 Senegal reached the quarter-finals of the World Cup, one of only three African teams to do so (after Cameroon in 1990 and Ghana in 2010).In the group, after defeating defending world champions France, they drew with Denmark and Uruguay, and beat Sweden in extra time in the round of 16, before losing to Turkey in the quarter-finals.Senegal qualified for the 2008 Africa Cup of Nations, but finished third in their group with two points.