Why such a surprise coming from Africa? No tradditional country qualifyed!?
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True but ive heard that cote divoire is a very strong team this year. They also have a tough group though so who knows.
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Failed to qualify:\n\nFinished 3rd in Ghana's qualifying group:\n\nTeam MP W D L GF GA Pts \n Ghana 10 6 3 1 17 4 21 \n Congo DR 10 4 4 2 14 10 16 \n South Africa 10 5 1 4 12 14 16 \n Burkina Faso 10 4 1 5 14 13 13 \n Cape Verde Islands 10 3 1 6 8 15 10 \n Uganda 10 2 2 6 6 15 8
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Africa is only now ready for it\nso give thanks that it is!
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Well, it sounds like a variant on the Nigerian Scam, but apparently they're branching out into other parts of Africa...  It's a scam, just get rid of it.
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Nigeria is not playing in the world cup \n\nthey didn't qualify
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Africa has not had the $$$$ until South Africa  has decided to invest in2010. Apparently they are way behind schedule. The Middle East would be more for security reasons. Countries that awarded the cup usually already have several big stadiums. This is because of their existing leagues. Those regions do not have major leagues. They would need to build state of the art stadiums. However this is the area FIFA would like to grow in.
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they did not qualify..sorry.. :(
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please!!   no more africa bashing in this forum.  To be a politician in Africa do like everywhere else.  Get an education, be part of a political party, and run for it's leadership!  This is what J.A. Kufour did in Ghana, he's Oxford Educated in Philosophy, Politics and Economics (the hardest degree to get in in Oxford!), then he worked in various places, was part of forming the NPP party in Ghana, and linked up with the Ghanaians abroad to raise campaign financing for the 2000 elections.  He won, and he won a second term in 2004.  \n\nMany African leaders come from the military, because they are corrupt and the military is in power, and the only political party is the military!!  Like in Mauritania, Burkina-Faso, Central African Republic, Togo, Democratic Republic of Congo (a hopeful name).  \n\nDemocratic presidents rule at least in Ghana, South Africa, Nigeria, Mozambique, Angola, Tanzania, Liberia.  \n\nSome countries have contested elections, like Uganda, Ethiopia etc. and some countries have no elections at all, like in Tunisia, Gabon, Swaziland, where either one president has ruled for ever, or like in Swaziland it's a Kingdom with a very corrupt King.\n\nSo do like Kufour in Ghana, Mbeki in South Africa and start with an education and build your support in your country.  Anything else will lead you being hated by your people, and shot in the next coup d'etat against you.
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gutted for ya..T&T brought something different to the world cup..im welsh so therefore will never see my country in the finals..so best of luck to all the other smaller countries who still got a chance to qualify
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It sounds like you are not in the US.  Hard to say when we don't know what country you are in.  There are different requirememts region to region.
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Amazing -- don't these people know that South Africa and Russia did not qualify for Germany?
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Samuel Etoo with his squade couldn't qualify because they were overtaken by the Ivory Coast. He plays for cameroon.
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Dando's answer is funny.\n\n#1 Were you born there or in UK territories?\n\n#2 Were your parents born there or in UK territories?\n\n#3 Are you in the country without working papers or visas and not as a tourist?
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I'm an Egyptian,my country fifn't reach the finals.:(AGAIN>so I don't think of goin' to germany,I hope we can reach South AFrica 2010,Sure I'll go there.\nGOOD LUCK\n:)
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DONT REPLY.  these are new ways of frauds. there was also one email from a general in african country which was in circulation. Even i have got the mail which u have received
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why don't you research an african country on the internet? or go under Yahoo! Reference's encyclopedia and choose your own African country. Then after you find out the basics, research that particular country. You do know what the African countries are, right????
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I don't think so, ghana in it's first participation need to get experiance of this tye of cup, than maybe in the futur world cups it get the chance to qualifyed into next level