: Cameroon, Nigeria, Senegal, South Africa, Tunisia
2006: Angola, Côte d’Ivoire, Ghana, Togo, Tunisia
2010: Algeria, Cameroon, Côte d’Ivoire, Ghana, Nigeria, South Africa
2014: Algeria, Cameroon, Côte d’Ivoire, Ghana, Nigeria
2018: Egypt, Morocco, Nigeria, Senegal, Tunisia
2022: Cameroon, Ghana, Morocco, Senegal, Tunisia
2026: Algeria, Cape Verde, Côte d’Ivoire, DR Congo, Egypt, Ghana, Morocco, Senegal, South Africa, Tunisia
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