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Senegal captain Kalidou Koulibaly has suggested African teams lack self esteem and it is one of the reasons why they have never won the World Cup.

WHAT HAPPENED: Most teams from the continent usually struggle to get past the group stage of the prestigious global competition. Most fall at the first hurdle and in the continent's history, only a handful have made it to the knockout phase.

THE BIGGER PICTURE: Senegal, Cameroon, and Ghana are the only teams to have gone past the group stage, but none have advanced to the last four. Qatar will offer African teams another opportunity to show they have come of age. The competition will take place from November 20 to December 18.

Cameroon, Ghana, Senegal, Tunisia and Morocco are the five teams that will represent the continent. However, Koulibaly believes these teams will need to have self-belief and confidence to stand a chance of making it to the latter stages.