The French team was crowned world champion at the 2018 World Cup in Russia for the second time in six consecutive appearances. At the 1998 World Cup, the Bleus triumphed in front of their home crowd in their final round comeb...
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The national team of Senegal, which was a French colony until 1960, played its first qualifier for the 1970 World Cup in Mexico. After that, the “Lions of Teranga” missed out on a finals ticket six more times. Twelve years la...
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The 2022 World Cup in Qatar is the 22nd final tournament. The Argentinian national team has only failed to take part in four of these tournaments. First, the Albiceleste withdrew before the 1938 World Cup in France, the 1950 ...
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Iran played their first qualifier with a view to the 1974 World Cup in Germany. Team Melli then punched its first ticket to a finals at the second attempt, reaching the end of the line after the first round in Argentina in Ju...
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South Korea has not missed a World Cup finals since 1986, but before that they qualified only in 1950. The biggest success of South Korea was reaching the semifinals at the 2002 World Cup in their own country (together with J...
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Since the country’s independence in 1991, Croatia has qualified for six World Cup finals. In 1994 they were not eligible to play, while in 2010 they failed to qualify against Ukraine and England. The very first time they part...
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The World Cup in Qatar is Spain’s 16th participation. Since 1978, the Spanish have qualified for every World Cup finals. Their greatest success was winning the World Cup title in South Africa in 2010, which was also the Iberi...
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The national team of Tunisia, which was a French colony until 1956, played its first qualifier in view of the 1962 World Cup in Chile. The Eagles of Carthage then took part in a final round for the first time in Argentina in ...
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The Moroccan national team has participated in five World Cups, the first time in 1970 when they became the first African team to participate in a World Cup after World War II.
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Qatar is hosting its first World Cup in 2022. Strictly speaking, this will be their second appearance at a global event. The al-Anabbi, or the Wine Reds, took part in the 1988 Olympic Games in Seoul. There they were eliminate...
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The Saudi Arabian national team played its first qualifier in view of the 1978 World Cup in Argentina. After a total of four unsuccessful attempts, the Green Falcons won a ticket to the finals in the summer of 1994 in the USA...
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Portugal’s participation in the World Cup finals in Qatar will be only their eighth appearance in a World Cup. However, the Portuguese have qualified every time since 2002 in South Korea and Japan. Their best performance date...
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For the team from Central America, the 2022 World Cup will be the seventh participation in a final tournament. The Ticos qualified for the first time in 1990, when they reached the round of 16 at the first attempt.
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The Australian federation has existed since 1961, joining FIFA two years after its creation. Therefore, the Socceroos contested their first qualification in view of the 1966 World Cup in England. After two unsuccessful attemp...
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At every major football tournament, the Belgian team enters the tournament as a so-called insider tip. But despite their outstanding individual players, they have never been successful. Every few years, a new golden generatio...
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The Polish national team will compete at the 2022 World Cup for the ninth time and the second time in a row at a final tournament. The Eagles finished third at the 1974 World Cup in Germany and the 1982 World Cup in Spain.
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The Welsh national team competed for the first time in qualifying for the 1950 World Cup in Brazil. After two unsuccessful attempts, the Dragons won a ticket to the finals in Sweden in June 1958. There, Wales lost to the form...
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This is Japan’s 7th participation in a World Cup finals. The Japanese only qualified for the first time in 1998. Three times Japan failed in the preliminary round, three times they made it to the round of 16. In 2018 in Russi...
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