African firsts at the World Cup First African country at the World Cup: Egypt in 1934 First African to score at the World Cup: Abdulrahman Fawzi , who scored both Egypts goals in 2-4 loss against Hungary in 1934. He netted a third, but was ruled offside. [19] First African country to score a point at the World Cup Finals : Morocco in 1970 , with a 1-1 draw against Bulgaria First African country to win a match at the World Cup Finals : Tunisia in 1978 with 3-1 over Mexico Heaviest African defeat at the World Cup Finals: Zaire 0-9 loss to Yugoslavia in 1974 Biggest African win at the World Cup Finals: Nigeria 3-0 over Bulgaria in 1994, Morocco 3-0 over Scotland in 1998 . First African coach at the World Cup Group Finals: Abdelmajid Chetali of Tunisia in 1978 First African team to reach round of 16: Morocco in 1986 First African team to reach quarter-finals: Cameroon in 1990 First team to use penalties in World Cup Qualification: Tunisia in 1978 , beating Morocco 4-2 on penalties after a 1-1 draw. [21][22] Oldest man to score at World Cup Finals: Roger Milla , aged 42, against Russia in 1994 FIFA World Cup . (Russia won the match 6-1.) Fastest-ever hat-trick in an A international: Abdul Hamid Bassiouny of Egypt scored a hat-trick in 177 seconds against Namibia in a 2002 World Cup qualifier in Alexandria on 13 July 2001 during a 8-2 win by Egypt. [22][51] Most matches played by an African team to qualify for the World Cup Finals : 13, by Algeria in 2010 . First African to score an own goal at the World Cup : Youssef Chippo of Morocco 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 . First African to score a penalty at the World Cup: Magdi Abdelghani of Egypt in the 1-1 draw against the Netherlands at Italia 90 . First African country to host the World Cup: South Africa in 2010 First African player to receive a yellow card at the World Cup: Kidumu Mantantu of Zaire against Scotland in 1974 FIFA World Cup on 14 June 1974. [52] First African player to receive a red card at the World Cup: Mulamba Ndaye of Zaire against Yugoslavia in 1974 FIFA World Cup on 18 June 1974. [27] First African goalkeeper to receive a red card at the World Cup: Itumeleng Khune of South Africa against Uruguay at the 2010 FIFA World Cup . (He was the second goalkeeper ever sent off at the World Cup finals, after Italys Gianluca Pagliuca of Italy at the 1994 FIFA World Cup .) References
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