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European Championship final two years earlier. The other referees are Pierluigi Collina in 2002, and Nicola Rizzoli in 2014. The Italian referee with the most World Cup matches, however, is Roberto Rosetti, who has been in charge of six matches total in 2006 and 2010. Italy at the FIFA World Cup This is a record of Italy's results at the FIFA World Cup. The World Cup is an international association football competition contested by the men's national teams of the members of "Fédération Internationale de Football Association" (FIFA), the sport's global governing body. The championship has been awarded every four
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2015 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup qualification (UEFA) The UEFA qualifiers for the 2015 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup was a beach soccer tournament which took place in Jesolo, Italy between 5–14 September 2014. The tournament served as the FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup qualifier for teams from UEFA, where the top four teams qualified for the 2015 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup in Portugal. This was the second time that the Beach Soccer World Cup qualifiers were held in Italy. All matches were played at the Beach Arena del Faro di Jesolo in the Lido di Jesolo beach area.
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stage was now played as a knockout tournament involving all eight nations. Italy entered the tournament as defending champions but lost to Spain in the Superfinal semi-finals. The Spanish proceeded to win the title, beating Portugal in the final to claim their fifth and most recent European crown to date, having last won in 2003, and the last time they reach the final until 2014. The league also doubled as the qualification process for the 2006 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup. The nations finishing in first, second, third and fourth place qualified, along with the winners of the last chance
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Italy at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics Italy competed at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics, in Nanjing, China from 16 August to 28 August 2014. Italy qualified a male and female archer from its performance at the 2013 World Archery Youth Championships. Italy qualified 18 athletes. Italy qualified a girls' team from their performance at the 2014 CEV Youth Continental Cup Final. Italy qualified four boxers based on its performance at the 2014 AIBA Youth World Championships Italy qualified one boat based on its performance at the 2013 World Junior Canoe Sprint and Slalom Championships. Italy qualified a boys' and
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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. Croatia, Denmark, Sweden and Switzerland qualified by winning their playoffs. Four-time champions Italy missed out on qualification for the first time since 1958 after losing in the playoffs to Sweden, while the Netherlands failed to 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 smallest country ever to qualify for the World Cup finals. Apart from
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eliminated from the second stage advance to classification play-offs (5th to 8th place, 9th to 12th place, 13th to 16th place) depending on their positions. 2015 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup qualification (UEFA) The UEFA qualifiers for the 2015 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup was a beach soccer tournament which took place in Jesolo, Italy between 5–14 September 2014. The tournament served as the FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup qualifier for teams from UEFA, where the top four teams qualified for the 2015 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup in Portugal. This was the second time that the Beach Soccer World
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"los Catrachos". It was founded in 1921, and played against Guatemala in 1921 in Guatemala City, in the very first international football match. It has participated in many international tournaments since then. Its best results so far were qualifying for the World Cup three times: in the 1982, 2010 and 2014 World Cups. The first World Cup that Honduras qualified for was Spain 1982. It was in group 5, against Northern Ireland, Spain, and Yugoslavia. Honduras finished last place in the group, not winning a single game. In 2010, Honduras qualified for the World Cup a second time. They were
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total of 19 athletes in alpine skiing. Based on their performance at the 2012 and 2013 Biathlon World Championships, Italy qualified 5 men and 5 women. Italy rejected quota in the two-woman event. It kept its quota in the 2 and 4 man events. According to the quota allocation released on 27 January 2014, Italy qualified a total of 16 athletes in cross-country skiing. Italy achieved the following quota places: Italy earned the maximum quota of ten spots. Italy qualified five skaters of each gender for the Olympics during World Cup 3 and 4 in November 2013. Cecilia Maffei was
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In 2011, he became manager of Costa Rica again, and on 10 September 2013 qualified for the 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil. Costa Rica ended in second place in 2014 World Cup qualification. He was voted as CONCACAF's best coach of 2014 after the World Cup, beating United States head coach Jürgen Klinsmann. In the 2014 FIFA World Cup, Pinto secured a 3–1 victory for Costa Rica over Uruguay and another 1–0 victory over Italy. After a 0–0 draw against England, Costa Rica finished first in what many called the "Group of Death", the second time Costa Rica made
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1978 after losing to Italy in the play-off round); and the Republic of Ireland, who had qualified for the previous two tournaments. As of 2018, this is the most recent time Austria, Scotland, Norway, Bulgaria, Romania, and Jamaica have qualified for a FIFA World Cup finals, as well as the last time Portugal missed out. The highest ranked team not to qualify was Czech Republic (ranked 3rd), while the lowest ranked team that did qualify was Nigeria (ranked 74th). The following 32 teams, shown with final pre-tournament rankings, qualified for the final tournament. France's bid to host the World Cup
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part to Spain's defeat to Switzerland in their Group H game. Italy, placed last, making it the first time since 1974 that the Italians did not advance beyond the first round. "All times local (UTC+02)" 2010 FIFA World Cup Group F Group F of the 2010 FIFA World Cup began on 14 June 2010 and ended on 24 June 2010. The group consisted of 2006 winner Italy, Paraguay, New Zealand and Slovakia. Italy and Paraguay previously met in the first round of the 1950 tournament, with Italy winning 2–0; neither qualified for the next round. Italy were eliminated from the
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tournament. On 20 September 2013, Ukraine qualified for the first time ever after defeating Italy. On the next day, Serbia bounced back from two consecutive losses to win against Italy that led them to the FIBA World Cup after snatching the last outright remaining berth at the EuroBasket 2013. Finland, Greece and Turkey were selected as wild cards for the World Cup berth on 1 February, with Finland, along with newcomers Ukraine, marking their FIBA World Cup debut. The 2013 FIBA Oceania Championship was a two-legged tie between Australia and New Zealand. Since FIBA Oceania had two outright berths, this
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terms of population to reach the World Cup. Other teams returning after absences of at least three tournaments include: Egypt, returning to the finals after their last appearance in 1990; Morocco, who last competed in 1998; Peru, returning after 1982; and Senegal, competing for the second time after reaching the quarter-finals in 2002. It is the first time three Nordic countries (Denmark, Iceland and Sweden) and four Arab nations (Egypt, Morocco, Saudi Arabia and Tunisia) have qualified for the World Cup. Notable countries that failed to qualify include four-time champions Italy (for the first time since 1958), three-time runners-up and
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qualified for the 1938 FIFA World Cup, where they lost 2–1 after extra time against eventual champions Italy. This turned out to be Norway's last World Cup finals appearance in 56 years. In the post-war years, up to and including the 1980s, Norway was usually considered as one of the weaker nations in Europe. They never qualified for a World Cup or European Championship in this period, and usually finished near the bottom of their qualifying group. Nevertheless, Norway had a reputation for producing the occasional shock result, such as the 3–0 win against Yugoslavia in 1965, the 1–0 away
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group stage of the tournament, meaning for the first time since the World Cup's inception in 1995, Uruguay will not be competing, leaving Brazil as the sole nation to have competed in every World Cup to date. With Uruguay's absence from the knockout stage, this allowed Venezuela to claim victory over surprise semi-finalists Colombia, to qualify for their third World Cup, after their last appearance in 2001. Italy qualified automatically as the hosts, although they still competed in the European qualifiers, being knocked out in the round of 16. These are the teams that have qualified for the 2011 FIFA
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the first tournament to be held by two countries, in the Netherlands and Belgium. France, the reigning World Cup champions, were favoured to win, and they lived up to expectations when they beat Italy 2–1 after extra time, having come from being 1–0 down: Sylvain Wiltord equalised in the very last minute of the game and David Trezeguet scored the winner in extra time. UEFA Euro 2004, like 1992, produced an upset: Greece, who had only qualified for one World Cup (1994) and one European Championship (1980) before, beat hosts Portugal 1–0 in the final (after having also beaten them
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claimed the European continental berth." <br> <br> 1999 FINA Men's Water Polo World Cup The 1999 FINA Men's Water Polo World Cup was the eleventh World Cup Head Coach: Head Coach: Head Coach: <br> <br> <br>*"Hungary, Italy and Spain qualified for the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia. Croatia also qualified, although the team was not even at the World Cup, having finished ninth at last year's World Swimming Championships in Perth, Australia, missing the eight-team cut-off for the World Cup. But by finishing second at the recent European Championship and the fact that Hungary downed Olympic and World Champion
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1999 FINA Men's Water Polo World Cup The 1999 FINA Men's Water Polo World Cup was the eleventh World Cup Head Coach: Head Coach: Head Coach: <br> <br> <br>*"Hungary, Italy and Spain qualified for the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia. Croatia also qualified, although the team was not even at the World Cup, having finished ninth at last year's World Swimming Championships in Perth, Australia, missing the eight-team cut-off for the World Cup. But by finishing second at the recent European Championship and the fact that Hungary downed Olympic and World Champion Spain 8-4 in the medal semifinal, Croatia
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first time: China, Ecuador, Senegal and Slovenia. As of 2018, this was the last time the Republic of Ireland, Turkey and China qualified for a FIFA World Cup finals, as well as the last time Australia and Switzerland failed to qualify. Turkey qualified for the first time since 1954, Poland and Portugal both qualified for the first time since 1986 and Costa Rica and Uruguay qualified for the first time since 1990. Sweden, Russia and the Republic of Ireland also returned after missing the 1998 World Cup. 1998 semi-finalists the Netherlands, three times 1990s participants Romania and Colombia and Norway,
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later, qualifying for the 2002 FIFA World Cup, this time defeating Romania in a playoff. The team did not lose a match in its whole qualifying campaign, finished in second place with six wins and six draws, but did not obtain any points in the group stage of the finals. Despite failing to qualify for the 2006 FIFA World Cup, Slovenia was the only team to defeat the eventual World Cup winners Italy during the campaign. Slovenia qualified for its last major tournament in 2009 after defeating Russia in a playoff to clinch a berth for the 2010 FIFA World
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qualifying round in Daugavpils, Latvia. Sanchez scored twelve points. In the 2004 he led the Italians with 12 points in the first qualifying round held at Lonigo in Italy, as they finished in first place and qualified for the semi-finals. Italy finished last in the second semi-final held at Eastbourne, England, with Sanchez again topping the Italians scoring with six points. Sanchez rode again for Italy in the 2005 Speedway World Cup when they finished last in the second qualifying round held at Terenzano in Italy. Sanchez again led the Italians with six points. He also rode for Italy in
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qualified. This was the first time England failed to qualify for the World Cup since first entering in 1950. Bulgaria qualified. Spain and Yugoslavia finished level on points and goal difference, and a play-off on neutral ground was played to decide who would qualify. Yugoslavia qualified. As of 2018 this is the last time Spain have failed to qualify for the World Cup finals. Scotland qualified. Soviet Union advanced to the UEFA – CONMEBOL Play-off. 1974 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA) Listed below are the dates and results for the 1974 FIFA World Cup qualification rounds for the European zone
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Poland and Italy) and lost only with Poland (1-3). On September 23, 2015 they played their last game at World Cup and beat Argentina (1-3). Despite of the same amount of winning matches just like two other teams, USA won World Cup and qualified at 2016 Summer Olympic Games because of difference in points. It was their second victory in World Cup tournament (previous in 1985). In the 2018 FIVB Volleyball Men's Nations League, the inaugural edition replacing the World League, the U.S. national team defeated the reigning Olympic champions and 9-time World League winners Brazil in straight sets for
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an enterprising Italy side with Nelinho scoring a memorable goal, and were dubbed "moral champions" by coach Cláudio Coutinho as although they did not win the tournament, they did not lose a single match. Four South American nations participated in the 1982 World Cup: Argentina, Brazil, Chile and Peru. This was the last time Peru qualified for a FIFA World Cup finals until 2018. The tournament was the first for Diego Maradona, but defending champions Argentina lost opening match 0–1 to Belgium, although they would qualify to the second round. Brazil, with Zico, Sócrates, Falcão, Éder and others in their
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1934) caused outrage in South America, where it was believed that the venue should alternate between the two continents. This was the last World Cup to be staged before the outbreak of the Second World War. Because of anger over the decision to hold a second successive World Cup in Europe, neither Uruguay nor Argentina entered the competition. Spain meanwhile could not participate due to the ongoing Spanish Civil War. It was the first time that the hosts, France, and the title holders, Italy, qualified automatically. Title holders were given an automatic entry into the World Cup from 1938 until
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match, something that had happened in several previous World Cups. Wales won the play-off and qualified for the first, and so far only, time. With Northern Ireland making its debut, and England and Scotland also qualifying, this World Cup was the only one to feature all four of the United Kingdom's Home Nations. This World Cup also saw the entry and qualification of the Soviet Union for the first time, while Argentina appeared for the first time since 1934. Until 2018, this FIFA World Cup was the only one for which Italy failed to qualify (Italy did not take part
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first successful World Cup qualifying campaign in 20 years – the English team had qualified automatically as hosts in 1966 and as defending champions in 1970, then had missed the 1974 and 1978 tournaments. Yugoslavia and Chile were also back after having missed the 1978 tournament. Algeria, Cameroon, Honduras, Kuwait, and New Zealand all participated in the World Cup for the first time. As of 2018, this was the last time that El Salvador and Kuwait qualified for a FIFA World Cup finals, as well as the last time that Mexico and South Korea failed to qualify. There was some
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from her previous injury, Pazhava suffered another setback injuring her arm, thus withdrawing her name in the entry list for the 2017 World Cup events. On August 11-13, Pazhava was able to recover and competed in the last event of the World Cup series, at the 2017 Kazan World Challenge Cup where she finished 8th in the all-around. She qualified in 2 apparatus finals and finished 8th in clubs, 6th in ribbon. On August 30 - September 3, Pazhava was able to compete at the 2017 World Championships in Pesaro, Italy. She qualified in the clubs final and finished in
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players to escort their Italian counterparts off the field while the police dealt with the crowd. Northern Ireland qualified. This was the only time that Italy failed to qualify for the World Cup until their failure to qualify for the 2018 World Cup in Russia. Scotland qualified. The 9 teams were divided into 3 groups of 3 teams each. The teams played against each other on a home-and-away basis. The group winners would qualify. Brazil qualified. Argentina qualified. Paraguay qualified. There were two rounds of play: Mexico advanced to the Final Round. Costa Rica advanced to the Final Round. Territory
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(infuriated by the postponement and quite rough play from some Italian players) invaded the pitch. The 'friendly' match was dubbed the 'Battle of Belfast'. Danny Blanchflower, Northern Ireland captain at the time, helped save the situation by ordering his players to escort their Italian counterparts off the field while the police dealt with the crowd. Northern Ireland qualified. This was the only time that Italy failed to qualify for the World Cup until their failure to qualify for the 2018 World Cup in Russia. Scotland qualified. 1958 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA) Listed below are the dates and results for
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1–0 and 3–1 respectively. Since they had already qualified for the quarter-finals, the coach put Zambrotta on the bench for the last game against Nigeria and substituted him on at the 80th minute. This would be the last time he played for the U21 national team, with a total of 13 U21-caps. Italy were defeated by Spain, who would go on to win the silver medal, by one goal in the quarter-final. Under new manager Giovanni Trapattoni, Zambrotta also represented the Italy senior side at the 2002 World Cup, where Italy were controversially eliminated in the round of 16 by
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group. One team from the Atlantic region qualified for the World Cup. The Atlantic qualifying group involved the USA, Jamaica and South Africa. The Atlantic qualifiers were held at Campbell's Field, New Jersey. USA won the group and qualified for the World Cup. The European qualifying group involved Russia, Italy, Serbia and Lebanon. Both Italy and Lebanon remained unbeaten, recording two wins and a draw each. However, Italy topped the group as a result of points difference and therefore qualified for the World Cup. 2013 Rugby League World Cup qualifying Of the fourteen teams that would participate in the 2013
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groups with 4 teams). The teams would play against each other on a home-and-away basis. The group winners would qualify, except the winner of Group 9, which would advance to the UEFA / CONMEBOL Intercontinental Play-off. Austria and Sweden finished level on points and goal difference, and a play-off on neutral ground was played to decide who would qualify. Sweden qualified. Italy qualified. Netherlands qualified on goal difference. The campaign ended with a controversial decision in the final match when the referee disallowed a legal Belgian goal for offside in the last minute of the game. East Germany qualified. Poland
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European Nations Cup (rugby union)" "Romania, Georgia, and Portugal qualified for Round 5. Russia, Czech Republic, and Ukraine qualified for Round 4." "Spain and Russia qualified for Round 5." Spain won 79–29 on aggregate Russia won 62–28 on aggregate "Italy qualified for World Cup as "Europe 1". Portugal entered Round 6." "Romania qualified for World Cup as "Europe 2". Georgia entered Round 6." "Georgia qualified for World Cup as "Europe 3". Portugal entered repechage as "Europe 4"." Georgia won 28–14 on aggregate 2007 Rugby World Cup – Europe qualification 2007 Rugby World Cup – European qualification was a European Nations
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to decide who would qualify. Bulgaria qualified for FIFA World Cup 1962 in Chile West Germany qualified. Hungary qualified. ---- Soviet Union qualified. England qualified. ---- Israel advanced to the Second Round. Romania withdrew, so Italy advanced to the Final Round automatically. ---- Israel advanced to the Final Round. Italy qualified. Czechoslovakia and Scotland finished level on points, and a play-off on neutral ground was played to decide who would qualify. Czechoslovakia qualified. Spain advanced to the UEFA/CAF Intercontinental Play-off. Yugoslavia advanced to the UEFA/AFC Intercontinental Play-off. 1962 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA) Listed below are the dates and results
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early exit. Spain beat them comfortably; 3–1 the final score. For the only time in World Cup history, the last eight consisted entirely of European teams – Austria, Czechoslovakia, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Spain, Sweden, and Switzerland. All four non-European teams who made the journey to Italy were eliminated after one match. In the quarter-finals, the first replayed match in World Cup history took place, when Italy and Spain drew 1–1 after extra time. The match was played in a highly aggressive manner with several players of both sides injured: rough play injured the Spanish goalkeeper Ricardo Zamora in the first
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Montenegro had competed as Yugoslavia in 1998, as well as making up part of Yugoslav teams from 1930 to 1990. As of 2018, this was the last time Togo, Angola, Czech Republic, Ukraine and Trinidad and Tobago qualified for a FIFA World Cup finals, and the last time Uruguay and Nigeria failed to qualify. Australia qualified for the first time since 1974. Among the teams who failed to qualify were 2002 third-placed team Turkey, quarter-finalists Senegal, Euro 2004 winners Greece and 2006 Africa Cup of Nations winners Egypt. Additionally, Belgium failed to qualify for the first time since 1978 and
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Turkey would have been eliminated. This is the first time Spain failed to qualify. (h) – qualified automatically as hosts (c) – qualified automatically as defending champions "6 of the 16 teams subsequently failed to qualify for the 1958 finals: Belgium, Italy, South Korea, Switzerland, Turkey and Uruguay." 1954 FIFA World Cup qualification A total of 37 teams entered the 1954 FIFA World Cup qualification rounds, competing for a total of 16 spots in the final tournament. Switzerland, as the hosts, and Uruguay, as the defending champions, qualified automatically, leaving 14 spots open for competition. 37 teams were divided into
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stage was made after the preliminary round of games was completed on 13 July. All kickoff times are listed as Italian summer time, (UTC+2). 2011 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup qualification (UEFA) The 2011 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup qualifiers for UEFA was a beach soccer tournament played in Bibione, Italy from July 11–18, 2010, which determined the four teams that qualified to the 2011 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup in Ravenna, Italy. All matches were played at a temporary stadium on the beach at Piazzale Zenith in Bibione. The draw for the group stage of the competition was made
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amazingly preceded of 7-8 Swedish passes. But Brazil equalized soon before half-time. This was considered "very well done". But defeats against Austria and Spain followed, and Sweden had to fly back home again. After the Sweden vs Yugoslavia game in 1974, it took another twenty years until Sweden again won a World Cup match (against Russia in Detroit during the World Cup 1994 in the United States). Georg "Åby" Ericson's successor Lars "Laban" Arnesson never managed to get Sweden qualified for a World Cup and his successor, Olle Nordin managed to get Sweden qualified for World Cup in Italy in
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Scotland. The three matches between Ireland, the Netherlands and Scotland were official One-day Internationals, though the match between Netherlands and Ireland was called off. Despite finishing last, Italy qualified for World Cricket League Div III because of other 4 nations already qualified for the league, so Italy claims the place as the best non-qualified nation. This was originally scheduled to be a triangular series between Bermuda, Canada and Kenya. However, after Kenya rescheduled their ODIs with Bangladesh due to their lack of financial backing, they also cancelled their matches against Bermuda. The ODI series followed the Intercontinental Cup tie between
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safe egress from the stadium, because of North Korea's failure to qualify. In 2009, the team qualified for the 2010 FIFA World Cup, the second World Cup appearance in their history. North Korea has qualified for the AFC Asian Cup four times; in 1980, when they finished fourth, in 1992, 2011 and in 2015. The current team is composed of both native North Koreans and Chongryon-affiliated Koreans born in Japan. In the 1966 World Cup, North Korea played their matches at Middlesbrough's home ground Ayresome Park, when the team caused an upset, beating Italy 1–0 to gain a spot in
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a record, and lost 36 times, second-most all-time. With Rappan as its coach, Switzerland qualified to the World Cups of 1938, 1954 (where they beat Italy and lost 5-7 to Austria in quarterfinals), and 1962. Rappan recorded 3 wins, 1 draw, and 6 losses as a coach in World Cup finals tournaments. His last match as Switzerland's coach was on November 11, 1963 against France in Paris, a 2-2 draw. Rappan, who had the idea of creating a European league, helped Ernst Thommen, the Managing Director for the Swiss Football Pool, conceive the UEFA Intertoto Cup, which started in 1961.
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in this match – the most in a World Cup match since Germany 8–0 Saudi Arabia in 2002 (5 headers). Croatia are the second team to win two penalty shootouts at a single World Cup tournament – the other was Argentina in 1990 (against Yugoslavia and Italy). Croatia has qualified for the semifinal for the first time since 1998 (their first World Cup tournament). <section begin=qf4 /><section end=qf4 /> For the first time since 1966, all multiple World Cup winners were eliminated before the semi-final stage. This is only the second time that neither Brazil nor Germany were in the
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groups. Italy advanced to the UEFA-CONCACAF playoff. "(26 teams competing for 2 or 3 berths)" As with the last World Cup, the CONCACAF Women's Gold Cup served as the region's qualification tournament. The United States, Canada and Mexico received byes to the tournament, where they were joined by three teams from the Caribbean zone and two from Central America. Both finalists qualified automatically to the 2011 Women's World Cup. The third placed team met the fifth placed team from UEFA for an additional World Cup berth. The tournament was held in Cancún, Mexico, from 28 October to 8 November 2010.
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Football in Slovakia Slovakia has participated in international football as an independent nation ever since 1993 when Czechoslovakia was divided into two new states. Slovakia qualified to the World Cup for the first time in 2010, where the side upset perennial power Italy and lost in the Round of 16. They qualified for the UEFA European Championships for the first time since independence in 2016. Football is the most popular sport in the Slovak Republic. The Slovak Football Federation was a member of FIFA from April 1939 to 1945 and is again since 1993. The Slovak football championship for club
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won the tournament by beating Norway 3–1 in extra time. Second round Knockout stage "Denmark, Germany, Italy, Norway and Sweden qualified for the World Cup." "(7 teams competing for 1 berth)" The 1991 CONCACAF's Women's Championship, despite being an unofficial competition, determined the CONCACAF's single qualifier for the World Cup – the winner, the United States. The tournament took place in Port-au-Prince, Haiti in April 1991 and consisted of 8 teams. Knockout Stage "United States qualified for the World Cup." "(3 teams competing for 1 berth)" Only three teams participated in the tournament which took place in Sydney, Australia in
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Nigeria qualified for the World Cup like in the last four editions, while Cameroon qualified for the first time. A total of 15 CAF member national teams entered the qualifying rounds. Qualification ties were played on a home-and-away two-legged basis. If the aggregate score was tied after the second leg, the away goals rule would be applied, and if still level, the penalty shoot-out would be used to determine the winner (no extra time would be played). The three winners of the second round qualified for the FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup. The schedule of the qualifying rounds was as
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instead of allowing European nations to qualify to the World Cup through the Euro Beach Soccer League. Hosts Spain won the championship, with neighbours Portugal finishing second. Russia beat Italy in the third place play off, but regardless of the result, both teams qualified to the World Cup, along with the finalists. The North, Central America and the Caribbean Zone qualifiers took place between April 17 and April 19 in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico. Mexico and El Salvador were the two finalists, meaning they both qualified for the World Cup; Mexico for the second time and El Salvador for the first.
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points, and a play-off on neutral ground was played to decide who would qualify. Czechoslovakia qualified. Italy qualified. Soviet Union qualified. Sweden qualified. Belgium qualified. West Germany qualified. Bulgaria qualified. 1970 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA) The European (UEFA) zone of qualification for the 1970 FIFA World Cup saw 29 teams competing for eight places at the finals. UEFA members England qualified automatically as the defending champions. The qualification process started on 19 May 1968 and ended on 7 December 1969. FIFA rejected the entry of Albania, and both Malta and Iceland withdrew before the draw was made. The remaining
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eventual finalists Netherlands. The current national coach in Slovakia is Vladimír Weiss. The national team of women is trained by Zsolt Paluszta. Football in Slovakia Slovakia has participated in international football as an independent nation ever since 1993 when Czechoslovakia was divided into two new states. Slovakia qualified to the World Cup for the first time in 2010, where the side upset perennial power Italy and lost in the Round of 16. They qualified for the UEFA European Championships for the first time since independence in 2016. Football is the most popular sport in the Slovak Republic. The Slovak Football
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1933–34 in Belgian football The 1933–1934 season was the 34th season of competitive football in Belgium. The Belgium national football team qualified for the 1934 FIFA World Cup in Italy but they lost in the first round to Germany (2-5). RU Saint-Gilloise became the first club to win 10 Premier Division titles. Belgium qualified for the FIFA World Cup finals for the second time by finishing in second place of European Group 7, ahead of Irish Free State on goal average. Belgium then lost in the round of 16 of the World Cup finals to Germany, who would eventually finish
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New Zealand and Papua New Guinea. This competition also served as the qualifying process for the 1991 FIFA Women's World Cup. New Zealand finished first and qualified for the World Cup. In 1995, Papua New Guinea was the host. This edition featured the same teams from the previous edition. Australia won the tournament this time and qualified for the 1995 FIFA Women's World Cup in Sweden. The American Samoa and Samoa made their debuts in 1998. This time, the competition took place in Australia, and was won by them. The country won again in 2003. This was their last participation
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Sport in the United Arab Emirates Sport in the United Arab Emirates is widely practiced by the people of the UAE. Football is the most popular sport in the UAE. Among the notable UAE sports achievements is the 2002–03 AFC Champions League won by Al Ain FC who also finished second in the 2005 AFC Champions League. The UAE qualified for the FIFA World Cup for the first and only time so far in 1990, the fourth Middle-Eastern country to have qualified for the World Cup after first Egypt (qualified for Italy in 1934), then, Kuwait (qualified for Spain in
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last competitions counted as a single World Cup win: notably, this remains the only time in World Cup history when the results from more than one competition were counted as a single combined event. All 18 locations which have been hosting world cup events for men this season. 1979–80 FIS Ski Jumping World Cup The 1979/80 FIS Ski Jumping World Cup was the 1st World Cup season in ski jumping. It began in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy on 27 December 1979 and finished in Štrbské Pleso, Czechoslovakia on 25 March 1980. The individual World Cup was won by Hubert Neuper, who
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Ireland drew the next two matches but ultimately qualified for the knockout stages where they played Romania. The match ended 0–0 and Ireland won on penalties 5–4 which sent Ireland into the quarter-final showdown against the tournament host Italy. There Ireland lost 1–0 via a Salvatore Schillaci goal in the 38th minute that sent the Irish out of the competition. In 1994, Ireland participated in their second consecutive World Cup. This time they were drawn with Mexico, Norway and Italy. Ireland won their first game against Italy which was the first time Ireland had won a World Cup match and
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toss a coin to see who reached the final, rather than play a replay. Italy won, and went on to become European champions. On 8 June 1968, the Soviets were defeated by England in the third place match. The 1970 World Cup started with the match between Mexico and the Soviet Union. The Soviet team became the first team to make a substitution in World Cup history in this match. Other opponents in their group were Belgium and El Salvador. The Soviet team easily qualified to the quarter-final where they lost against Uruguay in extra time. This was the last
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2–1 at home and qualified for the World Cup for the first time. Cameroon were placed in Group 1, where they surprised everyone by remaining undefeated. They drew 0–0 with Peru, 0–0 with Poland, and 1–1 with Italy. Grégoire Mbida scored Cameroon's first World Cup finals goal. Italy had also drawn its three matches, so also had a goal difference of 0, but had scored two goals to Cameroon's one, so Cameroon were eliminated. This was especially painful because in their opening match against Peru, Cameroon striker Roger Milla had a goal wrongly disallowed for offside. Algeria were placed in
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1 and 2 respectively. In July of the following year, Argentina qualified as Americas 1 by defeating Uruguay 26–0 in Buenos Aires. Americas 2 was filled in August when Canada defeated the United States 56–7 in Newfoundland. The United States went on to qualify as Americas 3 after beating Uruguay in a two-legged tie in early October. That month also saw Italy qualify as Europe 1 after defeating Russia 67–7 in Moscow, reaching the first place in its qualifying group; Romania defeated Spain 43–20 in Madrid, and also qualified for the World Cup as Europe 2. Namibia qualified for their
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Romania at the FIFA World Cup This is a record of Romania's results at the FIFA World Cup. Romania participated at 7 of 21 final tournaments of the World Cup. They were one of the few European participants at the inaugural edition held in Uruguay in 1930. The best performance of the team was in 1994 in United States, when Romania reached quarter-finals after defeating Diego Maradona's Argentina. They eventually lost to Sweden after a penalty shoot-out. The last time Romania qualified was in 1998 in France, when they reached the round of 16, losing to Croatia. The best scorer
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volleyball team qualified for the Olympics by attaining a top two finish at the 2015 FIVB World Cup in Japan. Italy women's volleyball team qualified for the Olympics by virtue of a top three national finish at the first meet of the World Olympic Qualifying Tournament in Tokyo, Japan. Italy men's water polo team qualified for the Olympics by virtue of a top four finish at the Olympic Qualification Tournament in Trieste. ---- Italy women's water polo team qualified for the Olympics by virtue of a top four finish at the Olympic Qualification Tournament in Gouda. ---- Italy has qualified
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September and 15–16 September. France won 3–2 on aggregate and qualified for the 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup. Italy advanced to the repechage qualification. England won 5–2 on aggregate and qualified for the 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup. Switzerland advanced to the repechage qualification. Norway won 3–0 on aggregate and qualified for the 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup. Ukraine advanced to the repechage qualification. Sweden won 4–3 on aggregate and qualified for the 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup. Denmark advanced to the repechage qualification. The four losing teams from the qualification play-offs played-off for the right to play against the
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most recent World Cup final ranking. Indoor Hockey World Cup The Indoor Hockey World Cup is an international indoor field hockey competition organised by the International Hockey Federation (FIH). The tournament was first held in 2003 and it is held every four years. Twelve qualified teams will be divided into two pools. The top two in their pool qualified for first to fourth classification, while third and fourth qualified for fifth to eighth classification, the last two teams will play for last four placing. Qualification is set by the governing body, the International Hockey Federation. The qualified teams include the
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automatically qualified to compete in the 2011 tournament in New Zealand. A similar finishing position in that tournament saw them automatically qualify for the 2015 World Cup in England. Pool 3 matches - Fiji qualified for the highest number of tries (Fiji 6, Italy 5, Argentina 4) Pool A matches - Pool B matches - Pool 2 matches - Group D matches - Pool C matches - The order of Italy's matches in Pool C was New Zealand, Romania, Portugal and Scotland. Pool C of the 2011 Rugby World Cup began on 11 September 2011 and was completed on 2
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previous final four years earlier. Italy finished third and England fourth, after both lost their semi-finals in penalty shootouts. This was the last tournament to feature a team from West Germany, with the country being reunified with East Germany a few months later in October, as well as teams from the Eastern Bloc prior to the end of the Cold War in 1991, as the Soviet Union, Romania, Czechoslovakia and Yugoslavia teams made appearances. Costa Rica, Ireland and the UAE made their first appearances in the finals. As of 2018, this was the last time the UAE qualified for a
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the competition, annulling their results. The four group winners from the second round were drawn into two ties. The winner of each two-legged tie qualified for the 1990 FIFA World Cup. Egypt won 1–0 on aggregate and qualified for the 1990 World Cup. Cameroon won 3–0 on aggregate and qualified for the 1990 World Cup. 1990 FIFA World Cup qualification (CAF) The Confederation of African Football (CAF) section of the 1990 FIFA World Cup qualification saw teams competing for two berths in the final tournament in Italy. 26 nations in total entered the qualifying stage. FIFA rejected the entries of
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on the results from the World Cups during the 2017–18 Luge World Cup season, Italy qualified 7 sleds. Italy has qualified 4 athletes. According to the ISU Special Olympic Qualification Rankings, Italy has qualified 2 men and 5 women. Based on the world rankings, Italy qualified 1 sled. Italy has qualified 8 athletes, 4 men and 4 women. Italy at the 2018 Winter Olympics Italy competed at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea, from 9 to 25 February 2018, with 120 competitors in 14 sports. They won ten medals in total, three gold, two silver and five bronze,
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But Spain were eliminated after Austria's two victories and one loss, and Brazil's one win and two draws meant that Spain had a worse record than both. In 1980, for the first time since 1964, Spain qualified for the European Championships, again held in Italy. However, they were eliminated in the group stage after two 2–1 losses against Belgium and England and a draw against hosts Italy. In 1976, Spain was selected as host of the 1982 World Cup. This edition of the World Cup featured 24 teams for the first time. Expectations were high for Spain as the host
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of French extraction" and a "graceful midfield player" with "impressive skills". Having qualified for the 1974 World Cup by first knocking out Puerto Rico in a play-off, then topping the final group in the capital Port-au-Prince, Haiti was drawn into a very difficult group featuring two-time champions Italy, future champions Argentina, and Poland, who managed third place in the tournament. The most famous goal of Haiti's World Cup run occurred against Italy. The "Azzurri" had not let in a goal in 12 games prior to the World Cup, thanks to goalkeeper Dino Zoff. However, in the opening of the second
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2013 Rugby League World Cup qualification – Europe The 2017 Rugby League World Cup Europe qualification is a rugby league tournament that was held in October 2011 to decide the European qualification for the 2013 Rugby League World Cup. It consisted of a round-robin play-off involving four teams; Russia, Italy, Serbia and Lebanon. Both Italy and Lebanon remained unbeaten, recording two wins and a draw each. However, Italy topped the group as a result of points difference and therefore qualified for the World Cup. Coached by Carlo Napolitano and captained by Anthony Minichiello, Italy's draw with Lebanon was enough for
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to Ireland (32–9) and Canada (37–4). They failed to qualify for the 1991 Rugby World Cup. In 1994 they won the South Pacific championship on try count and so qualified for the Super 10, they finished bottom of their pool with only one point. They qualified for the 1995 World Cup ahead of Fiji on points difference. Tonga managed only two victories in the next two World Cups, against the 29–11 Côte d'Ivoire in 1995 and Italy in 1999. The win over the Côte d'Ivoire brought tragedy when Ivorian winger Max Brito was left paralyzed. June 1999 brought their greatest
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Tunisia and Croatia, both of whom had qualified for the previous three finals; Costa Rica, Ecuador, Poland and Sweden, who had qualified for the previous two editions; 2006 quarter-finalists Ukraine and Euro 2008 semi-finalists Russia and Turkey. The highest ranked team not to qualify was Croatia (ranked 10th), while the lowest ranked team that did qualify was North Korea (ranked 105th). , this was the last time South Africa, New Zealand, North Korea, Paraguay, Slovakia and Slovenia qualified for a FIFA World Cup finals. The following 32 teams, shown with final pre-tournament rankings, qualified for the final tournament. Five new
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five teams each. South Korea, United Arab Emirates, Qatar, China PR, Saudi Arabia and North Korea advanced to the Final Round. South Korea and the United Arab Emirates qualified for the 1990 World Cup, taking the first two places. The United Arab Emirates qualified for the FIFA World Cup for the first time, its only appearance to date, but lost all three of its games: 2–0 to Colombia, 5–1 to West Germany and 4–1 to Yugoslavia. All three of the UAE's first round opponents reached the last 16. They were 24th (and last) place in the rankings. South Korea also
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Cup, when they defeated 3-1 Colombia in the final match. Martínez served as the captain of her national team and was selected Most Valuable Player, and also awarded Best Scorer and Best Spiker. Martínez played her first Senior World Championship in Italy, being dubbed "Caribbean Gamova" helping her national team to start the competition undefeated 5-0 defeating Italy 3-2. After a 7-2 start, her team qualified for the first time to the World Championship third round besides losing 2-3 to China, but could not qualify to the semifinals after losing their two third round matches 2-3 to China and 0-3
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time ever for both teams to reach the knockout phase. 1993 Japan v Iraq football match During the qualification rounds for the 1994 FIFA World Cup, Japan and Iraq played to a 2–2 draw in Doha, Qatar. If Japan had won the match, they would have qualified for the World Cup for the first time. Instead, Japan finished third in their group and arch-rival South Korea qualified instead. The Japanese media refers to the match as the "Agony of Doha" (), whereas the South Korean media, which the country's national football team was qualified as a last minute result of
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at the NORCECA Championships. They won only one of five matches. Of the nine times that USA have competed at the World Cup, they have finished fourth five times, most recently in 2007. They won the event in 1985, and last time out in 2011 they finished in sixth place, eight points away from the medal positions. hat success was the first of two podium finishes for the United States in the World Championships and was followed by a bronze medal in 1994. Four years ago, in Italy, they finished sixth. Of the 14 times the United States have qualified
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tournament. Russia won 6–3 on aggregate and qualified for the final tournament. Azerbaijan won 9–5 on aggregate and qualified for the final tournament. Italy won 9–0 on aggregate and qualified for the final tournament. The following seven teams from UEFA qualified for the final tournament: 2016 FIFA Futsal World Cup qualification (UEFA) The UEFA qualifying competition for the 2016 FIFA Futsal World Cup was a men's futsal competition that determined the seven European national teams taking part in the final tournament in Colombia. The national teams from a total of 45 UEFA member associations entered the qualifying competition. Denmark, Gibraltar,
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the tournament. Inspite of that they reached up to the quarter final, where they lost to Ukraine in a thrilling contest. Italy qualified a girls' team based on their performance at 2017-18 European Youth Continental Cup Final. Italy qualified one boxer based on its performance at the 2017 Youth Women’s World Boxing Championships. Italy qualified one boat based on its performance at the 2018 World Qualification Event. Italy qualified a boys' and girls' combined team based on its ranking in the Youth Olympic Games Junior Nation Rankings. Italy qualified two dancers based on its performance at the 2018 World Youth
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San Marino. After winning six games and drawing four, England qualified unbeaten. The draw for the finals saw England have to play against Italy and Uruguay, both former world champions, which meant that it was the first ever time three World Champions were drawn in the same group, along with Costa Rica. England lost to Italy and Uruguay, and were thus knocked out after two games. The final match against Costa Rica finished as a goalless draw. This performance was statistically their worst ever performance at a World Cup, ending up with just one point after two losses to Uruguay
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because both teams could not agree on a match. As a result, both were disqualified and the Violette Athletic Club were declared the Winner. In 1973, Haiti hosted the CONCACAF Championship, which also served as the qualification for the 1974 World Cup in Germany. Haiti won all but their last match against Mexico but finished with the most points in the tournament and qualified for their first world football championship, where arguably their best football player of all time, Emmanuel Sanon, wrote history. The first half of their debut game against Italy ended in a scoreless draw, but the team
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World Cup debuts, while Italy will take part in the event for the first time since 1999 and Argentina will take part in the event for the first time since 2007. Brazil, Germany, Japan, Nigeria, Norway, Sweden, and the United States qualified for their eighth World Cup, continuing their streak of qualifying for every World Cup held so far. Twelve cities were candidates. The final 9 stadiums were chosen on 14 June 2017; Stade de la Beaujoire in Nantes, Stade Marcel-Picot in Nancy, and Stade de l'Abbé-Deschamps in Auxerre were cut. Three of the stadiums were used at the UEFA
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got their second title, while France their third final. For the first time in World Cup history, three teams that finished second in their respective pools qualified for the semi-finals, while South Africa became the second defending champions not to reach the semi-finals after Australia in 1995. Furthermore, the bottom half of the bracket was entirely composed of the 2012 Rugby Championship teams and the other half was composed of the last four Six Nations champions since the last World Cup. 2011 Rugby World Cup knockout stage The knockout stage of the 2011 Rugby World Cup began on 8 October
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Burke and Kris Boyd scoring two goals each. Scotland then kept out the hosts Japan to secure a goalless draw that won the trophy. The results under Smith had given the country hope, but the UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying group looked horrendously difficult, as Scotland were drawn with France, Italy and Ukraine, who had all qualified for the 2006 FIFA World Cup. The extraordinary difficulty of the group was confirmed when Ukraine reached the quarter-final, while France and Italy both reached the 2006 FIFA World Cup Final, which Italy won on penalties. Scotland at least got off to a good
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Jorge Burruchaga for the winner. The 1990 World Cup was held in Italy. Cameroon, participating in their second World Cup, made it to the quarter-finals after beating Argentina in the opening game. No African country had ever reached the quarter-finals before. Mexico was unable to compete in the 1990 World Cup preliminary competition as a result of a two-year ban for age fraud at a youth championship, an incident known as Los Cachirules. the United States qualified for the first time since 1950. An unpleasant episode marred the South American qualifiers: during the match between Brazil and Chile, a firework
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the second being the 2026 World Cup, which will be hosted by the United States, Mexico and Canada. The general secretary of South Korea's bidding committee, Song Young-shik, stated that FIFA was interested in staging some matches in North Korea in order to aid Korean reunification, but it was ruled out. At the time the decision was made, Japan had never qualified for a World Cup finals (although the Japanese did subsequently qualify for the 1998 competition). The only other countries to have been awarded a World Cup without previously having competed in a final tournament are Italy in 1934
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season this riders deducted from the final score of this league. If they have just as many or more points as the last qualified rider, they have the chance to start at the World Cup Final.) Last time in 2002 the Show jumping World Cup Final was held in Leipzig. The first competition of the Show Jumping World Cup Final, a speed and handiness competition, was held at Thursday afternoon (April 28, 2011). The result of this competition was converted into faults for the World Cup Final standings. Result: At April 29 afternoon the second competition of the Show Jumping
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Final Round. "Japan" advanced to the Final Round. With all of Iran, North Korea and Iraq qualifying for the final round fears were expressed in the United States of those countries potentially turning up at their tournament, since the three nations at the time were under economic sanctions by the United States. Saudi Arabia and South Korea qualified. To date, this is the last time Japan failed to qualify for a World Cup. The following two teams from AFC qualified for the final tournament. 1994 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC) Listed below are the dates and results for the 1994
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2018 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group G The 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification UEFA Group G was one of the nine UEFA groups for 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification. The group consisted of six teams: Spain, Italy, Albania, Israel, Macedonia, and Liechtenstein. The draw for the first round (group stage) was held as part of the 2018 FIFA World Cup Preliminary Draw on 25 July 2015, starting 18:00 MSK (), at the Konstantinovsky Palace in Strelna, Saint Petersburg, Russia. The group winners, Spain, qualified directly for the 2018 FIFA World Cup. The group runners-up, Italy, advanced to the
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2013 FIRS Men's Roller Hockey World Cup The 2013 FIRS Men's Roller Hockey World Cup was the 41st edition of the FIRS Roller Hockey World Cup. It was held in Luanda and Namibe (today Moçâmedes), Angola from 20 to 28 September 2013. This is the first Roller Hockey World Cup organized in Africa. Luanda and Namibe were the host cities of the tournament. "All times are West Africa Time (UTC+1)." The teams to play the World Cup are the first thirteen countries at the last World Cup, and the first three countries qualified at last B World Cup. The group
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With three outright berths, the top three teams qualified. This meant the finalists and the winner of the third-place playoff progressed. Iran and the Philippines became the first teams to qualify via the 2013 FIBA Asia Championship in Manila by advancing to the final. Iran made their second consecutive appearance while the Philippines qualified for the World Cup after 35 years of missing the tournament, their last appearance being in 1978 when they hosted the event. Korea, whose last appearance was in 1998, took the third and last automatic Asian berth after winning third place in the said tournament. The
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2017 she won the Finnish Masters for a second time. She qualified for the 2018 BDO World Darts Championship as one of the Playoff Qualifiers. In the tournament she played Trina Gulliver in the Last 16 losing 2–1. Vicky Pruim Vicky Pruim (born 24 February 1974) is a Belgium-born Swedish darts player who currently plays in British Darts Organisation events. She qualified for the 2002 and 2018 BDO World Darts Championship. In 1990, Pruim reached the Final of the WDF Europe Cup. In 1999, she reached the Last 16 of the WDF World Cup and Quarter Final of the World
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Indoor Hockey World Cup The Indoor Hockey World Cup is an international indoor field hockey competition organised by the International Hockey Federation (FIH). The tournament was first held in 2003 and it is held every four years. Twelve qualified teams will be divided into two pools. The top two in their pool qualified for first to fourth classification, while third and fourth qualified for fifth to eighth classification, the last two teams will play for last four placing. Qualification is set by the governing body, the International Hockey Federation. The qualified teams include the host country, continental champions and the
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2010 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 8 The 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification UEFA Group 8 was a UEFA qualifying group for the 2010 FIFA World Cup. The group comprised 2006 FIFA World Cup winner Italy, Bulgaria, Republic of Ireland, Cyprus, Georgia and Montenegro. The group was won by Italy, who qualified for the 2010 FIFA World Cup. The runners-up the Republic of Ireland entered the UEFA play-off stage. The representatives of the six federations met in Sofia, Bulgaria on 15 January 2008 to decide on a fixture calendar. There were 77 goals scored during the 30 games,
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an average 2.56 goals per game. 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 8 The 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification UEFA Group 8 was a UEFA qualifying group for the 2010 FIFA World Cup. The group comprised 2006 FIFA World Cup winner Italy, Bulgaria, Republic of Ireland, Cyprus, Georgia and Montenegro. The group was won by Italy, who qualified for the 2010 FIFA World Cup. The runners-up the Republic of Ireland entered the UEFA play-off stage. The representatives of the six federations met in Sofia, Bulgaria on 15 January 2008 to decide on a fixture calendar. There were 77
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once. The top two teams went to the Cup stage of the tournament while the third and fourth placed team qualified for the Plate stage. Five and six went to the Bowl finals. Three separate rounds of finals were held, Bowl, the lowest, Plate and Cup. The semi final winners of each group went on to the final while the losers played each other. All teams from the Cup stage were qualified for the next sevens world cup and also the Plate winner. Winner: Russia Winner: Italy "(qualified for the 2009 Sevens world cup)" Winner: Portugal "(all four teams qualified
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New Zealand qualified for the 2010 FIFA World Cup Finals in South Africa and were drawn into Group F with defending champions Italy, Slovakia and Paraguay. After drawing 1–1 with Slovakia in their opening match, New Zealand drew 1–1 with Italy, and in their final match, they also drew 0–0 with Paraguay; meaning they finished third in the group on three points. New Zealand's three draws meant that they were the only unbeaten team at the 2010 World Cup. After the play-off, Bahrain qualified for the 2011 AFC Asian Cup in Qatar. They went on to finish third in Group
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of which last qualified in 1978. Austria, Cameroon, Czechoslovakia and Yugoslavia also returned after missing the 1986 tournament. Among the teams who failed to qualify were 1986 semi-finalists France (missing out their first World Cup since 1974), Denmark, Poland (for the first time since 1970), Portugal and Hungary. The following 24 teams qualified for the final tournament. Twelve stadiums in twelve cities were selected to host matches at the 1990 World Cup. The Stadio San Nicola in Bari and Turin's Stadio delle Alpi were completely new venues opened for the World Cup. The remaining ten venues all underwent extensive programmes
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Italy Davis Cup team The Italy Davis Cup team represents Italy in Davis Cup tennis competition and are governed by the Federazione Italiana Tennis. Italy won the Davis Cup in 1976, and finished as runners-up 6 times (1960, 1961, 1977, 1979, 1980, and 1998). They currently compete in the World Group. They last competed in the highest level in 2000, but winning 3-0 against Chile, on September 16, 2011, won again a pass for the World Group. Italy competed in its first Davis Cup in 1922. Here is the list of all match-ups since 1981, when the competition started being
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arrangement is already defined. 2013 FIRS Men's Roller Hockey World Cup The 2013 FIRS Men's Roller Hockey World Cup was the 41st edition of the FIRS Roller Hockey World Cup. It was held in Luanda and Namibe (today Moçâmedes), Angola from 20 to 28 September 2013. This is the first Roller Hockey World Cup organized in Africa. Luanda and Namibe were the host cities of the tournament. "All times are West Africa Time (UTC+1)." The teams to play the World Cup are the first thirteen countries at the last World Cup, and the first three countries qualified at last B
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for the 2018 Women's Hockey World Cup. Head coach: Roberto Carta Italy women's national field hockey team The Italy women's national field hockey team represents Italy in international field hockey competitions. The team is currently ranked 17th in the FIH World Rankings, with 623 points. Field hockey was first introduced in Italy in 1935, and has since grown in popularity within the country. In July 2017, at the 2016–17 Hockey World League Semifinals in Brussels, Belgium, the Italian women's team secured qualification for the 2018 Hockey World Cup. This is the first major international tournament Italy have qualified for since
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and Rob Rensenbrink from the 1974 selection. The Netherlands were less impressive in the group stages. They qualified as runners-up, after a draw with Peru and a loss to Scotland. In the second group phase, however, the Netherlands topped a group including Italy and West Germany, setting up a final with Argentina. However, the Dutch finished as runners up for the second World Cup in a row as they ultimately lost 3–1 after two extra time goals from Argentina. Unfortunately for the Dutch, Rensenbrink hit the Argentinian post in the last minute of normal time, with the score 1–1. Qualification
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