document_title: African nations at the FIFA World Cup

question_text: first african team to qualify for world cup ever

question_tokens: first african team to qualify for world cup ever

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text: African nations at the FIFA World Cup

text: Overview[edit]

text:
1930  (13)

1934  (16)

1938  (15)

1950  (13)

1954  (16)

1958  (16)

1962  (16)

1966  (16)

1970  (16)

1974  (16)

1978  (16)

1982  (24)

1986  (24)

1990  (24)

1994  (24)

1998  (32)

2002  (32)

2006  (32)

2010  (32)

2014  (32)

2018  (32)

2022  (32)

Total

Teams
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
2
2
2
3
5
5
5
6
5
5

44

Top 16
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
2
0

10

Top 8
—
0
0
—
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0[a]
0
1
0
0
1
0
1
0
0

3

Top 4
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0

0

Top 2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0

0

1st

0

2nd

0

3rd

0

4th

0

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text:
Country

#

Years

Best result

 Cameroon
7
1982, 1990, 1994, 1998, 2002, 2010, 2014

QF

 Nigeria
6
1994, 1998, 2002, 2010, 2014, 2018

R2

 Morocco
5
1970, 1986, 1994, 1998, 2018

R2

 Tunisia
5
1978, 1998, 2002, 2006, 2018

R1

 Algeria
4
1982, 1986, 2010, 2014

R2

 Ivory Coast
3
2006, 2010, 2014

R1

 Egypt
3
1934, 1990, 2018

R1

 Ghana
3
2006, 2010, 2014

QF

 South Africa
3
1998, 2002, 2010

R1

 Senegal
2
2002, 2018

QF

 DR Congo[1]
1
1974

R1

 Angola
1
2006

R1

 Togo
1
2006

R1

text: Results[edit]

text: Team results by tournament[edit]

text:
1st — Champions
2nd — Runners-up
3rd — Third place
4th — Fourth place
QF — Quarterfinals (1934–1938, 1954–1970, and 1986–present: knockout round of 8)
R2 — Round 2 (1974–1978, second group stage, top 8; 1982: second group stage, top 12; 1986–present: knockout round of 16)
R1 — Round 1

Q — Qualified for upcoming tournament
 ••  — Qualified but withdrew
 •  — Did not qualify
 ×  — Did not enter / Withdrew / Banned
   — Hosts
    — Not affiliated in FIFA

text: The team ranking in each tournament is according to FIFA.[2] The rankings, apart from the top four positions (top two in 1930), are not a result of direct competition between the teams; instead, teams eliminated in the same round are ranked by their full results in the tournament. In recent tournaments, FIFA has used the rankings for seedings for the final tournament draw.[3]

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text: For each tournament, the number of teams in each finals tournament (in brackets) are shown.

text:
Team

1930(13)

1934(16)

1938(15)

1950(13)

1954(16)

1958(16)

1962(16)

1966(16)

1970(16)

1974(16)

1978(16)

1982(24)

1986(24)

1990(24)

1994(24)

1998(32)

2002(32)

2006(32)

2010(32)

2014(32)

2018(32)

2022(32)

Total

Qual.Comp.

 Algeria

Former colony of France[4]
×
•
•
•
R113th
R122nd
•
•
•
•
•
R128th
R214th
•

4
13

 Angola

Former colony of Portugal
×
•
•
•
•
•
R123rd
•
•
•

1
9

 Cameroon

Former colony of France
×
×
•
•
•
R117th
•
QF7th
R122nd
R125th
R120th
•
R131st
R132nd
•

7
13

 DR Congo[1]

Former colony of Belgium
×
×
R116th
×
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•

1
11

 Egypt

×
R113th
×
×
•
×
×
×
×
•
•
•
•
R120th
•
•
•
•
•
•
R131st

3
14

 Ghana

Former colony of the United Kingdom
×
•
×
•
•
•
×
•
•
•
•
•
R213th
QF7th
R125th
•

3
13

 Ivory Coast

Former colony of France
×
×
×
•
•
×
•
•
•
•
•
R119th
R117th
R121st
•

3
11

 Morocco

×
R114th
•
•
•
R211th
•
R123rd
R118th
•
•
•
•
•
R127th

5
14

 Nigeria

Former colony of the United Kingdom
•
×
•
•
•
•
•
•
R29th
R212th
R127th
•
R127th
R216th
R121st

6
14

 Senegal

Former colony of France
×
×
×
•
•
•
•
×
•
•
QF7th
•
•
•
R117th

2
11

 South Africa

×
×
×
×
×
×
×
×
×
×
•
R124th
R117th
•
R120th
•
•

3
7

 Togo

Former colony of France
×
×
×
•
•
•
×
×
•
•
•
R130th
•
•
•

1
10

 Tunisia

Former colony of France
•
×
•
•
R19th
•
•
•
•
R126th
R129th
R124th
•
•
R124th

5
14

text: Tournament standings[edit]

text:
Team
Champions
Finals
Semifinals
Quarterfinals
2nd Round

 Ghana

0
0
0
1
2

 Cameroon

0
0
0
1
1

 Senegal

0
0
0
1
1

 Nigeria

0
0
0
0
3

 Algeria

0
0
0
0
1

 Morocco

0
0
0
0
1

text:
Quarterfinals = knockout round of 8: 1934–1938, 1954–1970, and 1986–present; second group stage, top 8: 1974–1978
2nd Round = second group stage, top 12: 1982; knockout round of 16: 1986–present

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text: Overall team records[edit]

text: As per statistical convention in football, matches decided in extra time are counted as wins and losses, while matches decided by penalty shoot-outs are counted as draws. 3 points per win, 1 point per draw and 0 points per loss.

text: Results through World Cup 2018

text:
Team

Pld

W

D

L

GF

GA

Goal +/-

Points

Topscorers

 Nigeria

21
6
3
12
23
30
-7
21
A. Musa 4

 Cameroon

23
4
7
12
18
43
-25
19
R. Milla 5

 Ghana

12
4
3
5
13
16
-3
15
A. Gyan 6

 Senegal

8
3
3
2
11
10
+1
12
P. Bouba Diop 3

 Algeria

13
3
3
7
13
19
-6
12
S. Assad 2A. Djabou 2I. Slimani 2

 Morocco

16
2
5
9
14
22
-8
11
A. Hadda 2A. Khairi 2S. Bassir 2

 Ivory Coast

9
3
1
5
13
14
-1
10
W. Bony 2A. Dindane 2D. Drogba 2Gervinho 2

 South Africa

9
2
4
3
11
16
-5
10
S. Bartlett 2B. McCarthy 2

 Tunisia

15
2
4
9
13
25
-12
10
W. Khazri 2

 Angola

3
0
2
1
1
2
-1
2
A. Flavio 1

 Egypt

7
0
2
5
5
12
-7
2
A. Fawzi 2M. Salah 2

 Togo

3
0
0
3
1
6
-5
0
M. Kader 1

 DR Congo[1]

3
0
0
3
0
14
-14
0

text: Appearances[edit]

text: Ranking of teams by number of appearances[edit]

text:
Team

Appearances

Record streak

Active streak

Debut

Most recent

Best result

 Cameroon

7
4
0
1982
2014
Quarterfinals (1990)

 Nigeria

6
3
3
1994
2018
Round 2 (1994, 1998, 2014)

 Morocco

5
2
1
1970
2018
Round 2 (1986)

 Tunisia

5
3
1
1978
2018
Round 1

 Algeria

4
2
0
1982
2014
Round 2 (2014)

 Ghana

3
3
0
2006
2014
Quarterfinals (2010)

 Ivory Coast

3
3
0
2006
2014
Round 1

 Egypt

3
1
1
1934
2018
Round 1

 South Africa

3
2
0
1998
2010
Round 1

 Senegal

2
1
1
2002
2018
Quarterfinals (2002)

 DR Congo[1]

1
1
0
1974
1974
Round 1

 Angola

1
1
0
2006
2006
Round 1

 Togo

1
1
0
2006
2006
Round 1

text: Debut of teams[edit]

text: Each successive World Cup has had at least one team appearing for the first time. This table shows the national associations in alphabetical order per year.

text:
Year

Debutants

Total

1930

0

1934

 Egypt

1

1938

0

1950

0

1954

0

1958

0

1962

0

1966

0

1970

 Morocco

1

1974

 Zaire[1]

1

1978

 Tunisia

1

1982

 Algeria,  Cameroon

2

1986

0

1990

0

1994

 Nigeria

1

1998

 South Africa

1

2002

 Senegal

1

2006

 Angola,  Ghana,  Ivory Coast,  Togo

4

2010

0

2014

0

2018

0

2022

TBD

Total

13

text: Not qualified[edit]

text: 41 of the 54 active FIFA and CAF members have never qualified for the final tournament.

text:
•  — Did not qualify
 ×  — Did not enter / Withdrew / Banned
    — Not affiliated in FIFA

text:
Country
Number of  Qualifyingattempts

1930

1934

1938

1950

1954

1958

1962

1966

1970

1974

1978

1982

1986

1990

1994

1998

2002

2006

2010

2014

2018

2022

 Zambia
13
part of the United Kingdom
×
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•

 Guinea
12
part of France
×
×
×
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•

 Kenya
12
part of the United Kingdom
×
×
×
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•

 Ethiopia
11

×
×
•
×
•
•
•
•
•
×
•
×
•
•
×
•
•

 Sudan
11

×
×
×
×
×
•
•
×
•
•
•
×
•
•
•
•
•
•

 Burkina Faso
10
part of France

×
•
•
•
×
×
•
×
•
•
•
•
•
•

 Malawi
10
part of the United Kingdom

×
×
•
•
•
•
×
•
•
•
•
•
•

 Sierra Leone
10
part of the United Kingdom
×
×
×
•
•
•
•
×
×
•
•
•
•
•
•

 Uganda
10

×
×
×
×
•
×
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•

 Zimbabwe
10

×
•
×
×
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
×

member of AFC

 Congo
9

×
×
•
•
×
×
×
•
•
•
•
•
•
•

 Liberia
9

×
×
×
×
•
•
•
×
•
•
•
•
•
•

 Madagascar
9

×
×
×
×
•
•
×
•
•
•
•
•
•
•

 Tanzania
9

×
×
•
×
•
•
×
×
•
•
•
•
•
•

 Benin
8

×
×
•
×
×
•
×
•
×
•
•
•
•
•

 Gabon
8

×
×
×
×
×
×
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•

 Gambia
8

×
×
×
•
•
×
×
•
•
•
•
•
•

 Libya
8
part of Italy

×
•
×
•
×
•
×
×
×
•
•
•
•
•

 Mozambique
8
part of Portugal

•
×
×
•
•
•
•
•
•
•

 Lesotho
7

×
×
•
×
•
×
×
×
×
•
•
•
•
•

 Mauritius
7

×
×
•
×
×
•
×
×
•
•
•
•
×
•

 Namibia
7

•
•
•
•
•
•
•

 Niger
7

×
×
•
•
×
×
•
×
×
•
•
•
•

 Swaziland
7

×
×
×
•
•
•
•
•
•
•

 Botswana
6

×
×
×
•
×
•
•
•
•
•

 Guinea-Bissau
6

×
×
•
•
•
•
•
•

 Mauritania
6
part of Italy
×
×
×
×
•
×
×
×
×
•
•
•
•
×
•

 Rwanda
6

×
×
×
×
×
•
•
•
•
•
•

 Somalia
6
part of Italy & UK
×
×
×
×
×
•
×
×
×
×
•
•
•
•
•

 Burundi
5

×
×
×
×
×
•
×
×
•
•
•
•

 Cape Verde
5

×
×
×
×
•
•
•
•
•

 Chad
5

×
×
×
•
•
•
•
•

 Equatorial Guinea
5

×
×
×
•
•
•
•
•

 Mali
5

×
×
×
×
×
×
×
×
×
•
•
•
•
•

 Seychelles
5

×
×
×
•
•
•
•
•

 Djibouti
4
part of France

×
•
×
•
•
•

 Eritrea
4
part of Ethiopia

•
•
×
•
•

 São Tomé and Príncipe
4

×
×
×
•
•
×
•
•

 Comoros
3
part of France

×
•
•
•

 Central African Republic
2

×
×
×
×
×
×
×
×
×
×
×
×
•
•

 South Sudan
1
part of Sudan
×
•

text: Summary of performance[edit]

text: This table shows for each world cup the number of countries at the World Cup, the number of entries (#E) from around the world (including any rejections and withdrawals), the number of African entries (#A), how many of those African entries withdrew (#A-) before/during qualification or were rejected by FIFA, the African representatives at the World Cup finals, the number of World Cup Qualifiers each African representative had to play to get to the World Cup (#WCQ), the furthest stage they reached, their results, and their coaches.

text:
Year
Host
Size
#E
#A
#A-
Africanfinalists
#WCQ
Stage
Results
Coach

1930
Uruguay
13
13
0
0
-

1934
Italy
16
32
1
0
 Egypt
2
R1
lost 2–4  Hungary
 James McRea

1938
France
15
37
1
1[5]
-

1950
Brazil
13
34
0
0
-

1954
Switzerland
16
45
1
0
-

1958
Sweden
16
56
3
3[6]
-

1962
Chile
16
56
7
2[7]
-

1966
England
16
74
17
17[8]
Boycott

1970
Mexico
16
75
14
2[9]
 Morocco
10
R1
lost 1–2  West Germany, lost 0–3  Peru, drew 1–1  Bulgaria
 Blagoje Vidinić

1974
West Germany
16
99
24
2[10]
 Zaire
10
R1
lost 0–2  Scotland, lost 0–9  Yugoslavia, lost 0–3  Brazil
 Blagoje Vidinić

1978
Argentina
16
107
26
4[11]
 Tunisia
10
R1
won 3–1  Mexico, lost 0–1  Poland, drew 0–0  West Germany
Abdelmajid Chetali

1982
Spain
24
109
29
4[12]
 Algeria
8
R1
won 2–1  West Germany, lost 0–2  Austria, won 3–2  Chile
 Mahieddine Khalef Rachid Mekhloufi

 Cameroon
8
R1
drew 0–0  Peru, drew 0–0  Poland, drew 1–1  Italy
Jean Vincent

1986
Mexico
24
121
29
3[13]
 Algeria
6
R1
drew 1–1  Northern Ireland, lost 0–1  Brazil, lost 0–3  Spain
 Rabah Saâdane

 Morocco
8
R2
drew 0–0  Poland, drew 0–0  England, win 3–1  Portugal R2: lost 0–1  West Germany
José Faria

1990
Italy
24
116
26
5[14]
 Cameroon
8
QF
won 1–0  Argentina, won 2–1  Romania, lost 0–4  Soviet Union R2: won 2–1  Colombia, QF: lost 2–3 (a.e.t.)  England
 Valeri Nepomniachi

 Egypt
8
R1
drew 1–1  Netherlands, drew 0–0  Republic of Ireland, lost 0–1  England
 Mahmoud El-Gohary

1994
U.S.
24
147
40
12[15]
 Cameroon
8
R1
drew 2–2  Sweden, lost 0–3  Brazil, lost 1–6  Russia
 Henri Michel

 Morocco
10
R1
lost 0–1  Belgium, lost 1–2  Saudi Arabia, lost 1–2  Netherlands
 Abdellah Blinda

 Nigeria
8
R2
won 3–0  Bulgaria, lost 1–2  Argentina, won 2–0  Greece  R2: lost 1–2 (a.e.t.)  Italy
 Clemens Westerhof

1998
France
32
174
38
3[16]
 Cameroon
6
R1
drew 1–1  Austria, lost 0–3  Italy, drew 1–1  Chile
 Claude Le Roy

 Morocco
6
R1
drew 2–2  Norway, lost 0–3  Brazil, won 3–0  Scotland
 Henri Michel

 Nigeria
6
R2
won 3–2  Spain, won 1–0  Bulgaria, lost 1–3  Paraguay  R2: lost 1–4  Denmark
 Bora Milutinovic

 South Africa
8
R1
lost 0–3  France, drew 1–1  Denmark, drew 2–2  Saudi Arabia
 Philippe Troussier

 Tunisia
8
R1
lost 0–2  England, lost 0–1  Colombia, drew 1–1  Romania
 Henryk Kasperczak

2002
South Koreaand Japan
32
199
51
2[17]
 Cameroon
10
R1
drew 1–1  Republic of Ireland, won 1–0  Saudi Arabia, lost 0–2  Germany
 Winfried Schäfer

 Nigeria
10
R1
lost 0–1  Argentina, lost 1–2  Sweden, drew 0–0  England
 Festus Onigbinde

 South Africa
8
R1
drew 2–2  Paraguay, won 1–0  Slovenia, lost 2–3  Spain
 Jomo Sono

 Senegal
10
QF
won 1–0  France, drew 1–1  Denmark, drew 3–3  Uruguay R2: won 2–1 (a.e.t.)  Sweden, QF: lost 0–1 (a.e.t.)  Turkey
 Bruno Metsu

 Tunisia
10
R1
lost 0–2  Russia, drew 1–1  Belgium, lost 0–2  Japan
 Ammar Souayah

2006
Germany
32
197
51
1[18]
 Angola
12
R1
lost 0–1  Portugal, drew 0–0  Mexico, drew 1–1  Iran
 Luís Oliveira Gonçalves

 Ivory Coast
10
R1
lost 1–2  Argentina, lost 1–2  Netherlands, won 3–2  Serbia and Montenegro
 Henri Michel

 Ghana
12
R2
lost 0–2  Italy, won 2–0  Czech Republic, won 2–1  United StatesR2: lost 0–3  Brazil
 Ratomir Dujković

 Togo
12
R1
lost 1–2  South Korea, lost 0–2   Switzerland, lost 0–2  France
 Otto Pfister

 Tunisia
10
R1
drew 2–2  Saudi Arabia, lost 1–3  Spain, lost 0–1  Ukraine
 Roger Lemerre

2010
South Africa
32
204
53
4[19]
 Algeria
13
R1
lost 0–1  Slovenia, drew 0–0  England, lost 0–1  United States
 Rabah Saâdane

 Cameroon
12
R1
lost 0–1  Japan, lost 1–2  Denmark, lost 1–2  Netherlands
 Paul Le Guen

 Ivory Coast
12
R1
drew 0–0  Portugal, lost 1–3  Brazil, won 3–0  North Korea
 Sven-Göran Eriksson

 Ghana
12
QF
won 1–0  Serbia, drew 1–1  Australia, lost 0–1  GermanyR2: won 2–1 (a.e.t.)  United States, QF: drew 1–1 (2–4 p.s.o.)  Uruguay
 Milovan Rajevac

 Nigeria
12
R1
lost 0–1  Argentina, lost 1–2  Greece, drew 2–2  South Korea
 Lars Lagerbäck

 South Africa
host
R1
drew 1–1  Mexico, lost 0–3  Uruguay, won 2–1  France
 Carlos Alberto Parreira

2014
Brazil
32
203
53
1[20]

 Algeria
8
R2
lost 1–2  Belgium, won 4–2  South Korea, drew 1–1  RussiaR2: lost 1–2 (a.e.t.)  Germany
 Vahid Halilhodžić

 Cameroon
8
R1
lost 0–1  Mexico, lost 0–4  Croatia, lost 1–4  Brazil
 Volker Finke

 Ivory Coast
8
R1
won 2–1  Japan, lost 1–2  Colombia, lost 1–2  Greece
 Sabri Lamouchi

 Ghana
8
R1
lost 1–2  United States, drew 2–2  Germany, lost 1–2  Portugal
 James Kwesi Appiah

 Nigeria
8
R2
drew 0–0  Iran, won 1–0  Bosnia and Herzegovina, lost 2–3  ArgentinaR2: lost 0–2  France
 Stephen Keshi

2018
Russia
32
210
54
1[21]

 Egypt
8
R1
lost 0–1  Uruguay, lost 1–3  Russia, lost 1–2  Saudi Arabia
 Héctor Cúper

 Morocco
8
R1
lost 0–1  Iran, lost 0–1  Portugal, drew 2–2  Spain
 Hervé Renard

 Nigeria
8
R1
lost 0–2  Croatia, won 2–0  Iceland, lost 1–2  Argentina
 Gernot Rohr

 Senegal
8
R1
won 2–1  Poland, drew 2–2  Japan, lost 0–1  Colombia
 Aliou Cissé

 Tunisia
8
R1
lost 1–2  England, lost 2–5  Belgium, won 2–1  Panama
 Nabil Maâloul

text: Performance at individual World Cups[edit]

text: 1930s: Egypt's early appearance[edit]

text: The inaugural 1930 FIFA World Cup was the only one without any qualification process. No African teams entered.

text:
The Pharaohs of Egypt were the only African team to apply to feature at the 1934 FIFA World Cup. As there were 32 countries competing for 16 places, FIFA organized the first qualification round. Egypt was placed in a group with Turkey and Palestine,[22] then a British mandate. Turkey withdrew, and Egypt beat Palestine 7–1 in Cairo and 4–1 in Jerusalem to qualify for the World Cup finals.
The 1934 FIFA World Cup finals was organized as a straight knock-out. Egypt lost 2–4 to Hungary in Naples[23] with Abdulrahman Fawzi scoring twice to become the first African to score at the World Cup finals. However, a third goal by Fawzi was ruled offside by the Italian referee despite the player having dribbled from the middle of the pitch, and the fourth Hungarian goal involved a scuffle where the Hungarian striker broke the Egyptian goalkeeper's nose with his elbow. The Italian newspapers heavily criticized their referee, but Egypt sailed home and only returned to the World Cup finals 56 years later.[24]

text: 1938–1966: World Cup without Africa[edit]

text: Egypt was the only African country to apply to compete at the 1938 FIFA World Cup, but withdrew before playing any matches.

text: No African countries applied to compete at the 1950 FIFA World Cup.

text: Egypt was the only African country to apply to compete at the 1954 World Cup. They were placed in a two-team group with Italy, but lost 1–2 in Cairo and 1–5 in Milan, and thus did not qualify for the World Cup.

text: Egypt, Ethiopia, and Sudan all applied to enter the qualification process for the 1958 FIFA World Cup, but Ethiopia's entry was rejected by FIFA.

text: Egypt and Sudan competed in an Africa/Asia zone with ten Asian countries for one spot at the World Cup. Egypt progressed to the next round after Cyprus withdrew, but then itself withdrew. Sudan defeated Syria 2–1 on aggregate but eventually withdrew in protest at having to play Israel. (Eventually, the spot originally reserved for Africa and Asia was taken by Wales.[25])

text: Seven African countries entered the qualification process for the 1962 FIFA World Cup : Ghana, United Arab Republic (a joint football association by Egypt and Syria, who were politically united between 1958 and 1961), Ethiopia, Morocco, Nigeria, Sudan and Tunisia. Ethiopia entered through the UEFA qualification process, where it was eliminated by Israel, while the rest entered through the CAF qualification process. Both Sudan and U.A.R. withdrew as FIFA would not allow them to rearrange matches to avoid the monsoon season, so the four teams formed two two-team groups. In the first group, Morocco and Tunisia both beat each other 2–1 at home, and then played a third match at a neutral location (Palermo, Italy) which ended in a 1–1 draw after extra time. Since penalty shootouts were not used by FIFA till the 1970s, Morocco advanced by drawing lots[26] to eliminate Tunisia. Morocco then eliminated Ghana with a draw and a win to proceed to a UEFA/CAF playoff with Spain. They lost both legs of this playoff, meaning that no African nation made it to the World Cup finals for the fifth time in a row.

text: Seventeen African countries entered the qualification process for the 1966 FIFA World Cup : Algeria, Cameroon, French Congo, Ethiopia, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Liberia, Libya, Mali, Morocco, Nigeria, Senegal, South Africa, Sudan, and Tunisia. FIFA rejected the application of French Congo, and had already suspended South Africa for apartheid, resulting in their disqualification.

text: FIFA's allocation of only one place to three continents (Africa, Asia, Oceania) was subject to significant criticism, especially given the large increase in applications from newly independent African countries. After FIFA confirmed the allocation, the remaining fifteen African nations withdrew in protest.[27]

text: 1970: Morocco returns Africa to the World Cup[edit]

text: Fourteen African countries entered the qualification process for the 1970 World Cup : Algeria, Cameroon, Ethiopia, Ghana, Guinea, Libya, Morocco, Nigeria, Rhodesia, Senegal, Sudan, Tunisia, Zaire, and Zambia. FIFA rejected the applications of Guinea and Zaire. The Atlas Lions of Morocco played ten matches to qualify for the single CAF spot at the World Cup, advancing along the way past Tunisia by virtue of a coin toss.[26]

text: Rhodesia, having been expelled from CAF for having a white minority government, entered through the Asia/Oceania qualifying group, where they had to play against Australia in Portuguese-held Mozambique (there was a boycott against playing matches in Rhodesia). The first two matches were drawn, thanks in large part to the excellent Rhodesian goalkeeper Robin Jordan,[28] and the desperate Australians hired a Mozambican sangoma to 'curse' him. In the third match, Jordan was taken off injured after a collision with another player, Australia won 3–1, then refused to pay the sangoma, got 'cursed' by the irate man, and were eliminated two weeks later by Israel.[29] Meanwhile, Rhodesia's CAF expulsion was soon followed by a FIFA expulsion, with Zimbabwe readmitted in 1980.

text: At the 1970 World Cup, Morocco was placed in Group 4 along with West Germany, Peru, and Bulgaria. They lost 1–2 to eventual semi-finalists West Germany, lost 0–3 to Peru, and drew 1–1 with Bulgaria. The two goalscorers were Houmane Jarir (against West Germany) and Maouhoub Ghazouani (against Bulgaria), who were thus the second and third ever African goalscorers at the World Cup. Morocco finished bottom of the group, on goal difference, with one point – the first African point in the World Cup.

text: 1974: Zaire makes an impression[edit]

text: 24 African countries entered the qualification process for the 1974 FIFA World Cup, with the Leopards of Zaire eventually qualifying quite comfortably, scoring 18 goals and conceding 5 in the ten matches they played to qualify.[30]

text: At the 1974 FIFA World Cup, Zaire were placed in Group 2 along with Scotland, Yugoslavia (home of Zaire coach and 1970 Morocco coach Blagoje Vidinić), and Brazil. In their first match against Scotland, they impressed with their fast attacking style, and lost just 0–2. Scottish centre-half Jim Holton said after the match "Let's face it, we underestimated them. For fifteen minutes I wondered what the hell was going on, where the devil had this lot come from, playing stuff like that!"[31]

text: The next opponents Yugoslavia had noted holes in the Zairean defence, and fully exploited them to hammer Zaire 9–0 in a then record win for World Cup finals, with all but three of their outfield players getting on the scoresheet.[32] Zaire striker Mulamba Ndaye, who was sent off for protesting that a goal by the Yugoslavians was offside, said after the match, "The management had made off with our match bonuses, and we'd threatened not to play the game. Frankly we'd lost our morale. We could easily have let in 20 goals."

text: After the defeat, the Zairean team were told by the country's dictator Mobutu Sese Seko – who had rewarded the players for qualifying with a house and a car each – not to come home if defending champions Brazil beat them 4–0 or worse.[33] Zaire managed to keep Brazil to merely a 0–3 defeat with Zairean defender Mwepu Ilunga receiving a yellow card for interfering with a free kick.[34] Zaire left the tournament without scoring a goal.

text: 1978: Tunisia becomes first African team to win at the World Cup[edit]

text: 26 African countries entered the qualification process for 1 spot at the 1978 FIFA World Cup. In comparison, 22 Asia/Oceania countries also competed for 1 spot, while 31 European countries competed for 8.5 spots. Les Aigles de Carthage (The Carthage Eagles) of Tunisia eventually qualified, along the way eliminating Morocco in the first ever penalty shootout in World Cup qualification history.[27] This was a major change for Tunisia, who had been eliminated by Morocco quite literally by chance on three previous occasions[26] in the 1960s.

text: Tunisia were placed in Group 2 with West Germany, Poland, and Mexico. After Zaire's fate in 1974, they were not expected to do well. They were 0–1 down to Mexico at half-time when their Tunisian coach Abdelmajid Chetali told them that they treated their opponents with too much respect, and that they could still win the game if they tackled hard and imposed their belief and self-confidence.[35] Buoyed by the pep talk, the North Africans scored thrice in the second half to win 3–1 and become the first African team to win a match at the World Cup. They lost their next match to Poland 1–0, missing several chances, and held West Germany to a goalless draw. While this was not enough to progress to the next round, African football pride had been restored.

text: 1982: Algeria wins twice but eliminated[edit]

text: This was the first World Cup with 24 teams, and Africa's representation was doubled. So 29 African countries competed for 2 spots in World Cup qualification. In comparison, 21 Asian nations also competed for 2 spots, but 33 European nations competed for 13 spots. 1978 finalists Tunisia were eliminated in the first round by Nigeria on penalties. Four series of knockout rounds were played, with the final two spots going down to Nigeria vs Algeria, and Morocco vs Cameroon. Both Les Fennecs (The Desert Foxes) of Algeria and Les Lions Indomptables (The Indomitable Lions) of Cameroon won 2–0 away and 2–1 at home and qualified for the World Cup for the first time.

text: Cameroon were placed in Group 1, where they surprised everyone by remaining undefeated. They drew 0–0 with Peru, 0–0 with Poland, and 1–1 with Italy. Grégoire Mbida scored Cameroon's first World Cup finals goal. Italy had also drawn its three matches, so also had a goal difference of 0, but had scored two goals to Cameroon's one, so Cameroon were eliminated. This was especially painful because in their opening match against Peru, Cameroon striker Roger Milla had a goal wrongly disallowed for offside.

text: Algeria were placed in Group 2 with West Germany, Austria, and Chile. The Africans produced a major upset in the first match, beating West Germany 2–1 with goals by Rabah Madjer and Lakhdar Belloumi. They lost their second match 0–2 to Austria, then produced another surprise by beating Chile 3–2. The day after the Algeria vs Chile match, West Germany and Austria played the final group match in Gijón knowing that a 1–0 or 2–0 win for West Germany would result in both European teams qualifying at the expense of Algeria on goal difference. West Germany scored after ten minutes, and then both teams appeared to pass the ball aimlessly around for the remaining 80 minutes.

text: This performance was widely deplored by all observers. The Spanish crowd shouted, "Fuera, fuera!" ("Out, out!") while angry Algerian supporters waved banknotes at the players to suggest that the game was fixed. Even the two sides' fans were disgusted, with an Austrian television commentator advising viewers to turn off their TV sets, a German television commentator refusing to commentate further, and a German fan burning his national flag in protest. Furious Algerian football officials lodged an official protest, but the two teams denied any collusion. As nothing could be proved and the two teams had technically broken no rules, FIFA allowed the result to stand. FIFA did change the rules – in future World Cups, the final two games in each group are played simultaneously.[36] Thus Algeria were eliminated from the 1982 FIFA World Cup at the first hurdle despite two wins.

text: 1986: Morocco becomes first African team into the Round of 16[edit]

text: As with 1982, 29 African countries entered the qualification process for two spots at the World Cup. There were four series of knockout rounds, with four Mediterranean countries making the final round. Algeria beat neighbours Tunisia 7–1 on aggregate and becomes the first African team to qualify consecutively for the second time to World Cup. Morocco beat Libya 3–1 on aggregate and also qualified for their second World Cup.

text: Algeria were placed in Group D with Brazil, Spain, and Northern Ireland. They did not reach the heights of its previous finals appearance, drawing 1–1 with Northern Ireland, losing 0–1 to Brazil, and losing 0–3 to Spain.

text: Morocco shocked both Poland and England with goalless draws, and then defeated Portugal 3–1 to become the first African team to progress beyond the first round. In the second round, they faced a West German side that had seven survivors from the Shame of Gijón match.[37][38] Goalkeeper Badou Zaki kept Morocco in the game with a series of excellent saves, but was finally beaten in the 87th minute by Disgrace of Gijón substitute Lothar Matthäus. West Germany won 1–0 and went on to reach their second successive final.

text: 1990: Cameroon's Indomitable Lions reach the Quarter Finals[edit]

text: 26 African countries entered the qualification process for 2 spots at the 1990 FIFA World Cup. This was the first time African qualification moved from a mostly straight home-away knockout format to include group stages early on. Finally it came down to four teams playing in two playoffs for the final: Algeria vs Egypt and Tunisia vs Cameroon. Cameroon beat Tunisia 2–0 at home and 1–0 away, and qualified for their second World Cup. However, the playoff between the two North African sides was significantly more ill-tempered.

text: After a goalless draw in Constantine, Egypt beat Algeria 1–0 in Cairo to qualify for the World Cup. After the Cairo match, an Algerian player gouged out an Egyptian team doctor's eye with a broken bottle. The player blamed, Lakhdar Belloumi (who scored the winning goal in Algeria's 2–1 defeat of West Germany in 1982[39]), was not allowed to travel outside Algeria owing to an Interpol international arrest warrant for twenty years till the (financially compensated) Egyptian doctor dropped the charges in 2009.[40] Belloumi always claimed innocence in the incident, with him and other players pointing the finger at Algerian goalkeeper Kamel Kadri instead.[41]

text: There was tragedy during the second round Group C match between Nigeria and Angola on 12 August 1989 at the Lagos National Stadium when 24-year-old Nigerian midfielder (and qualified lawyer) Samuel Okwaraji collapsed and died of congestive heart failure in the 77th minute.[42][43]

text: Egypt were placed in Group F with England, Netherlands, and Ireland. It turned out to be one of the tightest groups in World Cup history, with five draws in six games. Egypt drew 1–1 with the Netherlands, drew 0–0 with Ireland, but lost their final match 0–1 to England. Egypt's only goal of the tournament was a penalty by Magdi Abdelghani against the Netherlands. Egypt were thus eliminated from World Cup, still without a win after losing their only match in 1930.

text: Cameroon were undoubtedly the surprise package of the tournament. In their first match, they shocked Diego Maradona's defending champions Argentina 1–0 through a goal by François Omam-Biyik, despite finishing their match with nine men. In their next match, they defeated Romania 2–1 thanks to two goals from 38-year-old substitute Roger Milla. These were Milla's first official goals in the World Cup; he had had a goal against Peru wrongly disallowed for offside during the 1982 FIFA World Cup. Having already qualified for the next round, Cameroon then suffered their first loss (after three draws and two wins) in World Cup history, losing 0–4 to the already eliminated Soviet Union. In the second round, Cameroon defeated Colombia 2–1, with Milla again coming on as a second-half substitute to score twice, famously dispossessing Colombian goalkeeper René Higuita for one of them. By this time, Roger Milla, his post-goal celebrations, and Cameroon had firmly implanted themselves in the global footballing consciousness. In the quarter finals, they were seven minutes from qualifying for the semi-finals when England were awarded a penalty. England won the match 3–2 after extra time, with three of the five goals coming from penalties (1 for Cameroon, 2 for England).

text: 1994: Zambian air tragedy, Nigeria reaches Round of 16[edit]

text: 40 African countries entered the qualification process for 3 spots at the 1994 FIFA World Cup. The extra spot was awarded after the strong performances of Cameroon and Egypt at Italia 90. However, only 28 played all their matches after FIFA rejected Libya (due to UN sanctions) and 11 other nations withdrew at various stages. There was a new qualification format, with two group stages. The big casualty of the first stage was 1990 finalists Egypt, as crowd trouble in Cairo turned a 2–1 home victory over Zimbabwe into a crucial 0–0 draw when FIFA ordered the match replayed at a neutral location.

text: In the new second stage of qualification were three groups of three, with winners qualifying for the World Cup. The Super Eagles of Nigeria won Group A on goal difference, beating both Côte d'Ivoire and Algeria 4–1 in Lagos. In Group C, Cameroon won the group with 3 wins and a loss away to second placed Zimbabwe, with Guinea coming third.

text: In Group B were Morocco, Senegal, and Zambia. In the first match, Morocco beat Senegal 1–0. In the second match, Zambia were to face Senegal in Dakar. However, the plane carrying the Zambian team crashed en route on 28 April 1993. The crash, attributed to mechanical problems and pilot error, killed all thirty people on board, including nearly the entire football team – 18 players – and coaches, support staff, and plane crew. (The Zambian government had yet to release a report on the investigation of the crash of the military plane even ten years later.[44][45]) Only two European-based players from the original squad missed the flight – Charles Musonda of Anderlecht, who was injured, and captain Kalusha Bwalya,[46] who was flying in from Europe where he played with PSV Eindhoven. All matches in the group were postponed for a month. Zambia hastily put together a new team, captained by Bwalya, and defeated Morocco 2–1 in Lusaka in the first match with the new team with goals from Kalusha Bwalya and Johnson Bwalya (not related). However, they lost their final group match 0–1 to Morocco in Casablanca and Morocco won Group B by one point. Amazingly, the rebuilt Chipolopolo (Copper Bullets) also went on to reach the finals of the 1994 African Cup of Nations.

text: At the 1994 FIFA World Cup finals in the U.S., Cameroon drew their first game in Group B with eventual semi-finalists Sweden 2–2 and lost their second to eventual winners Brazil 0–3. They were 0–3 down to Russia in their third match when half-time substitute Roger Milla scored in the 46th minute (becoming at 42 the oldest man ever to score at the World Cup finals) and sparked brief hopes of a miracle comeback. However, the final score was a 1–6 loss to Russia, with Oleg Salenko netting a record-breaking five goals in vain. In Group F, Morocco lost its three matches by a goal each, 0–1 to Belgium, 1–2 to Saudi Arabia, and 1–2 to the Netherlands.

text: In Group D, Nigeria thumped eventual semi-finalists Bulgaria 3–0, then fell to a 1–2 loss to Argentina before beating Greece 2–0. Nigeria, Bulgaria, and Argentina all finished on six points and qualified for the second round. In the second round, Nigeria faced Italy. Emmanuel Amuneke scored in the 25th minute, leaving Nigeria with a 1–0 lead two minutes from the next round when Roberto Baggio scored in the 88th minute. Baggio scored again in extra time to send Nigeria home.

text: This was the third successive World Cup where an African team progressed beyond the first stage, after Morocco in 1986 and Cameroon in 1990. This was a major factor in FIFA increasing Africa's allocation from 3 to 5 spots as the World Cup expanded from 24 to 32 four years later.

text: 1998: Nigeria reaches the Round of 16 again[edit]

text: 38 African countries entered the qualification process for 5 spots at the 1998 FIFA World Cup, the two new spots resulting from the tournament's expansion from 24 to 32 teams. This was the first time that three points, instead of two, were awarded for a win. Burundi won both their first round qualification matches but then had to withdraw due to civil war. Sierra Leone, who they had just eliminated, took their place in the second round, and then became the first nation in World Cup qualifying history to be eliminated twice in the same qualifying campaign.[27] Eventually, Cameroon, Morocco, Nigeria, and Tunisia qualified for the World Cup finals along with newcomers Bafana Bafana of South Africa, who had only been readmitted to FIFA in 1992.

text: The five African teams all took European coaches (three Frenchmen, one Serb, one Pole) to the finals, making it the first time since 1974 that there was no African coach at the World Cup.[47]

text: In Group A, Morocco drew their first match 2–2 with Norway and then lost 0–3 to Brazil. The last two matches in the group were played simultaneously (as they had after the Disgrace of Gijón in 1982) – with ten minutes left, Morocco were leading Scotland 2–0 while Brazil led Norway 1–0. But Norway scored twice in the 83rd and 88th minutes to beat Brazil 2–1.[48] Morocco also scored once more to beat Scotland 3–0, but went home.

text: In Group B, Cameroon drew their first match 1–1 with Austria (the Austrians equalizing in the 90th minute) but then lost 0–3 to Italy. Cameroon could have progressed if they won their final group match against Chile, but they drew 1–1 and went home. During the final match, Cameroon's Rigobert Song became the first man to pick up red cards at two World Cups – he was sent off as a 17-year-old against Brazil in 1994. (The second man to be red carded at two World Cups would be Zinedine Zidane eight years later.)

text: In Group C, South Africa began their debut World Cup finals campaign with a 0–3 loss to hosts and eventual champions France. They then drew 1–1 with Denmark, Benni McCarthy scoring their first World Cup finals goal. They needed to win big in their final match against Saudi Arabia but could only manage a 2–2 draw, giving away two penalties and only managing to equalize late into injury time with their own penalty, taken by brace-scorer Shaun Bartlett.

text: In Group D, Nigeria opened with a 3–2 win over fancied Spain and another 1–0 win over Bulgaria. Having qualified for the next stage, they then lost 1–3 to Paraguay. Both Nigeria and Paraguay qualified for the next stage, with Spain losing out despite thumping Bulgaria 6–1. However, in the Round of 16, Nigeria were beaten 1–4 by Denmark. All Nigeria's six goals in the tournament came from six different players.[49]

text: In Group G, Tunisia lost their first two matches 0–2 to England and 0–1 to Colombia. They then managed to draw 1–1 with Romania, who had won their first two matches and topped the group. Thus Tunisia's second appearance at the World Cup (after 1978) ended in them scoring only one goal, a penalty.

text: Thus only 2 of Africa's 5 representatives came away with at least one win. However, there was an African representative in the second round for the fourth time in succession.

text: 2002: Senegal reaches the quarter finals[edit]

text: 51 African countries entered the qualification process for five spots at the 2002 FIFA World Cup. Four of the five 1998 finalists again made it through, with Les Lions de la Teranga (Teranga Lions[50]) of Senegal replacing Morocco. Senegal and Morocco topped the same qualification group each with four wins, three draws, and a loss, but Senegal had a seven-goal superior goal difference thanks to their 9–0 aggregate thrashings of group minnows Namibia. In contrast, the Namibians had managed to hold Morocco to a goalless draw in Windhoek.

text: Like Cameroon 12 years earlier, Senegal started with a shock 1–0 win over the defending champions and went on to reach the quarter finals. In Group A, after beating France 1–0 with a goal from Papa Bouba Diop, they drew 1–1 with eventual group winners Denmark. In their final match against Uruguay, they were leading 3–0 at half-time. In the second half, the South Americans – for whom a win would have them progress at Senegal's expense – scored twice, and then a third time with an 88th-minute penalty kick. Senegal survived the frenetic final minutes of the game to hang on to a 3–3 result. Thus Denmark and Senegal progressed to the next round while former champions Uruguay and France went home. In the Round of 16, a golden goal in extra time (to add to his 37th-minute strike) from Henri Camara took Senegal 2–1 past Sweden after extra time. But in the quarter-finals against Turkey, they were eliminated by a golden goal four minutes into extra time.

text: In Group B, South Africa drew 2–2 with Paraguay with an injury time penalty, then scored their first ever World Cup win by beating Slovenia 1–0. However a 2–3 loss to Spain then sent South Africa home. In Group E, Cameroon drew 1–1 with Republic of Ireland, beat Saudi Arabia 1–0, and then lost 0–2 to Germany. In Group F, Nigeria lost 0–1 to Argentina, lost 1–2 to Sweden, and having been eliminated, held England to a 0–0 draw. In Group H, Tunisia lost 0–2 to Russia, drew 1–1 with Belgium, and lost 0–2 to co-hosts Japan.

text: Of Africa's five representatives, three won at least once, but only one progressed beyond the first round. Still, Senegal's surprise run made it the fifth successive time an African nation had made it to the Round of 16, and the second time an African country had reached the quarter finals. Three of the five African nations (South Africa, Nigeria, Tunisia) took a local coach to the World Cup; only one of those three scored a win.

text: 2006: Ghana reaches the Round of 16[edit]

text:
51 African countries entered the race for 5 spots at the 2006 FIFA World Cup in a qualification process that doubled as one for the 2006 Africa Cup of Nations. In the final qualification round, teams were organized into five groups of six teams, with winners qualifying for the World Cup and the top three for the continental tournament. More matches were needed to qualify – while at both the 1998 and 2002 32-team World Cups, 3 of the 5 African teams played only 6 matches to get to the finals, here 3 of the 5 teams that qualified played 12 matches.
Four of Africa's five representatives to the 2006 FIFA World Cup finals were debutants, in contrast to 2002 when four of five had appeared at the previous World Cup.

text: In Group 1, Togo beat 2002 World Cup quarterfinalists Senegal by two points. The Black Stars of Ghana won Group 2 by five points while in Group 3, Les Éléphants of Côte d'Ivoire lost both its matches to Cameroon but won the group since Cameroon drew too often. In Group 5, Tunisia won the group one point ahead of 1998 finalists and perennial rivals Morocco. Although Morocco was the only African team (of those who played a match) to remain undefeated, it drew half its matches. In Group 4, Angola and Nigeria both finished with 21 points after 10 matches, with Nigeria having a far superior goal difference thanks largely to scoring five goals against both Algeria and 3rd placed Zimbabwe in their last two matches. However, it had already been decided that head to head results were to be used to break such ties in 2006 World Cup Qualification before goal difference. The Palancas Negras (Black Antelopes) of Angola, having beaten Nigeria 2–1 on aggregate, qualified for the World Cup.

text: At the World Cup Finals, Côte d'Ivoire lost its first two Group C matches 1–2 to Argentina and 1–2 to the Netherlands before coming back from 0–2 down to beat Serbia and Montenegro 3–2. In Group D, Angola – the only African team at the finals with a local coach (Luís Oliveira Gonçalves) – lost their first match 0–1 to Portugal, then drew 0–0 with Mexico and 1–1 with Iran. In Group G, Togo made more news off the pitch with disputes over team bonuses causing coach Otto Pfister to walk out on the team until just before the first match and FIFA officials having to step in to stop players threatening to boycott the second match.[51] Togo lost 1–2 to South Korea, lost 0–2 to Switzerland, and 0–2 to eventual finalists France. In Group H, Tunisia drew 2–2 with Saudi Arabia, lost 1–3 to Spain (including an injury time penalty from Fernando Torres), and 0–1 to Ukraine.

text: In Group E, Ghana began with up a 0–2 loss to eventual winners Italy with a 2–0 win over the Czech Republic and a 2–1 win over the U.S.. Thus the debutants ensured an African representative in the Round of 16 for the sixth successive World Cup. They lost 0–3 to Brazil in the Round of 16. The match was later alleged to have been fixed,[52] charges immediately denied by the Ghana Football Association.[53]

text: While for the sixth successive time there was an African team in the Round of 16, Africa remained the only continent (other than Oceania) to never have two teams reach the Round of 16 at the same World Cup.

text: 2010: Ghana gets to Quarter Final[edit]

text: The 2010 FIFA World Cup was the first time the World Cup was staged in Africa, with South Africa being the hosts. Their national team became the first World Cup hosts to get knocked out in the first round. Nigeria, Algeria, Ivory Coast and Cameroon also exited the tournament after the Group stages

text: However, Ghana progressed beyond the group stages of the FIFA World Cup for the second time in a row, and defeated the U.S. 2–1 after extra time in the Round of 16, which saw them reach the quarter-finals, becoming the third African nation to do so. In the quarter-finals, they were eliminated by Uruguay. Ghana were defeated by Uruguay on penalties after Luis Suárez controversially handballed on the goal line deep into extra time, denying Ghana an almost certain winning goal. The penalty that followed, was missed by Asamoah Gyan.[54] Had Ghana won their quarter final they would have become the very first African nation to progress to the semifinals of the world cup. Of the 32 countries that participated in the 2010 FIFA World Cup, FIFA ranked Ghana 7th.[55]

text: 2014: Algeria and Nigeria: 2 African teams to the Round of 16[edit]

text: The 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil marked the first time more than one African team went beyond the group stages. While Ghana and Cameroon both collected disappointing results (apart from Ghana's 2–2 draw with later champions Germany, which saw them becoming the only team not to lose against the Germans in the entire tournament) and eventually ended fourth in their group, Ivory Coast were also knocked out in the first round after a last-minute penalty kick against Greece and ended third in Group C, above Japan, whom they had defeated 2–1 in their first match.

text: Africa's pride, however, was saved by both Nigeria and Algeria. The Nigerians kicked off their Group F campaign with a disappointing 0–0 draw against Iran, before eventually defeating debutants Bosnia and Herzegovina 1–0. Stephen Keshi's team went down 3–2 to later finalists Argentina in their final match, leaving them on the brink of elimination, but Iran lost to the Bosnians 3–1 and Nigeria went through to the Round of 16 for the third time in history, after 1998 and 1994.

text: Algeria lost 2–1 to a strong Belgium in their opening match in Group H, a loss which was followed by an unexpected 4–2 victory over the Korean Republic in Porto Alegre in their second match. In their final Group H encounter, a hard-won 1–1 draw with Russia was enough to send the North Africans through to the next round.

text: In the Round of 16, both African teams fell just short to beat the likes of France (Nigeria) and Germany (Algeria), but the fact that two African nations had reached that far, was a reason to be optimistic about the future of African football.

text: During the 2014 edition, Ghana striker Asamoah Gyan became Africa's all-time leading topscorer at the FIFA World Cup, having scored 6 goals in 3 World Cups, thus exceeding Cameroon veteran Roger Milla's 5 goals.

text: The 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia saw early elimination for Egypt, Morocco and Tunisia who all lost their first two group games. Nigeria also lost their first group game, but got a win in their second game, over Iceland, leaving them with a chance if they could get a result against 2014 finalists Argentina. However, they lost the decisive game, and were eliminated after finishing third in the group.

text: Senegal won their opening game against Poland, and drew their second game against Japan, leaving them needing a draw in their final game against Colombia to be sure of progressing. However, they went down 0–1, and because Japan lost 0–1 as well, Senegal bowed out due to the fair play tiebreaker.

text: African firsts at the World Cup[edit]

text: World Cup Finals[edit]

text:
1934: Egypt, first African country at the World Cup
1934: Abdulrahman Fawzi of Egypt, first African to score at the World Cup, who scored both Egypt's goals in 2–4 loss against Hungary. He netted a third, but was ruled offside.[24]
1974: Kidumu Mantantu of Zaire, first African player to receive a yellow card at the World Cup against Scotland on 14 June 1974.[56]
1974: Mulamba Ndaye of Zaire, first African player to receive a red card at the World Cup against Yugoslavia on 18 June 1974.[32]
1978: Tunisia, first African country to win a match at the World Cup Finals, with 3–1 over Mexico
1978: Abdelmajid Chetali of Tunisia, first African coach at the World Cup Finals
1982: Algeria, first African team to win twice at the group stage (The first team eliminated after winning twice in the group stages of the Fifa World Cup)
1982: FIFA introduced a revised qualification system at subsequent World Cups in which the final two games in each group were played simultaneously after Algeria protesting against its controversial elimination from the group stage caused by the match named Disgrace of Gijón.
1986: Algeria, first African team to qualify twice in a row (1982 and 1986)
1986: Morocco, first African team to reach round of 16
1990: Cameroon, first African team to reach quarter-finals
1990: Magdi Abdelghani of Egypt, first African to score a penalty at the World Cup in the 1–1 draw against the Netherlands
1994: Nigeria scored the biggest African win at the World Cup Finals, 3–0 over Bulgaria
1994: Roger Milla of Cameroon, the oldest player to score at World Cup Finals, aged 42, against Russia. (Russia won the match 6–1)
1998: Youssef Chippo of Morocco. first African to score an own goal at the World Cup, in the 2–2 draw against Norway on 10 June 1998. Two days later, Pierre Issa of South Africa scored an own goal in the 0–3 loss to France.
2010: South Africa, first African country to host the World Cup
2010: Itumeleng Khune of South Africa, first African goalkeeper to receive a red card at the World Cup against Uruguay. (He was the second goalkeeper ever sent off at the World Cup Finals, after Italy's Gianluca Pagliuca at the 1994 FIFA World Cup)
2014: Algeria and Nigeria, first occasion in which two African teams qualified for round of 16
2014: Algeria, first African team to score four goals in one match, in the 4–2 win against South Korea
2014: Stephen Keshi of Nigeria, first African coach to reach round of 16
2018: Essam El-Hadary of Egypt, the oldest player and captain in the history of the World Cup Finals, aged 45 years and 161 days, against Saudi Arabia. (Saudi Arabia won the match 2–1)
2018: Senegal, first team to be eliminated due to the fair play points tiebreaker.
2018: Sofyan Amrabat of Morocco, who came on as a substitute for his brother Nordin Amrabat in the 76th minute in the group match against Iran, is the first player in World Cup history to come in for his brother.[57]

text: World Cup Qualifiers[edit]

text:
1978 WCQ: Tunisia, first African team to use penalties in World Cup Qualification, beating Morocco 4–2 on penalties after a 1–1 draw.[26][27]
2002 WCQ: Abdul Hamid Bassiouny of Egypt, the fastest-ever hat-trick in an "A" international, scored a hat-trick in 177 seconds against Namibia in Alexandria on 13 July 2001 during an 8–2 win by Egypt.[27][58]
2010 WCQ: Algeria, most matches played by an African team to qualify for the World Cup Finals, 13 matches


document_title: List of Major League Baseball record holders

question_text: all time record for strikeouts in a season

text: Batting records (1876–present)[edit]

text: Career[edit]

text:
Record
Player
#
Refs

Highest batting average
Ty Cobb
.3664

Most singles
Pete Rose
3,215
[1]

Most doubles
Tris Speaker
792
[2]

Most triples
Sam Crawford
309
[3]

Most home runs
Barry Bonds
762
[4]

Most grand slams
Alex Rodriguez
23

Most home runs by a pitcher
Wes Ferrell
38

Most grand slams by a pitcher
Madison Bumgarner
3

Oldest player to hit first home run
Bartolo Colón
7004156890000000000♠42 years, 349 days old
[5]

Youngest player to hit a home run
Tommy Brown
7003646700000000000♠17 years, 257 days old
[6]

Most runs batted in
Hank Aaron
2,297
[7]

Most hits
Pete Rose
4,256
[8]

Most runs scored
Rickey Henderson
2,295
[9]

Highest on-base percentage
Ted Williams
.482
[10]

Most stolen bases
Rickey Henderson
1,270
[11]

Most steals of home
Ty Cobb
54

Highest slugging percentage
Babe Ruth
.690
[12]

Highest OPS
Babe Ruth
1.164
[13]

Most walks
Barry Bonds
2,558
[14]

Most intentional walks
Barry Bonds
688
[15]

Most strikeouts
Reggie Jackson
2,597
[16]

Most at-bats
Pete Rose
14,555
[17]

Most total bases
Hank Aaron
6,856
[18]

Most runs created
Barry Bonds
2,892
[19]

Most games played
Pete Rose
3,562
[20]

text: Single-Season[edit]

text:
Records
Player
#
Season
Refs

Games
Maury Wills
165
1962

Highest batting average
Hugh Duffy
.440
1894
[21]

Most singles in a season
Ichiro Suzuki
225
2004
[22]

Most doubles
Earl Webb
67
1931
[23]

Most triples
Chief Wilson
36
1912
[24]

Most home runs
Barry Bonds
73
2001

Most runs batted in
Hack Wilson
190
1930
[25]

Most hits
Ichiro Suzuki
262
2004
[26]

Most runs scored
Billy Hamilton
192
1894
[27]

Highest on-base percentage
Barry Bonds
.609
2004
[28]

Most stolen bases[a]
Hugh Nicol
Rickey Henderson
138
130
1887
1982
[29]

Highest slugging percentage
Barry Bonds
.863
2001
[30]

Highest OPS
Barry Bonds
1.422
2004
[31]

Most walks
Barry Bonds
232
2004
[32]

Most strikeouts
Mark Reynolds
223
2009

Most extra base hits
Babe Ruth
119
1921
[33]

Fastest pitch thrown
Aroldis Chapman
106 mph
2010

Most total bases
Babe Ruth
457
1921
[34]

Consecutive game hitting streak
Joe DiMaggio
56
1941

Most at-bats
Jimmy Rollins
716
2007
[35]

text: Pitching records (1876–present)[edit]

text: Career[edit]

text:
Record
Player
#

Most wins
Cy Young
511

Most losses
Cy Young
316

Lowest E.R.A.
Ed Walsh
1.82

Most no-hitters
Nolan Ryan
7

Most strikeouts
Nolan Ryan
5,714

Most shutouts
Walter Johnson
110

Most pickoffs
Steve Carlton
144

Most innings pitched
Cy Young
7,354⅔

Most hit batsmen
Gus Weyhing
278

Most home runs allowed
Jamie Moyer
522

Most complete games
Cy Young
749

Lowest WHIP
Addie Joss
.968

Most saves
Mariano Rivera
652

Highest win–loss percentage
Spud Chandler
71.7%

Most games
Jesse Orosco
1,252

Most consecutive scoreless innings pitched
Orel Hershiser
59[b]

text: Live-ball era (1920–present)[edit]

text: (if different from overall records)

text:
Record
Player
#

Most wins
Warren Spahn
363

Most losses
Nolan Ryan
292

Lowest earned-run average
Mariano Rivera
2.21

Most shutouts
Warren Spahn
63

Most innings pitched
Phil Niekro
5,404⅓

Most complete games
Warren Spahn
382

Lowest WHIP
Mariano Rivera
1.004

text: Single season[edit]

text:
Record
Player
#
Season

Most wins
Old Hoss Radbourn
59
1884

Most losses
John Coleman
48
1883

Lowest E.R.A.
Tim Keefe
0.86
1880

Most strikeouts
Matt Kilroy
513
1886

Most shutouts
George Bradley
Pete Alexander
16
1876
1916

Most innings pitched
Will White
680
1879

Most complete games
Will White
75
1879

Lowest WHIP
Pedro Martínez
.7373
2000

Most saves
Francisco Rodríguez
62
2008

Highest win/loss percentage
Roy Face
94.7%
1959

Most hits allowed
John Coleman
772
1883

Most earned runs allowed
John Coleman
291
1883

text: Live-ball era (1920–present)[edit]

text: (if different from all-time records)

text:
Record
Player
#
Season

Most wins
Jim Bagby, Sr.
Lefty Grove
Denny McLain
31
1920
1931
1968

Most losses
Paul Derringer
27
1933

Most strikeouts
Nolan Ryan
383
1973

Most shutouts
Bob Gibson
13
1968

Lowest ERA
Bob Gibson
1.12
1968

Most innings pitched
Mickey Lolich
376
1971

Most complete games
Bob Feller
36
1946

Most hits allowed
George Uhle
378
1923

Most earned runs allowed
Bobo Newsom
186
1938

text: Hitting records: single game (1876–present)[edit]

text:
Most hits in a nine-inning game: 7 by Wilbert Robinson, June 10, 1892, and Rennie Stennett, September 16, 1975.
Most hits in an extra-inning game: 9, Johnny Burnett, July 10, 1932.[36]
Most total bases in a nine-inning game: 19 (4 home runs, a double and a single), Shawn Green, May 23, 2002.

text: Pitching records: single game (1876–present)[edit]

text:
Most home runs allowed: 7, Charlie Sweeney, June 12, 1886
Most strikeouts: 21, Tom Cheney, September 12, 1962 (16 innings)
Most strikeouts in a nine-inning game: 20 by Kerry Wood, Roger Clemens (twice), and Max Scherzer [c]
Most consecutive home runs allowed: 4 by Paul Foytack, July 31, 1963, Chase Wright, April 22, 2007, and Dave Bush, August 11, 2010
Oldest pitcher to win a game: Jamie Moyer, age 7004180480000000000♠49 years, 151 days, May 16, 2012

text: Catcher records: career[edit]

text:
Most runners caught stealing: 810, Gary Carter[38]
Most stolen bases allowed: 1,498, Gary Carter[39]
Most stolen-base attempts: 2,308, Gary Carter
Highest caught-stealing %: 57.40%, Roy Campanella[40]
Most pickoffs: 81, Iván Rodríguez[41]
Most games caught: 2,427, Iván Rodríguez

text: Most caught no hitters: 4, Jason Varitek, May 19, 2008 and Carlos Ruiz, July 25, 2015.

text: Note: Pre-1950 stolen-base data is incomplete; career leaders shown from 1950 to present.

text: Catcher records: single season[edit]

text:
Most runners caught stealing: Jody Davis, 89 (1986)[43]
Most stolen bases allowed: Mike Piazza, 155 (1996)[44]
Highest caught-stealing %: Mike LaValliere, 72.73% (1993)[45]
Most no-hitters caught: 2, Carlos Ruiz (2010) (List of Major League Baseball no-hitters)

text: Both of Ruiz's no-hitters were by Roy Halladay; the second was in Game 1 of the National League Division Series, Halladay's first career postseason start.

text: In 1914, Yankees catcher Les Nunamaker threw out three runners in the same inning.[46]

text: Other records[edit]

text:
Most World Series wins (as a manager): 7, Casey Stengel, Joe McCarthy
Most pennants won: 10, Casey Stengel, John McGraw
Most World Series appearances (as a manager): 10, Casey Stengel
Most World Series appearances (as a team): 40, New York Yankees
Most World Series titles (as a team): 27, New York Yankees
Most regular season wins (as a team): 116, Seattle Mariners, Chicago Cubs
Most MVP Awards won: 7, Barry Bonds
Most Grand Slams By a Pitcher in One Season: Tony Cloninger, Madison Bumgarner, 2
Most Consecutive Games Played: 2,632, Cal Ripken, Jr.


document_title: Poldark (1975 TV series)

question_text: who played ross poldark in the original tv series

text: Poldark (1975 TV series)

text: Outline[edit]

text: The romantic saga follows Ross Poldark (Robin Ellis) as he loses his fiancée, the well-bred beauty, Elizabeth (Jill Townsend), to his cousin Francis (Clive Francis). Ross ends up marrying his servant, the unlikely-looking Demelza (Angharad Rees), but his passion for Elizabeth simmers on for years. Set in late 18th century Cornwall, the plot follows Ross Poldark's attempts to make his derelict tin mines a success. Life is hard, smuggling is rife and Ross Poldark finds himself taking the side of the underclass against the ruthless behaviour of his enemies, the greedy Warleggan clan including George Warleggan (Ralph Bates).

text:
Although the emphasis is primarily on Ross and Demelza, there are many other characters with their own stories. In the first series we encounter Dr. Dwight Enys (Richard Morant in the first series, Michael Cadman in the second series), a young man with progressive ideas who prefers to serve the poor communities rather than the rich. Enys has a brief affair with a married actress, Keren Daniel (Sheila White), which results in her murder by her husband.
By the end of the first series, Dwight has become involved with heiress Caroline Penvenen (Judy Geeson). In the second series, they marry following Ross's rescue of Dwight from a French prison.

text: In the second series we get to see much of Geoffrey Charles Poldark (Stefan Gates), the son of Elizabeth and Francis Poldark. Francis drowns in a subterranean lake while investigating a putative new lode of copper in a mine in which he is invested with Ross. Elizabeth eventually marries Ross's great enemy George Warleggan. Geoffrey Charles resembles his father, and at times comes into conflict with his new stepfather George Warleggan, though Warleggan shows him certain kindnesses and pays for his education. Geoffrey Charles begins a friendship with Demelza's brother Drake Carne (Kevin McNally), whom he and his governess, Elizabeth's cousin Morwenna (Jane Wymark), meet in the woods on the Warleggan estate. Geoffrey Charles plays an instrumental role in the development of Drake and Morwenna's romance.

text: Drake is Ross Poldark's brother-in-law and has a working-class background: therefore George considers him an unsuitable marriage partner for Morwenna. George marries Morwenna off to Reverend Osborne Whitworth (Christopher Biggins), whom she despises. Pining for Morwenna, Drake puts his energies into building his blacksmith business and helping his brother Sam (David Delve), a devout Methodist.

text: Morwenna and Osborne have a son, John Conan, whom Morwenna cannot bring herself to love. Eventually Morwenna tells Osborne she will kill his son if he forces his attentions on her one more time. Osborne has an affair with Morwenna's younger sister Rowella (Julie Dawn Cole). Rowella's husband Arthur Solway (Stephen Reynolds) discovers his wife's adultery and attacks Osborne, who is dragged to death by his frightened horse. Despite being traumatized by her marriage to Osborne, Morwenna eventually marries Drake.

text: Sam becomes enamoured of Emma Tregirls (Trudie Styler), who refuses to marry him because she knows that his Methodist congregation will never approve of her. She loves Sam, but knows that her lack of religion and her bad reputation will eventually cause conflict between him and his faith.

text: However, the emphasis remains with Ross and Demelza, and the series concludes with the death of Elizabeth Warleggan after the birth of her and George's daughter Ursula. Elizabeth takes a potion to bring on labour early so Warleggan will be led to think that she habitually delivers her children a few weeks pre-term; Elizabeth had delivered Valentine, born eight months after her wedding to George, after she took a supposed accidental fall on the stairs, which, it is implied only, was intentional on her part because she felt the labour coming on. Valentine is Ross's son, conceived a month before Elizabeth and George's wedding, but George is long deceived as to Valentine's parentage. Agatha Poldark (Eileen Way) and Prudie Paynter (Mary Wimbush), Ross and Demelza's housekeeper, both realize that Valentine is Ross's son, and Agatha tells George of her conclusion just before her death, which occurs under George's abuse of her in his anger over her revelation. Elizabeth dies of gangrene due to the potion. When the doctor asks her if she has taken anything to bring on the labour, she denies it because Warleggan is sitting beside her. George later reveals his knowledge of what Elizabeth has done when he says to Ross, "This is what we have brought her to."

text: Broadcast and legacy[edit]

text: The BBC adaptation of the first four books of the Poldark novels was broadcast by the BBC during 1975 and 1976.[1] This included eight weeks' location filming in Cornwall.[1] The second series was broadcast in the UK in the autumn of 1977, from the next three books. The series in total ran to 29 episodes.

text: Poldark is one of the most successful British television adaptations of all time.[2] Poldark series have since been sold in over forty countries.[2] They are particularly popular in the United States, Spain, Italy, Greece and Israel.[3] On video, Poldark outsold every costume drama except for the 1995 Pride and Prejudice adaptation of Jane Austen's novel.[3]

text: The two series were shown to American audiences in 1977–78, as part of Masterpiece Theatre on the Public Broadcasting System. In 2007, a PBS viewer poll ranked it seventh in best-loved series from the last 35 years.

text: A version of the eighth Poldark novel The Stranger from the Sea was made by HTV for the ITV network in 1996, but was not continued. In 2008 the BBC made a half-hour programme entitled "The Making of Poldark" as part of its series called The Cult of Sunday Night. Many of the original cast were interviewed, including Robin Ellis, Angharad Rees, Jill Townsend and Richard Morant.

text: The series was referenced by Reeves and Mortimer, presenting Poldark on Mopeds as a rejected comedy programme in an advert for TV Licensing.[4]

text: In February 2014, the BBC announced a new adaptation of the series, also called Poldark, to be broadcast in 2015.  The series, starring Aidan Turner as Ross Poldark and Eleanor Tomlinson as Demelza, commenced transmission on Saturday, 7 March 2015, on the BBC's flagship channel, BBC1. Robin Ellis was cast in a small recurring role as Reverend Dr Halse.


document_title: Temples of modern India

question_text: who claimed dams as the temple of modern india

text: Temples of modern India

text: Temples of modern India was a term coined by India's first Prime Minister Jawahar Lal Nehru while inaugurating Bhakra Nangal Dam to describe scientific research institutes, steel plants, power plants, dams being launched in India after independence to jumpstart scientific and industrial progress.Dams are known as temples of modern India . [1][2] These projects were part of his vision of development of modern India with a mix of heavy industries and scientific research institutes.[3]

text: Most of the PSUs and scientific institutions such as the IITs were created by him as part of his vision of modern India.[4]


document_title: MLB The Show 18

question_text: when does mlb 2018 the show come out

question_tokens: when does mlb 2018 the show come out

text: MLB The Show 18

text:
MLB The Show 18

United States cover art featuring Aaron Judge

Developer(s)
SIE San Diego Studio

Publisher(s)
Sony Interactive Entertainment

Series
MLB: The Show

Platform(s)
PlayStation 4

Release
March 27, 2018

Genre(s)
Sports

Mode(s)
Single-player, multiplayer

text: MLB The Show 18 is a baseball video game by SIE San Diego Studio and published by Sony Interactive Entertainment, based on Major League Baseball (MLB). It is the thirteenth entry of the MLB: The Show franchise, and was released worldwide on March 27, 2018, for PlayStation 4. Aaron Judge is featured as the cover star for the U.S. version,[1] while Marcus Stroman is on the cover of the Canadian version.[2] A limited amount of people were invited to a closed alpha, which began on December 22, 2017, until December 26, 2017, to test the online servers. Those who pre-ordered the game received access to the game 4 days early, able to pick up their copy of the game on March 23, 2018.

text: Matt Vasgersian, Dan Plesac and Mark DeRosa act as play-by-play commentators; DeRosa replaces Harold Reynolds, who was featured in the previous year's game. Mike Carlucci returns as public address commentator.

text: Reception[edit]

text: Critical response[edit]

text:
Reception

Aggregate score

Aggregator
Score

Metacritic
(PS4) 82/100[3]

Review scores

Publication
Score

EGM
9/10[4]

Game Informer
6.75/10[5]

GameSpot
9/10[6]

IGN
8.5/10[7]

text: MLB The Show 18 received "generally favorable" reviews from critics, according to review aggregator Metacritic.

text: Eddie Makuch of GameSpot gave the game 9/10, writing: "Sony's flagship baseball franchise has never been better. With its best-in-class controls and visuals, and impeccable attention to detail for the small stuff, MLB The Show 18 is worth catching for any baseball fan."[6] Writing for IGN, Caley Roark gave it an 8.5/10 and said, "The strength of the MLB The Show series has always been its authentic gameplay, which traditionally does a fantastic job capturing the essence of baseball. The 2018 version of The Show continues that trend, creating the most realistic baseball game to date. However, the nuanced gameplay and visual changes don't quite make up for the lack of innovation – or removal – of MLB The Show's core modes."[7]

text: Michael Goroff of Electronic Gaming Monthly gave the 8.5/10, writing, "MLB The Show 18 offers a ton of options for new players to craft their own experiences while still giving veteran players the level of depth the'd expect from the latest entry in a series that's been totally refined over the years."[4]

text: Conversely, Andrew Reiner of Game Informer gave it just 6.75/10, specifically criticizing online gameplay and saying "... the online aspect of the game – where Sony is focusing the most for additions – remains unpredictable at best and completely broken at its worst. As the season goes along, the experience will hopefully get better, but for the hardcore baseball fans that purchased the game early, it can be a nightmare."[5]


document_title: Rivers State Ministry of Health

question_text: who is the commissioner for health in rivers state

text: Rivers State Ministry of Health

text: Leadership[edit]

text: The Commissioner is in charge of overseeing the daily activities of the Ministry.[1] The Permanent Secretary supports the general policies and priorities of the government which operates within the context of the management practices and procedures created for the government as a whole. The Permanent Secretary also sees that major projects, policy formulation and direction, sectoral strategies and development plan for the Ministry are implemented.[2]

text: Organizational structure[edit]

text: Departments[edit]

text:
Administration
Finance & Account
Planning, Research & Statistics
Pharmaceutical Services
Medical Services
Public Health Services
Nursing Services

text: Parastatals[edit]

text:
Rivers State Hospital Management Board
Institutions
College of Health Science and Technology
School of Nursing
School Of Midwifery
Rivers State Primary Health Care Management Board

text: List of Commissioners[edit]

text:
Emi Membere-Otaji (1999–2003)
Solomon Enyinda
Silas Eneyo
Tamunoiyoriari Sampson Parker
Odagme Theophilus (2015–2017)
Princewill A. Chike (2017–present)


document_title: Catherine Linton

question_text: who is katherine's one true love weathering heights

question_tokens: who is katherine 's one true love weathering heights

text: Catherine Linton

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text:
Catherine (Cathy) Linton

Information

Nickname(s)
Cathy

Family
Edgar Linton (father)
Cathy Earnshaw (mother)

Spouse(s)
Linton Heathcliff
Hareton Earnshaw

text: Catherine Linton (also known as "Young Catherine" or Cathy Linton and later as Catherine Heathcliff then as Catherine Earnshaw) is a character in Emily Brontë's novel Wuthering Heights. She is the daughter of Edgar Linton and Cathy Earnshaw, and, despite Heathcliff's attempts at exacting revenge on her for the indiscretions of her family, she eventually marries her true love, Hareton Earnshaw, re-establishing long-lost equilibrium in the story.

text: Story[edit]

text: About eleven o'clock that night was born the Catherine you saw at Wuthering Heights: a puny, seven-months' child; and two hours after the mother died, having never recovered sufficient consciousness to miss Heathcliff, or know Edgar.

text: Cathy is the only child of Catherine and Edgar. Her mother dies a few hours after giving premature birth to her, about half-way through the novel. Her father, Edgar, calls her "Cathy" for the most part, while Heathcliff refers to her as "Catherine", because he called her mother "Cathy" as an expression of his immense affection and love for her.

text: Cathy is a very curious and mischievous girl, and, at thirteen years of age, she seeks out Wuthering Heights, the house to which she is not allowed to travel because Heathcliff, Edgar's enemy, resides there. On arrival she meets Hareton Earnshaw, the nephew of her mother. Nelly, who travels with her, insists that he is indeed her cousin, but Cathy, genuinely amazed at his coarse, uneducated language, his dirty clothes and his savage manner, insists that there is no way that it could be so.

text: On her second visit, which Nelly desperately tries to prevent, Heathcliff meets her for the first time, greeting her with a warm and kindly matter, although we know that he blames her for the death of his soul mate, her mother. He tells Nelly that he means no harm; he only wants Cathy and his own son, Linton, to fall in love and be married. As a result of his encouragement, Cathy and Linton grow close. When Nelly forbids Cathy from visiting Wuthering Heights and the bitter tyrant Heathcliff, they take to writing love letters to one another.

text: It soon becomes apparent that Heathcliff's plans for their marriage form part of his endeavour for revenge on Edgar and his daughter: Catherine will marry Linton, be it willingly or not. Nelly finds the childish love letters and burns them. Linton's letters, it is implied, are so beautiful that they were most likely written by Heathcliff as a means of drawing Cathy to the Heights.

text: ...yet with touches, here and there, which, I thought, were borrowed from a more experienced source.

text: The relationship sinks after Nelly's discovery, but it later emerges, to Nelly's considerable horror, that Cathy has been making more visits to Wuthering Heights in their stead.

text: Edgar presently falls ill with distress, and Heathcliff keeps Cathy and Nelly at the Heights until Catherine finally agrees to marry Linton. Desperate to see her father once more before he dies, she consents, and her fate at Wuthering Heights is sealed. Edgar dies, kissing his daughter on the cheek, knowing that Thrushcross Grange, the Linton household, is now in the hands of his enemy.

text: Linton, who does not at all resemble his father, but is in almost every way like his mother, falls ill as well and dies shortly after his marriage. Heathcliff forces him in his dying moments to bequeath everything to him, nothing to Catherine. As a result, it seems that Catherine, now cold and distant because of her understandable misery, is yet another character destined for an unhappy ending.

text: Eventually, however, she and Hareton form an unlikely romance: after long having shrugged off his attempts at winning her affection, she begins to aid him in his education. Heathcliff sees the love between the two blossom and, probably because he has a grudging soft spot for Hareton, no longer takes pleasure in degrading them. Heathcliff begins to see Hareton as an adopted son, sharing a similar life of the poor stable boy robbed of his inheritance and love. He no longer stands between Hareton and Catherine, seeing it as now a pointless endeavour and essentially as revenge against himself, and the two are finally allowed to openly love each other.

text: Heathcliff dies and is buried next to the elder Cathy. Catherine and Hareton make plans to marry on New Year's Day, and to reside at Thrushcross Grange.

text: Description[edit]

text: Although she is Cathy Earnshaw's daughter, she resembles her father more in looks, with golden ringlets and fair skin. The only qualities that she inherits from her mother are the beautiful "Earnshaw eyes" (which also belong to her future husband, Hareton Earnshaw) and her wayward, mischievous spirit. At first, Catherine is gentle and kind, but a bit snobbish because of her guarded and wealthy upbringing at the Grange; however, when reduced to a life of misery at the Heights, she grows cold, distant, and dismissive of everyone around her. It is her romance with Hareton that re-establishes her bubbly personality.

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Emily Brontë’s Wuthering Heights

Characters

Heathcliff
Catherine Earnshaw
Edgar Linton
Isabella Linton
Hindley Earnshaw
Nelly Dean
Hareton Earnshaw
Catherine Linton
Lockwood

Adaptations

Film and TV

1920 film
1939 film
1954 film
1959 Australian TV play
Dil Diya Dard Liya (1966)
1964 telenovela
1970 film
1976 telenovela
1978 TV serial
1979 telenovela
Hurlevent
1988 film
Emily Brontë's Wuthering Heights (1992)
1998 film
2003 film
2009 TV serial
2011 film

Stage

1951 Herrmann opera
1958 Floyd opera
1992 musical
Heathcliff (1996 musical)

Related

Location
Cultural references

text: Fictional characters introduced in 1847Characters in Wuthering Heights

text: Articles that may contain original research from May 2009All articles that may contain original researchPages using infobox character with unknown parameters


document_title: List of countries by GDP (nominal)

question_text: what country has the highest gross domestic product

text: List of countries by GDP (nominal)

text: Lists

text:
Per the International Monetary Fund (2017)[1]

Per the World Bank (2017)[20]

Per the United Nations (2016)[21][22]

Rank
Country
GDP(US$MM)

 World[19]
79,865,481

1
 United States
19,390,600

—
 European Union[n 1][19]
17,308,862

2
 China[n 2]
12,014,610

3
 Japan
4,872,135

4
 Germany
3,684,816

5
 United Kingdom
2,624,529

6
 India
2,611,012

7
 France
2,583,560

8
 Brazil
2,054,969

9
 Italy
1,937,894

10
 Canada
1,652,412

11
 South Korea
1,538,030

12
 Russia[n 3]
1,527,469

13
 Australia
1,379,548

14
 Spain
1,313,951

15
 Mexico
1,149,236

16
 Indonesia
1,015,411

17
 Turkey
849,480

18
 Netherlands
825,745

19
 Saudi Arabia
683,827

20
  Switzerland
678,575

21
 Argentina
637,717

22
 Taiwan
579,302

23
 Sweden
538,575

24
 Poland
524,886

25
 Belgium
494,733

26
 Thailand
455,378

27
 Iran
431,920

28
 Austria
416,845

29
 Norway
396,457

30
 United Arab Emirates
377,435

31
 Nigeria
376,284

32
 Israel
350,609

33
 South Africa
349,299

34
 Hong Kong
341,659

35
 Ireland
333,994

36
 Denmark
324,484

37
 Singapore
323,902

38
 Malaysia
314,497

39
 Philippines
313,419

40
 Colombia
309,197

41
 Pakistan
303,993

42
 Chile
277,042

43
 Bangladesh
261,374

44
 Finland
253,244

45
 Egypt
237,073

46
 Vietnam
220,408

47
 Portugal
218,064

48
 Peru
215,224

49
 Czech Republic
213,189

50
 Romania
211,315

51
 Venezuela
210,085

52
 New Zealand
201,485

53
 Greece
200,690

54
 Iraq
197,699

55
 Algeria
178,287

56
 Qatar
166,326

57
 Kazakhstan
160,839

58
 Hungary
152,284

59
 Angola
124,209

60
 Kuwait
120,351

61
 Morocco
109,824

62
 Ukraine
109,321

63
 Ecuador
102,311

64
 Puerto Rico
98,805

65
 Slovakia
95,938

66
 Sri Lanka
87,591

67
 Ethiopia
80,874

68
 Kenya
79,511

—
 Syria[n 4]
77,460/Na

69
 Guatemala
75,661

70
 Dominican Republic
75,018

71
 Oman
74,274

72
 Myanmar
66,537

73
 Luxembourg
62,393

74
 Uruguay
58,415

75
 Panama
61,838

76
 Costa Rica
58,056

77
 Sudan
58,239

78
 Bulgaria
56,943

79
 Croatia
54,516

80
 Belarus
54,436

81
 Tanzania
51,725

82
 Lebanon
51,457

83
 Macau
49,802

84
 Slovenia
48,868

85
 Uzbekistan
47,883

86
 Lithuania
47,263

87
 Ghana
47,032

88
 Serbia
41,471

89
 Democratic Republic of the Congo
41,441

90
 Azerbaijan
40,670

91
 Jordan
40,487

92
 Côte d'Ivoire
40,360

93
 Tunisia
40,275

94
 Turkmenistan
37,926

95
 Bolivia
37,122

96
 Bahrain
34,895

97
 Cameroon
34,006

98
 Libya
31,331

99
 Latvia
30,319

100
 Paraguay
29,619

101
 El Salvador
28,023

102
 Uganda
26,349

103
 Estonia
25,973

104
 Zambia
25,504

105
   Nepal
24,472

106
 Iceland
23,909

107
 Papua New Guinea
23,617

108
 Honduras
22,975

109
 Cambodia
22,252

110
 Cyprus
21,310

111
 Afghanistan
20,889

112
 Trinidad and Tobago
20,300

113
 Bosnia and Herzegovina
17,457

114
 Laos
17,152

115
 Zimbabwe
17,105

116
 Botswana
16,725

117
 Yemen
16,511

118
 Senegal
16,057

119
 Georgia
15,230

120
 Mali
14,998

121
 Gabon
14,467

122
 Jamaica
14,290

123
 Nicaragua
13,692

124
 Burkina Faso
13,187

125
 Albania
13,001

126
 Namibia
12,558

127
 Mozambique
12,345

128
 Mauritius
12,273

129
 Malta
12,011

130
 Brunei
11,963

131
 Macedonia
11,416

132
 Armenia
11,037

133
 Mongolia
10,869

134
 Madagascar
10,557

135
 Equatorial Guinea
10,069

136
 Chad
9,740

137
 Benin
9,410

138
 Guinea
9,183

139
 Bahamas
9,127

140
 Rwanda
8,918

141
 Kosovo
8,883

142
 Haiti
8,360

143
 Moldova
7,945

144
 Niger
7,892

145
 Republic of Congo
7,799

146
 Tajikistan
7,234

147
 Kyrgyzstan
7,061

148
 Malawi
6,261

149
 Eritrea
6,050

150
 Fiji
5,054

151
 Mauritania
4,985

152
 Barbados
4,821

153
 Togo
4,797

154
 Maldives
4,520

155
 Montenegro
4,405

156
 Swaziland
4,030

157
 Sierra Leone
3,897

158
 Suriname
3,665

159
 Guyana
3,591

160
 Burundi
3,393

161
 South Sudan
2,870

162
 Lesotho
2,721

163
 Timor-Leste
2,716

164
 Bhutan
2,321

165
 Liberia
2,140

166
 Djibouti
2,082

167
 Central African Republic
1,992

168
 Belize
1,819

169
 Cape Verde
1,728

170
 St. Lucia
1,717

171
 San Marino
1,592

172
 Antigua and Barbuda
1,535

173
 Seychelles
1,479

174
 Guinea-Bissau
1,295

175
 Solomon Islands
1,273

176
 Grenada
1,111

177
 The Gambia
1,038

178
 St. Kitts and Nevis
939

179
 Samoa
844

180
 Vanuatu
837

181
 St. Vincent and the Grenadines
815

182
 Comoros
659

183
 Dominica
608

184
 Tonga
437

185
 São Tomé and Príncipe
372

186
 Federated States of Micronesia
329

187
 Palau
321

188
 Marshall Islands
199

189
 Kiribati
186

190
 Tuvalu
40

Rank
Country
GDP(US$MM)

 World
7007806837870000000♠80,683,787

1
 United States
7007193906040000000♠19,390,604

—
 European Union[23]
7007172776980000000♠17,277,698

2
 China[n 5]
7007122377000000000♠12,237,700

3
 Japan
7006487213700000000♠4,872,137

4
 Germany
7006367743900000000♠3,677,439

5
 United Kingdom
7006262243400000000♠2,622,434

6
 India
7006259749100000000♠2,597,491

7
 France
7006258250100000000♠2,582,501

8
 Brazil
7006205550600000000♠2,055,506

9
 Italy
7006193479800000000♠1,934,798

10
 Canada
7006165304300000000♠1,653,043

11
 Russia[n 3]
7006157752400000000♠1,577,524

12
 South Korea
7006153075100000000♠1,530,751

13
 Australia
7006132342100000000♠1,323,421

14
 Spain
7006131132000000000♠1,311,320

15
 Mexico
7006114991900000000♠1,149,919

16
 Indonesia
7006101553900000000♠1,015,539

17
 Turkey
7005851102000000000♠851,102

18
 Netherlands
7005826200000000000♠826,200

19
 Saudi Arabia
7005683827000000000♠683,827

20
  Switzerland
7005678887000000000♠678,887

21
 Argentina
7005637590000000000♠637,590

22
 Sweden
7005538040000000000♠538,040

23
 Poland
7005524510000000000♠524,510

24
 Belgium
7005492681000000000♠492,681

25
 Thailand
7005455221000000000♠455,221

26
 Iran
7005439514000000000♠439,514

27
 Austria
7005416596000000000♠416,596

28
 Norway
7005398832000000000♠398,832

29
 United Arab Emirates
7005382575000000000♠382,575

30
 Nigeria
7005375771000000000♠375,771

31
 Israel
7005350851000000000♠350,851

32
 South Africa
7005349419000000000♠349,419

33
 Hong Kong
7005341449000000000♠341,449

34
 Ireland
7005333731000000000♠333,731

35
 Denmark
7005324872000000000♠324,872

36
 Singapore
7005323907000000000♠323,907

37
 Malaysia
7005314500000000000♠314,500

38
 Philippines
7005313595000000000♠313,595

39
 Colombia
7005309191000000000♠309,191

40
 Pakistan
7005304952000000000♠304,952

41
 Chile
7005277076000000000♠277,076

42
 Finland
7005251885000000000♠251,885

43
 Bangladesh
7005249724000000000♠249,724

44
 Egypt
7005235369000000000♠235,369

45
 Vietnam
7005223864000000000♠223,864

46
 Portugal
7005217571000000000♠217,571

47
 Czech Republic
7005215726000000000♠215,726

48
 Romania
7005211803000000000♠211,803

49
 Peru
7005211389000000000♠211,389

50
 New Zealand
7005205853000000000♠205,853

51
 Greece
7005200288000000000♠200,288

52
 Iraq
7005197716000000000♠197,716

53
 Algeria
7005170371000000000♠170,371

54
 Qatar
7005167605000000000♠167,605

55
 Kazakhstan
7005159407000000000♠159,407

56
 Hungary
7005139135000000000♠139,135

57
 Angola
7005124209000000000♠124,209

58
 Kuwait
7005120126000000000♠120,126

59
 Sudan
7005117488000000000♠117,488

60
 Ukraine
7005112154000000000♠112,154

61
 Morocco[n 6]
7005109139000000000♠109,139

62
 Ecuador
7005103057000000000♠103,057

63
 Slovak Republic
7004957690000000000♠95,769

64
 Sri Lanka
7004871750000000000♠87,175

65
 Ethiopia
7004805610000000000♠80,561

66
 Dominican Republic
7004759320000000000♠75,932

67
 Guatemala
7004756200000000000♠75,620

68
 Kenya
7004749380000000000♠74,938

69
 Oman
7004726430000000000♠72,643

70
 Myanmar
7004693220000000000♠69,322

71
 Luxembourg
7004624040000000000♠62,404

72
 Panama
7004618380000000000♠61,838

73
 Costa Rica
7004570570000000000♠57,057

74
 Bulgaria
7004568320000000000♠56,832

75
 Uruguay
7004561570000000000♠56,157

76
 Croatia
7004548490000000000♠54,849

77
 Belarus
7004544420000000000♠54,442

78
 Tanzania[n 7]
7004520900000000000♠52,090

79
 Lebanon
7004518440000000000♠51,844

80
 Libya
7004509840000000000♠50,984

81
 Macau
7004503610000000000♠50,361

82
 Slovenia
7004487700000000000♠48,770

83
 Uzbekistan
7004487180000000000♠48,718

84
 Ghana
7004473300000000000♠47,330

85
 Lithuania
7004471680000000000♠47,168

86
 Turkmenistan
7004423550000000000♠42,355

87
 Serbia
7004414320000000000♠41,432

88
 Azerbaijan
7004407480000000000♠40,748

89
 Cote d'Ivoire
7004403890000000000♠40,389

90
 Tunisia
7004402570000000000♠40,257

91
 Jordan
7004400680000000000♠40,068

92
 Bolivia
7004375090000000000♠37,509

93
 Democratic Republic of the Congo
7004372410000000000♠37,241

94
 Bahrain
7004353070000000000♠35,307

95
 Cameroon
7004347990000000000♠34,799

96
 Latvia
7004302640000000000♠30,264

97
 Paraguay
7004297350000000000♠29,735

98
 Estonia
7004259210000000000♠25,921

99
 Uganda
7004258910000000000♠25,891

100
 Zambia
7004258090000000000♠25,809

101
 El Salvador
7004248050000000000♠24,805

102
   Nepal
7004244720000000000♠24,472

103
 Iceland
7004239090000000000♠23,909

104
 Honduras
7004229790000000000♠22,979

105
 Cambodia
7004221580000000000♠22,158

106
 Trinidad and Tobago
7004221050000000000♠22,105

107
 Cyprus[n 8]
7004216520000000000♠21,652

108
 Papua New Guinea
7004210890000000000♠21,089

109
 Afghanistan
7004208150000000000♠20,815

110
 Bosnia and Herzegovina
7004181690000000000♠18,169

111
 Zimbabwe
7004178460000000000♠17,846

112
 Botswana
7004174070000000000♠17,407

113
 Laos
7004168530000000000♠16,853

114
 Senegal
7004163750000000000♠16,375

115
 Mali
7004152880000000000♠15,288

116
 Georgia[n 9]
7004151590000000000♠15,159

117
 Jamaica
7004147680000000000♠14,768

118
 Gabon
7004146230000000000♠14,623

119
 West Bank and Gaza
7004144980000000000♠14,498

120
 Nicaragua
7004138140000000000♠13,814

121
 Mauritius
7004133380000000000♠13,338

122
 Namibia
7004132450000000000♠13,245

123
 Albania
7004130390000000000♠13,039

124
 Burkina Faso
7004128730000000000♠12,873

125
 Malta
7004125380000000000♠12,538

126
 Equatorial Guinea
7004124870000000000♠12,487

127
 Mozambique
7004123340000000000♠12,334

128
 The Bahamas
7004121620000000000♠12,162

129
 Brunei Darussalam
7004121280000000000♠12,128

130
 Armenia
7004115370000000000♠11,537

131
 Madagascar
7004115000000000000♠11,500

132
 Mongolia
7004114880000000000♠11,488

133
 Macedonia
7004113380000000000♠11,338

134
 Guinea
7004104910000000000♠10,491

135
 Chad
7003998100000000000♠9,981

136
 Benin
7003927400000000000♠9,274

137
 Rwanda
7003913700000000000♠9,137

138
 Republic of the Congo
7003872300000000000♠8,723

139
 Haiti
7003840800000000000♠8,408

140
 Moldova[n 10]
7003812800000000000♠8,128

141
 Niger
7003812000000000000♠8,120

142
 Kyrgyzstan
7003756500000000000♠7,565

143
 Somalia
7003736900000000000♠7,369

144
 Tajikistan
7003714600000000000♠7,146

145
 Kosovo
7003712900000000000♠7,129

146
 Malawi
7003630300000000000♠6,303

147
 Fiji
7003506100000000000♠5,061

148
 Mauritania
7003502500000000000♠5,025

149
 Togo
7003481300000000000♠4,813

150
 Barbados
7003479700000000000♠4,797

151
 Montenegro
7003477400000000000♠4,774

152
 Maldives
7003459700000000000♠4,597

153
 Swaziland
7003440900000000000♠4,409

154
 Sierra Leone
7003377400000000000♠3,774

155
 Guyana
7003367600000000000♠3,676

156
 Burundi
7003347800000000000♠3,478

157
 Suriname
7003332400000000000♠3,324

158
 Andorra
7003301300000000000♠3,013

159
 Timor-Leste
7003295500000000000♠2,955

160
 Lesotho
7003263900000000000♠2,639

161
 Bhutan
7003251200000000000♠2,512

162
 Liberia
7003215800000000000♠2,158

163
 Central African Republic
7003194900000000000♠1,949

164
 Djibouti
7003184500000000000♠1,845

165
 Belize
7003183800000000000♠1,838

166
 Cabo Verde
7003175400000000000♠1,754

167
 Saint Lucia
7003171200000000000♠1,712

168
 San Marino
7003165900000000000♠1,659

169
 Antigua and Barbuda
7003153200000000000♠1,532

170
 Seychelles
7003148600000000000♠1,486

171
 Guinea-Bissau
7003134700000000000♠1,347

172
 Solomon Islands
7003130300000000000♠1,303

173
 Grenada
7003111900000000000♠1,119

174
 The Gambia
7003101500000000000♠1,015

175
 Saint Kitts and Nevis
7002946000000000000♠946

176
 Vanuatu
7002863000000000000♠863

177
 Samoa
7002857000000000000♠857

178
 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
7002790000000000000♠790

179
 Comoros
7002649000000000000♠649

180
 Dominica
7002563000000000000♠563

181
 Tonga
7002426000000000000♠426

182
 Sao Tome and Principe
7002391000000000000♠391

183
 Federated States of Micronesia
7002336000000000000♠336

184
 Palau
7002292000000000000♠292

185
 Marshall Islands
7002199000000000000♠199

186
 Kiribati
7002196000000000000♠196

187
 Nauru
7002114000000000000♠114

188
 Tuvalu
7001400000000000000♠40

Rank
Country
GDP(US$MM)

 World[24]
7007756484480000000♠75,648,448

1
 United States
7007186244750000000♠18,624,475

2
 China[n 5]
7007112182810000000♠11,218,281

3
 Japan
7006493621100000000♠4,936,211

4
 Germany
7006347779600000000♠3,477,796

5
 United Kingdom
7006264789800000000♠2,647,898

6
 France
7006246545300000000♠2,465,453

7
 India
7006225964200000000♠2,259,642

8
 Italy
7006185891300000000♠1,858,913

9
 Brazil
7006179592500000000♠1,795,925

10
 Canada
7006152976000000000♠1,529,760

11
 South Korea
7006141124500000000♠1,411,245

12
 Australia
7006130446300000000♠1,304,463

13
 Russia[n 3]
7006124601500000000♠1,246,015

14
 Spain
7006123725500000000♠1,237,255

15
 Mexico
7006107691400000000♠1,076,914

16
 Indonesia
7005932259000000000♠932,259

17
 Turkey
7005863711000000000♠863,711

18
 Netherlands
7005777227000000000♠777,227

19
  Switzerland
7005668851000000000♠668,851

20
 Saudi Arabia
7005639617000000000♠639,617

21
 Argentina
7005545866000000000♠545,866

22
 Sweden
7005514475000000000♠514,475

23
 Poland
7005471402000000000♠471,402

24
 Belgium
7005467955000000000♠467,955

25
 Iran
7005425402000000000♠425,402

26
 Thailand
7005407026000000000♠407,026

27
 Nigeria
7005404649000000000♠404,649

28
 Austria
7005390799000000000♠390,799

29
 Norway
7005371068000000000♠371,068

30
 United Arab Emirates
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31
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7005377740000000000♠377,740

32
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7005349819000000000♠349,819

33
 Denmark
7005346119000000000♠346,119

34
 Malaysia
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35
 Singapore
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36
 Israel
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37
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7005291376000000000♠291,376

38
 Philippines
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39
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7005282242000000000♠282,242

40
 Hong Kong
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41
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42
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7005258062000000000♠258,062

43
 Pakistan
7005251255000000000♠251,255

44
 Ireland
7005250814000000000♠250,814

45
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46
 Portugal
7005230117000000000♠230,117

47
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7005225422000000000♠225,422

48
 Kazakhstan
7005216036000000000♠216,036

49
 Algeria
7005213518000000000♠213,518

50
 Qatar
7005211817000000000♠211,817

51
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52
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53
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54
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7005198652000000000♠198,652

55
 Vietnam
7005186205000000000♠186,205

56
 Bangladesh
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57
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58
 Angola
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59
 Hungary
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60
 Ukraine
7005131806000000000♠131,806

61
 Morocco
7005110009000000000♠110,009

62
 Puerto Rico
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63
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7005100917000000000♠100,917

64
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7005100249000000000♠100,249

65
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66
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67
 Oman
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68
 Belarus
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69
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70
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71
 Myanmar
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72
 Luxembourg
7004648740000000000♠64,874

73
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74
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75
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76
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77
 Uruguay
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78
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79
 Bulgaria
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80
 Macau
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81
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82
 Lebanon
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83
 Costa Rica
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84
 Slovenia
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85
 Panama
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86
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87
 Tanzania
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88
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89
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90
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91
 Libya
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92
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93
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94
 Democratic Republic of the Congo
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95
 Jordan
7004358270000000000♠35,827

96
 Côte d'Ivoire
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97
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98
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7004329960000000000♠32,996

99
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100
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7004312860000000000♠31,286

101
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102
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103
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104
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105
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106
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107
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108
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109
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110
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111
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112
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113
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114
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115
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116
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117
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118
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119
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120
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121
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122
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123
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124
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125
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126
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127
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128
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129
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130
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131
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132
 Mongolia
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133
 Mali
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134
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135
 Laos
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136
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137
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138
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139
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140
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141
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142
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143
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7003924200000000000♠9,242

144
 Haiti
7003859900000000000♠8,599

145
 The Bahamas
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146
 Niger
7003816900000000000♠8,169

147
 Moldova
7003794400000000000♠7,944

148
 Rwanda
7003790300000000000♠7,903

149
 Kyrgyzstan
7003740400000000000♠7,404

150
 Kosovo
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151
 Monaco
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152
 Guinea
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153
 Liechtenstein
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154
 Malawi
7003572000000000000♠5,720

155
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156
 Bermuda
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157
 Suriname
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158
 Mauritania
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159
 Timor-Leste
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160
 Sierra Leone
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161
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162
 Togo
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163
 Fiji
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164
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165
 Barbados
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166
 Eritrea
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167
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168
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169
 Curaçao
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170
 Guyana
7003308600000000000♠3,086

171
 Maldives
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172
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173
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174
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175
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176
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177
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178
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179
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180
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181
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182
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183
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184
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185
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186
 Zanzibar
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187
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188
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189
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190
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191
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192
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193
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194
 The Gambia
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195
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196
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197
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198
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199
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200
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201
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202
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203
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204
 Cook Islands
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205
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206
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207
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208
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209
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7002180000000000000♠180

210
 Montserrat
7001630000000000000♠63

211
 Tuvalu
7001380000000000000♠38