Dylan Bettencourt
Kulandela impumelelo ye-Africa Cup of Nations (Afcon), amaqembu amaningi anyukele phezulu kwi-FIFA.
I-Senegal iqhubekile nokuziveza njengeqembu elihamba phambili e-Afrika.
Ngemuva kokunqoba eye-Afcon, banyukele ezindaweni ezimbili futhi manje babekwe endaweni yesi-18 emhlabeni.
I-Confederation of African Football (CAF) isingeyesithathu ezinhlanganweni ezingaphansi kwe-FIFA ezihamba phambili, ibalwa namaqembu amangaki aphuma kule nhlangano abekwe endaweni ka-50 ephezulu.
Njengamanje i-Afrika inamaqembu ayisishiyagalombili njengoba engu-50 aphezulu.
I-Egypt ijabulele umehluko omkhulu, ngemuva kokuqeda endaweni yesibili e-Cameroon, isuka endaweni yesi-44 yagxumela ku-34.
Abasingathi bomqhudelwano baphumelele izindawo ezingu-16 ngemuva kokuthola indondo yethusi emqhudelwaneni wabo – ukusuka endaweni ka-54 kuya endaweni ka-38.
Nokho kube ibona abangaphansi kwi-Afcon ababone iminyakazo emihle kakhulu kuhlu lwe-FIFA . I-Equatorial Guinea ingene emazweni angu-100 ahamba phambili emhlabeni – ukubekwa kwayo kwakamuva kuyibeka endaweni ka-99, yehle ngamaphuzu angu-15 isuka endaweni ka-114.
I-Gambia, efinyelele kuma-quarter final e-Afcon ekuhambeni kwayo, inqobe okukhulu kunawo wonke amaqembu e-Afrika, njengoba idlulele ezindaweni ezingu-27 ukuze ibekwe endaweni ka-125 emhlabeni.
I-Malawi, engene esigabeni somkhumulajezi okokuqala emlandweni wayo, ithokozele ukuthola amaphuzu ayishumi. I-Flames manje izithola isendaweni ka-119.
Bekungekuhle konke emaqenjini ase-Afrika, njengoba i-Algeria yehle ngezindawo ezingi-14 isuka ku-29 yaqonda ku-43, leli izinga layo eliphansi kakhulu kusukela ngonyaka ka-2018.
I-Ghana engazimiselanga kwi-Afcon iphinde yehla kakhulu, isuke endaweni ka-52 yaya ku-61 – njengoba kuyilona qembu elisezansi kakhulu kunawo bonke kusukela ngonyaka ka-2004.
Izinga le-FIFA lenkampani ngayinye engaphansi kwesifunda libalulekile ekunqumeni ukuthi zingaki izindawo ezitholwa inhlangano ngayinye yeNdebe yoMhlaba. Uma amaqembu ase-Afrika eqhubeka nokwenza ngcono, kuzoba nezikhala ezingaphezu kwezine abazoqhudelana kuzo kwisigaba esikhulu ebholeni lomhlaba.
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