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Because of the war, why is football strong in West Africa and North Africa, but not in East Africa, Central Africa and South Africa?

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In the 1970 World Cup qualifiers, Africa won a place and had to compete with Asia for a spot. The African qualifiers for the 14 World Cups, from 1970 to 2022, were the only teams that came out.

Because of the war, why is football strong in West Africa and North Africa, but not in East Africa, Central Africa and South Africa?

Cameroon has the most appearances, with eight times, including reaching the quarter-finals at the 1990 World Cup. (Cameroon is considered to be a West African country in Central Africa) Nigeria, Tunisia and Morocco six each. In recent World Cups, Ghana has played four times, Côte d'Ivoire three times, and Senegal, who reached the quarter-finals of the 2002 World Cup three times. Most of these qualifying teams are neighbors and often appear at the same World Cup.

Because of the war, why is football strong in West Africa and North Africa, but not in East Africa, Central Africa and South Africa?

Nigeria and Cameroon are neighboring countries, and because of the ownership of the Bakassi Peninsula, the two countries often fight verbally and are not less vindictive. But on the pitch, both teams appeared in the 1994, 1998, 2002, 2010 and 2014 World Cups.

Because of the war, why is football strong in West Africa and North Africa, but not in East Africa, Central Africa and South Africa?

Morocco and Tunisia are both North African Arab countries that appeared at both the 1998 and 2018 World Cups, while Algeria is between Morocco and Tunisia. Neighbors of Côte d'Ivoire and Ghana appeared together in the 2006 and 2014 World Cups, and the small country of Togo, Ghana's eastern neighbor, followed two big brothers on the coast (Ivory Coast, Ghana called the Gold Coast) to the 2006 World Cup in Germany.

Because of the war, why is football strong in West Africa and North Africa, but not in East Africa, Central Africa and South Africa?

When it comes to the familiar African faces that this World Cup lacks, Nigeria is the biggest card. In the back-to-back knockout matches of 10 teams in the third stage, Nigeria was forced to draw 0-0 away and 1-1 at home by Ghana because of fewer away goals. Nigeria failed to reach the World Cup for the sixth time with its old neighbour Cameroon. Even so, Ghana and Cameroon are not far apart, and they are both brothers in black Africa.

Because of the war, why is football strong in West Africa and North Africa, but not in East Africa, Central Africa and South Africa?

As for Morocco and Tunisia in North Africa, this is the third time they have played in the same World Cup. Morocco is located in northwest Africa, on the south shore of the Strait of Gibraltar, and to the east is Algeria, which has reached two consecutive World Cups in 2010 and 2014 and carried the honor of North African Arab countries alone. The northeast corner of Algeria is Tunisia, and many people are surprised that Tunisia, which rarely has big stars, can participate in the World Cup many times.

Because of the war, why is football strong in West Africa and North Africa, but not in East Africa, Central Africa and South Africa?

There is also Senegal, which defeated previous champions France in the opening match of the 2002 World Cup and reached the quarter-finals. Senegal is a typical star-owned team, Mane is one of the souls of the Premier League Liverpool, when Mane moved to Bayern Munich, Liverpool's results can be called chicken feathers. Geographically, Senegal, as a West African country, is not far from Ghana, only separated by Mali and Côte d'Ivoire.

Because of the war, why is football strong in West Africa and North Africa, but not in East Africa, Central Africa and South Africa?

Compared with the distribution of teams that qualified from previous World Cup qualifiers, the distribution of the five teams that qualified this time is more dense. This means that the empty spaces of the map of Africa will be connected into a large area. Moreover, the area of these five teams is not very large, and Cameroon is the largest, but only about 475,000 square kilometers. More than a dozen countries in Africa, which spanned more than one million square kilometers, were all eliminated, including Egypt, which participated in the last World Cup.

Because of the war, why is football strong in West Africa and North Africa, but not in East Africa, Central Africa and South Africa?

Generally speaking, Africa is divided into North Africa, West Africa, East Africa, Central Africa (Central Africa, including Central Africa as a country), South Africa (Southern Africa, including South Africa as a country), and North Africa and West Africa have always been the largest players in the World Cup in Africa. (Cameroon is considered a West African country in Central Africa)

Because of the war, why is football strong in West Africa and North Africa, but not in East Africa, Central Africa and South Africa?

As a Central African country and a large country in area (about 2.344 million square kilometers), Zaire entered the 1974 World Cup in the Federal Republic of Germany, and the previous champion Brazil, the powerful Yugoslavia and Scotland were grouped together. 0:2 loss to Scotland, 0:9 by Yugoslavia can not find the north, but 0:3 loss to Brazil, can barely be said. Zaire has changed its name and is now called the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Because of the war, why is football strong in West Africa and North Africa, but not in East Africa, Central Africa and South Africa?

In Central Africa, at least Zaire dressed as Grandma Liu, walked around the Grand View Garden, and had some talk. East Africa is much worse, because without Grandma Liu, I don't even know what the Grand View Garden looks like, and I don't have the experience of participating in the World Cup once. Among the East African countries, the domestic situation in Eritrea, Uganda, Somalia and South Sudan has always been unstable, either fighting wars all day long, or pirates nesting one after another, what World Cup is talking? Ethiopia has some regrets and won the 1962 Africa Cup. In the 2014 World Cup qualifiers, Ethiopia played to the final stage, losing 1:2 at home and 0:2 away to Nigeria and was blocked out of the World Cup. The situation in Kenya is similar to that in Ethiopia, and it is a god-level existence in the middle and long-distance running events, that is, the football strength is almost hot.

Because of the war, why is football strong in West Africa and North Africa, but not in East Africa, Central Africa and South Africa?

Southern Africa fared better than Central and East Africa, and South Africa played in the 1998 and 2002 World Cups, as well as the 2010 World Cup. Angola participated in the 2006 World Cup. Zambia is a powerhouse in the whole of Africa, but has not played in the World Cup. In April 1993, Zambia suffered a plane crash while flying to Senegal to participate in the second stage of the World Cup African qualifiers. None of the 18 Zambian main team members on board survived. Zambia is grouped with Morocco and Senegal, and after the crash, the newly formed Zambia still held out until the last minute, as long as it draws away from Morocco to reach the World Cup.

Because of the war, why is football strong in West Africa and North Africa, but not in East Africa, Central Africa and South Africa?

Although West Africa has participated in the World Cup the most times, it is only concentrated in Nigeria, Ghana, Côte d'Ivoire, Senegal, and Togo also has one. The reason is similar to that of East Africa, Mali, Niger, Burkina Faso, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia and other countries, mutinies every three to five. The president was announced laid off, and this colonel, that major, did not know where to come from. Troop vehicles and near-scrapped tanks roam the streets, turning the country into a miasma, and the World Cup can only be a dream.

Because of the war, why is football strong in West Africa and North Africa, but not in East Africa, Central Africa and South Africa?

However, these countries often feature big names who play for other countries, such as Pogba, who you must be familiar with, from Guinea. To support his home country, Pogba also wore the shirt of the Guinea national team. There is also former Chelsea midfielder N'Golo Mali is not bad, but it is always so far from the World Cup. Mali reached the final stage of this World Cup qualifier, conceding only one goal in two knockout matches against Tunisia. What's more, the goal came from Mali's own goal at home.

Because of the war, why is football strong in West Africa and North Africa, but not in East Africa, Central Africa and South Africa?

Africa has many island countries, such as Cape Verde, Sao Tome and Principe, Seychelles, Mauritius, Comoros, and Madagascar, which has the fourth largest island in the world. Because of its lack of strength, Africa has not yet given birth to a World Cup island team.

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