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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 ...
Main article: 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC) The AFC Executive Committee meeting on 16 April 2014 approved the proposal to merge the preliminary qualification rounds of the FIFA World Cup and the AFC Asian Cup, which was expanded to 24 teams starting in 2019: [25] First round: 12 teams (ranked 35–46) played home-and-away over two legs.
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Following a 2–0 home win over Kosovo in the final round of the qualifiers, Iceland secured their spot in Russia 2018, finishing top of Group I by two points over Croatia, who had defeated Iceland in the World Cup play-offs four years earlier. Despite finishing bottom of the group, Iceland drew against Argentina1–1 in the opening match of the group.
In the match against Argentina on 16 June 2018, Alfreð Finnbogasonscored the first goal for Iceland in FIFA World Cup history.
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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 ...
Jun 7, 2018 · “Typical Iceland,” says Halldórsson. Indeed. While some other players in the 32-nation World Cup field may hold side jobs, no top-flight team looks quite like this one.
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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.
