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      • Iceland qualified for the 2018 World Cup, their first ever appearance in the world championship, securing qualification on 9 October 2017 after a 2–0 win against Kosovo. In doing so, they became the lowest-populated country ever to reach the finals.
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  2. 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 .

  3. Third round: 12 teams (an increase from 10 for 2014) which had advanced from the second round were divided into two groups of six teams to play home-and-away round-robin matches. The top two teams of each group qualified for the 2018 FIFA World Cup, and the two third-placed teams advanced to the fourth round.

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  4. 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.

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  5. Jun 7, 2018 · Lager­bäck commanded immediate respect and molded the country’s emerging talent; two years later, Iceland fell one playoff victory short of making the 2014 World Cup.

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  6. Jun 7, 2018 · Sports. 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 Norway....

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  7. May 18, 2018 · Tifo Football. 1.42M subscribers. 4.8K. 205K views 5 years ago. The word "historic" gets thrown around in football like confetti. But there can be little doubt that Iceland's qualification...

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  8. Jun 21, 2018 · ·. 4 min read. Iceland in the World Cup 2018. The history. The first official match of the Icelandic team was against Denmark in July 1946, we lost that game. Let’s go further ahead in time...

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