African football comes of age at 2026 World Cup
African nations have been struggling to make a significant impact at the World Cup throughout the years, but teams from the continent have finally come of age at the 2026 edition. The World Cup has been contested every four years since the first tournament in 1930, except in 1942 and 1946, due to World War […] The post African football comes of age at 2026 World Cup appeared first on The Namibian .
African nations have been struggling to make a significant impact at the World Cup throughout the years, but teams from the continent have finally come of age at the 2026 edition.
The World Cup has been contested every four years since the first tournament in 1930, except in 1942 and 1946, due to World War II.
The tournament consists of two parts, the qualification phase and the final phase (officially known as the World Cup finals.
For the first time in the history of the coveted competition, a record nine African countries have managed to progress beyond the group stage, while in the past, only one country at a time managed to qualify for the knockout stage.
Cameroon became the first African nation to reach the quarter-finals, a feat which was classified as a legendary achievement highlighted by an opening win against defending champions Argentina.
