Eleven teams that played in the World Cup and you don’t remember

The Qatar World Cup undoubtedly the great event in football this 2022. The best national team tournament will once again bring together the great stars of the moment with the particularity that this edition should be held for the first time in autumn, due to the climatic which is the condition of the small country of the Persian Gulf.

certainly Qatarthe host, will be the only rookie team in the 22nd edition of the World Wide Football Coup. Is this your first and only participation? That’s why we took the opportunity to save the eleven teams that had a short-lived World Cup and you certainly don’t remember.

1938

Cuba

The choice of Cuba played the Soccer World Cup of 1938, disputed in France. Their classification is due to the demerits of their rivals, as all the teams they had to face in the previous one withdrew. First Colombia and El Salvador, and at a later stage, Costa Rica and Dutch Guyana (now Suriname). His participation in France-1938 was directly in a 3-3 draw against Romania, so he had to play a tiebreaker five days later that ended 2-1 for the Romanian team.

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1938

Netherlands East Indies (now Indonesia)

the football of Indonesiawho has sadly been in the news in recent weeks due to the tragedy at a stadium on the island of Java, can boast of having played a Soccer World Cup. Under the name of Dutch East Indies (since that time it was a colony of the Netherlands). They were the first team from Asia to play in the World Cup because during the qualifying phase, he also saw how his rivals retreated. First he had to deal with Japan, which, when it went to war with China, had retreated from the previous stage. FIFA organized a play-off against the United States to be played in the Netherlands, but the Americans refused to participate. The choice of Dutch East Indies He made his debut in the round of 16, conceding a humiliating 6-0 defeat to Hungary, who would remain runners-up in the tournament.

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1970

Israel

Perhaps more than one will be surprised by the inclusion of the choice of Israel here, but the fact is that the Hebrew group only participated in a world and 42 years have passed since then. The Israeli team is usually seen playing the qualifying rounds for the European and World Cups, but before being accepted by FIFA, Israel was expelled from the Asian Confederation due to its conflict with its Arab neighbors, so it had to participate in the Oceanian qualifying round . This is how he accessed his first and only world: Mexico-1970. After beating New Zealand and Australia earlier, they played a worthy role on Mexican soil: draws against Italy (0-0) and Sweden (1-1) and defeat against Uruguay (2-0 ).

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1974

Haiti

The choice of Haiti is another one of the greats forgotten in the history of World football. They qualified for Germany-74 as the best Central American team after defeating Trinidad and Tobago, Mexico, Honduras, Guatemala and the Netherlands Antilles. Once in the big tournament, they had to suffer severe corrections against the best Poland in history (7-0), Argentina (4-1) and Italy (3-1).

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1974

Zaire (now DR Congo)

The choice of Zaire (first name of current Democratic Republic of the Congo) is the great strange note of world of Germany-74 for being the first country in sub-Saharan Africa to reach the World Cup, because in the qualifying phase it defeated Togo, Cameroon, Ghana, Zambia and Morocco. Once on German soil, Zaire lost 0-2 to Scotland and 9-0 to Yugoslavia. But undoubtedly, the image of his time in world It happened in the third and final match against no less than the reigning champions Brazil. During a foul match, a Zaire player who was on the wall ran and kicked the ball with all his might while everyone was stunned. Years later, it was learned that those players were threatened with death by the dictator Mobutu Sese Seko if they lost by more than three goals against the ‘canarinha’. When Mwepu Ilinga starred in an unusual situation, the score was 3-0, and who knows if with such a distraction, that’s how he saved the lives of his teammates.

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1982

Kuwait

Kuwait is the star of another famous anecdote in the history of World Cups. The Kuwaiti team reached the Spain-82 event after eliminating South Korea, Malaysia, Thailand, New Zealand, China and Saudi Arabia earlier. He is already in the World Cup, he made his debut against Czechoslovakia with a decent 1-1, but against France it was not the same. The Gauls led 3-1 in the 80th minute when Giresse scored France’s fourth goal. The Kuwaiti players protested and claimed that a whistle in the stands had misled them and blamed the conceded goal for that. The protests were such that a sheikh, brother of the Emir of Kuwait, even descended on the field of play, managing to re-arbitrate the match by threatening to withdraw the team, and force them to cancel the goal. Despite this, France would win 4-1. On the final day England won 1-0 and Kuwait had to pack for home.

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1986

Iraq

After watching for years Iraq in the news for the Gulf War first and then for the invasion of the US and its allies, it is difficult to imagine this country choosing from the Persian Gulf in a Soccer World Cup. But it was the same in 1986. After defeating Qatar, Jordan, the United Arab Emirates and Syria in the Asian qualifying round, Iraq He arrived at the Mexico-1970 appointment to accept a full defeat: 1-0 against Paraguay, 1-2 against Belgium and 0-1 against Mexico.

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1990

United Arab Emirates

The choice of United Arab Emirates Arrived at world from Italy-90 after defeating Kuwait, Pakistan, Qatar, China, Saudi Arabia and North Korea in the qualifying phase. Once at the World Cup, their progress was more than short-lived after losing 0-2 against Colombia, 5-1 against West Germany and 4-1 against Yugoslavia.

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1998

Jamaica

The choice of Jamaica this is the caribbean note on world from France-98. The ‘reagge boys’ achieved their World Cup dream after defeating Barbados, Honduras, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Costa Rica, El Salvador and Canada in the qualifying phase. In France they were drawn no more or less by Argentina and Croatia (they lost 5-0 and 1-3, respectively), but they managed to beat Japan 1-2, which allowed them to finish in third position in Group H.

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2006

Trinidad and Tobago

The choice of Trinidad and Tobago was the last representative that the Caribbean had in a Soccer World Cup. It was in Germany-2006, an appointment they reached after defeating the Dominican Republic, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Guatemala and Panama in the qualifying phase. In the world cup, Trinidad and Tobago had a promising debut by drawing 0-0 against Sweden, but then lost 2-0 to England and Paraguay.

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2006

Angola

The choice of Angola he ‘snuck’ in world of Germany-2006 after giving a surprise in the African qualifying phase for world, because it is framed in Nigeria and Algeria, theoretically superior. Both former Portuguese colonies (in addition to Chad, Zimbabwe, Gabon and Rwanda), which got a ticket to Germany, went down. In the World Cup they received a 0-1 defeat in their debut against Portugal, but then drew against Mexico (0-0) and Iran (1-1). Had they managed to win this last game, they would have qualified for the round of 16

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In 22 editions

There were a total of 79 participants

22 participants: Brazil
Thetwenty: Germany
18: Argentina and Italy
17: Mexico
16: France, England and Spain
14: Uruguay and Belgium
13: Serbian
12: Sweden and Switzerland
11: Netherlands, United States, South Korea and Russia
9: Hungary, Czech Republic, Chile and Poland
8: Paraguay, Scotland and Cameroon
7: Austria, Romania, Bulgaria and Japan
6: Colombia, Nigeria, Croatia, Denmark, Costa Rica, Saudi Arabia, Tunisia, Iran and Australia
5: Peru
The4: Algeria, Ghana and Ecuador
The3: Republic of Ireland, Ivory Coast, South Africa, Norway, Greece, Honduras, Egypt, Bolivia and Senegal
Thetwo: Turkey, Slovenia, North Korea, New Zealand, El Salvador, Wales and Canada
The1: Ukraine, Slovakia, Cuba, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Jamaica, Angola, Israel, Iceland, Kuwait, Trinidad and Tobago, Iraq, Togo, Netherlands East Indies (Indonesia), Panama, United Arab Emirates, China, Haiti, and Zaire (DR Congo )
Thedebutante: Qatar