As the 2026 FIFA World Cup gets underway in Mexico, Canada and the United States, African players are backing the continent’s representatives to challenge the rest of the world, inspired by Morocco’s historic achievement at the last edition in Qatar, PUNCH Sports Extra reports.
With the tournament expanded to 48 teams, Africa will be represented by 10 countries — Algeria, Cape Verde, Côte d’Ivoire, DR Congo, Egypt, Ghana, Morocco, Senegal, South Africa and Tunisia.
Since the first edition of the global showpiece in 1930, no African nation has won the World Cup.
Cameroon (1990), Senegal (2002) and Ghana (2010) all reached the quarter-finals before Morocco set a new benchmark in Qatar 2022 by becoming the first African nation to reach the semi-finals.
The Atlas Lions’ historic run remains a source of inspiration four years later, with Senegal forward Iliman Ndiaye and South Africa captain Ronwen Williams among those believing African
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