African nations at the FIFA World Cup by Asamoah Gyan. Had Ghana won their quarter final they would have become the very first African nation to progress to the semifinals of the world cup. Of the 32 countries that participated in the 2010 FIFA World Cup, FIFA ranked Ghana 7th. The 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil marked the first time more than one African team went beyond the group stages. While Ghana and Cameroon both collected disappointing results (apart from Ghana's 2–2 draw with later champions Germany, which saw them becoming the only team not to lose against the Germans in the entire tournament) and eventually
2002 FIFA World Cup qualification – CAF Final Round 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification – CAF Final Round The CAF Final Round of 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification was contested between the 25 winners from the First Round split across 5 groups. The top country in each group at the end of the stage progressed to the 2002 FIFA World Cup. "Guinea were excluded on 19 March 2001 after the Guinean sports minister had failed to meet a third FIFA deadline to reinstall the Guinean FA functionaries. Their match results were annulled" "match abandoned at 0–2 at 83 minutes after crowd trouble led police to fire tear gas in