 Rambai muchinyora ndima ino - Croatia yakakwanisa uye yakakwikwidza mumakwikwi matatu akateedzana eWorld Cup pakati pa1998 na2006, asi yakatadza kukwanisa kuenda ku2010 World Cup muSouth Africa mushure mekupedza 3rd muBoka 6 shure kweEngland neUkraine. Kunyange zvazvo vakanga vabatana zvose FIFA uye UEFA kubudikidza 1992, havana kukwanisa kupinda 1994 World Cup sezvo zvinodiwa akanga atanga pamberi divi akanga pamutemo kuzivikanwa somunhu mamiriro. Mumapoka matatu akatevera eWorld Cup vakadzingwa mushure mekupedza vechitatu mune ese, vasati vapfuurira kupfuura chikamu cheboka paNdebe yeNyika ya2018. Musi wa 11 Chikunguru 2018, Croatia yakakunda mutambo wavo we semi-fainari vachipesana neEngland, ichifambisa timu yenyika kuenda kumakwikwi avo ekutanga eFIFA World Cupuko vakawana nzvimbo yechipiri sevakwikwidzi vachipesana nevakundi veFrance. Vachitsiva nzvimbo yavo yechitatu muna 1998, uku ndiko kuita kwakanaka kwazvo kwenyika kusvikira zvino. 