Africa’s Presence In International Sport

The map above shows which African countries have participated in which international sporting tournaments.

Here is a list by sport:

Summer Olympics

Every single African country has participated in the Summer Olympics at some point:

1. Algeria
2. Angola
3. Benin
4. Botswana
5. Burkina Faso
6. Burundi
7. Cabo Verde
8. Cameroon
9. Central African Republic (CAR)
10. Chad
11. Comoros
12. Congo, Democratic Republic of the
13. Congo, Republic of the
14. Cote d’Ivoire
15. Djibouti
16. Egypt
17. Equatorial Guinea
18. Eritrea
19. Eswatini (formerly Swaziland)
20. Ethiopia
21. Gabon
22. Gambia
23. Ghana
24. Guinea
25. Guinea-Bissau
26. Kenya
27. Lesotho
28. Liberia
29. Libya
30. Madagascar
31. Malawi
32. Mali
33. Mauritania
34. Mauritius
35. Morocco
36. Mozambique
37. Namibia
38. Niger
39. Nigeria
40. Rwanda
41. Sao Tome and Principe
42. Senegal
43. Seychelles
44. Sierra Leone
45. Somalia
46. South Africa
47. South Sudan
48. Sudan
49. Tanzania
50. Togo
51. Tunisia
52. Uganda
53. Zambia
54. Zimbabwe

Winter Olympics

The following 17 countries have participated in at least 1 Winter Olympics:

1. Algeria
2. Benin
3. Cameroon
4. Egypt
5. Eritrea
6. Ethiopia
7. Ghana
8. Guinea-Bissau
9. Kenya
10. Madagascar
11. Morocco
12. Nigeria
13. Senegal
14. South Africa
15. Swaziland
16. Togo
17. Zimbabwe

FIFA World Cup (Football/Soccer)

14 African countries have qualified for at least 1 FIFA World Cup tournament.

1. Cameroon
2.  Morocco
3.  Tunisia
4.  Nigeria
5.  Algeria
6.  Ghana
7.  Egypt
8.  South Africa
9.  Senegal
10.  Ivory Coast
11.  DR Congo
12.  Angola
13.  Togo
14.  Cape Verde

Cricket World Cup

Here is a list of African countries that have participated in the Cricket World Cup at some point:

1. South Africa
2. Kenya
3. Zimbabwe
4. Namibia

Note the East Africa Cricket Team which included players from Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania and Zambia participated in the 1975 tournament, but are not included here as they did not represent any one single country.

Rugby World Cup

Here is a list of African countries that have participated in the Rugby World Cup at some stage:

1. Ivory Coast
2. Namibia
3. South Africa
4. Zimbabwe

World Series (Baseball)

No African country has ever participated in the World Series.