After the 2022 FIFA World Cup Africa Qualifiers are over, five teams that have won the Qatar World Cup tickets are released: Cameroon, Senegal, Ghana, Tunisia and Morocco.
The five African teams that fell in the final stages of the World Preliminary Round are Egypt, Algeria, Nigeria, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Mali, which means that familiar faces such as Liverpool striker Salah (Egypt), Mahrez (Algeria), Napoli striker Osmayne (Nigeria), and Marseille striker Bakambu (Democratic Republic of the Congo) will not be able to appear in the 2022 World Cup.
So among the five African teams that have reached the World Cup, which are the familiar stars? Let's take a look.
Ghana
Ghana has previously participated in the 2006, 2010 and 2014 World Cups, and this will be the team's fourth appearance in the World Cup.
The Ayo brothers in Ghana's squad have all played in the Premier League for many years. At present, the most expensive star in Ghana's squad is Thomas, a midfielder who currently plays for Arsenal, who has scored 13 goals in 40 appearances for the Ghanaian national team after scoring 3 goals in this World Preliminary Tournament.
Cameroon
Cameroon, the lion of Africa, participated in the World Cup for the eighth time.
Currently playing for Bayern Munich striker Shubo Motin, Lyon striker Ekambi and Ajax goalkeeper Onana are familiar faces for fans in this Cameroonian squad, among which Ekambi beat Algeria in the seconds stage and sent Cameroon to the 2022 World Cup.
Senegal
Senegal has participated in two previous World Cups, in 2002 and 2018.
In this Senegalese squad, there are many players currently playing in the five major leagues in Europe, and the team has outstanding personal ability stars at both ends of the attack and defense: Chelsea goalkeeper Mendy, Napoli defender Koulibaly, and Mane, who is now playing for Liverpool, have already proved their respective strengths. After scoring three goals in this World Preliminary Tournament, Mane has scored 29 goals in 89 appearances for the national team, and has become the goal record holder for the Senegalese national team.
This Senegalese team is currently the strongest overall among the African teams.
Tunisia
Tunisia has participated in 5 previous World Cups.
Striker Hazri has scored 24 goals in 69 appearances for the Tunisian national team, including scoring goals from Belgium and Panama at the 2018 World Cup and three goals in this World Cup. The striker, who currently plays for Ligue 1 side Saint-Etienne, is the current Tunisian counterpart.
Morocco
Morocco has participated in 5 previous World Cups.
After Chelsea star Ziyech announced his retirement from the national team, the most familiar faces in morocco were Sevilla goalkeeper Bono, Ashraf who played for Paris Saint-Germain, and Seth, who played for Wolves, and Seth, who has been with Wolves for six seasons, is currently the captain of Morocco.
In the past few years, Africa has emerged a number of top stars who occupy the main position in the European giants, and in the back position and front line, Africa is a generation of superstars. In the history of the World Cup, African teams have never reached the top 4, and the best result is to stop at the top 8.
Can African teams make history at the 2022 Qatar World Cup?