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Know the 5 African teams to have qualified for Qatar 2022 World Cup

By Vincent Ashitey
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The five teams going to represent Africa at the 2022 World Cup have been confirmed after the qualifiers were completed on Tuesday.

Cameroon on Tuesday night joined the 4 other nations to have qualified for the 2022 World Cup in Qatar after recording a win over Algeria.

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The Indomitable Lions won at the death to seal the World Cup qualification at the expense of Algeria in Blida.

Rigobert Song's side beat Algeria 2-1 after extra time to qualify on a 2-2 aggregate away goal rule. 

Elsewhere, Senegal are going to Qatar 2022 after beating Egypt in another penalty shootout.

Sadio Mane scored the winning spot-kick for Senegal, after Liverpool teammate Mo Salah had sent his penalty over the crossbar.

Egypt have now lost back-to-back shootouts against Senegal, who beat them by the same method in February's Africa Cup of Nations final.

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Senegal's appearance at Qatar 2022 will be just their third at a FIFA World Cup.

In Abuja, Black Stars of Ghana have booked a place at the 2022 World Cup despite a scoring draw against Nigeria on Tuesday

Ghana picked up one of the five African slots after edging Nigeria on away goal rule after a 1-1 aggregate. The first leg in Kumasi ended 0-0 while the second leg finished 1-1 in Abuja.

Earlier, Morocco overcame DR Congo 4-1 thanks to an Azzedine Ounahi double and goals from Achraf Hakimi and Tarik Tissoudali. Tunisia held Mali to a goalless draw but went through 1-0 on aggregate for their second successive World Cup.

Results

Nigeria 1-1 Ghana (Agg: 1-1)
Senegal 1-0 Egypt (Agg: 1-1)
Algeria 1-2 Cameroon (Agg: 2-2)
Morocco 4-1 DR Congo (Agg: 5-2)
Tunisia 0-0 Mali (Agg: 1-0)

Qualified teams:

Ghana
Senegal
Morocco
Cameroon
Tunisia

This will be the last time the competition will have 32 teams, with the 2026 edition in the United States, Canada and Mexico set to host 48 teams.