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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.
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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 .
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.
2018 FIFA World Cup qualification; Tournament details; Dates: 12 March 2015 – 15 November 2017: Teams: 210 (from 6 confederations) Tournament statistics; Matches played: 869: Goals scored: 2,454 (2.82 per match) Attendance: 18,720,691 (21,543 per match) Top scorer(s) Robert Lewandowski Mohammad Al-Sahlawi Ahmed Khalil (16 goals each)
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 · Honours: N/A. FIFA Ranking: 22. HOW THEY QUALIFIED. Advertisement. Iceland not only qualified for the World Cup, but won their group ahead of Croatia, (who they will face again this...
May 22, 2018 · Nick Ames, ESPN.com writerMay 22, 2018, 04:17 PM ET. Email. Print. REYKJAVÍK, Iceland -- "I'm not saying this to puff out my chest," Sveinn Asgeirsson says on a Friday evening in late April ...
Road to Qatar 2022 also commenced in the Concacaf region with five matches. After a long wait, FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022™ qualifiers finally kicked-off in the UEFA and Concacaf zones on Wednesday. There were some surprising scorelines in Europe, with France held 1-1 at home by Ukraine, Croatia losing to Slovenia and Turkey outgunning three ...
