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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 in 1958. The 2018 FIFA World Cup was Iceland's second major international tournament, having also qualified for UEFA Euro 2016.
For the first 20 years of the Football Association of Iceland (KSÍ)'s existence, the team mostly did not participate in qualifying for the FIFA World Cup or the UEFA European Championship. In 1954, Iceland applied to take part in qualification for the 1954 World Cup, but the application was rejected. [11] .
The qualification process started on 4 September 2016, almost two months after UEFA Euro 2016, and ended on 14 November 2017. Belgium, England, France, Germany, Iceland (for the first time), Poland, Portugal, Serbia, and Spain qualified in the first round by winning their groups.
Jun 16, 2018 · Iceland not only qualified for the World Cup, but won their group ahead of Croatia, (who they will face again this summer), Ukraine and Turkey, scoring 16 goals in 10 games in the process.
Jun 7, 2018 · Players from Iceland, the smallest country to qualify for a World Cup, warm up before a June 2 match against Norway.
- Sean Gregory
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Jun 16, 2018 · Although they conceded just seven goals in their 10 qualifiers, worrying for Iceland is the fact that no other UEFA group winner scored fewer than their 16 goals throughout the qualifying...
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Iceland made history this evening by qualifying for the first time ever to the FIFA World Cup in football (soccer), which will be held next summer in Russia. Iceland beat Kosovo 2-0 to top Group I of the qualifying round. The group included Iceland, Croatia, Ukraine, Turkey, Finland, and Kosovo.
