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The Road to the World Cup, April 2010
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Credit: CAFA lot is riding on the shoulders of South Africa as the host nation, and their team will have to face off against Uruguay, Mexico and France in one of the tournament's toughest groupings. -
Credit: Alexander Joe/Nelson Mandela Foundation PoolSouth Africa's Bafana Bafana meeting Nelson Mandela before the FIFA Confederations Cup in June 2009. South Africa, as hosts, automatically qualified for the World Cup. -
Credit: shine2010Whatever happens, South African soccer fans will be watching. -
Credit: Lefty Shivambu/Gallo Images-StanbicThe Indomitable Lions of Cameroon line up against Zambia during the 2010 Africa Cup of Nations in Luanda, Angola. -
Credit: CAFThe Lions only made it as far as the quarterfinals in Angola. In 1990, their team made it to the quarterfinals of the World Cup in Italy. -
Credit: Andrew HeavensAn Algerian soccer fan savors victory after the Desert Foxes won their World Cup qualifier against Egypt. -
Credit: Barry Aldworth/BackpagepixHowever, the Algerians would later self-destruct in the Africa Cup of Nations a few months later in a rematch. They lost to Egypt 4-0. -
Credit: Sydney Mahlangu/BackpagepixThe Black Stars of Ghana were the first African side to qualify for South Africa 2010. -
Credit: Ghana Football AssociationGhanaian soccer fans have high expectations, for their Black Stars have emerged as one of the continent's best soccer teams in recent years. -
Credit: VanguardNigeria twice came from a goal behind to win 3-2 against Kenya's Harambee Stars in the qualifiers. Striker Obafemi Martins' final goal stamped Nigerias ticket to the World Cup. -
Credit: Ghana Football AssociationMonths later in Angola, Nigeria would fall to Ghana in the semifinals of the African Cup of Nations. -
Credit: CAFCote d'Ivoire got to South Africa without losing a match. Didier Drogba's 70th minute goal against Burkina Faso and his equalizer against Malawi gave Les Elephants all the points they needed to get to South Africa. -
Credit: CAFComing off their perfect record in qualifying for the World Cup, Cote d'Ivoire only got as far as the quarterfinals of this year's African Cup of Nations tournament.
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