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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.
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.
Jun 7, 2018 · Hallgrímsson has guided Iceland through World Cup qualification and rising expectations. But the homespun trappings remain.
- Sean Gregory
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Jul 13, 2018 · 2018: Iceland’s First World Cup. In March of 2018, Iceland had reached number 18 on FIFA’s ranking of the world’s national football teams, jumping 113 places in only 6 years and becoming a favorite team for many throughout the world. Our current ranking on FIFA’s list, as of June 2018, is 22 nd.
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 21, 2018 · We participated in the European Cup in 2012 but did not qualify. In 2014 Iceland participated in the World Cup qualifier and we did qualify to the playoffs where we lost against...
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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.
