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Iceland national football team at the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Rostov-on-Don, Russia. 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.
Since 1974, the team has taken part in qualifying for every World Cup and European Championship. In 1994, the team reached their then best ever position in the FIFA World Rankings, 37th. This record stood until 2016 when they managed to reach 21st.
Jun 7, 2018 · Iceland Is the Ultimate Underdog in the 2018 FIFA World Cup. By Sean Gregory | Photographs by Thomas Prior for TIME. June 7, 2018 7:00 AM EDT. The hopes of an entire soccer-mad nation will...
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Watch or stream for FREE the biggest World Cup archive of all time on FIFA+ 👉 https://app.fifa.com/RX34/d187cd5d Iceland secured an historic point on their ...
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Of the 32 nations qualified to play at the 2018 FIFA World Cup, 20 countries competed at the previous tournament in 2014. Both Iceland and Panama qualified for the first time, with the former becoming the smallest country in terms of population to reach the World Cup. [59]
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Jun 7, 2018 · How Iceland Became the World Cup’s Ultimate Underdog. 2 minute read. Players from Iceland, the smallest country to qualify for a World Cup, warm up before a June 2 match against...
Oct 9, 2017 · 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.
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