Internationally, Cameroon, along with Morocco, was one of the first countries in Africa to establish a men's blind football team.
Cameroonian players have gone abroad, with Yvan Wouandji representing France in the sport at the 2012 Summer Paralympics.
The specialized football used for the sport costs five times as much as a traditional soccer ball because of the need to have it make sound for players to hear.
[1] There has been a push to develop disability sports, and specifically blind football, in Africa in recent years.
They have worked on setting up football training centers in countries like Morocco, Senegal, Cameroon and the Ivory Coast.
Following the match, Charles Atangana from Derouffignac and André Ndo of Promhandicam were honored for being the best player and leading scorer respectively.
[7] The national team was supposed to play in a competition in France in 2014 to qualify for the IBSA World Championships.
The French organizers, UNADEV, had been working for years to try to bring about the competition and had successfully been able to secure visas for the Moroccan team.
[8] Douala, Cameroon hosted the 2015 IBSA Blind Football African Championship in October of that year.
[10][13] The roster for the game against Senegal included Nyobia Njoya, Zogning Lontsi Fulbert, Kaze Gaetan, Erick Michel Bonfeu, Andeme Patrick Ndo, Christol Atangana Ntsama, Ferdinand Atangana Ntsama, Mohamed Garga, Partick Bakounga Awa, and Nsan Gou Arouna.
Charles Cristol Atangana and André Patrick Andeme Ndo both scored a pair of goals in their opener.
After attempts to talk to the Ministry of Sports and Physical Education and others about the lack of payment in December 2015, the national team announced a hunger strike to start February 29, 2016.
[19][22] Other members of the 2015 and 2016 national team included Nsangou Arouna, Christian Nyobia Njoya, Charles Cristol Atangana, André Patrick Andeme and Mohomed Garba.
He faced challenges in staying in the country legally because French authorities sometimes think people claim they have diseases to try to game the system.
[30] In the period of 2014 to 2016, the country had one IBSA 5-a-side football certified referee, Bertrand Desire Mboutngam.