An African team can reach FIFA World Cup 2026 final, believes CAF president Patrice Motsepe ![](https://ip.bitcointalk.org/?u=https%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2Ff1UZX4N.png&t=655&c=4Lf2qvXiKGA8jw)
Johannesburg: African football boss Patrice Motsepe told a press conference in Johannesburg on Wednesday he believes a team from the continent can reach the 2026 World Cup final.
“Morocco opened the door by reaching the semi-finals this month and I am confident an African nation will go further at the next World Cup,” said the South African billionaire.
“The main objective of CAF (Confederation of African Football) is for an African nation to win the World Cup and that goal is within reach.”
There will be nine or 10 African qualifiers for an expanded 48-team 2026 World Cup in the United States, Canada and Mexico — up from five in Qatar.
Morocco made history in Qatar by becoming the first African representatives to reach the semi-finals.
The Atlas Lions stunned Belgium in the group stage, then eliminated two more powerful European sides, Spain and Portugal, in the knockout stage before losing to France in the semi-finals.
“There are at least 10 African nations that can compete at the highest level and win the World Cup,” added Motsepe.
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What nonsense is this guy talking? in africa as i am african we all know that the only teams that are dominant are nigeria, camer, senegal, ivory coast, ghana, egypt, morocco, tunisia, so these are the teams that will always be in the world cup with this new model and no doubt these teams have no chance of reaching the world cup final, so what the hell is this guy talking about?
we all know that in africa soccer federations there is a lot of corruption that even for players to be able to play in their country's team to represent the world cup they need to pay large amounts of money or they will not be called up to play and this gentleman knows that and it does nothing, we all know that in the local African leagues the teams are beggars, they are so poor that they cannot pay the players meager wages and cannot pay the prize when a team wins the league
this gentleman as president of CAF does nothing but watch everything, we all know about the corruption for the organization of the African games, the countries with the most money in Africa benefit from a lot thanks to corruption, he is still dreaming of winning the cup of the world while there is still so much to be resolved internally? he can go on dreaming into infinity, it's just an impossible dream so soon