Egypt appears first... Arab participation has not been absent since 1978

The honor list of the Arab teams in the World Cup.. Morocco embraces the achievement

• Tunisia beat France 1-0.

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• Morocco midfielder Walid Chedira fights for the ball with Spanish player Marcos Llorente.

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The memory of the FIFA World Cup maintains a rich record of the Arab teams that recorded their presence in the global forum, whether by the number of participations or by reaching advanced roles, at a time when the Moroccan national team was written historically recently by reaching the quarter-finals as the first Arabs, outperforming all previous Arab numbers, and in front of « The Atlas Lions »are now an opportunity to enhance their achievement in the event that they overcome the hurdle of Portugal.

The sun of the Arab teams remained shining in the World Cup, and it has not set at all since the 1978 World Cup, as eight Arab teams participated in the World Cup since the competition was established in 1930.

The teams of Morocco, Saudi Arabia and Tunisia are considered the most participating Arab teams (five times), and the teams of Saudi Arabia, Morocco and Algeria are the most achieving achievement in the World Cup, by qualifying for the round of 16 in the tournament, before Morocco achieved an achievement the day before yesterday, by reaching the quarter-finals. at the expense of Spain.

And before the "Atlas Lions" qualified the day before yesterday to the quarter-finals, the last achievement of the Arabs was the qualification of the Algerian national team to the round of 16 in the 2014 World Cup in Brazil, before it was knocked out by the German team that won the title.

It was preceded by the Saudi team in the 1994 World Cup, by also reaching the final price, while the first Arab team to qualify for this role was the Moroccan team in the 1986 World Cup, but in the current version it wrote a new history by reaching the quarter-finals.

At the level of participation, the Arab teams were absent from the first edition, while the second edition began to appear in 1934, and the first Arab team to participate was Al-Masry, before the Arabs were absent from the World Football Forum, until the 1970 edition, which recorded the participation of Morocco.

The ongoing 2022 World Cup came as a historic World Cup for the Arab teams, after they achieved the greatest possible benefit by participating in history, and reached a large number of victories during one edition.

The victories of the Arab teams in the 2022 World Cup came to be historic, especially as they came at the expense of giant teams in the world of football, most of which won the World Cup title before, such as Argentina, France and Spain, or were among the candidates for the title of the current version, such as Belgium.

Arab participation in the 2022 World Cup is the largest in history (Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Tunisia and Morocco), on par with the 2018 edition when Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Tunisia and Morocco participated.

The Saudi national team began the march of Arab victories in the 2022 World Cup, with a historic victory over Argentina in the first round of the group stage, as the Saudi green came from behind in front of fellow star Lionel Messi with a goal to win with two goals.

The second Arab victory in the 2022 World Cup came through the Moroccan national team, which achieved an important victory in its World Cup career, against Belgium, ranked second in the world by FIFA, with a score of 2-0, in the second round of the group stage. It is the victory that led Morocco to the final price of the World Cup, after the “Atlas Lions” snatched a valuable equalizer from Croatia, the world runner-up in the 2018 World Cup Russia, after the first round match between them ended in a goalless draw.

The third victory for the Arabs in the World Cup 2022 went to the Tunisian national team, which achieved a historic victory over France, the 2018 World Cup champion, after defeating it 1-0 in the third round of the World Cup group stage, but this victory did not intercede for the Carthage Eagles, despite scoring four points in the tournament. Groups, with a goalless draw with Denmark and victory over France, but the Australian national team rose to its account with six points, equal to the roosters with the same balance.

And after the end of the group stage of the 2022 World Cup, Morocco became the only Arab representative, in the round of 16 of the World Cup, after Qatar, Saudi Arabia and Tunisia bid farewell to the championship competitions from the first round.

And the "Atlas Lions" succeeded in raising the status of the Arabs high in the most important tournament in the world of the round witch, and continued writing history with a deserved victory over Spain, the 2010 World Cup champion, by penalty kicks, so that Morocco became the first Arab team to reach the quarter-finals of the World Cup in history. .

History of Arab participation in the World Cup:

■ Egypt's national team: 1934, 1990, 2018.

■ Morocco national team: 1970, 1986, 1994, 1998, 2018 and 2022.

■ Saudi Arabia: 1994, 1998, 2002, 2006, 2018, 2022.

■ Tunisia national team: 1978, 1998, 2002, 2006, 2018, 2022.

■ Algeria national team: 1982, 1986, 2010, 2014.

■ UAE: 1990.

■ Qatar: 2022.

■ Kuwait: 1982.

■ Iraq: 1986.

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