Morocco repeats the achievements of Ghana and Nigeria, and South Africa also catches up

The Moroccan team repeated the African achievements previously achieved by Ghana and Nigeria at the World Cup, while the South African team managed to join the historic list.

African pair Morocco and South Africa qualified for the second round of the 2026 World Cup as they each finished second in their respective groups.

Morocco scored a valuable 4-2 win over Haiti in the third round of Group Three on Thursday morning, while South Africa secured a hard-fought 1-0 win over South Korea in Group A.

The Atlas Lions will face the leaders of Group F, to be determined later in the second round, while the boys’ team knows its next opponent as it faces host nation Canada.

According to French statistics from Statsfoot, the South African team qualified for the knockout stage of the World Cup for the first time in its history.

Opta, in turn, noted that they are the seventh African team to qualify for the group stage, after Nigeria, Morocco, Senegal, Ghana, Cameroon and Algeria.

It is expected that The list is completed by the teams of Egypt and Ivory Coast During the current draw of the tournament.

On the other hand, Morocco became the third African team to qualify for the second round in two consecutive games after Nigeria did it in 1994 and 1998 and fellow Africans Ghana in 2006 and 2010.

It is noteworthy that the Moroccan team tied with Nigeria 3 times as the most African team to qualify for the second round.