why is it that africa dont win world cup?
147304
In order to win the world cup, the team must be highly trained and in good situation\nmaybe by luck you win a mutch or two but not a cup\nwhen a team prepare to win a cup he must geta high training , high preparation schedule, high players quality and of course high trainer\nIn africane countries the economic situation is so low for that they can not prepare all tre needed of a winnig team
393072
On paper it doesn't look likely at all, but then the World Cup is known to pull a few surprises or two and African teams are especially known to be unpredictable. Who would have thought that Senegal would qualify from their group in 2002? Or that South Korea and Turkey would make it all the way to the Semi-Final stage?\n\nHowever, I think you are correct. I cannot see any African progressing beyond the last 16. Maybe Ivory Coast but that again is a long shot.
302051
Not necessarily. In the World Cup, the only teams who will be thinking about that will be the actual contenders like Brazil, Germany, and England, but all other teams will most likely go on attack quite frequently because they really don't have much to loose. Think of a country like Holland: They have great striking power (Van Nistelrooy) and have almost no chance of actually winning. So, why should they not give it everything they have and just try to not make mistakes, rather than not make mistakes and just try to not lose.
323157
This is actually a very easy question to answer.  If you look at Africa in 2006 and Africa in the early 90's or before they have consistently gotten better and have developed their game.  The people of Africa should be happy with the strides they have made.  There are like 3 teams that will represent the country.  These three teams are not top tier team but will compete they are strong, fast and conditioned.  They lack the quality coaching, experience and the overall (vision/skills) ie:Dutch,Brazil.  \nOverall Africa is a poor country they are a country of turmoil.  AIDS is a huge epidemic there, Human rights are a concern, they don't have the government that has ever put the millions of dollars to train and keep there athletes in shape year in and year out.  There are only a few Africans that play In Europe and gain the valuable experience that they can pass to the rest of there teams.  Africa will get the next World Cup in 4 years, they will spend more money than they ever have in the past.  They will become a country of Champions in every ones lifetime.  I can see Africa representing very well this year, they are no longer a Africa of "wide eyed" happy to be playing teams/players...they go to win!
1037574
My wife tries to make the world cup a struggle of class against class (I thought that was a political struggle, not a sports struggle).  But she doesn't complain when her country wins (Brazil, not exactly a rich one).  So it seems a bit hypocritical.  I didn't see the Ivory Coast match, but from what I've seen in the past, African teams play rougher among themselves than non-African teams do and so when they have to play outside of Africa they get called for more fouls.
608080
south africa sucks at the moment. we lost to a team ranked 103rd (namibia) in the world the other day. im not suprised we didnt qualify for the world cup. we dont deserve it at the moment.
1084678
They've had another poor world cup campaign, considering they have a great team on paper. If they do somehow get past the knock-out stages, I don't see them getting much further
1023246
To be fair to our continent ~ justice have to be done. Before any African team can win the WC, it must first reach the semi-finals. No African team has never reached the semi-final stage of this tournament.\n\nSo, NO African team will win the WC in 2010  ~ not even the host nation!! They can break a record, by reaching the semis!!
542268
consdering the calibre of players they have and the home base support, they have a great chance of winning the cup but compairing the lines of the other countries like Brazil, England and Italy, it will very difficult for them to winning the world cup therefore Germany cannot win the cup.
344307
The teams that will go to the finals will most likely come from the Americas and Europe. It would be nice to see an African teams in this year's final, but like you said, some of the good teams are not in.
1073905
2014 be almost definitely be held in Brazil. As for South Africa, I was a little surprised. Do they even have a team that competes in the WC. Not being asked sarcastically, I truly don't know if they do. There are so many political decisions made. Who knows if Sth Africa will even grant entry into their country for spectators of other African nations. I will reserve judgement on the decision to hold it there. As for who will win, Brazil and the other South American countries will have an outstanding amount of support and will be hard to beat. In 2010, it's wide open I think.
1145221
yeah... must be more pressure and more panic causes them to win. they lose against the not-so-good teams because they probably are more self confident and don't try as hard as they would if the team were say, Brazil.
1002163
Because they did not qualify for the World Cup
987321
I disagree!  The African teams have shown well even though they have not won.  They are not up to the level of the top 20 teams in the world...but they are fun/exciting to watch.  They create a lot of chances but just don't finish well.  Their backs are suspect.  All in all, though, when they play you can pretty well gaurantee a wide open match!
894148
ahh..dont be so superstitious...it doesnt matter at all...\nsouth africa is still unlucky when it comes to World Cup...what do u suggest ?
1098510
although Ghana have proved themselves in the past in competitions such as the African cup of nations they are still underestimated and i believe that will provide a big surprise to many teams as they are the only likely African team to qualify for the knock out stages (I'm upset that the ivory coast didn't make because they look really good but unluckily came up against two of the best teams in the world). South Korea are looking good and will have the confidence from their performance four years ago, see what there results is against France but i believe they can go along way.
1179157
it's not that they don't have good strikers, but those teams are overwhelmed and outskilled by major football countries.\n\nDrogba from Ivory coast is really good and so are others from other african teams