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Jun 7, 2018 · By Josh Hill | Jun 7, 2018. Iceland's fans celebrates at the FIFA World Cup 2018 qualification football match between Iceland and Kosovo in Reykjavik, Iceland on October 9, 2017.Iceland qualified ...
It has been a long road to the 2018 FIFA World Cup Russia™, the longest in the history of world finals qualifying competitions in fact. For some it has been a mere stroll in the park; for others an arduous journey full of obstacles. Some 208 teams started out, but only 31 made it to the end, joining hosts Russia in next year’s world finals.
Oct 9, 2017 · Last modified on Wed 6 Jun 2018 05.33 EDT. Iceland sealed a place in Russia with a 2-0 victory against Kosovo in Reykjavik, becoming the smallest nation ever to qualify for a World Cup finals ...
Aug 22, 2016 · Kosovo have been assigned to Group I for the European Qualifiers for the 2018 FIFA World Cup, and Gibraltar have been assigned to Group H. Live 30/06/2016 Russia seek new coach as Slutski ends reign
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.
The 1949–50 British Home Championship was used as the qualifying group for the four British teams ahead of the 1950 FIFA World Cup, with the top two qualifying for the finals in Brazil. Defeats in their first two matches against England (4–1 at home) and Scotland (2–0 away) meant Wales were no longer able to qualify regardless of the result in their final game against Ireland (IFA) .
The group winners, Iceland, qualified directly for the 2018 FIFA World Cup. The group runners-up, Croatia, advanced to the play-offs as one of the best 8 runners-up. This was the first time Ukraine was eliminated after the first round, as the team had been eliminated in 1998, 2002, 2010 and 2014 after the play-offs, and qualified in 2006.
