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The World Cup Finals is the most widely viewed sporting event in the world, with an estimated 715.1 million people watching the 2006 tournament final. Cameroon have appeared in the Finals of the FIFA World Cup on eight occasions, the first being in 1982 where they drew all three group games and finished in 17th position.
The first joint bid of the World Cup was approved, edging out Mexico. Results: South Korea/ Japan (joint bid, voted by acclamation) Mexico; The 2002 FIFA World Cup was co-hosted in Asia for the first time by South Korea and Japan (the opening match was held in South Korea and the final was held in Japan).
They were the first African team to reach the quarter-final of the World Cup [5] in 1990, losing to England in extra time. They have also won five Africa Cup of Nations . Cameroon is the first and, as of 2022, only African country to defeat Brazil in tournament play, beating them in the 2003 Confederations Cup and 2022 FIFA World Cup by ...
The FIFA World Cup is an international association football competition established in 1930. It is contested by the men's national teams of the members of Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA), the sport's global governing body.
Cameroon women's national football team played its first game on 15 June 1991 in Nigeria (defeated 2–0) as Martin Spirit as Captain . Cameroon has been runners up in Africa Women Cup of Nations in 1991, 2004 and 2014. The national team competed for the first time at the 2012 Summer Olympics, and first qualified for the 2015 FIFA Women's World ...
Estadio Centenario, the location of the first World Cup final in 1930 in Montevideo, Uruguay. The first two World Cup matches took place simultaneously on 13 July 1930, and were won by France and the United States, who defeated Mexico 4–1 and Belgium 3–0 respectively. The first goal in World Cup history was scored by Lucien Laurent of ...
BY MARK GLEESON SALVADOR Brazil Mon Jun 30, 2014 9:16pm EDT (Reuters) - Cameroon are to investigate claims that seven of their players were involved in match-fixing at the World Cup, the country's ...
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