Senegal's World Cup appearances
When did Senegal play in the World Cup?
Senegal has participated in a total of 3 World Cups. The 2002 World Cup in Korea and Japan, the 2018 World Cup in Russia, and the 2022 World Cup in Qatar, which is not bad for a team that is not at the top level in Africa. Although Senegal has a long history of soccer development, but before 2002 has never received more attention from the outside world, until in the first round of the World Cup in South Korea and Japan, the defending champion cut down the horse, and finally advanced to the last eight, is considered to be in the world of international football to show its head.
However, the Senegalese team failed to continue their stunning performance, so that the next time they managed to reach the World Cup final round was in Russia 2018, sixteen years later. In this World Cup, although the performance of the Senegalese team can be counted on, but due to the inferiority of the fair play score, the final third in the group and failed to wish to kill the sixteen, which for the Senegalese team after sixteen years of silence into the World Cup finals again, it is really quite regrettable.
After a four-year hiatus, Senegal has forged its way into the final round of the 2022 FIFA World Cup for the third time. The reason why it is called tenacious is that Senegal eliminated Egypt through a fierce penalty shootout in the recently concluded African qualifiers to get a hard-earned ticket to the World Cup. The top stars of the two teams, Mane and Salah, happen to be teammates of Liverpool, which makes this match quite interesting to the outside world.
Given the way Senegal has performed in the qualifying stages of this World Cup, many believe that Senegal could very well become the dark horse of this World Cup, replicating once again their stunning performance at the World Cup in Korea and Japan. And as for how far it can go, we will see soon.
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