2018 World Cup: History of African countries' appearances at the global tournament

17 July 2015
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Image caption Ghana Black Stars have appeared at the World Cup three times

With the 2018 World Cup qualifiers for Africa set to start in October, GHANAsoccernet.com lists the number of appearances for African countries in the history of the global competition.

7 times: Cameroon 5 times: Nigeria 4 times: Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia 3 times: Ghana, Ivory Coast, South Africa 2 times: Egypt 1 time: Angola, Senegal, Togo, Zaire (now DR Congo)

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2018 World Cup: History of African countries' appearances at the global tournament

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