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  1. 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 . Iceland made its debut at the FIFA World Cup in 2018 after having failed 12 consecutive qualification campaigns from 1974 to 2014. The nation first attempted to qualify for the tournament back ...

  2. Four-time champions Italy did not qualify for the 2018 FIFA World Cup, missing out on qualification for the first time since 1958 after losing in the playoffs to Sweden, while the three-time FIFA World Cup runners-up Netherlands did not qualify for the tournament for the first time since 2002 after finishing third in 2014, and second in 2010. Iceland, with 335,000 inhabitants, became the ...

  3. Jun 7, 2018 · The combination of Iceland’s national investment in soccer and its appeal as the ultimate underdog has sent expectations soaring ahead of its first World Cup match, in Moscow on June 16 against ...

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  4. 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification. The 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification process was a series of tournaments organised by the six FIFA confederations to decide 31 of the 32 teams which would play in the 2018 FIFA World Cup, with Russia qualifying automatically as hosts.

  5. May 18, 2018 · The word "historic" gets thrown around in football like confetti. But there can be little doubt that Iceland's qualification for the 2018 World Cup™ finals i...

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  6. Oct 10, 2017 · With a population of just 335,000, Iceland became the smallest country ever to qualify for the World Cup after beating Kosovo 2-0 on Monday to ensure the islanders topped European qualifying Group ...

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  8. Jun 16, 2018 · Having been the fairy tale story of Euro 2016, Iceland now enter their first ever World Cup. Iceland reached the quarter-finals back in France, taking five points in the group stage, to finish ...

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