Although England is the motherland of football, the Three Lions were not a member of FIFA from 1928 to 1946. Therefore, they were not allowed to participate in World Cup qualifiers. In the 19 attempts that followed, the Engli...
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For Canada, the 2022 World Cup will be only the second ever World Cup participation. The North Americans have only ever qualified for a World Cup in 1986. At that time, they were eliminated early after three defeats in the pr...
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The 2014 world champions, Germany, are considered favourites for the 2022 World Cup. After all, the German team has finished in the top three more often than any other nation. They have been world champions, runners-up and th...
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The Danish national team will take part in the 2022 World Cup in Qatar for the sixth time. The Red and Whites have reached the knockout stage in four of their previous appearances. Their greatest success came at the 1998 Worl...
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Ghana will participate in the 2022 World Cup finals for the fourth time.
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The USA played in three of the first four finals. The exception was the 1938 World Cup in France, which the Yanks did not play. After a third-place finish in the first edition in Uruguay in July 1930, the other two ended afte...
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The national team of the Netherlands will participate in a World Cup finals for the eleventh time. However, after the 1934 World Cup in France and the 1938 World Cup in France, the “Oranjes” had to wait 36 years for their nex...
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The Mexican national team will participate in the 2022 World Cup for the 17th time and the eighth consecutive finals. On top of that, the Tri would be competing for the tenth time in a row had they not been suspended for the ...
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History of World Cup
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A hundred years ago Uruguay was the best soccer nation. It won the Olympic soccer tournaments in 1924 and 1928 and consequently also the first World Cup title in 1930 in its own country. Twenty years later, the second World C...
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The team has been playing under the name of Serbia only since 2006. Prior to that, they participated in two World Cups as Serbia & Montenegro.
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The World Cup in Qatar will be Switzerland’s 12th participation in a World Cup finals. Switzerland has not missed out on qualification since 2006. In 1954, Switzerland hosted a World Cup itself, where it set its own record fr...
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Ecuador took part in a qualifier for the first time in view of the 1962 World Cup in Chile, losing to Argentina. After that, the Tri lost the deciding match against Chile in their attempt to reach the 1966 World Cup in Englan...
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Cameroon qualified for a World Cup finals for the first time in 1982. Although they remained undefeated there, the three draws, including against the eventual world champions Italy, were not enough for them to advance to the ...
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Brazil traditionally stands for ball magic and successful football. The Brazilians are the only team to have won the World Cup 5 times: in 1958, 1962, 1970, 1994 and 2002. They have also won two World Cup runner-up titles (19...
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