Of the 10 African teams that qualified for the World Cup, 9 went to the knockout stage of the competition – one was on Sunday (June 28, 2026): South Africa. The only one that fell in the group stage was Tunisia, which lost its 3 games in that stage.
Among the African teams classified is one of the sensations of the competition: Cape Verde. The goalkeeper’s team advanced with 3 points (3 draws in the group stage). Despite the euphoria, the Cape Verdeans will face the Argentina team, current World Cup champion.
Africa is second only to North America, which had 100% success. Hosts of the 2026 World Cup, Canada, the United States and Mexico qualified for the knockout stage. Highlight for the Mexicans: 3 wins in 3 games in the group stage.
O Poder360 considered the following continents or regions:
- Central America;
- North America;
- South America;
- Asia;
- Africa;
- Europa;
- Oceania.
See the performance of each region in the infographic:
There are some particularities in the world of football.
The Australian team competes in the World Cup qualifiers with teams from Asia. In practice, it qualified with a place destined for the Asian continent. THE Poder360 considered the Australian team as part of Oceania.
MOST PREVALENT LANGUAGES
In the ranking of most prevalent languages in countries that have teams in the round of 32, English and Spanish lead, with 6 countries each. Next comes French (4) and Portuguese (3), with Brazil, Cape Verde and Portugal.
WORLD CUP
The World Cup is a private, for-profit sporting event. It is carried out every 4 years by . Teams qualify through knockouts. The technical committee and squad of each team competing in the competition are chosen by private entities.
In the case of Brazil, it is up to the (Brazilian Football Confederation) define who the coach is and which players are “called up” (in reality, everyone is invited and whoever is interested goes; as the commercial gain from marketing is great, the athletes respond to the “call up”). The CBF is an organization governed by private law and has no connection with the federal government.
The Brazilian government has no influence on choosing the team that participates in the tournament. In other words, it is not the country that is represented in the World Cup, but a football team chosen by a private entity.
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