The first World Cup to be hosted by an Arabian country, World Cup Qatar 2022 comes off on Sunday 20th of November, 2022.
The tournament in Qatar in 2022 will have 32 teams for the final time; the tournament in the United States, Mexico, and Canada in 2026 will feature 48 teams.
Because of Qatar’s high summer heat, this World Cup, Qatar 2022, will be held from late November to mid-December, making it the first tournament not to be staged in May, June, or July and to take place in the northern autumn.
Five African countries got the five qualification slots in Qatar to represent the continent. At the World Cup, Cameroon, Morocco, Tunisia, Senegal, and Ghana will represent the continent to the rest of the world.
All of the qualified nations have previous experience competing in the Olympics. Cameroon has appeared the most times of the five countries, with seven appearances. Tunisia and Morocco come in second and third with five World Cup appearances each, the Black Stars with three, and Senegal with two.
The three top African nations at the FIFA World Cup, represented by the teams that competed in the quarterfinal stages of the competition, will play there in front of a worldwide audience. They are Senegal, Ghana, and Cameroon.
The inventive and crafty editors of www.atspo.com have developed a written document, The Qatar File, and profiled the first-choice goalkeepers for the five African teams competing in the World Cup in Qatar.
André Onana is the ideal keeper for Cameroon’s Indomitable Lions. For the first time, the Internazionale goalie will compete in the World Cup. In the Italians’ last six competitive games, he has kept the goalpost.
He was an unused substitute in the Serie A home game against AS Roma on October 1st, 2022, but he quickly rose to first-choice status and has never lost a competitive game in goal, but he has two clean sheets in his previous six games against Salernitana and FC Viktoria Plzeň.
For the Teranga Lions of Senegal, Édouard Mendy will guard the goalpost. Aliou Cissé’s team will rely on Mendy’s performance as he did against Egypt to win the AFCON trophy.
To win the 2020 UEFA Champions League final, he kept the goalpost under Thomas Tuschel, and following the victory, he was named the UEFA Champions league’s goalkeeper of the year.
He last played for Chelsea on September 3rd, 2022, when Chelsea won 2-1 at Stamford Bridge against West Ham United. He had been on the bench after recovering from injury, losing the first-choice spot to Kepa Arrizabalaga under new coach Graham Potter.
Yassine Bounou of La Liga side Sevilla will be the Atlas Lions of Morocco goalkeeper in Qatar. He was the goalkeeper who led Sevilla to victory in the UEFA Europa League in 2019/2022 and has appeared in the club’s last five games.
Although this will be his first World Cup appearance in his career, he has participated in the Champions League six times.
For the Tunisian Carthage Eagles, Bechir Ben Saïd of the local team Union Sportive Monastirienne is the most reliable player. On September 27, 2022, Tunisia lost 5-1 to Brazil in an international friendly. The 27-year-old was in the goalpost at that moment.
Bechir Ben Saïd delivered a stellar performance against Mali in the World Cup Play-Off match. His first World Cup appearance was assured since he held the Malians scoreless in both legs.
He participated in every game of the Ligue Professionnelle 1 in Tunisia and will play in his first World Cup. In his final league contest against Olympique Béja, he preserved a clean sheet.
Joseph Luke Wollacott will perform in Qatar with the Ghana Black Stars. He will represent Ghana in his first World Cup.
Wollacott plays for Charlton Athletic in League One in England, he has kept the goalposts for his side since joining them during the last transfer window.
In the Play-Off matches at Baba Yara Sports Stadium and Moshood Abiola Sports Stadium, he was convincing for the Black Stars. His final game for the Black Stars took place on September 23, 2022, when Brazil defeated them by three goals.
