The 2022 Qatar World Cup Qualifiers regular season is over, and a number of teams have already won tickets to the World Cup, so we will continue to review the progress of the teams that have entered the finals through the qualifiers. (Sorted by promotion time, one team per period)
Cameroon (currently ranked 37th in the world)
(Promotion date: March 30, 2022)
(World Preliminary Round Record: Stage 2: 6 wins, 5 wins and 1 loss, Stage 3: 2 wins, 1 win and 1 loss)
The second stage of the World Preliminary Round Cameroon is divided with Côte d'Ivoire, Mozambique and Malawi, the competition in this group is bound to be very fierce, Cameroon will compete with Côte d'Ivoire for the top spot of the group, the strength of the two teams is very close, it is clear that the result of their direct dialogue will be related to the final top position.
In the first round of home against Malawi, Cameroon won the opening 2-0 light opponent, and in the second round they ushered in a direct dialogue with Côte d'Ivoire, but the African Lions finally lost 1:2 away from home, after losing this key battle, Cameroon was also overtaken by Côte d'Ivoire in the standings, temporarily in second place.
Cameroon will then face back-to-back against Mozambique, and finally they will double-match the opponents in the home 3:1 and 1:0 away games, after which the African Lions won 4:0 away to Malawi, after winning three consecutive wins, Cameroon temporarily trailed Côte d'Ivoire by 1 point, and they had to beat each other in the final round to successfully qualify.
In the end, Cameroon also did this, with the winning goal of Ekambi, they beat Côte d'Ivoire 1:0 at home, thus successfully overtaking their opponents in the table, with a record of 5 wins and 1 loss, thrilling to the final stage of the World Preliminary Round in africa, and then Cameroon will compete with Algeria for a World Cup ticket.
However, cameroon, which played at home in the first leg, lost 0:1, which means that they have no choice but to fight on the road. Shupomotin's goal in the second leg dragged the match into extra time, algeria scored a goal in the 118th minute and Cameroon was in a desperate situation.
However, in the second stage of injury time, it was Ekambi who stepped forward, and his killer goal helped Cameroon win 2:1, and the team finally eliminated Algeria by relying on the away goal advantage to successfully advance to the Qatar World Cup, and this is the return of the African Lions to the World Cup stage after 8 years.
This World Cup will be the eighth time in cameroon's history that they have participated in the World Cup the most on the African continent. In the past seven appearances, Cameroon's best result was the quarter-final record in 1990, and the remaining six times they fell in the group stage. The African Lions in the same group as Brazil, Switzerland and Serbia in this cup still face great difficulties in qualifying, so it is good for Cameroon to do their best.
With cameroon's previous World Cup results:
1982: First round, 1990: Quarterfinals
1994: Group stage, 1998: Group stage
2002: Group stage, 2010: group stage
2014: Group stage