In the 65438+February 18 World Cup final, Morocco 1-2 lost to Croatia and finally won the fourth place. This is already the best record in the history of the Moroccan team and the best record of the African team.
In fact, Morocco is only the third non-European and South American team in history to reach the semi-finals of the World Cup. The previous two teams were 1930 World Cup USA and Korea in 2002.
Morocco ranks 1 1 in the latest FIFA ranking, which is the highest among all African national teams. This is also the highest FIFA ranking of African teams since 20 10, when Egypt ranked ninth. The highest ranked African team in FIFA's history was Nigeria at 1994, when they ranked fifth in the world.
Africa Division Qualifiers:
In the African regional preliminaries, the teams are always divided into 65,438+00 groups to compete. In the group stage, 65,438+0 teams from each group will be selected, and then 65,438+00 teams will draw lots to play home and away games. The winning team will get the World Cup tickets directly.
The World Cup qualifiers in Africa are very fierce, and 54 teams can participate in the World Cup qualifiers. 1 stage is a 54-to-0/0 game. It can be said that the competition system is very cruel, and the following teams will be divided into five groups to play two games. Only the winner can get tickets for the World Cup.