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Togo
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Germany 2006 was Togo's first appearance at the World Cup.
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Togo's first attempt at qualifying came in the preliminary qualifiers to the 1974 tournament, but they have yet to threaten the big guns for a place at the World Cup finals. Congo ended their first shot at qualifying with Guinea and Niger following suit in later years.
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Togo lost all their preliminary matches in the contest for places at the 1994 FIFA World Cup USA, although they did manage a win over Zimbabwe four years later and beat Zambia and Libya in the 2002 qualifying tournament, in a group that was won by Cameroon.
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The greatest result in Togo's history came in the 1998 African Cup of Nations, a 2-1 triumph over four-times champions Ghana which saw the fancied nation eliminated from the tournament. Following a 1-0 defeat to Equatorial Guinea in the first leg of their preliminary qualifier for the 2006 FIFA World Cup, Togo came back to win the return 2-0 and progress to the next round.
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Where is Togo? It is located in West Africa - check out this map.
