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May 2016, and UEFA decided not to put Kosovo in same group as Bosnia and Herzegovina for security reasons. The group winners, Belgium, qualified directly for the 2018 FIFA World Cup. The group runners-up, Greece, advanced to the play-offs as one of the best 8 runners-up, where they lost to Croatia and thus failed to qualify for the first time since 2006. The fixture list prior to the inclusion of Gibraltar was confirmed by UEFA on 26 July 2015, the day following the draw. Times are CET/CEST, as listed by UEFA (local times are in parentheses). There were 109 goals
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2018 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group H The 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification UEFA Group H was one of the nine UEFA groups for 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification. The group consisted of six teams: Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Greece, Estonia, Cyprus, and Gibraltar. 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. Gibraltar was added to the group after the draw, after becoming FIFA members together with Kosovo in
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scored in 30 matches, for an average of 109/30 round 2 goals per match. A player is automatically suspended for the next match for the following offences: The following suspensions were served during the qualifying matches: 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group H The 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification UEFA Group H was one of the nine UEFA groups for 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification. The group consisted of six teams: Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Greece, Estonia, Cyprus, and Gibraltar. The draw for the first round (group stage) was held as part of the 2018 FIFA World Cup
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May 2016, and UEFA decided not to put Kosovo in same group as Bosnia and Herzegovina for security reasons. The group winners, Belgium, qualified directly for the 2018 FIFA World Cup. The group runners-up, Greece, advanced to the play-offs as one of the best 8 runners-up, where they lost to Croatia and thus failed to qualify for the first time since 2006. The fixture list prior to the inclusion of Gibraltar was confirmed by UEFA on 26 July 2015, the day following the draw. Times are CET/CEST, as listed by UEFA (local times are in parentheses). There were 109 goals
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in February. Russia competed in Group F of World Cup qualification and qualified in first place after a 1–1 draw with Azerbaijan in their last game. In January 2014, after qualification had been achieved, Capello was rewarded with a new four-year contract to last up to the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia. "Group F" Russia played in Group H against South Korea, Belgium and Algeria. In their first group match, against South Korea, goalkeeper Igor Akinfeev fumbled a long-range shot from Lee Keun-ho, dropping it over the line to give the Koreans the lead. Russia then went on to
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with Belgium, Cyprus, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Estonia. Greece national football team results Since 2010 the Greek national football team has twice taken part in the UEFA European Championships: it reached the quarterfinals in 2012 but failed to qualify in 2016. The team also reached the Round of 16 in the 2014 World Cup and in 2017 played in Group H of the qualifying stage for the 2018 World Cup. Greece qualified for Euro 12 final tournament, topping group F with 24 points (7 wins and 3 draws). Greece finished second in Group A of Euro 2012, reaching the knock-out
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achieved in 1998 FIFA World Cup qualification and UEFA Euro 2000 qualifying. France qualified automatically as title holders, and because Belgium and Netherlands, as hosts, had not had to qualify for UEFA Euro 2000, only their 1998 World Cup result was used. Andorra made their debut in World Cup qualifying. The national teams which eventually qualified for the final tournament are presented in bold and the national teams who took part in the play-offs (AFC-UEFA play-off included) are presented in "italic". Table - top row: group winners, second row: group runners-up, third row: others. The winner of each group qualified
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stages, Iran wound up defeated 3–1. The 2018 FIFA World Cup, held in Russia, marked the first time five Asian teams qualified for the FIFA World Cup. Only Japan advanced past the group stage, a feat aided by fair-play points in tie-breaking, at the expense of Senegal. Aside from Australia, who only got a draw and two defeats, the other three had at least one win: Saudi Arabia got a 2-1 comeback over Egypt, Iran defeated Morocco, and in the biggest upset, South Korea beat the defending champions Germany. In the round of 16, Japan surprised a favored Belgium and
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2019 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 6 UEFA Group 6 of the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification competition consisted of five teams: Italy, Belgium, Romania, Portugal, and Moldova (which advanced from the preliminary round). The composition of the seven groups in the qualifying group stage was decided by the draw held on 25 April 2017, with the teams seeded according to their coefficient ranking. The group was played in home-and-away round-robin format between 15 September 2017 and 4 September 2018. The group winners qualified for the final tournament, while the runners-up advanced to the play-offs if
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and UEFA decided not to put Kosovo in group H together with Bosnia and Herzegovina for security reasons. The group winners, Iceland, qualified directly for the 2018 FIFA World Cup. The group runners-up, Croatia, advanced to the play-offs as one of the best 8 runners-up, where they won against Greece and thus qualified too. This was the first time Ukraine was eliminated after the first round, as the team had been eliminated in 1998, 2002, 2010 and 2014 after the play-offs, and qualified in 2006. The fixture list prior to the inclusion of Kosovo was confirmed by UEFA on 26
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but they withdrew from their qualifying tournaments. More than 30 countries, mostly in Asia and Africa, did not enter qualification, including Saudi Arabia, Tunisia and Egypt, which qualified teams for the 2018 FIFA World Cup. As in the previous World Cup cycle, the AFC Women's Asian Cup served as the World Cup qualifying tournament for AFC members. The World Cup qualifying process was as follows: Four teams advanced from the qualifying stage: Philippines (who qualified as Group A runners-up to Jordan who had already automatically qualified for the final tournament as hosts) South Korea (Group B winners), Thailand (Group C
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from 14 to 21 April 2018. (H) Host, (Q) Qualified to next stage The Eastern sub region group was held in Rwanda from 7 to 14 July 2018. (H) Host, (Q) Qualified to next stage The Southern sub region group was held in Botswana from 28 October to 3 November 2018. Zambia, initially listed as an entrant, withdrew before the tournament draw was released. (H) Host, (Q) Qualified to next stage The Regional Finals are scheduled to be held in Uganda from 17 to 26 May 2019. (H) Host 2018–19 ICC World Twenty20 Africa Qualifier The 2018–19 ICC World Twenty20
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2018 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group C The 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification UEFA Group C was one of the nine UEFA groups for 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification. The group consisted of six teams: Germany, Czech Republic, Northern Ireland, Norway, Azerbaijan, and San Marino. The draw was for the first round (group stage) which was not 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, Germany, who finished with a 100% record, qualified directly for
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Zimbabwe's last group match. On 13 March 2018, the ICC confirmed all the umpires for the Super Sixes and playoff matches. These were the final standings at the end of the tournament: 2018 Cricket World Cup Qualifier The 2018 ICC Cricket World Cup Qualifier was a cricket tournament that took place during March 2018 in Zimbabwe. It decided the final qualification for the 2019 World Cup, to be played in England and Wales. The top two teams, Afghanistan and the West Indies, qualified for the World Cup, joining the hosts and the seven teams who had already qualified through their
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Iceland at the FIFA World Cup After 12 failed qualification campaigns, Iceland qualified for the FIFA World Cup, for the first time, in 2018. The 2018 FIFA World Cup was Iceland's second major international tournament, having also qualified for UEFA Euro 2016. Iceland is the smallest nation to reach the World Cup finals, breaking the record set by Trinidad and Tobago. Following a 2–0 home win over Kosovo in the final round of the qualifiers, Iceland secured their spot in Russia 2018, finishing top of Group I by two points over Croatia, who had defeated Iceland in the World Cup
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match. Three days later, on 8 October, Poland officially qualified for the tournament with a 4–2 win over Montenegro; with goals from Krzysztof Mączyński, Grosicki, Lewandowski and an own goal from Filip Stojković. Lewandowski scored 16 goals during qualifying; breaking the European qualifying scoring record, as well as becoming the all-time top goalscorer of Poland. Poland played at the 2018 FIFA World Cup, their first World Cup since 2006, in Group H; against Senegal, Colombia and Japan. Despite the group being considered a close group, Poland were tipped as favorites to advance from the group. In May 2018, Poland named
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Croatia at the FIFA World Cup Croatia national football team have appeared in the FIFA World Cup on five occasions (in 1998, 2002, 2006, 2014 and 2018) since gaining independence in 1991. Before that, from 1930 to 1990 Croatia was part of Yugoslavia. Their best result thus far was silver position at the 2018 final, where they lost 4-2 to France. In the draw for the final tournament, held on 4 December 1997 at Stade Vélodrome in Marseille, Croatia was drawn to play in Group H, along with two other teams which qualified for the World Cup for the first
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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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2018 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group F The 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification UEFA Group F was one of the nine UEFA groups for 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification. The group consisted of six teams: England, Slovakia, Scotland, Slovenia, Lithuania, and Malta. 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, England, qualified directly for the 2018 FIFA World Cup. The group runners-up, Slovakia, were eliminated as
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2018 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group E The 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification UEFA Group E was one of the nine UEFA groups for 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification. The group consisted of six teams: Romania, Denmark, Poland, Montenegro, Armenia, and Kazakhstan. 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, Poland, qualified directly for the 2018 FIFA World Cup. The group runners-up, Denmark, advanced to the
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2018 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group B The 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification UEFA Group B was one of the nine UEFA groups for 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification. The group consisted of six teams: Portugal, Switzerland, Hungary, Faroe Islands, Latvia, and Andorra. 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, Portugal, qualified directly for the 2018 FIFA World Cup. The group runners-up, Switzerland, advanced to
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2018 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group A The 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification UEFA Group A was one of the nine UEFA groups for 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification. The group consisted of six teams: Netherlands, France, Sweden, Bulgaria, Belarus, and Luxembourg. 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, France, qualified directly for the 2018 FIFA World Cup. The group runners-up, Sweden, advanced to the
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2018 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group D The 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification UEFA Group D was one of the nine UEFA groups for 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification. The group consisted of six teams: Wales, Austria, Serbia, Republic of Ireland, Moldova, and Georgia. 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, Serbia, qualified directly for the 2018 FIFA World Cup. The group runners-up, Republic of
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2014 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group H The 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification UEFA Group H was a UEFA qualifying group for the 2014 FIFA World Cup. The group comprised England, Montenegro, Ukraine, Poland, Moldova and San Marino. The group winners, England, qualified directly for the 2014 FIFA World Cup. Ukraine placed among the eight best runners-up and advanced to the play-offs, where they were drawn to play home-and-away matches against France. After winning the first match by two goals, they lost the second by three and thus failed to qualify for the World Cup. The match schedule
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2018 FIFA World Cup Group H Group H of the 2018 FIFA World Cup took place from 19 to 28 June 2018. The group consisted of Poland, Senegal, Colombia, and Japan. The top two teams, Colombia and Japan, advanced to the round of 16. For the first time in World Cup history, the "fair play" rule was invoked to break a tie. Japan and Senegal finished with identical scores and goal differences to tie for second behind Colombia. Japan were awarded the place in the final 16 based on receiving fewer yellow cards in their three matches. In the round
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to a player in a single match. 2018 FIFA World Cup Group H Group H of the 2018 FIFA World Cup took place from 19 to 28 June 2018. The group consisted of Poland, Senegal, Colombia, and Japan. The top two teams, Colombia and Japan, advanced to the round of 16. For the first time in World Cup history, the "fair play" rule was invoked to break a tie. Japan and Senegal finished with identical scores and goal differences to tie for second behind Colombia. Japan were awarded the place in the final 16 based on receiving fewer yellow cards
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in Papua New Guinea in March 2019. Group A was held in Fiji from 25 to 29 August 2018, with the top two teams progressing to the Regional Final. (H) Host, (Q) Qualified to regional finals </noinclude> Group B was held at Friendship Oval at Emilio Aguinaldo College in Dasmariñas, Philippines from 1 to 7 December 2018. The top team progressed to the Regional Finals. (H) Host, (Q) Qualified to regional finals The Regional Finals are scheduled to be held in Papua New Guinea in March 2019. (H) Host 2018–19 ICC World Twenty20 East Asia-Pacific Qualifier The 2018–19 ICC World
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was determined at a meeting in Warsaw, Poland, on 23 November 2011. There were 108 goals scored in 30 matches for an average of 3.60 goals per match. 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group H The 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification UEFA Group H was a UEFA qualifying group for the 2014 FIFA World Cup. The group comprised England, Montenegro, Ukraine, Poland, Moldova and San Marino. The group winners, England, qualified directly for the 2014 FIFA World Cup. Ukraine placed among the eight best runners-up and advanced to the play-offs, where they were drawn to play home-and-away matches
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the 2018 World Group. The draw took place on April 11 in London. Seeded teams Unseeded teams 2017 Davis Cup World Group Play-offs The 2017 Davis Cup World Group Play-offs were held from 15 to 17 September. They were the main play-offs of the 2017 Davis Cup. The winners of the playoffs advanced to the 2018 Davis Cup World Group, and the losers were relegated to their respective Zonal Regions I. Bold indicates team had qualified for the 2018 Davis Cup World Group. "Date: 15–17 September" The eight losing teams in the World Group first round ties and eight winners
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place on April 10 in London. Seeded teams Unseeded teams 2018 Davis Cup World Group Play-offs The 2018 Davis Cup World Group Play-offs were held from 14 to 16 September. They were the main play-offs of the 2018 Davis Cup. The winners of the playoffs advance as seeded to the 2019 Davis Cup Qualifying Round. Bold indicates team had qualified as seeded to the 2019 Davis Cup Qualifying Round. "Date: 14–16 September" The eight losing teams in the World Group first round ties and eight winners of the Zonal Group I final round ties competed in the World Group Play-offs
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2018 Davis Cup World Group Play-offs The 2018 Davis Cup World Group Play-offs were held from 14 to 16 September. They were the main play-offs of the 2018 Davis Cup. The winners of the playoffs advance as seeded to the 2019 Davis Cup Qualifying Round. Bold indicates team had qualified as seeded to the 2019 Davis Cup Qualifying Round. "Date: 14–16 September" The eight losing teams in the World Group first round ties and eight winners of the Zonal Group I final round ties competed in the World Group Play-offs for spots in the 2019 Qualifying Round. The draw took
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Greece national football team results Since 2010 the Greek national football team has twice taken part in the UEFA European Championships: it reached the quarterfinals in 2012 but failed to qualify in 2016. The team also reached the Round of 16 in the 2014 World Cup and in 2017 played in Group H of the qualifying stage for the 2018 World Cup. Greece qualified for Euro 12 final tournament, topping group F with 24 points (7 wins and 3 draws). Greece finished second in Group A of Euro 2012, reaching the knock-out stage of the tournament. Germany won Greece 4-2
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round (the three group winners and the three group runners-up) played against each other home-and-away in a double round-robin format in a single group. The top three teams in the group qualified for the 2018 FIFA World Cup, and the fourth-placed team advanced to the inter-confederation play-offs to face the fifth-placed team from the AFC. This stage is referred to as the "Hexagonal" or "Hex", and has been used by CONCACAF to determine its World Cup finals entrants since the qualification tournament for the 1998 FIFA World Cup. The United States, Mexico, and Costa Rica have qualified for every "Hex"
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From the Northern sub region, Canada and United States also qualified for the Americas Regional Finals. The Southern sub region group was held in Argentina from 26 February to 3 March 2018. (H) Host, (Q) Qualified to next stage </noinclude> The Northern sub region was held in the United States from 20 to 26 September 2018. Originally, the sub region matches were scheduled to start on 19 September, but were postponed by one day because of Hurricane Florence. (H) Host, (Q) Qualified to next stage The top two teams from each sub-region qualified for the finals. 2018–19 ICC World Twenty20
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2010 FIFA World Cup Group H Group H of the 2010 FIFA World Cup began on 16 June and ended on 25 June 2010. The group consisted of Switzerland, Honduras, Chile and reigning European champions Spain. Chile and Spain were in the same group in 1950, in a group from which only the Spanish team qualified for the next round. Chile and Switzerland were also in the same group in 1962, when Chile was host and went on to finish in third place. Switzerland and Spain competed in the same group in 1966, but neither advanced to the next round.
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Croatia at the 2018 FIFA World Cup Croatia participated in the 2018 FIFA World Cup. This was their fifth appearance. Croatia was in Group I of UEFA's World Cup qualifications. They played alongside Iceland, Ukraine, Turkey, Finland and Kosovo. Croatia finished as runner-up in the group and entered the second-round play-offs where the team beat Greece and qualified for the 2018 FIFA World Cup. Croatia national team was led by manager Ante Čačić until 7 October 2017 when he was, due to a series of bad results, replaced by Zlatko Dalić. The results of the group stage Standings The results
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2017 Davis Cup World Group Play-offs The 2017 Davis Cup World Group Play-offs were held from 15 to 17 September. They were the main play-offs of the 2017 Davis Cup. The winners of the playoffs advanced to the 2018 Davis Cup World Group, and the losers were relegated to their respective Zonal Regions I. Bold indicates team had qualified for the 2018 Davis Cup World Group. "Date: 15–17 September" The eight losing teams in the World Group first round ties and eight winners of the Zonal Group I final round ties competed in the World Group Play-offs for spots in
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sport in Senegal. In 2002, the team finished as runners-up at the Africa Cup of Nations and became one of only three African teams to ever reach the quarter-finals of the FIFA World Cup, defeating holders France in their first game. Popular players of Senegal include El Hadji Diouf, Khalilou Fadiga, Henri Camara, Papa Bouba Diop, Salif Diao, Ferdinand Coly, and Sadio Mané all of whom played in Europe. Senegal also qualified for the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia, playing in Group H alongside Japan, Colombia and Poland. Basketball is also a popular sport in Senegal. The country has
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2018 Belgian Cup Final The 2018 Belgian Cup Final, named Croky Cup after the sponsor, was the 64th Belgian Cup final and took place on 17 March 2018. The match was played between Genk, who qualified on 6 February 2018, and Standard Liège who qualified two days later. In a dull match without many chances, Standard Liège won after extra time with the only goal coming from Renaud Emond at the beginning of extra time. As a result, Standard Liège qualified for the 2018–19 UEFA Europa League Group stage. Standard had already won the cup seven times (out of 16
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play-offs four years earlier. Despite finishing bottom of the group, Iceland drew against Argentina national football team 1-1 in the opening match of the group. These nine players have been fielded all three of Iceland's FIFA World Cup matches in 2018. In the match v Argentina on 16 June 2018, Alfreð Finnbogason scored the first goal for Iceland in FIFA World Cup history. Iceland at the FIFA World Cup After 12 failed qualification campaigns, Iceland qualified for the FIFA World Cup, for the first time, in 2018. The 2018 FIFA World Cup was Iceland's second major international tournament, having also
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group, the United Arab Emirates were the first team to qualify for the reigonal final. They were joined by Qatar and Kuwait. From the Eastern sub-region group, Nepal, Singapore and Malaysia qualified for the regional final. (H) Host. (Q) Advanced to the Regional Finals. </noinclude> Kuwait advanced to the Regional Finals after defeating Saudi Arabia in the third-place play-off match (H) Host (Q) Qualified Unlike Western sub-region tournament, there was no play-offs to determine top-3 positions. Rather, the standings from the league was considered. <br> 2018–19 ICC World Twenty20 Asia Qualifier The 2018–19 ICC World Twenty20 Asia Qualifier is the
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Mali, Nigeria, South Africa, and Zambia. Group A Group B Knockout stage (top three teams qualify for World Cup) As in the previous World Cup cycle, the CONCACAF Women's Championship served as the World Cup qualifying tournament for CONCACAF members. The World Cup qualifying process was as follows: Guadeloupe and Martinique entered Caribbean qualifying for the 2018 CONCACAF Women's Championship. However, as they are not FIFA members, they were ineligible to qualify for the World Cup. Costa Rica and Panama qualified from the Central American Zone, while Jamaica, Trinidad and Tobago, and Cuba qualified from the Caribbean Zone. Group A
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2018 FINA Men's Water Polo World Cup The 16th edition of the Men's FINA Water Polo World Cup were be held in Berlin, Germany from September 11 to September 16, 2018. Like the 2002 European Aquatics Championships all matches were contested in the Europasportpark swimming pool. 8 teams qualified for the 2018 FINA World Cup. They were split into two groups of 4 teams. After playing a Round-robin every team advanced to the quarterfinals. The best ranked team of Group A played against the fourth ranked team of Group B, the second ranked team of Group A against the third
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2018 FIFA World Cup qualification – AFC Third Round The third round of AFC matches for 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification was played from 1 September 2016 to 5 September 2017. A total of 12 teams which advanced from the second round (the eight group winners and the four best group runners-up) were divided into two groups of six teams to play home-and-away round-robin matches. The top two teams of each group have qualified for the 2018 FIFA World Cup, and the two third-placed teams advanced to the fourth round. The draw for the third round was held on 12
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2018 Cricket World Cup Qualifier The 2018 ICC Cricket World Cup Qualifier was a cricket tournament that took place during March 2018 in Zimbabwe. It decided the final qualification for the 2019 World Cup, to be played in England and Wales. The top two teams, Afghanistan and the West Indies, qualified for the World Cup, joining the hosts and the seven teams who had already qualified through their ranking in the ICC ODI Championship. Afghanistan won the tournament, beating the West Indies by 7 wickets in the final. Afghanistan's Mohammad Shahzad was named the player of the match and Zimbabwe's
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the inter-confederation play-offs. 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification – CONCACAF Fifth Round The fifth round (also known as the "Hexagonal" or "Hex") of CONCACAF matches for 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification was played from 11 November 2016 to 10 October 2017. Mexico, Costa Rica, and Panama qualified for the 2018 FIFA World Cup, while Honduras qualified for (and was later eliminated in) the inter-confederation play-offs, and United States (who failed to qualify for the World Cup for the first time in 32 years) and Trinidad and Tobago were eliminated in this round. A total of six teams which had advanced
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2018 FIFA World Cup qualification – CONCACAF Fifth Round The fifth round (also known as the "Hexagonal" or "Hex") of CONCACAF matches for 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification was played from 11 November 2016 to 10 October 2017. Mexico, Costa Rica, and Panama qualified for the 2018 FIFA World Cup, while Honduras qualified for (and was later eliminated in) the inter-confederation play-offs, and United States (who failed to qualify for the World Cup for the first time in 32 years) and Trinidad and Tobago were eliminated in this round. A total of six teams which had advanced from the fourth
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Jamaica qualified for the World Cup. Jamaica qualified first time for the World Cup. Jamaica ended in Group H, along with Argentina, Croatia, and Japan. Their first game was a 3–1 defeat to Croatia in Lens, with Robbie Earle scoring Jamaica's goal. It was followed by a 5–0 defeat to Argentina at Paris' Parc des Princes. Jamaica ended its participation with a 2–1 victory over Japan in Lyon, with Theodore Whitmore scoring both goals. The team finished 22nd out of the 32 teams. In the 1998 World Cup in France, USA team lost all three group matches, 2–0 to Germany,
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2018 FIFA World Cup seeding The draw for the 2018 FIFA World Cup took place on 1 December 2017 at the State Kremlin Palace in Moscow, Russia. It determined the group in which each of the 32 qualified national teams will play in at the start of the tournament. The teams were divided into four pots of eight, with one team selected from each pot to form a group. Unlike previous editions of the World Cup, all pots were determined by each national team's October 2017 FIFA World Ranking, with Pot 1 containing the highest-ranked teams, Pot 2 containing the
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Overwatch World Cup 2018 The Overwatch World Cup 2018 was an "Overwatch" esports tournament, organized by Blizzard Entertainment, the game's developer. It was the third Overwatch World Cup. It featured 24 represented nations from around the world, with the final tournament taking place at the Anaheim Convention Center from November 2–3, 2018. The average skill rating of the top 150 players from the top 20 countries determined the countries who qualified for the tournament. The four host countries, South Korea, Thailand, France, and the United States, automatically qualified. Blizzard selected each team's General Manager, while the head coaches were selected
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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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who also finished 5th in all-around at the 1975 Worlds, although the competition was not attended by rhythmic powerhouses Bulgaria, East Germany, and the Soviet Union. In 2018 season, on March 30-April 1, Minagawa began the world cup events competing at the 2018 Sofia World Cup finishing 10th in the all-around, she qualified in ball final finishing in 7th. on April 13–15, Minagawa competed at the 2018 Pesaro World Cup finishing 10th in the all-around, she then qualified in the hoop final. On April 27–29, Minagawa participated at the 2018 Baku World Cup where she won finished 7th in the
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April 2016, at 16:30 MST (), at the Mandarin Oriental Hotel in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The seeding were based on the FIFA World Rankings of April 2016 (shown in parentheses below). The 12 teams were seeded into six pots: Each group contained one team from each of the six pots. The fixtures of each group were automatically decided based on the respective pot of each team. Note: Bolded teams qualified for the World Cup. "Italicised" teams qualified for the fourth round. There were 129 goals scored in 60 matches, for an average of 129/60 round 2 goals per match. 2018
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by Mexican TV presenter Vanessa Huppenkothen with the assistance of former Spain international Fernando Hierro. The first legs were played on 9–11 November, and the second legs were played on 12–14 November 2017. Times are CET () as listed by UEFA (local times are in parentheses). <onlyinclude> </onlyinclude> Switzerland won 1–0 on aggregate and qualified for the 2018 FIFA World Cup. Croatia won 4–1 on aggregate and qualified for the 2018 FIFA World Cup. Denmark won 5–1 on aggregate and qualified for the 2018 FIFA World Cup. Sweden won 1–0 on aggregate and qualified for the 2018 FIFA World Cup.
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leading the league for much of the first half of the season before the league's pause during the 2018 FIFA World Cup. Flamengo finished 6th in the 2017 Brasileirão and therefore qualified directly to the 2018 Copa Libertadores group stage and the 2018 Copa do Brasil round of 16. On January 8 it was made official that head coach Reinaldo Rueda would be leaving Flamengo to manage the Chilean national team (who had failed to qualify for the 2018 FIFA World Cup). Ruelda took Flamengo to the finals of the 2017 Copa Sudamericana and the Copa do Brasil, failing to
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and 4 into Group B, series winners 5 and 6 into Group C). As the draw was held before the third round was played, the identities of the third round winners were not known at the time of the draw. The fixtures of each group were automatically decided based on the respective pot or series won of each team. Note: Bolded teams qualified for the fifth round. 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification – CONCACAF Fourth Round The fourth round of CONCACAF matches for 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification was played from 13 November 2015 to 6 September 2016. A total
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life, for few others promise any drama" Of 2006 World Cup Group C, Gary Lineker said after Argentina's demolition of Serbia and Montenegro, "Argentina produced one of the great performances in recent World Cup history. The group of death has become the group of life." However, "Group of Life" has also been used as the opposite of "Group of Death", to mean an easy group with weak teams: examples include 2002 World Cup Group H; 2006 World Cup UEFA qualifying Group 6; 2006 World Cup Group D; 2010 World Cup Group C; and 2018 World Cup Group A. Chuck Culpepper
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and tenth overall title. Australia qualified by finishing second in the 2017 FIBA Asia Women's Cup. They were drawn into Group B with , and . The Americans qualified by virtue of being the defending Olympic champions, after defeating in the 2016 gold medal game. They were drawn into Group D with , and . This was the eleventh meeting between Australia and the United States in the World Cup, with the USA leading the head-to-head 10–0. It was the first meeting between the two in a World Cup final. The teams entered the game with an even deeper familiarity
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to England and the Republic of Ireland. They qualified for the first time in 1986, where they won all three of their Group Stage matches including a 2-0 against title contenders West Germany, but were eliminated by Spain in the next round. Since then, the Danish national team has regularly qualified for FIFA World Cup Finals and have made their fifth appearance in Russia 2018. Their best performance was in 1998, where they reached the quarter finals. Awards Records Denmark at the FIFA World Cup The FIFA World Cup, sometimes called the Football World Cup or the Soccer World Cup,
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qualified. Following the first fixtures in round seven, they were joined by Scotland and Hong Kong. The Netherlands ended up winning the tournament, with Scotland finishing second followed by Hong Kong in third and Papua New Guinea fourth. The top two teams from the 2018 ICC World Cricket League Division Two qualified for the 2018 World Cup Qualifier. Nepal and the United Arab Emirates placed first and second in the round-robin stage, thus claiming the final places in the Qualifier. The United Arab Emirates won the final of the Division Two tournament to go into Group A, with Nepal placed
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played full 90 minutes in all three matches for Team Melli, where Iran eliminated in the group stage. However, he missed 2015 AFC Asian Cup due to injury. He was also called up to play in the 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification and made a strong partnership with Morteza Pouraliganji as Iran qualified for the 2018 FIFA World Cup without conceding a single goal. In May 2018 he was named in Iran's preliminary squad for the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia. His brother, Nadar Montazeri plays for the Iran national rugby union team and his cousin, Roozbeh Madadi currently
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other competitive meeting was during the group stage of Euro 2004, which finished as a 2–2 draw. Their next, and most recent, meeting was in a March 2011 friendly match, which finished as a 0–0 draw. France entered the 2018 World Cup as one of the favourites to win the tournament, particularly for their strong squad featuring several youth talents. The team finished as runners-up to Portugal at Euro 2016, which the country hosted. The team qualified for the World Cup finals after finishing first in their qualification group, ahead of Sweden and the Netherlands. At the World Cup, France
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2018 FIFA World Cup qualification – CAF Third Round The third round of CAF matches for 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification was played from 7 October 2016 to 14 November 2017. A total of 20 teams which had advanced from the second round were drawn into five groups of four teams to play home-and-away round-robin matches. The winners of each group qualified for the 2018 FIFA World Cup. The draw for the third round was held on 24 June 2016, 17:00 EET (), at the CAF headquarters in Cairo, Egypt. The seedings - initially released on 8 June 2016 -
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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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13th overall Champions League title, becoming the first team to achieve three back-to-back titles since Bayern Munich defeated Saint-Étienne in the 1976 European Cup Final; it was additionally their fourth title in five seasons. They also earned the right to play the winners of the 2017–18 UEFA Europa League, Atlético Madrid, in the 2018 UEFA Super Cup and to enter the semi-finals of the 2018 FIFA Club World Cup. They also qualified to enter the group stage of the 2018–19 UEFA Champions League, but since they already qualified through their league performance, the berth reserved was given to the champions
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of UEFA, which had at least one, but no more than two in a group. All teams were seeded using the October 2017 FIFA World Rankings, which numbers in parenthesis show, released on 16 October 2017. According to the FIFA rankings, the strongest group was E (combining for 4415 points), followed by F (4151), B (4128), C (4101), D (4099), G (3953), H (3944) and the weakest was the host nation's group A (2991). 2018 FIFA World Cup seeding The draw for the 2018 FIFA World Cup took place on 1 December 2017 at the State Kremlin Palace in Moscow,
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the 2016 edition of the OFC Nations Cup again doubled as the second round of the OFC qualifying competition for the 2018 FIFA World Cup. Samoa won a close first-round group involving four teams, and qualified for a second round stage consisting of two four-team groups and also serving as the 2016 OFC Nations Cup (in that tournament, the top two teams in each group met in knock-out semi finals and final, with New Zealand beating Papua New Guinea on penalties after a goalless stalemate in the final). The top three teams in each of the groups qualified for the
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started competing as a separate nation. "Since 1992 (Last updated: Croatia - Estonia ; 10 February 2018)" Croatia Fed Cup team The Croatia Fed Cup team represents Croatia in Fed Cup tennis competition and are governed by the Croatian Tennis Association. They currently compete in the Europe/Africa Zone Group I. "Prior to 1992 see Yugoslavia Fed Cup team" Croatia competed in its first Fed Cup in 1992 and qualified for the first time in World Group in 1993. They reached the Quarterfinals in 2002. The following players were called up for the 2018 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group I –
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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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World Cups during the 2017–18 Luge World Cup season, Romania qualified 4 sleds. Based on the world rankings, Romania qualified 1 sled. Romania at the 2018 Winter Olympics Romania competed at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea, from 9 to 25 February 2018, with 27 competitors in 8 sports. The following is the list of number of competitors participating at the Games per sport/discipline. Romania qualified two athletes, one male and one female. Based on their Nations Cup ranking in the 2016–17 Biathlon World Cup, Romania has qualified 5 men. Based on their rankings in the 2017–18 Bobsleigh
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fixtures of each group were decided based on the respective draw position of each team, which was decided by drawing a ball with position numbers 1–4. Note: Bolded teams qualified for the World Cup. There were 144 goals scored in 61 matches, for an average of 144/61 round 2 goals per match. 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification – CAF Third Round The third round of CAF matches for 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification was played from 7 October 2016 to 14 November 2017. A total of 20 teams which had advanced from the second round were drawn into five groups
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in advance. Teams in Bold qualified for the second round Teams in Bold qualified for the second round 2018–19 Scottish League Cup group stage The 2018–19 Scottish League Cup group stage was played from 14–28 July 2018. A total of 40 teams competed in the group stage. The winners of each of the eight groups, as well as the four best runners-up progressed to the second round (last 16) of the 2018–19 Scottish League Cup. The group stage consisted of eight groups of five teams. The four clubs competing in the Champions League (Celtic) and Europa League (Aberdeen, Hibernian and
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Croatia Fed Cup team The Croatia Fed Cup team represents Croatia in Fed Cup tennis competition and are governed by the Croatian Tennis Association. They currently compete in the Europe/Africa Zone Group I. "Prior to 1992 see Yugoslavia Fed Cup team" Croatia competed in its first Fed Cup in 1992 and qualified for the first time in World Group in 1993. They reached the Quarterfinals in 2002. The following players were called up for the 2018 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group I – Pool C matches in February 2018. Here is the list of all match-ups since 1992, when Croatia
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They won the match to take the second qualifying place. 1998 FIFA World Cup Group G At the 1998 FIFA World Cup, the 32 teams were divided into eight groups of four, labelled A–H. The four teams in Group G were England, Romania, Colombia and Tunisia. With wins in their first two games against Colombia and England, followed by a draw against Tunisia, Romania won the group and qualified for the round of 16. England and Colombia were level on points before they played each other in their final match, each having defeated Tunisia and lost to Romania. England, with
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1998 FIFA World Cup Group G At the 1998 FIFA World Cup, the 32 teams were divided into eight groups of four, labelled A–H. The four teams in Group G were England, Romania, Colombia and Tunisia. With wins in their first two games against Colombia and England, followed by a draw against Tunisia, Romania won the group and qualified for the round of 16. England and Colombia were level on points before they played each other in their final match, each having defeated Tunisia and lost to Romania. England, with a better goal difference, only required a draw to advance.
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first stage, the 32 qualified teams will be sorted into eight groups of four (A–H), each team in a group will play each other once. The top two teams from each group will then advance to the second group stage. In the second group stage there will be four groups (I–L) of four made up of the teams that advanced from the first round, again playing each other once. The top two teams from groups I to L will qualify for the final knockout phase. 2023 FIBA Basketball World Cup The 2023 FIBA Basketball World Cup will be the 19th
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are local." The 24 national teams that qualified for EuroBasket 2017, automatically qualified for this stage. They were joined by 8 teams qualified through the Pre-Qualifiers. In total, 32 teams were divided into 8 home-and-away round robin groups, of 4 teams. The allocation of teams from the first round was determined on 24 August 2017, with the only restriction of not drawing Serbia and Kosovo in the same group. Games were played during November 2017, February 2018, June 2018, and July 2018.. The top three teams from each group will advance to the Second round. The bottom team from each
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which was followed by a 2–1 loss to Slovakia. Russia qualified for the 2017 Confederations Cup as hosts. Group A On 2 December 2010, Russia were selected to host the 2018 World Cup and automatically qualified for the tournament. During the friendly matches prior to the tournament, Russia did not have good results. The team lost more games than it won and this made their FIFA ranking fall to 70th, the lowest among all World Cup participants. Russia were drawn to play Saudi Arabia, Egypt and Uruguay in the group stage. Despite a series of poor results in warm-up games,
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the play-offs as one of the best 8 runners-up, where they won against Northern Ireland and thus qualified too. The fixture list was confirmed by UEFA on 26 July 2015, the day following the draw. Times are CET/CEST, as listed by UEFA (local times are in parentheses). There were 82 goals scored in 30 matches, for an average of 82/30 round 2 goals per match. A player is automatically suspended for the next match for the following offences: The following suspensions were served during the qualifying matches: 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group B The 2018 FIFA World
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tournament are presented in bold; the national teams who took part in the play-offs are presented in "italic"). The football associations of Gibraltar and Kosovo became members of FIFA following the draw but before any games had been played. As both associations became eligible to compete in the 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifiers, on 9 June 2016 it was decided Gibraltar would join Group H and Kosovo would join Group I, the only groups with five teams. In addition, it was decided that Kosovo could not play against Bosnia and Herzegovina or Serbia for security reasons, due to the disputed
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1954 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA – Group 5/Group 6/Group 9) Austria qualified. Head coach: Walter Nausch Head coach: Salvador do Campo Spain and Turkey finished level on points, and a play-off on neutral ground was played to decide who would qualify. Turkey qualified after drawing lots. Since the 1970 FIFA World Cup finals, goal difference has been used as a tiebreaker for future qualifying rounds. Had those rules been in place, Spain would have qualified, and Turkey would have been eliminated. A 14-year-old local (i.e. Roman) boy whose father worked at the stadium, Luigi Franco Gemma, picked Turkey's name
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on 14 June 2018. Javed Ahmadi Javed Ahmadi (born 2 January 1992) is an Afghan cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman who bowls right-arm off break. He currently represents the Afghanistan national cricket team. He was one of the eleven cricketers to play in Afghanistan's first ever Test match, against India, in June 2018. Ahmadi first represented Afghanistan in age group cricket, and was a member of the Afghanistan Under-19 cricket team which, for the first time in history, qualified for the 2010 ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup in New Zealand. Ahmadi represented Afghanistan during the World Cup. Ahmadi's senior
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7 – 0, with Jeudy, Mondésir, Roseline Eloissaint and Melchie Daelle Dumonay all contributing goals. They opened group play against Anguilla. Roster who competed at the 2018 CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship and for the first time in history, qualified for the 2018 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup. Haiti women's national under-20 football team The Haiti women's national under-20 football team represents Haiti in international football for women at this age level and is controlled by the Fédération Haïtienne de Football (FHF). The team participated in the 2016 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup qualification in Honduras. The roster included Nérilia Mondésir,
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from the lots with his eyes blindfolded. Head coach: Sandro Puppo Head coach: Luis Iribarren Italy qualified. Head coach: Technical Commission: Lajos Czeizler, Angelo Schiavio, Silvio Piola Head coach: Abdulrahman Fawzi 1954 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA – Group 5/Group 6/Group 9) Austria qualified. Head coach: Walter Nausch Head coach: Salvador do Campo Spain and Turkey finished level on points, and a play-off on neutral ground was played to decide who would qualify. Turkey qualified after drawing lots. Since the 1970 FIFA World Cup finals, goal difference has been used as a tiebreaker for future qualifying rounds. Had those rules
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2013 Rugby World Cup Sevens. Additionally, the top four teams not already qualified from the 2016–17 Women's World Sevens Series also qualified. The remaining eight places will be filled via continental qualifiers. 2018 Rugby World Cup Sevens The 2018 Rugby World Cup Sevens was the seventh edition of the Rugby World Cup Sevens. Organised by World Rugby, it was held at AT&T Park in San Francisco, United States. A total of 84 matches (52 men's and 32 women's) were played over three days from July 20–22, 2018 with both tournaments being played for the first time in a knock-out only
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Team event South Korea men's national ice hockey team qualified as the host. South Korea women's national ice hockey team qualified as the host. In January 2018, it was announced that the South Korean team would be amalgamated with a group of North Korean players to form a single Korean team in the tournament. In this team, at least three North Korean players were selected for each game. Based on the results from the World Cups during the 2017–18 Luge World Cup season, South Korea qualified four sleds. According to the ISU Special Olympic Qualification Rankings, South Korea qualified a
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to qualify directly to the World Cup. He played in the two leg tie Asian play-off against Syria. The match was ended 3-2 on aggregate. He also played in the second leg game of 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification (CONCACAF–AFC play-off) against Honduras. This was the match who decided the last spot of 2018 FIFA World Cup. The match ended in favour of Australia by 3-1. With that, Australia qualified in the World Cup finals for the fourth time in a row. In May 2018 he was named in Australia's 23-man squad for the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia.
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1998 FIFA World Cup Group C At the 1998 FIFA World Cup, the 32 teams were divided into eight groups of four, labelled A–H. Group C was composed of Saudi Arabia, South Africa, Denmark and host nation France. Denmark and France started well, defeating Saudi Arabia and South Africa respectively. Next, France scored four to eliminate Saudi Arabia and qualify with a match to spare, while Denmark and South Africa drew. Needing a big win in their final game, against Saudi Arabia, South Africa conceded two penalties and could only draw, so Denmark still qualified despite losing their final game
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Championships and Shanghai Jiading City Development, who advanced to the third round of 2017 Chinese FA Cup will participate in this round. Hangzhou Wuyue Qiantang, already qualified as top five teams in the south group, left a vacancy which was filled by Nanchang Honggutan Teneng. Shenyang West Winner, already qualified as top eight teams in the north group, withdrew and replaced by Chifeng Hongshan Shire. Format of Qualifying Round was a variation of Double-elimination tournament with three rounds as follows. Shenzhen Pengcheng and Sichuan Jiuniu replaced Qiqihar Zhongjian and Lhasa Chengtou who withdrew from 2018 China League Two in the
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qualified for the World Cup in 1982. The draw for the order in which the two matches would be played was held by FIFA on 25 July 2015 at the World Cup Preliminary Draw. <onlyinclude></onlyinclude> <onlyinclude></onlyinclude> 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification (OFC–CONMEBOL play-off) The 2018 FIFA World Cup OFC–CONMEBOL qualification play-off was a two-legged home-and-away tie between the winning team of the OFC Third Round, New Zealand, and the fifth-placed team from the CONMEBOL qualifying tournament, Peru. The matches were played on 11 and 15 November 2017. Peru emerged victorious and qualified for the finals of the 2018 FIFA World
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Romania at the 2018 Winter Olympics Romania competed at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea, from 9 to 25 February 2018, with 27 competitors in 8 sports. The following is the list of number of competitors participating at the Games per sport/discipline. Romania qualified two athletes, one male and one female. Based on their Nations Cup ranking in the 2016–17 Biathlon World Cup, Romania has qualified 5 men. Based on their rankings in the 2017–18 Bobsleigh World Cup, Romania has qualified 2 sleds. Romania qualified three athletes, two male and one female. Based on the results from the
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Ranking. Based on the results from the World Cups during the 2017–18 Luge World Cup season, the Czech Republic qualified 4 sleds. Czech Republic qualified 4 athletes: The Czech Republic qualified one skater for women's 1500 m events for the Olympics during the four World Cup events in November 2017. Czech Republic qualified 5 male ski jumpers: The Czech Republic earned the following quotas at the conclusion of the four World Cup's used for qualification. Czech Republic at the 2018 Winter Olympics Czech Republic competed at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea, from 9 to 25 February 2018,
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play-offs as one of the best 8 runners-up, where they won against the Republic of Ireland and thus qualified too. The fixture list was confirmed by UEFA on 26 July 2015, the day following the draw. Times are CET/CEST, as listed by UEFA (local times are in parentheses). There were 96 goals scored in 30 matches, for an average of 96/30 round 2 goals per match. A player is automatically suspended for the next match for the following offences: The following suspensions were served during the qualifying matches: 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group E The 2018 FIFA
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2018, making them record World Cup players for their country. At a score of 6-0 in favour of England at the 2018 World Cup, Felipe Baloy scored after a long free kick by Ricardo Avila for Panama's first World Cup goal. In the following match against Tunisia, Panama scored through an own goal by Tunisian defender Yassine Meriah. Panama at the FIFA World Cup Panama has qualified once for the finals of a FIFA World Cup, the 2018 edition. They directly qualified after securing the third spot in the hexagonal on the final round. This meant that after 10 failed
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2019 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 7 UEFA Group 7 of the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification competition consisted of five teams: Spain, Austria, Finland, Serbia, and Israel (which advanced from the preliminary round). The composition of the seven groups in the qualifying group stage was decided by the draw held on 25 April 2017, with the teams seeded according to their coefficient ranking. The group was played in home-and-away round-robin format between 19 September 2017 and 4 September 2018. The group winners qualified for the final tournament, while the runners-up advanced to the play-offs if
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2019 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 5 UEFA Group 5 of the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification competition consisted of five teams: Germany, Iceland, the Czech Republic, Slovenia, and the Faroe Islands (which advanced from the preliminary round). The composition of the seven groups in the qualifying group stage was decided by the draw held on 25 April 2017, with the teams seeded according to their coefficient ranking. The group was played in home-and-away round-robin format between 14 September 2017 and 4 September 2018. The group winners qualified for the final tournament, while the runners-up advanced
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2019 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 4 UEFA Group 4 of the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification competition consisted of five teams: Sweden, Denmark, Ukraine, Hungary, and Croatia. The composition of the seven groups in the qualifying group stage was decided by the draw held on 25 April 2017, with the teams seeded according to their coefficient ranking. The group was played in home-and-away round-robin format between 15 September 2017 and 4 September 2018. The group winners qualified for the final tournament, while the runners-up advanced to the play-offs if they were one of the four
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2019 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 3 UEFA Group 3 of the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification competition consisted of five teams: Norway, the Netherlands, the Republic of Ireland, Slovakia, and Northern Ireland. The composition of the seven groups in the qualifying group stage was decided by the draw held on 25 April 2017, with the teams seeded according to their coefficient ranking. The group was played in home-and-away round-robin format between 15 September 2017 and 4 September 2018. The group winners qualified for the final tournament, while the runners-up advanced to the play-offs if they
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2019 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 1 UEFA Group 1 of the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification competition consisted of five teams: England, Russia, Wales, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Kazakhstan (which advanced from the preliminary round). The composition of the seven groups in the qualifying group stage was decided by the draw held on 25 April 2017, with the teams seeded according to their coefficient ranking. The group was played in home-and-away round-robin format between 17 September 2017 and 4 September 2018. The group winners qualified for the final tournament, while the runners-up advanced to the
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2019 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 2 UEFA Group 2 of the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification competition consisted of five teams: Switzerland, Scotland, Poland, Belarus, and Albania (which advanced from the preliminary round). The composition of the seven groups in the qualifying group stage was decided by the draw held on 25 April 2017, with the teams seeded according to their coefficient ranking. The group was played in home-and-away round-robin format between 15 September 2017 and 4 September 2018. The group winners qualified for the final tournament, while the runners-up advanced to the play-offs if
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no play was possible due to rain and a wet outfield. Pakistan therefore finished in third place, as they finished their group ahead of Afghanistan on net run rate. In the final, India beat Australia by 8 wickets to win their fourth Under-19 World Cup, the most by any side. The ten full members of the International Cricket Council (ICC), as of 2016, qualified automatically for the tournament. Namibia, which placed seventh at the 2016 World Cup, also qualified automatically as the highest ranked associate member. The other five places in the tournament were awarded to the winners of the
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