document_title: PAW Patrol

question_text: who does rider's voice on paw patrol

question_tokens: who does rider 's voice on paw patrol

text: PAW Patrol

text: Format[edit]

text: Each episode of PAW Patrol follows a similar pattern and features recurring themes. Episodes normally open with a scene depicting the dogs going about their everyday lives, often playing with dog toys or engaging in activities at the local playground. Ryder, a ten-year-old boy, is advised of a problem by receiving a call for help or by witnessing a situation himself. His most frequent caller is an accident-prone marine biologist named Cap'n Turbot, who knows much about Adventure Bay's wildlife. Ryder always alerts the dogs via their blinking pet tags. The team members report to their base, the Lookout, and enter its elevator. Marshall typically arrives last causing a humorous mishap that makes the other dogs laugh as the elevator rises. When they reach the top floor, they arrange themselves in a line. Chase announces that the team is ready for action as Ryder tells the pups what has happened. He chooses several members of the team, normally two first responders, to help solve whatever problem has emerged. They ride a slide down to their vehicles and complete their mission. When they have finished, Ryder says his catchphrase: "Whenever you're in trouble, just yelp for help!", and congratulates the pups.

text: Episodes[edit]

text: Characters[edit]

text: PAW Patrol members[edit]

text: Original members[edit]

text:
Ryder is the human leader of the PAW Patrol. He is a ten-year-old boy who gives the dogs their mission instructions and builds the vehicles and equipment they use. His vehicle is an ATV. He is the only character to be featured in every mission, and the only member to use his vehicle in every episode. He was voiced by Owen Mason from 2013–2015, by Elijha Hammill from 2015–2016, and by Jaxon Mercey from 2016 onward.
Marshall is a Dalmatian. He serves as a firedog and medic. His vehicle is a fire engine, which transforms into an ambulance. He is known for being exceptionally clumsy. A running gag in every episode is that Marshall will encounter some kind of humorous problem while trying to enter the PAW Patrol's elevator. His catchphrase after one of these mishaps is often "I'm good." He was voiced by Gage Munroe from 2013–2014 and by Drew Davis from 2014 onward.
Chase is a German Shepherd. He serves as a police, spy dog and is the dog leader of the PAW Patrol. His vehicle is a police car. He is the most mature of the dogs, and will always announce "Ready for action, Ryder, sir!" when the PAW Patrol is called on a mission. He was voiced by Tristan Samuel from 2013–2014, by Max Calinescu from 2014–2018, and by Justin Kelley from 2018 onward.
Rubble is an English bulldog. He serves as a construction dog. His vehicle is a bulldozer. He is often a source of comic relief and usually makes jokes or comments about his love of eating. He is voiced by Devan Cohen.
Rocky is a grey-and-white mongrel of an unspecified breed. He serves as a recycling dog. His vehicle is a recycling truck, which can also transform into a salvage tugboat. A running gag in the series is Rocky's irrational fear of water to the point where he refuses to bathe. He was voiced by Stuart Ralston from 2013–2015 and by Samuel Faraci from 2015 onward.
Zuma is a chocolate Labrador retriever. He serves as an aquatic rescue pup. His vehicle is a hovercraft, which can also convert into a submarine. He was voiced by Alex Thorne from 2013–2017 and by Carter Thorne from 2017 onward.
Skye is a cockapoo. She serves as an aviator. Her vehicle is a helicopter, and she has wings built into her backpack. She is voiced by Kallan Holley.

text: Later members[edit]

text:
Cap'n Turbot is the PAW Patrol's most frequent caller, who serves as an occasional member of the team in the Merpup-themed special episodes. He is a marine biologist and the watchman of Adventure Bay. His main vehicle is a boat called the Flounder. In the second season, an orange diving bell is introduced as his second vehicle. He is the team's best human friend and their source of information on all kinds of wildlife in the bay. He is voiced by Ron Pardo. Along with Everest, Cap'n Turbot was added to the opening theme in season three.
Everest is a Siberian husky who serves as a snow rescue dog in emergencies relating to snow or ice. Her vehicle is a snowmobile. Like Tracker, she does not stay with the PAW Patrol and instead lives at Adventure Bay's ski resort, but will answer a call for assistance whenever her services are needed. She is voiced by Berkley Silverman. Everest, along with Cap'n Turbot, was added to the opening theme in season three.
Tracker is a brown-and-white chihuahua who serves as a jungle rescue pup. His vehicle is a Jeep, and he is bilingual, speaking fluently in Spanish and English. Like Everest, he does not stay with the PAW Patrol and instead resides in the jungle with his human caretaker, a boy named Carlos. He is voiced by David Lopez. As of season four, he and Robo-Dog have not been added to the opening theme.
Robo-Dog is a robotic dog introduced in "Pups Save Ryder's Robot." He serves as the driver of the PAW Patrol's multi-member vehicles. Unlike the other pups, Robo-Dog does not speak in sentences and only communicates through barks. His vehicle (the PAW Patroller) was added to the opening theme in season three, but Robo-Dog himself does not appear.

text: Recurring[edit]

text:
Mayor Goodway is the overdramatic but friendly mayor of Adventure Bay. She owns a pet chicken named Chickaletta, which she keeps in her purse. She shares a rivalry with Mayor Humdinger of the neighbouring town Foggy Bottom. She is voiced by Deann Degruijter.
Chickaletta is the mayor's pet chicken. She is not quick-witted or observant and often unintentionally causes trouble for herself and Mayor Goodway. She is introduced in "Pup Pup and Away" when she jumps into Mayor Goodway's purse during a hot air balloon race.
Francois Turbot is Cap'n Turbot's cousin and sidekick, who lives with him in the Seal Island lighthouse. He is very self-centered and loves to show off, but also cares deeply about animals. Francois works as a zoologist, artist, and nature photographer. He has a thick French accent and often uses French phrases in place of English words. He is voiced by Peter Cugno.
Wally is Cap'n Turbot's pet walrus, who lives in the waters surrounding Seal Island. He has a wife named Walinda and an unnamed baby child. Although he cannot talk, Ryder and Cap'n Turbot can understand Wally when he communicates by barking and moving his flippers.
Mayor Humdinger is the mayor of a neighbouring town called Foggy Bottom. He is Mayor Goodway's rival who spends most of his time devising unfair schemes to make his town seem better than Adventure Bay. He lives in a cave and leads a team of troublesome cats called the Kitten Catastrophe Crew. He is voiced by Ron Pardo.
The Kitten Catastrophe Crew is Mayor Humdinger's group of cats who closely resemble the six original PAW Patrol pups. Each one is equipped with a uniform and a tool pack that mirror a particular pup's outfits and abilities.
Katie is a girl Ryder's age. She runs Adventure Bay's pet clinic. She is voiced by Katherine Forrester.
Cali is Katie's pet cat. She has lavender-colored fur. Her meows are provided by Julie Lemieux.
Mr. Porter is a grocer in Adventure Bay. He is voiced by Blair Williams.
Alex Porter is Mr. Porter's young grandson. He is voiced by Christian Distefano.
Farmer Yumi and Farmer Al are two married farmers who live near Adventure Bay. They own a barn and have several animals, such as a pair of pigs and a cow. Farmer Yumi was voiced by Hiromi Okuyama from 2013–2014 and by Stephany Seki from 2014 onward. Farmer Al is voiced by Ron Pardo.
Jake is the owner of a ski resort near Adventure Bay. He becomes Everest's caretaker after she is introduced. He is voiced by Scott McCord.
Carlos is a jungle explorer who is Tracker's caretaker. He was voiced by Lucius Hoyos and later by Jaiden Cannatelli.
Danny is a daredevil boy who appears in the third season episode "Pups Save Daring Danny X".
Sweetie is a villainous pup and the pet of the Princess of Barkingburg. She acts as an antagonist in "Mission PAW"-themed episodes in the fourth season. She has a chew toy named Busby that she treats as a robot minion. She is voiced by Anya Cooke.

text: Production[edit]

text: According to Spin Master, the concept for PAW Patrol stemmed from a prototype for a transforming truck toy that Spin Master co-founder Ronnen Harary designed in 2010.[7] Later the same year, the company requested proposals for a television show based on the transforming toy, and accepted one from Bob the Builder creator Keith Chapman. Chapman sketched early designs of the PAW Patrol team under the working title Raffi & the Rescue Dogs. Spin Master hired toy designers to develop the format further; after the concept was in place, they began designing merchandise.[8]

text: Chapman's original pitch focused on the idea that the six PAW Patrol dogs were rescued by Ryder before joining the team. Scott Kraft, the show's first writer, and Jamie Whitney, the show's first director, decided to abandon the rescued dog theme in 2012. The name of the series' protagonist, Ryder, was changed multiple times during production; he was originally called Raffi, Roddy, and Robbie before Spin Master settled on Ryder.

text: According to a 2017 Spin Master interview, "everything pup-related was debated endlessly: names, sizes, ages, breeds."[9] The pups' designs underwent major changes after Chapman's pitch; they were originally very realistic, with unique fur and textures based on their breeds, but they were later simplified and made more cartoonish. The visual appearance of Cap'n Turbot, mainly his distinctive bead eyes and large nose, was based on the design of Chapman's Bob the Builder character. Ryder's hairstyle was based on that of Ronnen Harary.[9]

text: In January 2012, Spin Master began approaching television broadcasters. The company negotiated a broadcast partnership with Nickelodeon, and the network first announced that it had picked up PAW Patrol at the 2013 Licensing Expo in Las Vegas, Nevada.[10] The series became Spin Master's first solely-owned intellectual property (IP)[11] once it was released in August 2013.[12]

text: Since it began production, the show's animation has been provided by Guru Studio. In a 2016 interview with Maclean's Magazine, Guru president Frank Falcone stated that his studio's animators were originally suspicious of the show's "toyetic" concept.[13] The series' rock-inspired[14] original score was composed by the Ontario-based group Voodoo Highway Music & Post. The opening theme song, and the ending song used in each episode include vocals performed by Scott Simons.

text: With each season of the show, new supporting characters and themes are introduced in its episodes. In a May 2016 interview for the Toronto Star, Spin Master president Ben Gadbois stated that his company would continue to introduce additional characters and concepts to increase the franchise's longevity and to expand upon the success of tie-in merchandise.[15] In August of the same year, Ronnen Harary explained that these changes were intended to keep the show's content "fresh" and "relevant".[16]

text: The first season aired from August 2013 to August 2014. The second season premiered in August 2014; in Canada, it concluded in September 2015 and in the United States, it concluded in December 2015. A third season premiered in November 2015. A fourth season premiered February 6, 2017. Spin Master has confirmed that fifth and sixth seasons are in development.[17] The fifth season premiered on February 6, 2018.[18]

text: Release[edit]

text: Broadcast[edit]

text: The series has been sold to TV networks in over 160 countries.[19]

text: In Canada, the series is shown on TVOKids,[20] Knowledge Kids, Télé-Québec and City Kids. In the United States, the series is aired on Nickelodeon with reruns on Nick Jr.

text: As required for Canadian programs aired on federally-funded networks, PAW Patrol has been dubbed in French for Quebec broadcasts and for its broadcast in France on TF1.[21] Canal Panda airs a European Portuguese dub.[22] and it aired on MBC3 in the Middle East. A British English dub, which uses the same scripts as the Canadian version with minor changes, is shown on Channel 5 and Nick Jr. UK.[23] Anione, JEI TV, and KBS have all broadcast the Korean-dubbed version.[24] The show has been aired in the Icelandic language on Iceland's public broadcaster RÚV since 2015.[25] The first two seasons were shown in Finnish on Yle TV2.[26] The video on demand platform Le.com obtained broadcast rights for a Mandarin Chinese-dubbed version of PAW Patrol in April 2016.[27] it will air on MiniMini+ in Poland, e-Junior in the United Arab Emirates, and Clan TVE in Spain.

text: In July 2016, film distribution company Notorious Pictures acquired the rights to an Italian theatrical release of the series.[28] Six episodes of PAW Patrol were screened as a package film in select Italian cinemas from December 22, 2016 until January 8 of the following year.[29] Sabahat Khan, of Spin Master partner RBC Capital Markets, has stated that he "wouldn't be surprised by a [North American] feature film down the line."[3] In November 2017, Ronnen Harary confirmed that Spin Master is "currently considering whether to extend the PAW Patrol franchise into feature films at some point in the next 12 to 24 months."[30]

text: DVD releases[edit]

text:
Title

Region 1

Region 2

PAW Patrol

May 13, 2014

March 30, 2015

Winter Rescues

October 7, 2014[31]

October 19, 2015

Marshall and Chase On the Case!

March 3, 2015[32]

July 27, 2015

Pups and the Pirate Treasure

N/A

March 4, 2016

Meet Everest!

September 1, 2015[33]

July 18, 2016

Brave Heroes, Big Rescues

March 1, 2016[34]

February 13, 2017

All Wings on Deck

N/A

October 24, 2016

Sports Day!Game On!

August 2, 2016[35]

May 22, 2017

Pups Save Christmas

November 1, 2016[36]

October 31, 2016

Pups Save the BunniesEaster Egg Hunt

March 7, 2017[37]

March 13, 2017

Air Pups

N/A

July 17, 2017

The Great Pirate Rescue!

September 5, 2017[38]

N/A

The Great Snow Rescue

October 24, 2017[39]

Sea Patrol

March 6, 2018[40]

Summer Rescues

May 1, 2018[41]

text: Video game[edit]

text: Nickelodeon and Outright Games announced a game, PAW Patrol: On a Roll, for the PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch and Microsoft Windows consoles.[42]

text: Reception[edit]

text: Ratings[edit]

text: PAW Patrol has received consistently high ratings on Nickelodeon. Viacom CEO Philippe Dauman cited the series as a source of Nickelodeon's 2014 ratings growth.[43] It ranked as the highest-rated, preschool TV program in the United States in November 2013[44] and held that position throughout the spring 2014 season.[45] The spot was briefly overtaken by Team Umizoomi reruns in July 2016, but PAW Patrol reclaimed the title later the same month.[46] Bloomberg L.P. described PAW Patrol as part of a "creative resurgence" that increased the Nick Jr. channel's viewership in 2016.[47] At Nickelodeon's 2016 upfront presentation for future advertisers, Cyma Zarghami named PAW Patrol one of two preschool shows to have significantly helped boost ratings for the network (the other being Blaze and the Monster Machines).[48]

text: In March 2015, two back-to-back premieres of the show ranked among the top twenty weekday showings (among total viewers) in Australia.[49] In May 2015, it was reported that PAW Patrol broadcasts on TF1 had been viewed by 45 per cent of households in France with preschool-aged children.[50]

text: Critical reception[edit]

text: Common Sense Media reviewer Emily Ashby gave the show a four-star rating, stating that "perhaps the show's best attribute is how it demonstrates the value of thoughtful problem-solving".[51] Randy Miller of DVD Talk recommended the show, calling it "packed with all the harmless action and cornball jokes that kids ... can't help but snicker at".[52] Stuff.co.nz reviewer Pattie Pegler also wrote favourably of the series, but felt that some of the characters "seem rather arbitrary, like Rocky the Recycling Pup".[53] The About Group's Carey Bryson gave the series a mixed review, criticizing its "formulaic" nature but affirming that the "show is not without funny moments".[14]

text: A research study, commissioned by Sky in March 2016, reported that 16 per cent of surveyed British and Irish children named PAW Patrol as their favourite program.[54]

text: Criticism has been directed toward the show's unequal gender representation because the team of dogs is primarily male and includes only one main female. Cat Conway of Dan Abrams' The Mary Sue rhetorically asked, "the police pup, firefighting pup, builder pup, sea-rescue pup, and whatever the hell Rocky does are all coded male, because of course you couldn't have a female police dog, could you?"[55] Brandy King of the Center on Media and Child Health "found the gender imbalance immediately noticeable" while watching the program.[56] Today's Parent noted in April 2015 that PAW Patrol images appeared frequently on Twitter with the hashtag "#IncludeTheGirls".[57]

text: Accolades[edit]

text: In 2014, the series' theme song was nominated for Outstanding Original Song – Main Title and Promo in the 41st Daytime Creative Arts Emmy Awards.[58] In 2016, the season two episode "Pups Save a Mer-Pup" was nominated for Best Animated Television/Broadcast Production for Preschool Children in the 43rd Annie Awards.[59] As of 2017, PAW Patrol has received four Canadian Screen Award nominations, winning one of them in 2016[60] and two in 2017.[61]

text:
Year

Award

Category

Nominee

Result

Ref.

2014

41st Daytime Creative Arts Emmy Awards

Outstanding Original Song – Main Title and Promo

Scott KrippayneSmidi Smith

Nominated

[62]

Parents' Choice Foundation

"Fun Stuff" Award

Spin Master

Won

[63]

Environmental Media Awards

Environmental Media Award in Children's Television

Spin Master

Won

[64]

2015

Toy of the Year Awards

Property of the Year, 2015

Spin Master

Nominated

[65]

Preschool Toy of the Year, 2015

Spin Master

Nominated

[65]

2016

Toy of the Year Awards

Property of the Year, 2016

Spin Master

Nominated

[66]

43rd Annie Awards

Best Animated Television/Broadcast Production for Preschool Children

Spin Master

Nominated

[59]

4th Canadian Screen Awards

Best Pre-School Program or Series

Spin Master

Nominated

[67]

Best Direction in an Animated Program or Series

Jamie Whitney

Won

[67]

Licensing.biz People Awards

Licensee Team of the Year

Spin Master

Won

[68]

Australian Toy Association

Preschool License of the Year

Spin Master

Won

[69]

Canadian Cinema Editors Awards

Best Editing in Animation

Tom Berger

Nominated

[70]

SOCAN Awards

International TV Series Music Award

Voodoo Highway Music & Post

Won

[71]

2017

5th Canadian Screen Awards

Best Pre-School Program or Series

Spin Master

Won

[61]

Best Direction in an Animated Program or Series

Jamie Whitney

Won

[61]

text: Merchandise[edit]

text: On May 18, 2014, Spin Master introduced a toy line based on the television series at Toys "R" Us locations across Canada.[72] The line was not distributed to international markets until June 22 of the same year.[73] Dion Vlachos, a representative from Nickelodeon, was in charge of the U.S. product launch.[74]

text: PAW Patrol has since become one of Spin Master's most profitable brands. Analysts for the National Bank of Canada reported that toys and games based on the show accounted for approximately $245 million U.S. (or 25 per cent) of Spin Master's gross product sales for 2015.[3] Spin Master chairman Anton Rabie noted in August 2016 that the "continuing strength" of PAW Patrol toys, in addition to new acquisitions and movie licenses, made up 40.5 per cent of the firm's second quarter revenue.[75] Marketing manager Emma Eden said that the toys were responsible for increasing the company's presence in the preschool market.[76] Throughout 2016, Spin Master's revenue grew more in this market than in any other toy category. PAW Patrol has been cited as the sole reason for this.[77]

text: The NPD Group named PAW Patrol the top new toy brand of 2015 in the United Kingdom.[78] The group also reported that it was the best-selling preschool license in France in the first quarter of 2015.[50] Dave Brandon, the chief executive officer of Toys "R" Us, listed the PAW Patroller vehicle toy as one of the 2015 holiday season's "hottest" items.[79][80] Argos the U.K. catalogue retailer included the PAW Patrol Air Patroller vehicle on its list of the toys it predicts will be bestsellers during the Christmas 2016 season.[81]

text: Live events[edit]

text: In April 2016, a stage show titled PAW Patrol Live: Race to the Rescue was announced.[82] The show features the PAW Patrol characters competing in a race. It toured Canada, the United States, Mexico, Australia and the Philippines.[83][84] A sequel show, titled PAW Patrol Live: The Great Pirate Adventure, was announced in June 2017. It follows the PAW Patrol as they rescue Cap'n Turbot from a cavern, and it will tour the same countries as its predecessor.[85] The shows are produced by VStar Entertainment Group, which is best known for producing the popular Sesame Street Live touring shows for 37 years.

text: Mascots based on the PAW Patrol characters have appeared at events across Canada, the United States, and the United Kingdom. They joined an "Etch A Sketch Day" celebration at Spin Master's office in Toronto on July 26, 2016.[86] The characters, along with replicas of the Lookout tower from the program, were included as part of the Nick Jr. Play Date Tour in autumn 2015.[87] Marshall and Chase made appearances at shopping malls throughout Nottingham, Suffolk, and Somerset in the U.K. in the summer of 2016.[88] Multiple meet-and-greet events attracted far more attendees than expected, with some reaching over 5,000 visitors.[89][90] They appeared for the first time in Northern Ireland at Glenarm Castle on July 13, 2016.[91] They are scheduled to appear regularly in a Nickelodeon-themed area of the Thurrock's Lakeside Shopping Centre located on the outskirts of London, England.[92]

text: Unauthorized productions and events featuring the show's characters have attracted the attention of the show's distributor. In February 2016, several Greene King pubs in the U.K. scheduled breakfast events with costumed characters modelled after the pups. Nickelodeon forced the chain to stop every event by threatening a lawsuit if they went ahead.[93] There was some consumer backlash as a result, but the events were not held.[94]


document_title: List of U.S. states and territories by poverty rate

question_text: what us state has the highest poverty rate

root

text: States and territories[edit]

text:
Rank
State
Poverty Rate
(by Household Income)
People in Poverty
by Household Income
(in thousands)
2014 Poverty Rates
(includes unrelated children)
Supplemental Poverty Measure (2010-2014 average)
(Geographically Adjusted)

-
United States
14.8%
45,950

16.0%[1][2]

1
 New Hampshire
9.2%
117
9.5%
15.5%

2
 Maryland
10.4%
604
9.6%
10.1%

3
 Wyoming
10.6%
54
9.3%
9.2%

4
 Connecticut
10.8%
376
10.6%
12.5%[3][4][5]

5
  North Dakota
11.1%
79
11.0%
9.2%

6
 New Jersey
11.1%
972
13.7%
13.9%[6][7]

7
 Minnesota
11.4%
607
12.1%
9.7%

8
 Alaska
11.4%
81
12.1%
12.5%

9
 Hawaii
11.5%
158
12.6%
17.3%

10
 Massachusetts
11.7%
760
10.9%
13.8%

11
 Virginia
11.8%
955
10.8%
13.3%

12
 Utah
11.8%
341
9.8%
11.6%

13
 Colorado
12.1%
632
12.4%
13.7%

14
 Vermont
12.2%
72
9.7%
13.4%[8]

15
 Nebraska
12.3%
167
10.0%
9.8%[9][10]

16
 Iowa
12.3%
368
10.9%
8.6%

17
 Delaware
13.0%
118
12.4%
13.9%

18
 Wisconsin
13.2%
737
11.1%
10.8%

19
 Washington
13.2%
913
11.9%
12.2%

20
 Kansas
13.5%
381
13.9%
11.5%

21
 Pennsylvania
13.6%
1,679
11.2%
12.6%

22
 Maine
14.0%
181
11.6%
11.2%

23
 South Dakota
14.1%
115
14.3%
10.6%

24
 Illinois
14.3%
1,802
13.3%
15.2%

25
 Rhode Island
14.8%
149
13.2%
13.6%

26
 Idaho
14.8%
237
13.9%
11.8%

27
 Montana
15.2%
151
13.5%
12.1%

28
 Indiana
15.2%
968
16.4%
14.2%

29
 Nevada
15.4%
430
13.1%
19.8%

30
 Missouri
15.5%
908
15.6%
12.4%

31
 Ohio
15.8%
1,778
13.5%
13.2%

32
 New York
15.9%
2,760
15.9%
18.1%[11]

33
 Michigan
16.2%
1,567
27.6%
13.5%

34
 Oregon
16.4%
637
7.11%
10.3%

35
 California
16.4%
6,253
15.5%
23.8%

36
 Oklahoma
16.6%
623
13.0%
13.4%

37
 Florida
16.6%
3,231
14.6%
19.5%[12]

38
 Texas
17.2%
4,519
17.4%
16.4%

39
 North Carolina
17.2%
1,663
17.0%
14.2%

40
 South Carolina
17.9%
838
13.8%
15.8%

41
 Tennessee
18.2%
1,165
16.7%
15.5%

42
 Arizona
18.2%
1,195
21.3%
18.8%

43
 West Virginia
18.3%
328
16.0%
12.9%

44
 Georgia
18.4%
1,298
18.5%
18.2%

45
 District of Columbia
18.4%
114
18.0%
22.7%[13]

46
 Arkansas
18.7%
539
19.1%
16.5%

47
 Kentucky
19.0%
812
17.1%
13.6%

48
 Alabama
19.2%
905
16.8%
13.5%

49
 Louisiana
19.9%
898
14.3%
18.5%[14]

50
 New Mexico
20.6%
347
19.6%
16.1%

51
 Mississippi
21.9%
634
23.2%
16.1%[15]

52
 U.S. Virgin Islands[16]
22.4%
23.6
—
—

53
 Guam[17]
22.9%
35.8
—
—

54
 Puerto Rico[18]
43.5%
1,451.6
—
—

55
 Northern Mariana Islands[19]
52.3%
27.9
—
—

56
 American Samoa[20][A]
57.8%
31.8
—
—

tag: table

text: Notes[edit]


document_title: African nations at the FIFA World Cup

question_text: first african team to qualify for world cup

question_tokens: first african team to qualify for world cup

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

39

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

10

Top 12
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
0
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—

0

Top 8
—
0
0
—
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
—
0
1
0
0
1
0
1
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

Top 2
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

text:
Country
Participations
Years
Best result

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

 Nigeria
6
1994, 1998, 2002, 2010, 2014, 2018
R2

 Algeria
4
1982, 1986, 2010, 2014
R2

 Morocco
4
1970, 1986, 1994, 1998
R2

 Tunisia
4
1978, 1998, 2002, 2006
R1

 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

 Zaire
1
1974
R1

 Senegal
1
2002
QF

 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.[1] 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.[2]

tag: p

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
Part of France[3]
×
•
•
•
R1
13th
R1
22nd
•
•
•
•
•
R1
28th
R2
14th
•

4
13

 Angola
Part of Portugal
×
•
•
•
•
•
R1
23rd
•
•
•

1
9

 Cameroon
Part of France
×
×
•
•
•
R1
17th
•
QF
7th
R1
22nd
R1
25th
R1
20th
•
R1
31st
R1
32nd
•

7
13

 DR Congo[4]
Part of Belgium
×
×
R1
16th
×
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•

1
10

 Egypt
×
R1
13th
×
×
•
×
×
×
×
•
•
•
•
R1
20th
•
•
•
•
•
•
Q

3
14

 Ghana
Part of the United Kingdom
×
•
×
•
•
•
×
•
•
•
•
•
R2
13th
QF
7th
R1
25th
•

3
13

 Ivory Coast
Part of France
×
×
×
•
•
×
•
•
•
•
•
R1
19th
R1
17th
R1
21st

3
10

 Morocco
Part of France
•
×
R1
14th
•
•
•
R2
11th
•
R1
23rd
R1
18th
•
•
•
•

4
13

 Nigeria
Part of the United Kingdom
•
×
•
•
•
•
•
•
R2
9th
R2
12th
R1
27th
•
R1
27th
R2
16th
Q

6
14

 Senegal
Part of France
×
×
×
•
•
•
•
×
•
•
QF
7th
•
•
•

1
10

 South Africa

×
×
×
×
×
×
×
×
×
×
•
R1
24th
R1
17th
•
R1
20th
•

3
6

 Togo
Part of France
×
×
×
•
•
•
×
×
•
•
•
R1
30th
•
•
•

1
10

 Tunisia
Part of France
•
×
•
•
R1
9th
•
•
•
•
R1
26th
R1
29th
R1
24th
•
•

4
13

 Zaire
see Congo DR (1974–1994)[4]

text: Tournament standings[edit]

text:
Team
Champions
Finals
Semi-finals
Quarter-finals
Round of 16

 Ghana
0
0
0
1
1

 Cameroon
0
0
0
1
0

 Senegal
0
0
0
1
0

 Nigeria
0
0
0
0
3

 Algeria
0
0
0
0
1

 Morocco
0
0
0
0
1

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: As of Jul 01, 2014.

text:
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
Goal +/-
Points
Topscorers

 Cameroon
23
4
7
12
18
43
-25
19
R. Milla 5
S. Eto'o 3
P. M'Boma 2
F. Omam-Biyik 2

 Nigeria
18
5
3
10
20
26
-6
18
D. Amokachi 2
E. Amunike 2
A. Musa 2
K. Uche 2

 Ghana
12
4
3
5
13
16
-3
15
A. Gyan 6
S. Muntari 2

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

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

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

 Morocco
13
2
4
7
12
18
-6
10
A. Hadda 2
A. Khairi 2
S. Bassir 2

 Senegal
5
2
2
1
7
6
+1
8
P. Bouba Diop 3

 Tunisia
12
1
4
7
8
17
-9
7
R. Bouzaiene 1
M. Dhouib 1
N. Ghommidh 1
R. Jaidi 1
Z. Jaziri 1
A. Kaabi 1
J. Mnari 1
S. Souayah 1

 Angola
3
0
2
1
1
2
-1
2
A. Flavio 1

 Egypt
4
0
2
2
3
6
-3
2
A. Fawzi 2

 Togo
3
0
0
3
1
6
-5
0
M. Kader 1

 Zaire (1971–1997)
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 (* = hosts)

 Cameroon
7
4
0
1982
2014
5 !Quarterfinals (1990)

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

 Tunisia
4
3
0
1978
2006
7 !Round 1

 Algeria
4
2
0
1982
2014
7 !Round 2 (2014)

 Morocco
4
2
0
1970
1998
6 !Round 2 (1986)

 Ghana
3
3
0
2006
2014
5 !Quarterfinals (2010)

 Ivory Coast
3
3
3
2006
2014
7 !Round 1

 Egypt
3
1
1
1934
2018
7 !Round 1

 South Africa
3
2
0
1998
2010
7 !Round 1

 DR Congo[4]
1
1
0
1974
1974
7 !Round 1

 Senegal
1
1
0
2002
2002
5 !Quarterfinals (2002)

 Angola
1
1
0
2006
2006
7 !Round 1

 Togo
1
1
0
2006
2006
7 !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[4]
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
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

tag: ul

text:
Country
Number of
Qualifying
attempts
1930

1934

1938

1950

1954

1958

1962

1966

1970

1974

1978

1982

1986

1990

1994

1998

2002

2006

2010

2014

2018

 Zambia
13

×
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•

 Guinea
12

×
×
×
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•

 Kenya
12

×
×
×
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•

 Ethiopia
11

×
×
•
×
•
•
•
•
•
×
•
×
•
•
×
•
•

 Sudan
11

×
×
×
×
×
•
•
×
•
•
•
×
•
•
•
•
•
•

 Malawi
10

×
×
•
•
•
•
×
•
•
•
•
•
•

 Sierra Leone
10

×
•
•
•
•
×
×
•
•
•
•
•
•

 Uganda
10

×
×
×
×
•
×
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•

 Zimbabwe
10

×
•
×
×
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
×

member of AFC

 Burkina Faso
9

×
•
•
•
×
×
•
×
•
•
•
•
•

 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

×
×
×
×
×
•
×
×
•
•
•
•

 Chad
5

×
×
×
•
•
•
•
•

 Equatorial Guinea
5

×
×
×
•
•
•
•
•

 Mali
5

×
×
×
×
×
×
×
×
×
•
•
•
•
•

 Seychelles
5

×
×
×
•
•
•
•
•

 Cape Verde
4

×
×
×
×
•
•
•
•

 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-
African
finalists
#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
 Blagoja Vidinić

1974
West Germany
16
99
24
2[10]
 Zaire
10
R1
lost 0-2  Scotland, lost 0-9  Yugoslavia, lost 0-3  Brazil
 Blagoja 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 Korea
and 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 States
R2: 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  Germany
R2: 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

R2
lost 1-2  Belgium, won 4-2  South Korea, drew 1-1  Russia
R2: lost 1-2 (a.e.t.)  Germany
 Vahid Halilhodžić

 Cameroon

R1
lost 0-1  Mexico, lost 0-4  Croatia, lost 1-4  Brazil
 Volker Finke

 Ivory Coast

R1
won 2-1  Japan, lost 1-2  Colombia, lost 1-2  Greece
 Sabri Lamouchi

 Ghana

R1
lost 1-2  United States, drew 2-2  Germany, lost 1-2  Portugal
 James Kwesi Appiah

 Nigeria

R2
drew 0-0  Iran, won 1-0  Bosnia and Herzegovina, lost 2-3  Argentina
R2: lost 0-2  France
 Stephen Keshi

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,[21] 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[22] 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.[23]

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.[24])

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[25] 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.[26]

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.[25]

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,[27] 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.[28] 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.[29]

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 Blagoja 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!"[30]

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.[31] 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.[32] 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.[33] 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.[26] This was a major change for Tunisia, who had been eliminated by Morocco quite literally by chance on three previous occasions[25] 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.[34] 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.

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.[35] 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 qualify for their second World Cups.

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.[36][37] Goalkeeper Badou Zaki kept Morocco in the game with a series of excellent saves, but was finally beaten in the 87th minute by Shame 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[38]), 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.[39] Belloumi always claimed innocence in the incident, with him and other players pointing the finger at Algerian goalkeeper Kamel Kadri instead.[40]

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.[41][42]

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 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.[43][44]) Only two European-based players from the original squad missed the flight - Charles Musonda of Anderlecht, who was injured, and captain Kalusha Bwalya,[45] 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. 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.[26] 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 Frenchman, one Serb, one Pole) to the finals, making it the first time since 1974 that there was no African coach at the World Cup.[46]

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 Shame 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.[47] 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.[48]

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[49]) 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 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.[50] 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,[51] charges immediately denied by the Ghana Football Association.[52]

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.[53] Had Ghana won their quarter final they would have become the first African nation to progress to the semi finals of the world cup. Of the 32 countries that participated in the 2010 FIFA World Cup, FIFA ranked Ghana 7th.[54]

text: 2014: Algeria and Nigeria 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: Like in many former World Cup editions, Africa's participation was marked by political and financial conflicts, as well as instability between teams and staff, which caused outrage about mainly the Cameroon and Ghana camps, which had taken drastic measures to keep the players happy.

text: African firsts at the World Cup[edit]

text: World Cup Finals[edit]

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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.[23]
1970: Morocco, first African country to score a goal at the World Cup Finals, with a 1-1 draw against Bulgaria
1974: Kidumu Mantantu of Zaire, first African player to receive a yellow card at the World Cup against Scotland on 14 June 1974.[55]
1974: Mulamba Ndaye of Zaire, first African player to receive a red card at the World Cup against Yugoslavia on 18 June 1974.[31]
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 a twice winning in 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 it's 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, 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

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.[25][26]
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.[26][56]
2010 WCQ: Algeria, most matches played by an African team to qualify for the World Cup Finals, 13 matches


document_title: Ohio gubernatorial election, 2018

question_text: who all is running for governor in ohio

question_tokens: who all is running for governor in ohio

text: Ohio gubernatorial election, 2018

text: Republican primary[edit]

text: Candidates[edit]

text: Declared[edit]

text:
Mike DeWine, Ohio Attorney General and former U.S. Senator[1][2]

Running mate: Jon A. Husted, Ohio Secretary of State[3]

Mary Taylor, Lieutenant Governor of Ohio[4]

Running mate: Nathan Estruth, businessman[5]

text: Withdrew[edit]

text:
Jon A. Husted, Ohio Secretary of State (running for Lieutenant Governor)[6][3]
Jim Renacci, U.S. Representative (running for the U.S. Senate)[7]

text: Endorsements[edit]

text:
showMike DeWine

U.S. Presidents

Donald Trump, 45th President of the United States[8]
Mike Pence, 48th Vice President of the United States[9]

Notable individuals

Julie Jakmides, Alliance Councilwoman[10]
David Johnson, Chair of the Columbiana County Republican Party[11]
Richard K. Jones, Butler County Sheriff[12]
Dave Levacy, Fairfield County Commissioner[13]
Amy Murray, Cincinnati City Council member[14]
Gerard Neugebauer, Green Mayor[15]
Rick Santorum, former United States Senator from Pennsylvania and candidate for President of the United States in 2012 and 2016[16]
Zachary Hall, Chairman of the Lucas County Teenage Republicans[17]

U.S. Representatives

Steve Stivers (OH-15)[18]
Mike Turner (OH-10)[19]

State Senators

Larry Obhof (President)[20]
Bob Peterson (President pro tempore)[21]
Randy Gardner (Majority Leader)[21]
Gayle Manning (Majority Whip)[21]
Kevin Bacon[21]
Troy Balderson[21]
Bill Beagle[21]
David Burke[21]
Matt Dolan[21]
John Eklund[21]
Bob Hackett[21]
Frank Hoagland[21]
Jay Hottinger[21]
Stephanie Kunze[21]
Peggy Lehner[21]
Rob McColley[21]
Scott Oelslager[21]
Joe Uecker[21]

State Representatives

Cliff Rosenberger (Speaker)[22]
Kirk Schuring (Speaker pro tempore)[22]
Sarah LaTourette (Assistant Majority Leader)[22]
Tom Patton (Majority Whip)[22]
Bill Reineke (Assistant Majority Whip)[22]
Gary Scherer[23]

County parties

Adams County Republican Party[24]
Belmont County Republican Party[25]
Brown County Republican Party[24]
Clinton County Republican Party[24]
Columbiana County Republican Party[26]
Cuyahoga County Republican Party[27]
Franklin County Republican Party[28]
Fulton County Republican Party[24]
Greene County Republican Party[23]
Highland County Republican Party[29]
Holmes County Republican Party[30]
Knox County Republican Party[24]
Lucas County Republican Party[31]
Mahoning County Republican Party[24]
Montgomery County Republican Party[32]
Morgan County Republican Party[25]
Perry County Republican Party[33]
Pike County Republican Party[34]
Preble County Republican Party[32]
Scioto County Republican Party[35]
Summit County Republican Party[36]

State parties

Ohio Republican Party[37]

Organizations

Buckeye Firearms Association[38]
Ohio Right to Life[39]

Newspapers

The Plain Dealer[40]
Akron Beacon Journal[41]

text:
showJim Renacci (withdrawn)

Organizations

Asian American GOP Coalition[42]
Bikers for Trump[43]
Citizens for Trump[43]

Notable individuals

Corey Lewandowski, former campaign manager of Donald Trump's 2016 presidential campaign[44]

text:
showMary Taylor

U.S. Senators

Mike Lee, U.S. Senator (R-UT)[45]
Steve Daines, U.S. Senator (R-MT)[46]
Rand Paul, U.S. Senator (R-KY)[47]
Ted Cruz, U.S. Senator (R-TX)[48]

Governors

John Kasich, Ohio Governor and 2016 presidential candidate[49]

Lieutenant Governors

Billy Nungesser, Lieutenant Governor of Louisiana

Statewide Officials

Ken Blackwell, former Secretary of State of Ohio[50]

Notable Individuals

Michele Bachmann, former U.S. Representative from Minnesota's 6th Congressional District[51]
Mike Huckabee, former Governor of Arkansas, former Lieutenant Governor of Arkansas[52]
Seth Morgan, former Ohio State Representative[53]
Jill Stanek, Pro Life Leader[54]

State Senators

Louis Terhar[55]

State Representatives

Tom Brinkman[56]
Mark Romanchuk[57]
Bill Seitz[58]
Andy Thompson[59]

County Parties

Miami County Republican Party[60]

Party leaders

Matt Gilmore, Chair of Mercer County Republican Party[61]

Organizations

Ohioans for Concealed Carry[38]
Republican Liberty Caucus of Ohio[62]
Totaly Endangered Americans[63]
Family Research Council[64]
Ohio Tea Party

text: Polling[edit]

text:
Poll source
Date(s)
administered
Sample
size
Margin
of error
Mike
DeWine
Mary
Taylor
Other
Undecided

Baldwin Wallace University
April 24 – May 2, 2018
323
–
52%
24%
–
25%

Remington Research Group (R-Taylor)
April 10, 2018
1,064
± 3.1%
42%
32%
–
26%

Fallon Research
April 4–7, 2018
502
± 4.4%
43%
26%
–
31%

SurveyUSA
March 16–20, 2018
541
± 5.8%
50%
18%
–
31%

TRZ Communications Services, Inc. (R-We the People Convention)
February 17, 2018
1,152
± 3.0%
61%
39%
–
–

35%
16%
15%
33%

Fallon Research
January 16–19, 2018
286
–
54%
14%
–
32%

text:
[show]
Hypothetical polling

Poll source
Date(s)
administered
Sample
size
Margin
of error
Mike
DeWine
Jon
Husted
Jim
Renacci
Mary
Taylor
Undecided

Axis Research (R-Taylor)
August 13–15, 2017
602
± 4.1%
36%
20%
8%
17%
19%

The Tarrance Group (R)
July 24–26, 2017
800
± 3.5%
42%
18%
5%
11%
24%

49%
29%
–
–
21%

Luntz Global
June 12, 2017
500
± 4.4%
27%
13%
3%
8%
–

Gravis Marketing
April 27 – May 2, 2017
686
± 2.7%
31%
14%
6%
10%
40%

The Tarrance Group (R)
January 23–26, 2017
800
± 3.5%
47%
18%
4%
10%
22%

text: Results[edit]

text:
Republican primary results[65]

Party
Candidate
Votes
%

Republican
Mike DeWine
494,766
59.8

Republican
Mary Taylor
332,273
40.2

Total votes
827,039
100%

text: Democratic primary[edit]

text: Candidates[edit]

text: Declared[edit]

text:
Richard Cordray, former Director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and former Ohio Attorney General[66][67]

Running mate: Betty Sutton, former U.S. Representative[68]

Larry Ealy, former male stripper and candidate for Governor in 2014[69]

Running mate: Jeffrey Lynn

Dennis Kucinich, former U.S. Representative, former Mayor of Cleveland, and candidate for President of the United States in 2004 and 2008[70]

Running mate: Tara Samples, Akron City Councilwoman[71]

Bill O'Neill, Justice of the Ohio Supreme Court and nominee for OH-14 in 2008 and 2010[72]

Running mate: Chantelle Lewis, elementary school principal and former East Cleveland City Councilwoman[73]

Paul Ray[74]

Running mate: Jerry Schroeder

Joe Schiavoni, state senator and former Minority Leader of the Ohio Senate[75][76]

Running mate: Stephanie Dodd, State Board of Education Member[77]

text: Failed to qualify for ballot[edit]

text:
Jon Heavey, physician[78]
Dave Kiefer, former Wayne County Commissioner and Republican candidate for state representative in 2016[79]

text: Withdrew[edit]

text:
Connie Pillich, former state representative and nominee for Ohio State Treasurer in 2014[80][81] (endorsed Richard Cordray)[82]
Betty Sutton, former U.S. Representative (running for Lieutenant Governor)[68]
Nan Whaley, Mayor of Dayton[83] (endorsed Richard Cordray)

text: Endorsements[edit]

text:
showRichard Cordray

U.S. Senators

Elizabeth Warren, Massachusetts[84][85]

U.S. Representatives

Steve Driehaus, U.S. Representative from Ohio (former)[86]
Marcia Fudge, U.S Representative from Ohio[87]
Marcy Kaptur, U.S. Representative from Ohio[88]

Governors

Ted Strickland, former Governor of Ohio[89]

State Representatives

Peter Lawson Jones (former)
Matt Lundy (former)
Connie Pillich, (former) nominee for Ohio State Treasurer in 2014, candidate for Governor in 2018[82]
Stephen Slesnick (former)
Fred Strahorn, Minority Leader of the Ohio House of Representatives[90]

Mayors

John Cranley, Cincinnati
Tim DeGeeter, Parma
Dean DePiero, Parma (former)
Carty Finkbeiner, Toledo (former)
Andrew Ginther, Columbus
Don Walters, Cuyahoga Falls
Nan Whaley, Dayton

County officials

Dallas Baldwin, Franklin County Sheriff
Steve Barry, Summit County Sheriff
Willis Blackshear, Montgomery County Recorder[90]
John Donofrio, Summit County Treasurer (former)
John Ferraro, Stark County Prosecutor
Ted Kalo, Lorain County Commissioner
Lori Kokoski, Lorain County Commissioner
Sandra Kurt, Summit County Clerk
Judy Nedwick, Lorain County Recorder
Tom Orlando, Lorain County Clerk
Aftab Pureval, Hamilton County Clerk[91]
Sherri Bevan Walsh, Summit County Prosecuting Attorney
Dennis Will, Lorain County Prosecutor

City Council members

Paul Colavecchio, Cuyahoga Falls
Jeff Fusco, Akron
Mary Nichols-Rhodes, Cuyahoga Falls
P.G. Sittenfeld, Cincinnati[91]
Margo Somerville, Akron

Labor unions and organizations

AFL–CIO[92]
Ohio Federation of Teachers
Ohio State Association Union of Plumbers and Pipefitters
NARAL Pro-Choice Ohio
Lorain County Democratic Party

Notable individuals

Valerie Jarrett, Senior Advisor to President Barack Obama[85]
Jerry Springer, talk show host, former Mayor of Cincinnati, nominee for OH-02 in 1970 and candidate for governor in 1982[85]
Mary Ellen Withrow, Former U.S. Treasurer

Newspapers

Akron Beacon Journal[41]
Kenyon Collegian[93]
The Vindicator[94]

text:
showDennis Kucinich

Organizations

Our Revolution, progressive organization started from Bernie Sanders' 2016 presidential campaign
National Nurses United[95]
Cuyahoga County Progressive Caucus

Governors

Jesse Ventura, (former) Governor of Minnesota[96]

U.S. Representatives

Alan Grayson (former)[97]
Tulsi Gabbard[98]

State Senators

Nina Turner (former)

County officials

Todd Portune, Hamilton County Commissioner[99]

City Council Members

Chris Seelbach, Cincinnati[100]

Notable individuals

Danny Glover, actor, film director and political activist[101]
Jimmy Dore, comedian and political commentator[102]
Josh Fox, filmmaker and environmental activist[103]
Robert F. Kennedy Jr, environmental attorney, activist, and son of Robert F. Kennedy[104]
Dave Matthews, musician and actor [105]

Newspapers

The Plain Dealer[106]

text:
showJoe Schiavoni

Political organizations

Democratic Progressives of Ohio[107]
Mahoning County Democratic Party[108]
Trumbull County Democratic Party[109]

Labor unions

Canton Professional Educators' Association[110]
Pickaway Dems - Citizens in Action [111]
UWUA - Utility Workers Union of America[112]
Western Reserve Building & Construction Trades Council[113]

Notable individuals

Ed O'Neill, actor[114]

text:
showConnie Pillich (withdrawn)

Governors

Ed Rendell, (former) Governor of Pennsylvania and (former) Democratic National Committee Chairman

State Representatives

Kathleen Chandler (former)[115]
Catherine Ingram[115]
Brigid Kelly[115]

Mayors

Jim Brown, Lockland[115]
Charles Johnson, Forest Park[115]
Dick Mavis, Mount Vernon[115]
LaVerne Mitchell, Lincoln Heights (former)[115]
Earl Schmidt, Reading (former)[115]
John Smith, Silverton[115]
James C. Wolf, Mount Healthy[115]

Notable individuals

Denise Driehaus, Hamilton County Commissioner and former State Representative[115]
David S. Mann, Vice Mayor of Cincinnati, former Mayor of Cincinnati, and former U.S. Representative[115]
Alice Robie Resnick, former Justice of the Supreme Court of Ohio[115]

Labor unions

Cincinnati Building Trades[116]
UNITE HERE Local 24[117]

Organizations

VoteVets.org[118]
EMILY's List[119]

text:
showBetty Sutton (withdrawn)

U.S. Representatives

Marcy Kaptur, Ohio[120]
Marcia Fudge, Ohio[121]

Labor unions

Akron Education Association[122]
Cleveland Building & Construction Trades Council[113]
IAFF - International Association of Fire Fighters Local 1690[123]
IBEW - International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 38[124]
International Brotherhood of Boilermakers Local Lodge 900[125]
International Longshoremen's Association, AFL-CIO Local 1768[126]
IUPAT - International Union of Painters and Allied Trades District Council 6[127]
Laborers Local 860, Cleveland[128]
Lorain Professional Firefighters Local 267[129]
Plumbers & Pipefitters Local Union #219[130]
Teamsters Local 436[131]

text:
showNan Whaley (withdrawn)

Mayors

Dick Church, Jr., Miamisburg[132]
Warren Copeland, Springfield[132]
John Cranley, Cincinnati[133]
Steven Patterson, Athens[134]
Luke Feeney, Chillicothe[135]
Ben Kessler, Bexley[132]
David Seagraves, Brookville[132]
Cheryl Stephens, Cleveland Heights[132]

City Council members

Elizabeth Brown, Columbus[136]
Jaiza Page, Columbus[136]
Lindsay Webb, Toledo[137]

County officials

Judy Dodge, Montgomery County Commissioner[132]
Dan Foley, Montgomery County Commissioner[132]
Paul Gruner, Montgomery County Engineer[132]
Larry Hartlaub, Ottawa County Auditor[137]
Mat Heck, Jr., Montgomery County Prosecuting Attorney[132]
Karl Keith, Montgomery County Auditor[132]
Debbie Lieberman, Montgomery County Commissioner[132]
Carolyn Rice, Montgomery County Treasurer[132]
Liz Walters, Summit County Council[132]

Labor unions

Dayton Building & Construction Trades Council[113]
IUE-CWA - International Union of Electronic, Electrical, Salaried, Machine and Furniture Workers[138]
Ohio State Council of Machinists[139]

text: Polling[edit]

text:
Poll source
Date(s)
administered
Sample
size
Margin
of error
Richard
Cordray
Dennis
Kucinich
Bill
O'Neill
Connie
Pillich
Joe
Schiavoni
Betty
Sutton
Nan
Whaley
Other
Undecided

Baldwin Wallace University
April 24 – May 2, 2018
333
–
31%
15%
6%
–
6%
–
–
–
41%

Fallon Research
April 4–7, 2018
500
± 4.4%
28%
13%
3%
–
5%
–
–
1%[A]
51%

SurveyUSA
March 16–20, 2018
509
± 5.3%
21%
21%
4%
5%
–
–
–
3%[B]
46%

Fallon Research
January 16–19, 2018
248
–
23%
16%
3%
2%
4%
–
–
–
52%

Luntz Global
June 12, 2017
500
± 4.4%
17%
–
–
9%
20%
21%
10%
–
–

Gravis Marketing
April 27 – May 2, 2017
558
± 2.7%
–
–
–
8%
12%
13%
–
–
67%

text: Results[edit]

text:
Democratic primary results[65]

Party
Candidate
Votes
%

Democratic
Richard Cordray
423,264
62.3

Democratic
Dennis Kucinich
155,694
22.9

Democratic
Joe Schiavoni
62,315
9.2

Democratic
Bill O'Neill
22,196
3.3

Democratic
Paul Ray
9,373
1.4

Democratic
Larry Ealy
6,896
1.0

Total votes
679,738
100%

text: Green primary[edit]

text: Candidates[edit]

text: Declared[edit]

text:
Constance Gadell Newton, attorney, co-chair of the Ohio Green Party and nominee for the State House in 2016[140]

Running mate: Brett Joseph

text: Independents[edit]

text: Candidates[edit]

text: Declared[edit]

text:
Travis Irvine, comedian[141] (Libertarian)[a]
Bruce Jaynes (Libertarian)[a][141]

text: Failed to qualify for ballot[edit]

text: Collin Hill[143]

text: Notes[edit]

text: ^ Jump up to: a b Libertarian Party does not have ballot access. Appears on ballot as "Independent."[142]

tag: ol

text: General election[edit]

text:
Richard Cordray

Running mate: Betty Sutton, former U.S. Representative[68]

text:
Mike DeWine

Running mate: Jon A. Husted, Secretary of State of Ohio[3]

text:
Constance Gadell-Newton

Running mate: Brett R. Joseph

text:
General election results

Party
Candidate
Votes
%

Democratic
Richard Cordray

Republican
Mike DeWine

Green
Constance Gadell-Newton

Total votes

text: Endorsements[edit]

text:
showMike DeWine

Federal officials

Donald Trump, President of the United States[8]
Mike Pence, Vice President of the United States[144]

Notable individuals

Julie Jakmides, Alliance Councilwoman[10]
David Johnson, Chair of the Columbiana County Republican Party[11]
Richard K. Jones, Butler County Sheriff[12]
Dave Levacy, Fairfield County Commissioner[13]
Amy Murray, Cincinnati City Council member[14]
Gerard Neugebauer, Green Mayor[15]
Rick Santorum, former United States Senator from Pennsylvania and candidate for President of the United States in 2012 and 2016[16]
Zachary Hall, Chairman of the Lucas County Teenage Republicans[17]

U.S. Representatives

Steve Stivers (OH-15)[18]
Mike Turner (OH-10)[19]

State Senators

Larry Obhof (President)[20]
Bob Peterson (President pro tempore)[21]
Randy Gardner (Majority Leader)[21]
Gayle Manning (Majority Whip)[21]
Kevin Bacon[21]
Troy Balderson[21]
Bill Beagle[21]
David Burke[21]
Matt Dolan[21]
John Eklund[21]
Bob Hackett[21]
Frank Hoagland[21]
Jay Hottinger[21]
Stephanie Kunze[21]
Peggy Lehner[21]
Rob McColley[21]
Scott Oelslager[21]
Joe Uecker[21]

State Representatives

Cliff Rosenberger (Speaker)[22]
Kirk Schuring (Speaker pro tempore)[22]
Sarah LaTourette (Assistant Majority Leader)[22]
Tom Patton (Majority Whip)[22]
Bill Reineke (Assistant Majority Whip)[22]
Gary Scherer[23]

County parties

Adams County Republican Party[24]
Belmont County Republican Party[25]
Brown County Republican Party[24]
Clinton County Republican Party[24]
Columbiana County Republican Party[26]
Cuyahoga County Republican Party[27]
Franklin County Republican Party[28]
Fulton County Republican Party[24]
Greene County Republican Party[23]
Highland County Republican Party[29]
Holmes County Republican Party[30]
Knox County Republican Party[24]
Lucas County Republican Party[31]
Mahoning County Republican Party[24]
Montgomery County Republican Party[32]
Morgan County Republican Party[25]
Perry County Republican Party[33]
Pike County Republican Party[34]
Preble County Republican Party[32]
Scioto County Republican Party[35]
Summit County Republican Party[36]

State parties

Ohio Republican Party[37]

Organizations

Buckeye Firearms Association[38]
Ohio Right to Life[39]

Newspapers

The Plain Dealer[40]
Akron Beacon Journal[41]

text:
showRichard Cordray

Federal officials

Joe Biden, former Vice President of the United States[145]

U.S. Senators

Elizabeth Warren, Massachusetts[84][85]

U.S. Representatives

Steve Driehaus, U.S. Representative from Ohio (former)[86]
Marcia Fudge, U.S Representative from Ohio[87]
Marcy Kaptur, U.S. Representative from Ohio[88]

Governors

Ted Strickland, former Governor of Ohio[89]

State Representatives

Peter Lawson Jones (former)
Matt Lundy (former)
Connie Pillich (former), nominee for Ohio State Treasurer in 2014, candidate for Governor in 2018[82]
Stephen Slesnick (former)
Fred Strahorn, Minority Leader of the Ohio House of Representatives[90]

Mayors

John Cranley, Cincinnati
Tim DeGeeter, Parma
Dean DePiero, Parma (former)
Carty Finkbeiner, Toledo (former)
Andrew Ginther, Columbus
Don Walters, Cuyahoga Falls
Nan Whaley, Dayton

County officials

Dallas Baldwin, Franklin County Sheriff
Steve Barry, Summit County Sheriff
Willis Blackshear, Montgomery County Recorder[90]
John Donofrio, Summit County Treasurer (former)
John Ferraro, Stark County Prosecutor
Ted Kalo, Lorain County Commissioner
Lori Kokoski, Lorain County Commissioner
Sandra Kurt, Summit County Clerk
Judy Nedwick, Lorain County Recorder
Tom Orlando, Lorain County Clerk
Aftab Pureval, Hamilton County Clerk[91]
Sherri Bevan Walsh, Summit County Prosecuting Attorney
Dennis Will, Lorain County Prosecutor

City Council members

Paul Colavecchio, Cuyahoga Falls
Jeff Fusco, Akron
Mary Nichols-Rhodes, Cuyahoga Falls
P.G. Sittenfeld, Cincinnati[91]
Margo Somerville, Akron

Labor unions and organizations

AFL–CIO[92]
Ohio Federation of Teachers
Ohio State Association Union of Plumbers and Pipefitters
NARAL Pro-Choice Ohio
Lorain County Democratic Party

Notable individuals

Valerie Jarrett, Senior Advisor to President Barack Obama[85]
Jerry Springer, talk show host, former Mayor of Cincinnati, nominee for OH-02 in 1970 and candidate for governor in 1982[85]
Mary Ellen Withrow, Former U.S. Treasurer

Newspapers

Akron Beacon Journal[41]
Kenyon Collegian[93]
The Vindicator[94]

text: Predictions[edit]

text:
Source
Ranking
As of

The Cook Political Report[146]
102 !Lean R
January 26, 2018

Rothenberg Political Report[147]
101 !Tilt R
April 6, 2018

Sabato's Crystal Ball[148]
102 !Lean R
April 5, 2018

text: Polling[edit]

text:
Poll source
Date(s)
administered
Sample
size
Margin
of error
Mike
DeWine (R)
Richard
Cordray (D)
Undecided

Public Policy Polling (D-Ohio Democratic Party)
May 6–7, 2018
618
± 3.9%
39%
44%
17%

Public Policy Polling (D-Ohio Democratic Party)
April 25–26, 2018
770
± 3.5%
38%
47%
14%

SurveyUSA
March 16–20, 2018
1,408
± 3.5%
47%
39%
14%

Public Policy Polling (D-Ohio Democratic Party)
January 22–23, 2018
585
± 4.1%
45%
44%
11%

Fallon Research
January 16–19, 2018
801
± 3.5%
49%
28%
23%

Luntz Global
June 12, 2017
500
± 4.4%
55%
31%
14%

text:
[show]
Hypothetical polling

with DeWine and Kucinich

Poll source
Date(s)
administered
Sample
size
Margin
of error
Mike
DeWine (R)
Dennis
Kucinich (D)
Undecided

SurveyUSA
March 16–20, 2018
1,408
± 3.5%
51%
38%
12%

Public Policy Polling (D-Ohio Democratic Party)
January 22–23, 2018
585
± 4.1%
48%
37%
14%

with DeWine and Pillich

Poll source
Date(s)
administered
Sample
size
Margin
of error
Mike
DeWine (R)
Connie
Pillich (D)
Undecided

Public Policy Polling (D-Ohio Democratic Party)
January 22–23, 2018
585
± 4.1%
47%
35%
18%

with Jon Husted

Poll source
Date(s)
administered
Sample
size
Margin
of error
Jon
Husted (R)
Richard
Cordray (D)
Undecided

Luntz Global
June 12, 2017
500
± 4.4%
47%
35%
18%

text: Notes[edit]

text:
Jump up ^ Paul Ray 1%, Larry Ealy 0%
Jump up ^ Paul Ray 2%, Larry Ealy 1%