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Which African nation stunned the soccer world by becoming the first team from its continent to reach a FIFA World Cup semifinal, doing so in 2022?
Answer
Morocco
Morocco entered the 2022 World Cup as roughly an 80-to-1 longshot but upset Spain and Portugal to become the first African or Arab nation ever to reach a World Cup semifinal.
💡 Did you know?
Morocco's soccer team reached the 2022 World Cup semifinals as a 80-to-1 longshot, a more improbable run than any underdog team in the tournament's entire history.
Other options people guess
- Senegal
- Cameroon
- Tunisia
Topics
- soccer
- world-cup
- underdogs
- 2022
- morocco
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