Has A Team Ever Played Consecutive Games In The Same World Cup Against African Opponents? [R US-ALG]

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  1. EvanJ

    EvanJ Member+

    Manchester United
    United States
    Mar 30, 2004
    Club:
    Manchester United FC
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    The United States beat Algeria and faces Ghana next. Since I'm assuming a World Cup group has never had two African teams, in order for a team to play consecutive games in the same World Cup against African opponents at least one of the games must be in a knockout round or second group stage when there was one. Has this ever happened before?
     
  2. poorvi

    poorvi Member+

    Feb 5, 2006
    Bombay
    Nat'l Team:
    Germany
    Re: Has A Team Ever Played Consecutive Games In The Same World Cup Against African Opponents? [R US-

    Good find. I don't think it has. Just quickly scanned through results of African teams when they've reached the last 16 from this site. I couldn't find any team that has played two African teams back to back.
     

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