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- Australia has qualified for the FIFA World Cup 's tournament phase on six occasions: in 1974, 2006 and the four tournaments since.
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The 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification was a series of tournaments organised by the six FIFA confederations. The 2014 FIFA World Cup featured 32 teams, with one place reserved for the host nation, Brazil. The remaining 31 places were determined by a qualification process, in which the other 207 teams, from the six FIFA confederations, competed.
Australia has qualified for the FIFA World Cup's tournament phase on six occasions: in 1974, 2006 and the four tournaments since. They have also attempted to qualify for the FIFA World Cup 15 times, with their first attempt being in 1966 when they lost to South Korea.
2014 World Cup Qualifiers. Australia finished the 8 games of the Asian World Cup qualifying group B with 3 wins, 4 draws and one loss. This was enough to finish in second place behind Japan, and to qualify for the 2014 World Cup.
- Road to Qualification
- 1974 World Cup
- 2006 World Cup
- 2010 World Cup
- 2014 World Cup
- 2018 World Cup
- 2022 World Cup
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It has always been a hard road to the World Cup for Australia to follow. Australia's first attempt to qualify was in 1966 in England. During that first attempt to qualify, Australia had to play off against North Korea, which was a controversial match up as North Korea was a political entity not recognized by many nations including the United Kingdo...
The Socceroos performance in 1974 was credible but not spectacular, not scoring a goal in their three matches. Following defeats by the former DDR and subsequent world champions Germany, they held Chile to a creditable 0-0 draw in their last group game but were still eliminated.
In 2006, the long wait was over for Australia. After 32 years the Socceroos returned to Germany, scene of their one previous FIFA World Cup finals appearance in 1974. Their performance in Germany surprised a few, and increased the profile and popularity of Football in Australia. Their dream run at the World Cup came to an end in a spectacular and f...
Their performance in the 2006 World Cup gave soccer back home in Australia a great publicity boost, and with this momentum the national team continued their success and qualified again for the 2010 World Cup. For the 2010 campaign, Australia moved to the Asian Federation, and played a series of qualification matches against Asian nations. In their ...
Australia finished the 8 games of the Asian World Cup qualifying group B with 3 wins, 4 draws and one loss. This was enough to finish in second place behind Japan, and to qualify for the 2014 World Cup. In Brazil Australia was drawn in Group B alongside reigning Cup holders Spain, 2010 runners-up Netherlands and Chile, called by some commentators a...
By the time Australia had secured their place at Russia 2018, becoming the 31st of 32 teams to do so, they had played 22 matches, more than any other side in World Cup qualification history. Australia was drawn in Group C with France, Peru and Denmark. They played three matches, resulting in one draw and two losses. Both of Australia's goals were f...
Australia had another marathon qualifying campaign for the 2022 World Cup in Qatar. After finishing third behind Saudi Arabia and Japan in the AFC World Cup qualifying group, Australia failed to qualify automatically, requiring the team to negotiate two sudden-death playoffs against UAE and Peru in order to reach the Qatar 2022 tournament. In the f...
May 13, 2014 · Australia has qualified for three consecutive FIFA World Cups; a comparative glut after the 32-year absence following the country's maiden 1974 appearance.
Qualification. Following qualification matches played between June 2011 and November 2013, the following 32 teams – shown with their last pre-tournament FIFA world ranking [17] – qualified for the final tournament. Twenty-four of these teams were returning participants from the 2010 World Cup.
Sep 11, 2013 · Ever wondered how many teams qualified for the 2014 FIFA World Cup from each continent? Want to know how the qualifiers are progressing?
