CAF President, Patrice Tlhopane Motsepe believes that an African nation would win the World Cup.

To achieve this feat, the CAF President said ” partnership between the Local Football Leadership and the Government of each of the 54 CAF Member Associations is important and essential.”

Motsepe made this known during CAF’s Outstanding Achievement Award 2022, a ceremony conferred on President Paul Kagame of Rwanda and King Mohammed VI of Morocco in recognition of their track record and extensive and far-reaching contributions to football in their countries and to making African Football Globally Competitive and Self-Sustaining.

On three occasions, African teams have advanced to the World Cup quarterfinals, but the promise of Cameroon, Senegal and Ghana has crumbled as the glow of a place in the final has loomed large.

Morocco in the just ended FIFA 2022 World cup in Qatar became the first country from the continent to to reach the World Cup semi-finals. Thus the highest ranked result in the World Cup for an African team is 4th place in the 2022 FIFA World Cup by Morocco.

The late Pelé once predicted that “An African nation will win the World Cup before the year 2000,”