# Cameroon at the FIFA World Cup

The FIFA World Cup is an international association football competition contested by the men's national teams of the members of Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA), the sport's global governing body. The championship has been awarded every four years since the first tournament in 1930, except in 1942 and 1946, due to World War II.
The tournament consists of two parts, the qualification phase and the final phase (officially called the World Cup Finals). The qualification phase, which currently take place over the three years preceding the Finals, is used to determine which teams qualify for the Finals. The current format of the Finals involves 32 teams competing for the title, at venues within the host nation (or nations) over a period of about a month. The World Cup Finals is the most widely viewed sporting event in the world, with an estimated 715.1 million people watching the 2006 tournament final.
Cameroon have appeared in the Finals of the FIFA World Cup on eight occasions, the first being in 1982 where they drew all three group games and finished in 17th position. In 1990 Cameroon reached the quarter-finals before being defeated 3–2 by England. Roger Milla, at the age of 42, became the oldest player ever to appear in a World Cup Finals at the 1994 FIFA World Cup, where he also managed to score. The record for oldest player was broken in 2014 by Colombian goalkeeper Faryd Mondragón, but Milla is still the oldest goalscorer at FIFA World Cup Finals.
They made their eighth appearance at the finals in the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar.

## Record at the FIFA World Cup

FIFA World Cup record :
| Year | Round | Position | Pld | W | D* | L | GF | GA |
| 1930 | Part of France | Part of France | Part of France | Part of France | Part of France | Part of France | Part of France | Part of France |
| 1934 | Part of France | Part of France | Part of France | Part of France | Part of France | Part of France | Part of France | Part of France |
| 1938 | Part of France | Part of France | Part of France | Part of France | Part of France | Part of France | Part of France | Part of France |
| 1950 | Part of France | Part of France | Part of France | Part of France | Part of France | Part of France | Part of France | Part of France |
| 1954 | Part of France | Part of France | Part of France | Part of France | Part of France | Part of France | Part of France | Part of France |
| 1958 | Part of France | Part of France | Part of France | Part of France | Part of France | Part of France | Part of France | Part of France |
| as Cameroon |||||||||
| 1962 | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter |
| 1966 | Withdrew | Withdrew | Withdrew | Withdrew | Withdrew | Withdrew | Withdrew | Withdrew |
| 1970 | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter |
| 1974 | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter |
| 1978 | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter |
| 1982 | Group stage | 17th | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1986 | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify |
| 1990 | Quarter-finals | 7th | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 9 |
| 1994 | Group stage | 22nd | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 11 |
| 1998 | Group stage | 25th | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 2002 | Group stage | 20th | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2006 | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify |
| 2010 | Group stage | 31st | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| 2014 | Group stage | 32nd | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 9 |
| 2018 | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify |
| 2022 | Group stage | 19th | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 |
| 2026 | To be determined | To be determined | To be determined | To be determined | To be determined | To be determined | To be determined | To be determined |
| 2030 | To be determined | To be determined | To be determined | To be determined | To be determined | To be determined | To be determined | To be determined |
| 2034 | To be determined | To be determined | To be determined | To be determined | To be determined | To be determined | To be determined | To be determined |
| Total | Quarter-finals | 8/22 | 26 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 22 | 47 |
    *Denotes draws including knockout matches decided via penalty shoot-out.

### By match

| Year | Round | Opponent | Score | Result | Venue | Cameroon scorers |
| 1982 | Group 1 | Peru | 0–0 | D | A Coruña | — |
| 1982 | Group 1 | Poland | 0–0 | D | A Coruña | — |
| 1982 | Group 1 | Italy | 1–1 | D | Vigo | G. M'Bida |
| 1990 | Group B | Argentina | 1–0 | W | Milan | F. Omam-Biyik |
| 1990 | Group B | Romania | 2–1 | W | Bari | R. Milla (2) |
| 1990 | Group B | Soviet Union | 0–4 | L | Bari | — |
| 1990 | Round of 16 | Colombia | 2–1 (a.e.t.) | W | Naples | R. Milla (2) |
| 1990 | Quarter-finals | England | 2–3 (a.e.t.) | L | Naples | E. Kundé, E. Ekéké |
| 1994 | Group B | Sweden | 2–2 | D | Pasadena | D. Embé, F. Omam-Biyik |
| 1994 | Group B | Brazil | 0–3 | L | Stanford | — |
| 1994 | Group B | Russia | 1–6 | L | Stanford | R. Milla |
| 1998 | Group B | Austria | 1–1 | D | Toulouse | P. Njanka |
| 1998 | Group B | Italy | 0–3 | L | Montpellier | — |
| 1998 | Group B | Chile | 1–1 | D | Nantes | P. M'Boma |
| 2002 | Group E | Republic of Ireland | 1–1 | D | Niigata | P. M'Boma |
| 2002 | Group E | Saudi Arabia | 1–0 | W | Saitama | S. Eto'o |
| 2002 | Group E | Germany | 0–2 | L | Shizuoka | — |
| 2010 | Group E | Japan | 0–1 | L | Bloemfontein | — |
| 2010 | Group E | Denmark | 1–2 | L | Pretoria | S. Eto'o |
| 2010 | Group E | Netherlands | 1–2 | L | Cape Town | S. Eto'o |
| 2014 | Group A | Mexico | 0–1 | L | Natal | — |
| 2014 | Group A | Croatia | 0–4 | L | Manaus | — |
| 2014 | Group A | Brazil | 1–4 | L | Brasília | J. Matip |
| 2022 | Group G | Switzerland | 0–1 | L | Al Wakrah | — |
| 2022 | Group G | Serbia | 3–3 | D | Al Wakrah | J. Castelletto, V. Aboubakar, E. Choupo-Moting |
| 2022 | Group G | Brazil | 1–0 | W | Lusail | V. Aboubakar |

### Record by opponent

FIFA World Cup matches (by team) :
| Opponent | Wins | Draws | Losses | Total | Goals scored | Goals conceded |
| Argentina | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Austria | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Brazil | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 |
| Chile | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Colombia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| Croatia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| Denmark | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| England | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| Germany | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Italy | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| Japan | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Mexico | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Netherlands | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Peru | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Poland | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Republic of Ireland | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Romania | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| Russia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Serbia | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 |
| Soviet Union | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| Sweden | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| Switzerland | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |

## Participations
### Squad

Head coach: Jean Vincent
| No. | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Club |
| 1 | 1GK | Thomas N'Kono (c) | (1956-07-20)20 July 1956 (aged 25) | Canon Yaoundé |
| 2 | 2DF | Michel Kaham | (1952-06-01)1 June 1952 (aged 30) | Stade Quimperois |
| 3 | 2DF | Edmond Enoka | (1955-12-17)17 December 1955 (aged 26) | Dragon Douala |
| 4 | 2DF | René N'Djeya | (1953-10-09)9 October 1953 (aged 28) | Union Douala |
| 5 | 2DF | Elie Onana | (1958-10-13)13 October 1958 (aged 23) | Federal Foumban |
| 6 | 3MF | Emmanuel Kundé | (1956-07-15)15 July 1956 (aged 25) | Canon Yaoundé |
| 7 | 3MF | Ephrem M'Bom | (1955-10-19)19 October 1955 (aged 26) | Canon Yaoundé |
| 8 | 3MF | Grégoire M'Bida | (1955-01-27)27 January 1955 (aged 27) | Canon Yaoundé |
| 9 | 4FW | Roger Milla | (1952-05-20)20 May 1952 (aged 30) | Bastia |
| 10 | 4FW | Jean-Pierre Tokoto | (1948-01-26)26 January 1948 (aged 34) | Jacksonville Tea Men |
| 11 | 3MF | Charles Toubé | (1958-01-22)22 January 1958 (aged 24) | Tonnerre Yaoundé |
| 12 | 1GK | Joseph-Antoine Bell | (1954-10-08)8 October 1954 (aged 27) | Africa Sports |
| 13 | 4FW | Paul Bahoken | (1955-07-07)7 July 1955 (aged 26) | Cannes |
| 14 | 3MF | Théophile Abega | (1954-07-09)9 July 1954 (aged 27) | Canon Yaoundé |
| 15 | 2DF | François N'Doumbé | (1954-01-30)30 January 1954 (aged 28) | Union Douala |
| 16 | 2DF | Ibrahim Aoudou | (1955-08-23)23 August 1955 (aged 26) | Cannes |
| 17 | 3MF | Joseph Kamga | (1953-08-17)17 August 1953 (aged 28) | Union Douala |
| 18 | 4FW | Jacques N'Guea | (1955-11-08)8 November 1955 (aged 26) | Canon Yaoundé |
| 19 | 3MF | Joseph Enanga | (1956-11-18)18 November 1956 (aged 25) | Union Douala |
| 20 | 4FW | Oscar Eyobo | (1961-10-23)23 October 1961 (aged 20) | Dynamo Douala |
| 21 | 4FW | Ernest Ebongué | (1962-05-15)15 May 1962 (aged 20) | Tonnerre Yaoundé |
| 22 | 1GK | Simon Tchobang | (1951-08-31)31 August 1951 (aged 30) | Dynamo Douala |

### Matches

Grégoire M'Bida scored the first ever goal for Cameroon in the World Cup Finals when he hooked the ball home with his right foot past the advancing goalkeeper from inside the six yard box after the ball had been headed on to him from a high ball inside the penalty area. The goal came one minute after Italy had taken the lead in the game after missing several chances to score in the first half.

### Squad

Head coach: Valery Nepomnyashchy
| No. | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Club |
| 1 | 1GK | Joseph-Antoine Bell | (1954-10-08)8 October 1954 (aged 35) | Bordeaux |
| 2 | 2DF | André Kana-Biyik | (1965-09-01)1 September 1965 (aged 24) | Metz |
| 3 | 2DF | Jules Onana | (1964-06-12)12 June 1964 (aged 25) | Canon Yaoundé |
| 4 | 2DF | Benjamin Massing | (1962-06-20)20 June 1962 (aged 27) | Créteil |
| 5 | 2DF | Bertin Ebwellé | (1962-09-11)11 September 1962 (aged 27) | Tonnerre Yaoundé |
| 6 | 3MF | Emmanuel Kundé | (1956-07-15)15 July 1956 (aged 33) | Prévoyance Yaoundé |
| 7 | 4FW | François Omam-Biyik | (1966-05-21)21 May 1966 (aged 24) | Stade Lavallois |
| 8 | 3MF | Émile Mbouh | (1966-05-30)30 May 1966 (aged 24) | Le Havre |
| 9 | 4FW | Roger Milla | (1952-05-20)20 May 1952 (aged 38) | JS Saint-Pierroise |
| 10 | 4FW | Louis-Paul M'Fédé | (1962-02-26)26 February 1962 (aged 28) | Canon Yaoundé |
| 11 | 4FW | Eugène Ekéké | (1960-05-30)30 May 1960 (aged 30) | Valenciennes |
| 12 | 2DF | Alphonse Yombi | (1969-06-30)30 June 1969 (aged 20) | Canon Yaoundé |
| 13 | 3MF | Jean-Claude Pagal | (1964-09-15)15 September 1964 (aged 25) | La Roche Vendée |
| 14 | 2DF | Stephen Tataw (c) | (1963-03-31)31 March 1963 (aged 27) | Tonnerre Yaoundé |
| 15 | 3MF | Thomas Libiih | (1967-11-17)17 November 1967 (aged 22) | Tonnerre Yaoundé |
| 16 | 1GK | Thomas N'Kono | (1956-07-20)20 July 1956 (aged 33) | Espanyol |
| 17 | 2DF | Victor N'Dip | (1967-08-20)20 August 1967 (aged 22) | Canon Yaoundé |
| 18 | 4FW | Bonaventure Djonkep | (1961-08-20)20 August 1961 (aged 28) | Union Douala |
| 19 | 3MF | Roger Feutmba | (1968-10-31)31 October 1968 (aged 21) | Union Douala |
| 20 | 3MF | Cyrille Makanaky | (1965-06-28)28 June 1965 (aged 24) | Toulon |
| 21 | 3MF | Emmanuel Maboang | (1968-11-27)27 November 1968 (aged 21) | Canon Yaoundé |
| 22 | 1GK | Jacques Songo'o | (1964-03-17)17 March 1964 (aged 26) | Toulon |

### Argentina vs Cameroon

Omam-Biyik scored with a downward header from six yards out the after the ball had been looped into the air. Nery Pumpido allowed the weak header to go under his body and into the net.
| Argentina | Cameroon |
| GK | 1 | Nery Pumpido |
| DF | 19 | Oscar Ruggeri | | 46' |
| DF | 20 | Juan Simón |
| DF | 11 | Néstor Fabbri |
| MF | 4 | José Basualdo |
| MF | 13 | Néstor Lorenzo |
| MF | 2 | Sergio Batista |
| MF | 17 | Roberto Sensini | 27' | 69' |
| MF | 7 | Jorge Burruchaga |
| FW | 3 | Abel Balbo |
| FW | 10 | Diego Maradona (c) |
| Substitutions: ||
| GK | 12 | Sergio Goycochea |
| DF | 18 | José Serrizuela | |
| MF | 16 | Julio Olarticoechea |
| MF | 6 | Gabriel Calderón | | 69' |
| FW | 8 | Claudio Caniggia | | 46' |
| Manager: ||
| Carlos Bilardo ||
| GK | 16 | Thomas N'Kono (c) |
| SW | 17 | Victor N'Dip | 23' |
| DF | 14 | Stephen Tataw |
| DF | 6 | Emmanuel Kundé |
| DF | 4 | Benjamin Massing | 10' 89' |
| DF | 5 | Bertin Ebwellé |
| MF | 8 | Émile Mbouh | 54' |
| MF | 2 | André Kana-Biyik | 61' |
| MF | 10 | Louis-Paul Mfédé | | 66' |
| FW | 7 | François Omam-Biyik |
| FW | 20 | Cyril Makanaky | | 81' |
| Substitutions: ||
| GK | 22 | Jacques Songo'o |
| DF | 15 | Thomas Libiih | | 66' |
| MF | 13 | Jean-Claude Pagal |
| MF | 21 | Emmanuel Maboang |
| FW | 9 | Roger Milla | | 81' |
| Manager: ||
| Valery Nepomnyashchy ||
* Assistant referees:
* Vincent Mauro (United States)
* Michał Listkiewicz (Poland)

### Cameroon vs Romania

| Cameroon | Romania |
| GK | 16 | Thomas N'Kono | 68' |
| SW | 17 | Victor N'Dip |
| DF | 14 | Stephen Tataw (c) |
| DF | 6 | Emmanuel Kundé | | 68' |
| DF | 3 | Jules Onana | 20' |
| DF | 5 | Bertin Ebwellé |
| MF | 8 | Émile Mbouh |
| MF | 21 | Emmanuel Maboang | | 58' |
| MF | 10 | Louis-Paul Mfédé |
| FW | 7 | François Omam-Biyik |
| FW | 20 | Cyril Makanaky |
| Substitutions: ||
| FW | 9 | Roger Milla | | 58' |
| DF | 13 | Jean-Claude Pagal | | 68' |
| Manager: ||
| Valery Nepomnyashchy ||
| GK | 1 | Silviu Lung (c) |
| DF | 2 | Mircea Rednic |
| DF | 4 | Ioan Andone |
| DF | 6 | Gheorghe Popescu |
| DF | 3 | Michael Klein | 44' |
| MF | 8 | Ioan Sabău |
| MF | 5 | Iosif Rotariu |
| MF | 10 | Gheorghe Hagi | | 55' |
| MF | 16 | Daniel Timofte |
| FW | 7 | Marius Lăcătuș |
| FW | 14 | Florin Răducioiu | | 63' |
| Substitutions: ||
| FW | 17 | Ilie Dumitrescu | | 55' |
| FW | 18 | Gavril Balint | | 63' |
| Manager: ||
| Emerich Jenei ||
* Assistant referees:
* Carlos Silva Valente (Portugal)
* Armando Pérez-Hoyos (Colombia)

### Cameroon vs Soviet Union

| Cameroon | Soviet Union |
| GK | 16 | Thomas N'Kono |
| SW | 17 | Victor N'Dip |
| DF | 14 | Stephen Tataw (c) |
| DF | 6 | Emmanuel Kundé | | 34' |
| DF | 3 | Jules Onana |
| DF | 5 | Bertin Ebwellé |
| MF | 8 | Émile Mbouh |
| MF | 2 | André Kana-Biyik | 61' |
| MF | 10 | Louis-Paul Mfédé |
| FW | 7 | François Omam-Biyik |
| FW | 20 | Cyril Makanaky | | 56' |
| Substitutions: ||
| FW | 9 | Roger Milla | 66' | 34' |
| DF | 13 | Jean-Claude Pagal | | 56' |
| Manager: ||
| Valery Nepomnyashchy ||
| GK | 22 | Aleksandr Uvarov |
| DF | 5 | Anatoliy Demyanenko (c) |
| DF | 3 | Vagiz Khidiyatullin |
| DF | 4 | Oleh Kuznetsov |
| DF | 20 | Sergei Gorlukovich |
| MF | 7 | Sergei Aleinikov |
| MF | 17 | Andrei Zygmantovich |
| MF | 18 | Igor Shalimov | | 46' |
| MF | 10 | Oleh Protasov | 75' |
| FW | 8 | Hennadiy Lytovchenko | | 72' |
| FW | 11 | Igor Dobrovolski |
| Substitutions: ||
| DF | 6 | Vasyl Rats |
| MF | 9 | Aleksandr Zavarov | | 46' |
| MF | 15 | Ivan Yaremchuk | | 72' |
| GK | 16 | Viktor Chanov |
| MF | 21 | Valeri Broshin |
| Manager: ||
| Valeriy Lobanovskyi ||
* Assistant referees:
* Kurt Röthlisberger (Switzerland)
* Pietro d'Elia (Italy)

### Cameroon vs Colombia

| Cameroon | Colombia |
| GK | 16 | Thomas N'Kono |
| SW | 17 | Victor N'Dip | 47' |
| DF | 14 | Stephen Tataw (c) |
| DF | 3 | Jules Onana | 117' |
| DF | 5 | Bertin Ebwellé |
| MF | 8 | Émile Mbouh | 68' |
| MF | 2 | André Kana-Biyik | 44' |
| MF | 21 | Emmanuel Maboang |
| MF | 10 | Louis-Paul Mfédé | | 54' |
| FW | 7 | François Omam-Biyik |
| FW | 20 | Cyril Makanaky | | 69' |
| Substitutes: ||
| DF | 4 | Benjamin Massing | |
| DF | 6 | Emmanuel Kundé | |
| FW | 9 | Roger Milla | | 54' |
| FW | 18 | Bonaventure Djonkep | | 69' |
| GK | 22 | Jacques Songo'o | |
| Manager: ||
| Valery Nepomnyashchy ||
| GK | 1 | René Higuita |
| DF | 4 | Luis Herrera |
| DF | 15 | Luis Perea | 72' |
| DF | 2 | Andrés Escobar |
| DF | 3 | Gildardo Gómez |
| MF | 8 | Gabriel Gómez | 74' | 79' |
| MF | 14 | Leonel Álvarez |
| MF | 20 | Luis Fajardo | | 63' |
| MF | 10 | Carlos Valderrama (c) |
| FW | 19 | Freddy Rincón |
| FW | 7 | Carlos Estrada |
| Substitutes: ||
| FW | 9 | Miguel Guerrero |
| MF | 11 | Bernardo Redín | | 79' |
| GK | 12 | Eduardo Niño |
| FW | 16 | Arnoldo Iguarán | | 63' |
| DF | 21 | Alexis Mendoza |
| Manager: ||
| Francisco Maturana ||
* Assistant referees:
* Jamal Al Sharif (Syria)
* Berny Ulloa Morera (Costa Rica)

### England vs Cameroon

| England | Cameroon |
| GK | 1 | Peter Shilton |
| SW | 14 | Mark Wright |
| RB | 12 | Paul Parker |
| CB | 5 | Des Walker |
| CB | 6 | Terry Butcher (c) | | 73' |
| LB | 3 | Stuart Pearce | 70' |
| RW | 8 | Chris Waddle |
| CM | 17 | David Platt |
| CM | 19 | Paul Gascoigne |
| LW | 11 | John Barnes | | 46' |
| FW | 10 | Gary Lineker |
| Substitutes: ||
| FW | 9 | Peter Beardsley | | 46' |
| GK | 13 | Chris Woods |
| MF | 16 | Steve McMahon |
| MF | 20 | Trevor Steven | | 73' |
| FW | 21 | Steve Bull |
| Manager: ||
| Bobby Robson ||
104' :
| SW | 6 | Emmanuel Kundé |
| DF | 14 | Stephen Tataw (c) |
| DF | 4 | Benjamin Massing | 28' |
| DF | 5 | Bertin Ebwellé |
| MF | 15 | Thomas Libiih |
| MF | 21 | Emmanuel Maboang | | 46' |
| MF | 13 | Jean-Claude Pagal |
| MF | 10 | Louis-Paul Mfédé | | 62' |
| FW | 7 | François Omam-Biyik |
| FW | 20 | Cyril Makanaky |
| Substitutes: |||
| FW | 9 | Roger Milla | 104' | 46' |
| FW | 11 | Eugène Ekéké | | 62' |
| DF | 12 | Alphonse Yombi |
| MF | 19 | Roger Feutmba |
| GK | 22 | Jacques Songo'o |
| Manager: |||
| Valery Nepomnyashchy ||||
* Assistant referees:
* Vincent Mauro (United States)
* Jassim Mandi (Bahrain)

### Squad

Head coach: Henri Michel
| No. | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Club |
| 1 | 1GK | Joseph-Antoine Bell | (1954-10-08)8 October 1954 (aged 39) | Saint-Étienne |
| 2 | 2DF | André Kana-Biyik | (1965-09-01)1 September 1965 (aged 28) | Le Havre |
| 3 | 2DF | Rigobert Song | (1976-07-01)1 July 1976 (aged 17) | Tonnerre Yaounde |
| 4 | 2DF | Samuel Ekeme | (1966-07-12)12 July 1966 (aged 27) | Canon Yaounde |
| 5 | 2DF | Victor N'Dip | (1967-08-18)18 August 1967 (aged 26) | Olympic Mvolyé |
| 6 | 3MF | Thomas Libiih | (1967-11-17)17 November 1967 (aged 26) | Ohud |
| 7 | 4FW | François Omam-Biyik | (1966-05-21)21 May 1966 (aged 28) | Lens |
| 8 | 3MF | Émile Mbouh | (1966-05-30)30 May 1966 (aged 28) | Nadi Qatar |
| 9 | 4FW | Roger Milla | (1952-05-20)20 May 1952 (aged 42) | Tonnerre Yaounde |
| 10 | 4FW | Louis-Paul M'Fédé | (1961-02-26)26 February 1961 (aged 33) | Canon Yaounde |
| 11 | 3MF | Emmanuel Maboang | (1968-11-27)27 November 1968 (aged 25) | Rio Ave |
| 12 | 3MF | Paul Loga | (1969-08-14)14 August 1969 (aged 24) | Prevoyance Yaounde |
| 13 | 2DF | Raymond Kalla | (1975-04-22)22 April 1975 (aged 19) | Canon Yaounde |
| 14 | 2DF | Stephen Tataw (c) | (1963-03-31)31 March 1963 (aged 31) | Olympic Mvolyé |
| 15 | 2DF | Hans Agbo | (1967-09-26)26 September 1967 (aged 26) | Olympic Mvolyé |
| 16 | 4FW | Alphonse Tchami | (1971-09-14)14 September 1971 (aged 22) | Odense |
| 17 | 3MF | Marc-Vivien Foé | (1975-05-01)1 May 1975 (aged 19) | Canon Yaounde |
| 18 | 3MF | Jean-Pierre Fiala | (1969-04-22)22 April 1969 (aged 25) | Canon Yaounde |
| 19 | 4FW | David Embé | (1973-11-13)13 November 1973 (aged 20) | Belenenses |
| 20 | 4FW | Georges Mouyémé | (1971-04-15)15 April 1971 (aged 23) | Troyes |
| 21 | 1GK | Thomas N'Kono | (1956-07-20)20 July 1956 (aged 37) | CE L'Hospitalet |
| 22 | 1GK | Jacques Songo'o | (1964-03-17)17 March 1964 (aged 30) | Metz |

### Matches

Embé got the equalizing goal for Cameroon in the 31st minute when he side-footed into an empty net from close range after a pass from the left. Omam-Biyik then scored to put Cameroon in front in the 47th minute when he ran onto a long ball into the box before flicking the ball right footed past the advancing goalkeeper from eight yards out.
| Cameroon | Sweden |
| GK | 1 | Joseph-Antoine Bell |
| DF | 3 | Rigobert Song |
| MF | 6 | Thomas Libiih |
| FW | 7 | François Omam-Biyik |
| MF | 8 | Emile Mbouh | 5' |
| FW | 10 | Louis-Paul Mfédé | | 88' |
| DF | 13 | Raymond Kalla |
| DF | 14 | Stephen Tataw (c) |
| DF | 15 | Hans Agbo |
| MF | 17 | Marc-Vivien Foé |
| FW | 19 | David Embé | | 81' |
| Substitutions: ||
| MF | 11 | Emmanuel Maboang | | 88' |
| FW | 20 | Georges Mouyémé | | 81' |
| Manager: ||
| Henri Michel ||
| GK | 1 | Thomas Ravelli |
| DF | 2 | Roland Nilsson |
| DF | 3 | Patrik Andersson |
| DF | 4 | Joachim Björklund |
| DF | 5 | Roger Ljung |
| MF | 6 | Stefan Schwarz |
| MF | 8 | Klas Ingesson | | 76' |
| MF | 9 | Jonas Thern(c) |
| FW | 10 | Martin Dahlin | 72' |
| FW | 11 | Tomas Brolin |
| MF | 21 | Jesper Blomqvist | | 61' |
| Substitutions: ||
| FW | 7 | Henrik Larsson | | 61' |
| FW | 19 | Kennet Andersson | | 76' |
| Manager: ||
| Tommy Svensson ||
* Assistant referees:
* Douglas James (Trinidad and Tobago)
* Abdulla Al Ghattan (Bahrain)
* Fourth official:
* Jamal Al Sharif (Syria)
| Brazil | Cameroon |
| GK | 1 | Cláudio Taffarel |
| DF | 2 | Jorginho |
| DF | 13 | Aldair |
| DF | 15 | Márcio Santos |
| DM | 5 | Mauro Silva | 44' |
| DM | 8 | Dunga |
| MF | 10 | Raí (c) | | 81' |
| MF | 16 | Leonardo |
| RW | 9 | Zinho | | 75' |
| LW | 7 | Bebeto |
| FW | 11 | Romário |
| Substitutions: ||
| MF | 18 | Paulo Sérgio | | 75' |
| FW | 19 | Müller | | 81' |
| Manager: ||
| Carlos Alberto Parreira ||
| GK | 1 | Joseph-Antoine Bell |
| DF | 3 | Rigobert Song | 63' |
| MF | 6 | Thomas Libiih |
| FW | 7 | François Omam-Biyik |
| MF | 8 | Emile Mbouh |
| FW | 10 | Louis-Paul Mfédé | | 71' |
| DF | 13 | Raymond Kalla | 37' |
| DF | 14 | Stephen Tataw(c) | 8' |
| DF | 15 | Hans Agbo |
| MF | 17 | Marc-Vivien Foé |
| FW | 19 | David Embé | | 64' |
| Substitutions: ||
| FW | 9 | Roger Milla | | 64' |
| MF | 11 | Emmanuel Maboang | | 71' |
| Manager: ||
| Henri Michel ||
* Assistant referees:
* Douglas James (Trinidad and Tobago)
* Carl-Johan Meyer Christensen (Denmark)
* Fourth official:
* Peter Mikkelsen (Denmark)
| Russia | Cameroon |
| GK | 1 | Stanislav Cherchesov |
| DF | 5 | Yuriy Nikiforov | 90' |
| DF | 6 | Vladislav Ternavsky |
| FW | 9 | Oleg Salenko |
| MF | 10 | Valeri Karpin | 57' |
| DF | 12 | Omari Tetradze |
| FW | 14 | Igor Korneev | | 65' |
| MF | 17 | Ilya Tsymbalar |
| DF | 18 | Viktor Onopko(c) |
| MF | 20 | Igor Lediakhov | | 78' |
| DF | 21 | Dmitri Khlestov | 87' |
| Substitutions: ||
| FW | 11 | Vladimir Beschastnykh | | 78' |
| FW | 15 | Dmitri Radchenko | | 65' |
| Manager: ||
| Pavel Sadyrin ||
| GK | 22 | Jacques Songo'o | 44' |
| MF | 2 | André Kana-Biyik | 12' |
| DF | 5 | Victor Ndip |
| MF | 6 | Thomas Libiih |
| FW | 7 | François Omam-Biyik |
| FW | 10 | Louis-Paul Mfédé | | 45' |
| DF | 13 | Raymond Kalla |
| DF | 14 | Stephen Tataw(c) |
| DF | 15 | Hans Agbo |
| MF | 17 | Marc-Vivien Foé |
| FW | 19 | David Embé | | 47' |
| Substitutions: ||
| FW | 9 | Roger Milla | | 45' |
| FW | 16 | Alphonse Tchami | | 47' |
| Manager: ||
| Henri Michel ||
* Assistant referees:
* Gordon Dunster (Australia)
* Jan Dolstra (Netherlands)
* Fourth official:
* Mario van der Ende (Netherlands)

### Squad

Head coach: Claude Le Roy
| No. | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Club |
| 1 | 1GK | Jacques Songo'o | (1964-03-17)17 March 1964 (aged 34) | Deportivo La Coruña |
| 2 | 3MF | Joseph Elanga | (1979-05-02)2 May 1979 (aged 19) | Tonnerre Yaoundé |
| 3 | 2DF | Pierre Womé | (1979-03-26)26 March 1979 (aged 19) | Lucchese |
| 4 | 2DF | Rigobert Song | (1976-07-01)1 July 1976 (aged 21) | Metz |
| 5 | 2DF | Raymond Kalla | (1975-04-22)22 April 1975 (aged 23) | Panahaiki |
| 6 | 2DF | Pierre Njanka | (1975-03-15)15 March 1975 (aged 23) | Olympic Mvolyé |
| 7 | 4FW | François Omam-Biyik (c) | (1966-05-21)21 May 1966 (aged 32) | Sampdoria |
| 8 | 3MF | Didier Angibeaud | (1974-10-08)8 October 1974 (aged 23) | Nice |
| 9 | 4FW | Alphonse Tchami | (1971-02-14)14 February 1971 (aged 27) | Hertha BSC |
| 10 | 4FW | Patrick M'Boma | (1970-11-15)15 November 1970 (aged 27) | Gamba Osaka |
| 11 | 4FW | Samuel Eto'o | (1981-03-10)10 March 1981 (aged 17) | Leganés |
| 12 | 2DF | Lauren | (1977-01-19)19 January 1977 (aged 21) | Levante |
| 13 | 2DF | Patrice Abanda | (1978-08-03)3 August 1978 (aged 19) | Tonnerre Yaoundé |
| 14 | 3MF | Augustine Simo | (1978-09-18)18 September 1978 (aged 19) | Saint-Étienne |
| 15 | 3MF | Joseph N'Do | (1976-04-28)28 April 1976 (aged 22) | Cottonsport Garoua |
| 16 | 1GK | Bassey William Andem | (1968-06-14)14 June 1968 (aged 29) | Boavista |
| 17 | 2DF | Michel Pensée | (1973-06-16)16 June 1973 (aged 24) | Cheonan Ilhwa Chunma |
| 18 | 4FW | Samuel Ipoua | (1973-03-01)1 March 1973 (aged 25) | Rapid Wien |
| 19 | 3MF | Marcel Mahouvé | (1973-01-16)16 January 1973 (aged 25) | Montpellier |
| 20 | 3MF | Salomon Olembé | (1980-12-08)8 December 1980 (aged 17) | Nantes |
| 21 | 4FW | Joseph-Désiré Job | (1977-12-01)1 December 1977 (aged 20) | Lyon |
| 22 | 1GK | Alioum Boukar | (1972-01-03)3 January 1972 (aged 26) | Samsunspor |

### Matches

| Cameroon | Austria |
| GK | 1 | Jacques Songo'o |
| DF | 3 | Pierre Womé |
| DF | 4 | Rigobert Song |
| DF | 5 | Raymond Kalla |
| DF | 6 | Pierre Njanka |
| FW | 7 | François Omam-Biyik (c) | | 84' |
| MF | 8 | Didier Angibeaud |
| FW | 10 | Patrick M'Boma |
| MF | 14 | Augustine Simo | | 65' |
| MF | 15 | Joseph N'Do |
| MF | 18 | Samuel Ipoua | 30' | 65' |
| Substitutions: ||
| MF | 20 | Salomon Olembé | | 65' |
| FW | 21 | Joseph-Désiré Job | | 65' |
| FW | 9 | Alphonse Tchami | | 84' |
| Manager: ||
| Claude Le Roy ||
| GK | 1 | Michael Konsel |
| DF | 3 | Peter Schöttel |
| DF | 4 | Anton Pfeffer | 27' |
| DF | 5 | Wolfgang Feiersinger |
| MF | 8 | Heimo Pfeifenberger | | 82' |
| MF | 10 | Andreas Herzog | | 82' |
| MF | 13 | Harald Cerny | | 82' |
| MF | 15 | Arnold Wetl |
| MF | 17 | Roman Mählich |
| FW | 19 | Toni Polster (c) |
| MF | 22 | Dietmar Kühbauer |
| Substitutions: ||
| FW | 7 | Mario Haas | | 82' |
| FW | 9 | Ivica Vastić | | 82' |
| MF | 18 | Peter Stöger | | 82' |
| Manager: ||
| Herbert Prohaska ||
* Assistant referees:
* Celestino Galván (Paraguay)
* Reynaldo Salinas (Honduras)
* Fourth official:
* Arturo Brizio Carter (Mexico)
| Italy | Cameroon |
| GK | 12 | Gianluca Pagliuca |
| DF | 3 | Paolo Maldini (c) |
| DF | 4 | Fabio Cannavaro |
| DF | 5 | Alessandro Costacurta | 26' |
| DF | 6 | Alessandro Nesta |
| MF | 9 | Demetrio Albertini | | 62' |
| MF | 11 | Dino Baggio |
| MF | 14 | Luigi Di Biagio | 63' |
| MF | 17 | Francesco Moriero | | 83' |
| FW | 18 | Roberto Baggio | | 65' |
| FW | 21 | Christian Vieri |
| Substitutions: ||
| MF | 16 | Roberto Di Matteo | | 62' |
| FW | 10 | Alessandro Del Piero | | 65' |
| MF | 15 | Angelo Di Livio | | 83' |
| Manager: ||
| Cesare Maldini ||
| GK | 1 | Jacques Songo'o |
| DF | 3 | Pierre Womé | 6' |
| DF | 4 | Rigobert Song | 85' |
| DF | 5 | Raymond Kalla | 42' |
| DF | 6 | Pierre Njanka | 16' |
| FW | 7 | François Omam-Biyik (c) | | 66' |
| MF | 8 | Didier Angibeaud | 79' |
| FW | 10 | Patrick M'Boma | | 66' |
| MF | 15 | Joseph N'Do |
| MF | 18 | Samuel Ipoua | | 45' |
| MF | 20 | Salomon Olembé |
| Substitutions: ||
| FW | 21 | Joseph-Désiré Job | | 45' |
| FW | 9 | Alphonse Tchami | | 66' |
| FW | 11 | Samuel Eto'o | | 66' |
| Manager: ||
| Claude Le Roy ||
* Assistant referees:
* Lencie Fred (Vanuatu)
* Claudio Rossi (Argentina)
* Fourth official:
* Pirom Un-Prasert (Thailand)
| Chile | Cameroon |
| GK | 1 | Nelson Tapia |
| DF | 3 | Ronald Fuentes |
| DF | 4 | Francisco Rojas | 55' | 77' |
| DF | 5 | Javier Margas |
| DF | 6 | Pedro Reyes |
| MF | 7 | Nelson Parraguez | 50' |
| MF | 8 | Clarence Acuña |
| FW | 9 | Iván Zamorano (c) |
| MF | 10 | José Luis Sierra | | 70' |
| FW | 11 | Marcelo Salas |
| DF | 15 | Moisés Villarroel | 66' | 70' |
| Substitutions: ||
| MF | 19 | Fernando Cornejo | | 70' |
| MF | 20 | Fabián Estay | | 70' |
| DF | 14 | Miguel Ramírez | 89' | 77' |
| Manager: ||
| Nelson Acosta ||
| GK | 1 | Jacques Songo'o |
| DF | 3 | Pierre Womé |
| DF | 4 | Rigobert Song | 8' 51' |
| DF | 6 | Pierre Njanka |
| FW | 7 | François Omam-Biyik (c) |
| FW | 10 | Patrick M'Boma |
| MF | 15 | Joseph N'Do | | 82' |
| FW | 17 | Michel Pensée |
| FW | 19 | Marcel Mahouvé |
| MF | 20 | Salomon Olembé | | 68' |
| FW | 21 | Joseph-Désiré Job | | 72' |
| Substitutions: ||
| MF | 8 | Didier Angibeaud | | 68' |
| FW | 9 | Alphonse Tchami | | 72' |
| DF | 12 | Lauren | 88' | 82' |
| Manager: ||
| Claude Le Roy ||
* Assistant referees:
* Nimal Wickeramatunge (Sri Lanka)
* Halim Abdul Hamid (Malaysia)
* Fourth official:
* José María García-Aranda (Spain)

### Squad

Head coach: Winfried Schäfer
| No. | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Club |
| 1 | 1GK | Alioum Boukar | (1972-01-03)3 January 1972 (aged 30) | 46 | Samsunspor |
| 2 | 3MF | Bill Tchato | (1975-05-14)14 May 1975 (aged 27) | 12 | Montpellier |
| 3 | 2DF | Pierre Womé | (1979-03-26)26 March 1979 (aged 23) | 46 | Bologna |
| 4 | 2DF | Rigobert Song (c) | (1976-07-01)1 July 1976 (aged 25) | 59 | 1. FC Köln |
| 5 | 2DF | Raymond Kalla | (1975-04-22)22 April 1975 (aged 27) | 47 | Extremadura |
| 6 | 2DF | Pierre Njanka | (1975-03-15)15 March 1975 (aged 27) | 31 | Strasbourg |
| 7 | 3MF | Joseph N'Do | (1976-04-28)28 April 1976 (aged 26) | 16 | Al-Khaleej |
| 8 | 2DF | Geremi | (1978-12-20)20 December 1978 (aged 23) | 38 | Real Madrid |
| 9 | 4FW | Samuel Eto'o | (1981-03-10)10 March 1981 (aged 21) | 27 | Mallorca |
| 10 | 4FW | Patrick M'Boma | (1970-11-15)15 November 1970 (aged 31) | 42 | Sunderland |
| 11 | 4FW | Pius N'Diefi | (1975-07-05)5 July 1975 (aged 26) | 13 | Sedan |
| 12 | 3MF | Lauren | (1977-01-19)19 January 1977 (aged 25) | 15 | Arsenal |
| 13 | 2DF | Lucien Mettomo | (1977-04-19)19 April 1977 (aged 25) | 17 | Manchester City |
| 14 | 3MF | Joël Epalle | (1978-02-20)20 February 1978 (aged 24) | 22 | Panathinaikos |
| 15 | 3MF | Nicolas Alnoudji | (1979-12-09)9 December 1979 (aged 22) | 15 | Rizespor |
| 16 | 1GK | Jacques Songo'o | (1964-03-17)17 March 1964 (aged 38) | 66 | Metz |
| 17 | 3MF | Marc-Vivien Foé | (1975-05-01)1 May 1975 (aged 27) | 47 | Lyon |
| 18 | 4FW | Patrick Suffo | (1978-01-17)17 January 1978 (aged 24) | 18 | Sheffield United |
| 19 | 3MF | Eric Djemba-Djemba | (1981-05-04)4 May 1981 (aged 21) | 0 | Nantes |
| 20 | 3MF | Salomon Olembé | (1980-12-08)8 December 1980 (aged 21) | 39 | Marseille |
| 21 | 4FW | Joseph-Désiré Job | (1977-12-01)1 December 1977 (aged 24) | 34 | Metz |
| 22 | 1GK | Carlos Kameni | (1984-02-18)18 February 1984 (aged 18) | 1 | Le Havre |
| 23 | 3MF | Daniel Kome | (1980-05-19)19 May 1980 (aged 22) | 4 | Numancia |

### Matches

| Republic of Ireland | Cameroon |
| GK | 1 | Shay Given |
| RB | 18 | Gary Kelly |
| CB | 14 | Gary Breen |
| CB | 5 | Steve Staunton (c) |
| LB | 3 | Ian Harte | | 77' |
| RM | 7 | Jason McAteer | 30' | 46' |
| CM | 12 | Mark Kinsella |
| CM | 8 | Matt Holland |
| LM | 11 | Kevin Kilbane |
| CF | 10 | Robbie Keane |
| CF | 9 | Damien Duff |
| Substitutions: ||
| DF | 2 | Steve Finnan | 51' | 46' |
| MF | 21 | Steven Reid | 82' | 77' |
| Manager: ||
| Mick McCarthy ||
| GK | 1 | Boukar Alioum |
| CB | 4 | Rigobert Song (c) |
| CB | 5 | Raymond Kalla | 89' |
| CB | 2 | Bill Tchato |
| RWB | 8 | Geremi |
| LWB | 3 | Pierre Womé |
| RM | 12 | Lauren |
| CM | 17 | Marc-Vivien Foé |
| LM | 20 | Salomon Olembé |
| CF | 9 | Samuel Eto'o |
| CF | 10 | Patrick M'Boma | | 69' |
| Substitutions: ||
| FW | 18 | Patrick Suffo | | 69' |
| Manager: ||
| Winfried Schäfer ||
* Man of the Match:
* Matt Holland (Republic of Ireland)
* Assistant referees:
* Mat Lazim Awang Hamat (Malaysia)
* Roland Van Nylen (Belgium)
* Fourth official:
* Peter Prendergast (Jamaica)
| Cameroon | Saudi Arabia |
| GK | 1 | Boukar Alioum |
| CB | 4 | Rigobert Song (c) |
| CB | 5 | Raymond Kalla |
| CB | 2 | Bill Tchato |
| RWB | 8 | Geremi |
| LWB | 3 | Pierre Womé | 10' | 84' |
| RM | 12 | Lauren |
| CM | 17 | Marc-Vivien Foé |
| LM | 23 | Daniel Kome | | 46' |
| CF | 10 | Patrick M'Boma | | 74' |
| CF | 9 | Samuel Eto'o |
| Substitutions: ||
| MF | 20 | Salomon Olembé | | 46' |
| FW | 11 | Pius N'Diefi | | 74' |
| DF | 6 | Pierre Njanka | | 84' |
| Manager: ||
| Winfried Schäfer ||
| GK | 1 | Mohamed Al-Deayea (c) |
| RB | 2 | Mohammed Al-Jahani |
| CB | 3 | Redha Tukar |
| CB | 6 | Fouzi Al-Shehri |
| CB | 4 | Abdullah Zubromawi | | 72' |
| LB | 13 | Hussein Sulimani |
| RM | 17 | Abdullah Al-Waked |
| CM | 18 | Nawaf Al-Temyat |
| CM | 7 | Ibrahim Al-Shahrani |
| LM | 14 | Abdulaziz Khathran | | 86' |
| CF | 11 | Obeid Al-Dosari | | 36' |
| Substitutions: ||
| FW | 20 | Al Hasan Al-Yami | 59' | 36' |
| MF | 15 | Abdullah Jumaan Al-Dosari | | 72' |
| MF | 8 | Mohammed Noor | | 86' |
| Manager: ||
| Nasser Al-Johar ||
* Man of the Match:
* Samuel Eto'o (Cameroon)
* Assistant referees:
* Roland Van Nylen (Belgium)
* Maciej Wierzbowsky (Poland)
* Fourth official:
* Carlos Simon (Brazil)
| Cameroon | Germany |
| GK | 1 | Boukar Alioum |
| CB | 4 | Rigobert Song (c) | 42' |
| CB | 5 | Raymond Kalla |
| CB | 2 | Bill Tchato | 44' | 53' |
| RWB | 8 | Geremi | 56' |
| LWB | 3 | Pierre Womé |
| RM | 12 | Lauren | 81' |
| CM | 17 | Marc-Vivien Foé | 8' |
| LM | 20 | Salomon Olembé | 58' | 64' |
| CF | 9 | Samuel Eto'o |
| CF | 10 | Patrick M'Boma | | 80' |
| Substitutions: ||
| FW | 18 | Patrick Suffo | 60' 77' | 53' |
| MF | 23 | Daniel Kome | | 64' |
| FW | 21 | Joseph-Désiré Job | | 80' |
| Manager: ||
| Winfried Schäfer ||
| GK | 1 | Oliver Kahn (c) | 42' |
| CB | 2 | Thomas Linke |
| CB | 5 | Carsten Ramelow | 37' 40' |
| CB | 21 | Christoph Metzelder |
| CM | 22 | Torsten Frings | 74' |
| CM | 8 | Dietmar Hamann | 29' |
| RW | 19 | Bernd Schneider | | 80' |
| AM | 13 | Michael Ballack | 31' |
| LW | 6 | Christian Ziege | 72' |
| CF | 11 | Miroslav Klose | | 84' |
| CF | 9 | Carsten Jancker | 9' | 46' |
| Substitutions: ||
| MF | 17 | Marco Bode | | 46' |
| MF | 16 | Jens Jeremies | | 80' |
| FW | 7 | Oliver Neuville | | 84' |
| Manager: ||
| Rudi Völler ||
* Man of the Match:
* Miroslav Klose (Germany)
* Assistant referees:
* Mohamed Saeed (Maldives)
* Jorge Oliveira (Brazil)
* Fourth official:
* Pierluigi Collina (Italy)

### Group E Final Standings

The winners of this group, Netherlands, advanced to face the Group F runners-up, Slovakia, while Japan, as Group E runners-up, faced Group F winners Paraguay. Cameroon was the first team to be eliminated in the World Cup, following their 2–1 defeat by Denmark on 19 June 2010.
| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Netherlands | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | +4 | 9 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 | Japan | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | +2 | 6 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 3 | Denmark | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | −3 | 3 | |
| 4 | Cameroon | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 | −3 | 0 | |
All times local (UTC+02)

### Group E Matches
#### Japan vs Cameroon

| Japan | Cameroon |
| GK | 21 | Eiji Kawashima |
| RB | 5 | Yuto Nagatomo |
| CB | 22 | Yuji Nakazawa |
| CB | 4 | Marcus Tulio Tanaka |
| LB | 3 | Yūichi Komano |
| DM | 2 | Yuki Abe | 90+1' |
| RM | 8 | Daisuke Matsui | | 69' |
| CM | 18 | Keisuke Honda |
| CM | 17 | Makoto Hasebe (c) | | 88' |
| LM | 7 | Yasuhito Endō |
| CF | 16 | Yoshito Ōkubo | | 82' |
| Substitutions: ||
| FW | 9 | Shinji Okazaki | | 69' |
| FW | 12 | Kisho Yano | | 82' |
| MF | 20 | Junichi Inamoto | | 88' |
| Manager: ||
| Takeshi Okada ||
| GK | 16 | Souleymanou Hamidou |
| RB | 19 | Stéphane Mbia |
| CB | 3 | Nicolas N'Koulou | 72' |
| CB | 5 | Sébastien Bassong |
| LB | 2 | Benoît Assou-Ekotto |
| RM | 21 | Joël Matip | | 63' |
| CM | 11 | Jean Makoun | | 75' |
| LM | 18 | Eyong Enoh |
| RW | 9 | Samuel Eto'o (c) |
| CF | 15 | Pierre Webó |
| LW | 13 | Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting | | 75' |
| Substitutions: ||
| MF | 10 | Achille Emana | | 63' |
| MF | 8 | Geremi | | 75' |
| FW | 17 | Mohammadou Idrissou | | 75' |
| Manager: ||
| Paul Le Guen ||
* Man of the Match:
* Keisuke Honda (Japan)
* Assistant referees:
* José Cardinal (Portugal)
* Bertino Miranda (Portugal)
* Fourth official:
* Óscar Ruiz (Colombia)
* Fifth official:
* Abraham Gonzalez (Colombia)

### Cameroon vs Denmark

| Cameroon | Denmark |
| GK | 16 | Souleymanou Hamidou |
| RB | 19 | Stéphane Mbia | 75' |
| CB | 3 | Nicolas N'Koulou |
| CB | 5 | Sébastien Bassong | 49' | 72' |
| LB | 2 | Benoît Assou-Ekotto |
| RM | 6 | Alex Song |
| CM | 8 | Geremi |
| CM | 18 | Eyong Enoh | | 46' |
| LM | 10 | Achille Emana |
| SS | 15 | Pierre Webó | | 78' |
| CF | 9 | Samuel Eto'o (c) |
| Substitutions: ||
| MF | 11 | Jean Makoun | | 46' |
| FW | 17 | Mohammadou Idrissou | | 72' |
| FW | 23 | Vincent Aboubakar | | 78' |
| Manager: ||
| Paul Le Guen ||
| GK | 1 | Thomas Sørensen | 86' |
| RB | 6 | Lars Jacobsen |
| CB | 3 | Simon Kjær | 87' |
| CB | 4 | Daniel Agger |
| LB | 15 | Simon Poulsen |
| CM | 2 | Christian Poulsen |
| CM | 10 | Martin Jørgensen | | 46' |
| RW | 19 | Dennis Rommedahl |
| AM | 9 | Jon Dahl Tomasson (c) | | 86' |
| LW | 8 | Jesper Grønkjær | | 67' |
| CF | 11 | Nicklas Bendtner |
| Substitutions: ||
| MF | 7 | Daniel Jensen | | 46' |
| MF | 12 | Thomas Kahlenberg | | 67' |
| MF | 14 | Jakob Poulsen | | 86' |
| Manager: ||
| Morten Olsen ||
* Man of the Match:
* Daniel Agger (Denmark)
* Assistant referees:
* Pablo Fandino (Uruguay)
* Mauricio Espinosa (Uruguay)
* Fourth official:
* Peter O'Leary (New Zealand)
* Fifth official:
* Brent Best (New Zealand)

### Cameroon vs Netherlands

| Cameroon | Netherlands |
| GK | 16 | Souleymanou Hamidou |
| RB | 8 | Geremi |
| CB | 19 | Stéphane Mbia | 81' |
| CB | 3 | Nicolas N'Koulou | 25' | 73' |
| LB | 2 | Benoît Assou-Ekotto |
| RM | 11 | Jean Makoun |
| CM | 14 | Aurélien Chedjou |
| CM | 7 | Landry N'Guémo |
| LM | 12 | Gaëtan Bong | | 56' |
| CF | 9 | Samuel Eto'o (c) |
| CF | 13 | Eric Choupo-Moting | | 72' |
| Substitutions: ||
| FW | 23 | Vincent Aboubakar | | 56' |
| FW | 17 | Mohammadou Idrissou | | 72' |
| DF | 4 | Rigobert Song | | 73' |
| Manager: ||
| Paul Le Guen ||
| GK | 1 | Maarten Stekelenburg |
| RB | 12 | Khalid Boulahrouz |
| CB | 3 | John Heitinga |
| CB | 4 | Joris Mathijsen |
| LB | 5 | Giovanni van Bronckhorst (c) | 70' |
| CM | 6 | Mark van Bommel |
| CM | 8 | Nigel de Jong |
| RW | 7 | Dirk Kuyt | 17' | 66' |
| AM | 10 | Wesley Sneijder |
| LW | 23 | Rafael van der Vaart | 65' | 73' |
| CF | 9 | Robin van Persie | | 59' |
| Substitutions: ||
| FW | 21 | Klaas-Jan Huntelaar | | 59' |
| FW | 17 | Eljero Elia | | 66' |
| FW | 11 | Arjen Robben | | 73' |
| Manager: ||
| Bert van Marwijk ||
* Man of the Match:
* Robin van Persie (Netherlands)
* Assistant referees:
* Patricio Basualto (Chile)
* Francisco Mondria (Chile)
* Fourth official:
* Khalil Al Ghamdi (Saudi Arabia)
* Fifth official:
* Saleh Al Marzouqi (United Arab Emirates)

### Group A Final Standings

* Legend
* Group winners and runners-up advance to the round of 16
| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Brazil (H) | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | +5 | 7 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 | Mexico | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | +3 | 7 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 3 | Croatia | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 3 | |
| 4 | Cameroon | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 9 | −8 | 0 | |
* Brazil advance to play Chile (runner-up of Group B) in the round of 16.
* Mexico advance to play Netherlands (winner of Group B) in the round of 16.

### Mexico vs Cameroon

| Mexico | Cameroon |
| GK | 13 | Guillermo Ochoa |
| CB | 2 | Francisco Rodríguez |
| CB | 4 | Rafael Márquez (c) |
| CB | 15 | Héctor Moreno | 57' |
| RWB | 22 | Paul Aguilar |
| LWB | 7 | Miguel Layún |
| DM | 23 | José Juan Vázquez |
| CM | 6 | Héctor Herrera | | 90+1' |
| CM | 18 | Andrés Guardado | | 69' |
| SS | 10 | Giovani dos Santos |
| CF | 19 | Oribe Peralta | | 74' |
| Substitutions: ||
| MF | 8 | Marco Fabián | | 69' |
| FW | 14 | Javier Hernández | | 74' |
| DF | 3 | Carlos Salcido | | 90+1' |
| Manager: ||
| Miguel Herrera ||
| GK | 16 | Charles Itandje |
| RB | 4 | Cédric Djeugoué | | 46' |
| CB | 3 | Nicolas N'Koulou |
| CB | 14 | Aurélien Chedjou |
| LB | 2 | Benoît Assou-Ekotto |
| DM | 6 | Alex Song | | 79' |
| RM | 17 | Stéphane Mbia |
| LM | 18 | Eyong Enoh |
| AM | 8 | Benjamin Moukandjo |
| AM | 13 | Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting |
| CF | 9 | Samuel Eto'o (c) |
| Substitutions: ||
| DF | 5 | Dany Nounkeu | 77' | 46' |
| FW | 15 | Pierre Webó | | 79' |
| Manager: ||
| Volker Finke ||
* Man of the Match:
* Giovani dos Santos (Mexico)
* Assistant referees:
* Humberto Clavijo (Colombia)
* Eduardo Díaz (Colombia)
* Fourth official:
* Norbert Hauata (Tahiti)
* Fifth official:
* Aden Marwa (Kenya)

### Cameroon vs Croatia

| Cameroon | Croatia |
| GK | 16 | Charles Itandje |
| RB | 17 | Stéphane Mbia |
| CB | 14 | Aurélien Chedjou | | 46' |
| CB | 3 | Nicolas N'Koulou (c) |
| LB | 2 | Benoît Assou-Ekotto |
| DM | 21 | Joël Matip |
| CM | 6 | Alex Song | 40' |
| CM | 18 | Eyong Enoh |
| RW | 13 | Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting | | 75' |
| LW | 8 | Benjamin Moukandjo |
| CF | 10 | Vincent Aboubakar | | 70' |
| Substitutions: ||
| DF | 5 | Dany Nounkeu | | 46' |
| FW | 15 | Pierre Webó | | 70' |
| MF | 20 | Edgar Salli | | 75' |
| Manager: ||
| Volker Finke ||
| GK | 1 | Stipe Pletikosa |
| RB | 11 | Darijo Srna (c) |
| CB | 5 | Vedran Ćorluka |
| CB | 6 | Dejan Lovren |
| LB | 3 | Danijel Pranjić |
| CM | 10 | Luka Modrić |
| CM | 7 | Ivan Rakitić |
| RW | 4 | Ivan Perišić | | 78' |
| AM | 19 | Sammir | | 72' |
| LW | 18 | Ivica Olić | | 69' |
| CF | 17 | Mario Mandžukić |
| Substitutions: ||
| FW | 22 | Eduardo | 89' | 69' |
| MF | 20 | Mateo Kovačić | | 72' |
| FW | 16 | Ante Rebić | | 78' |
| Manager: ||
| Niko Kovač ||
* Man of the Match:
* Mario Mandžukić (Croatia)
* Assistant referees:
* Bertino Cunha (Portugal)
* Tiago Trigo (Portugal)
* Fourth official:
* Walter López (Guatemala)
* Fifth official:
* Leonel Leal (Costa Rica)

### Cameroon vs Brazil

| Cameroon | Brazil |
Charles Itandje :
| RB | 22 | Allan Nyom |
| CB | 3 | Nicolas N'Koulou (c) |
| CB | 21 | Joël Matip |
| LB | 12 | Henri Bedimo |
| DM | 7 | Landry N'Guémo |
| CM | 17 | Stéphane Mbia | 80' |
| CM | 18 | Eyong Enoh | 11' |
| RW | 13 | Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting | | 81' |
| LW | 8 | Benjamin Moukandjo | | 58' |
| CF | 10 | Vincent Aboubakar | | 72' |
| Substitutions: |||
| MF | 20 | Edgar Salli | 76' | 58' |
| FW | 15 | Pierre Webó | | 72' |
| MF | 11 | Jean Makoun | | 81' |
| Manager: |||
| Volker Finke |||
Júlio César :
| RB | 2 | Dani Alves |
| CB | 3 | Thiago Silva (c) |
| CB | 4 | David Luiz |
| LB | 6 | Marcelo |
| DM | 17 | Luiz Gustavo |
| RM | 8 | Paulinho | 46' |
| LM | 11 | Oscar |
| RW | 7 | Hulk | 63' |
| LW | 10 | Neymar | 71' |
| CF | 9 | Fred |
| Substitutions: |||
| MF | 5 | Fernandinho | 46' |
| MF | 16 | Ramires | 63' |
| MF | 19 | Willian | 71' |
| Manager: |||
| Luiz Felipe Scolari |||
* Man of the Match:
* Neymar (Brazil)
* Assistant referees:
* Mathias Klasenius (Sweden)
* Daniel Wärnmark (Sweden)
* Fourth official:
* Svein Oddvar Moen (Norway)
* Fifth official:
* Kim Haglund (Norway)

### Group stage

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Brazil | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | +2 | 6 | Advanced to knockout stage |
| 2 | Switzerland | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | +1 | 6 | Advanced to knockout stage |
| 3 | Cameroon | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 4 | |
| 4 | Serbia | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 | −3 | 1 | |

## Record players

| Rank | Player | Matches | World Cups |
| 1 | François Omam-Biyik | 11 | 1990, 1994 and 1998 |
| 2 | Roger Milla | 10 | 1982, 1990 and 1994 |
| 3 | Rigobert Song | 9 | 1994, 1998, 2002 and 2010 |
| 4 | Thomas N'Kono | 8 | 1982 and 1990 |
| 4 | Louis-Paul Mfédé | 8 | 1990 and 1994 |
| 4 | Stephen Tataw | 8 | 1990 and 1994 |
| 4 | Raymond Kalla | 8 | 1994, 1998 and 2002 |
| 4 | Samuel Eto'o | 8 | 1998, 2002, 2010 and 2014 |
| 4 | Nicolas Nkoulou | 8 | 2010, 2014, 2022 |
| 4 | Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting | 8 | 2010, 2014, 2022 |

## Top goalscorers

Cameroon's top goalscorer at FIFA World Cup finals, Roger Milla, also holds the record as oldest player to ever score at a FIFA World Cup. When he scored his goal during the 1–6 defeat against Russia in 1994, he was aged 42 years and 39 days.
| Rank | Player | Goals | World Cups |
| 1 | Roger Milla | 5 | 1990 and 1994 |
| 2 | Samuel Eto'o | 3 | 2002 and 2010 |
| 3 | François Omam-Biyik | 2 | 1990 and 1994 |
| 3 | Patrick M'Boma | 2 | 1998 and 2002 |
| 3 | Vincent Aboubakar | 2 | 2022 |
| 6 | Grégoire M'Bida | 1 | 1982 |
| 6 | Emmanuel Kundé | 1 | 1990 |
| 6 | Eugène Ekéké | 1 | 1990 |
| 6 | David Embé | 1 | 1994 |
| 6 | Pierre Njanka | 1 | 1998 |
| 6 | Joël Matip | 1 | 2014 |
| 6 | Jean-Charles Castelletto | 1 | 2022 |
| 6 | Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting | 1 | 2022 |

## Individual awards

Roger Milla won the Bronze Boot in 1990. He is the only individual award winner ever from Africa. At the age of 38 at the time, he is also the oldest boot award winner to date.