{"id":1253917,"date":"2022-11-19T09:56:57","date_gmt":"2022-11-19T09:56:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/11\/19\/factcheck-no-african-team-will-qualify-from-the-2022-world-cup-group-stage\/"},"modified":"2022-11-19T09:56:57","modified_gmt":"2022-11-19T09:56:57","slug":"factcheck-no-african-team-will-qualify-from-the-2022-world-cup-group-stage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/11\/19\/factcheck-no-african-team-will-qualify-from-the-2022-world-cup-group-stage\/","title":{"rendered":"#FactCheck: \u201cNo African team will qualify from the 2022 World Cup group stage\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_33\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<p><span class=\"td-adspot-title\">&#8211;  &#8211;<\/span><br \/>\n<!-- ResponsiveAll --><\/p>\n<h2><strong>According to recently released research from Oxford University, no African side will advance out of the group stage in the World Cup.<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Predictions for the men\u2019s FIFA World Cup, which begins this weekend in Qatar, are included in a study based on a mathematical model developed at Oxford University.<\/p>\n<p>Further, it forecasts that Brazil and Belgium will meet in the tournament final, with the South Americans emerging victorious.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_296647\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-296647\" style=\"width: 1114px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-perfmatters-preload=\"5\" class=\"size-full wp-image-296647\" alt=\"\" width=\"1114\" height=\"621\"  data-lazy- src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Screenshot-2022-11-19-at-9.50.39-AM.png\"\/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-perfmatters-preload=\"5\" class=\"size-full wp-image-296647\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Screenshot-2022-11-19-at-9.50.39-AM.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1114\" height=\"621\"  \/><\/noscript><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-296647\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u201cNo African team will qualify from the 2022 World Cup group stage\u201d \u2013 Oxford University<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Ghana, Cameroon, Tunisia, Senegal, and Morocco are all Africa teams competing in the World Cup.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Ghana in Group H along with Portugal, Uruguay and South Korea<strong> (Portugal, Uruguay to qualify).<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Senegal in Group A with Netherlands, Ecuador and hosts Qatar <strong>(Netherlands, Ecuador to qualify).<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Tunisia in Group D with Australia, Denmark and France <strong>(France, Denmark to qualify).<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Morocco is in Group F with Belgium, Croatia and Canada <strong>(Belgium, Croatia to qualify)<\/strong> whiles Cameroon will take on Brazil, Switzerland and Serbia in Group G<strong> (Switzerland and Brazil to qualify).<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span class=\"td-adspot-title\">&#8211;  &#8211;<\/span><br \/>\n<!-- ResponsiveAll --><\/p>\n<p>The model \u2013 created by Oxford Mathematics researcher Joshua Bull \u2013 forecasts among others:<\/p>\n<p>Wales to go out in the group stages<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"td-adspot-title\">&#8211;  &#8211;<\/span><br \/>\n<!-- ResponsiveAll --><\/p>\n<p>England to lose in the quarter-final<\/p>\n<p>Argentina vs Brazil in the semi-final<\/p>\n<p>Brazil to beat Belgium in the final<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border: none; overflow: hidden;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghbase.com\/factcheck-no-african-team-will-qualify-from-the-2022-world-cup-group-stage-oxford-university-study\/about:blank\" width=\"500\" height=\"462\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-rocket-lazyload=\"fitvidscompatible\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/post.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fweb.facebook.com%2Fthe.university.of.oxford%2Fphotos%2Fa.230075270106%2F10167127821290107%2F%3Ftype%3D3&amp;show_text=true&amp;width=500\"><\/iframe><noscript><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border: none; overflow: hidden;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/post.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fweb.facebook.com%2Fthe.university.of.oxford%2Fphotos%2Fa.230075270106%2F10167127821290107%2F%3Ftype%3D3&amp;show_text=true&amp;width=500\" width=\"500\" height=\"462\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/noscript><\/p>\n<p>The model has been created by analysing team rating data from http:\/\/eloratings.net, focusing on every first-team international game since 2018, the post added.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"td-adspot-title\">&#8211;  &#8211;<\/span><br \/>\n<!-- ResponsiveAll --><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8211; &#8211; According to recently released research from Oxford University, no African side will advance out of the group stage in the World Cup. 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