Such is part of what presents the continent with an aura optimism that Africa may get new representatives at the World Cup in Qatar 2022. In between, Mali’s budding Eagles settled for fourth place at the 2017 Fifa U17 World Cup in India before losing to Italy in extra time at the 2019 Fifa U20 World Cup quarterfinals in Poland. “No matter what happens, Qatar will be seeing at least two African nations the World Cup hasn’t seen before. AFRICA AT THE FIFA WC- TIMELINE1934: Abdulrahman Fawzi of Egypt, first African to score at the World Cup, who scored both Egypt’s goals in 2-4 loss against Hungary. 1974: Mulamba Ndaye of Zaire (DR Congo today), first African player to receive a red card at the World Cup against Yugoslavia on 18 June 1974.

Source: The North Africa Journal January 25, 2020 14:48 UTC