08/08/2023
Why do African teams perform poorly in sporting tournaments?
Possible Answer:
Sport is poor funded and poorly supported in Africa. Higher income countries have invested in infrastructure, curriculums and policies that support sport and identify talent from a very young age. One may argue that the players representing African teams are not the best they have to offer. Perhaps there's a player out there who's talent has not been identified due to poor talent search mechanisms.
Young people are skeptical to put all their energy in sport because the chances that one get to the top are so slim. Whereas in HICs, one can still make a living from sport without even reaching the national team .
Sadly again, the associations managing sport have a bad record of corruption and other misdemeanours all of which don't encourage excellence in the quality of sport that we see among the African teams. The good news is that, we observe an improvement in the performance and the quality of play in most African teams and we hope that Africa does better in future tournaments.
