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England played four-time World Cup winners and 1998 runners-up Brazil in the quarter-finals. Despite leading through a Michael Owen goal, a mistake by David Seaman saw England lose 2–1, and Brazil won their fourth World Cup match against England, and went on to win the tournament. [34]
2018 World Cup semi-final: England vs. Croatia 1966 World Cup final lineups: England (red) vs. West Germany. England first appeared at the 1950 FIFA World Cup, and have subsequently qualified for a total of 16 World Cup tournaments, tied for sixth best by number of appearances. [162] [163] They are also placed sixth by number of wins, with 32.
The 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification was the qualifying process which decided the 31 teams that would join hosts Qatar, who received an automatic spot, at the 2022 FIFA World Cup. Parallel tournaments were organised by FIFA 's six confederations .
Group I consisted of six teams: Albania, Andorra, England, Hungary, Poland and San Marino. [2] The teams played against each other home-and-away in a round-robin format. [3] The group winners, England, qualified directly for the World Cup finals, while the runners-up, Poland, advanced to the second round (play-offs).
The 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification will decide the 45 teams that will join hosts Canada, Mexico, and the United States at the 2026 FIFA World Cup. Qualification began on 7 September 2023 with three matches of the CONMEBOL zone played that day. [1] The first goal of the qualification series was scored by Colombian player Rafael Santos Borré.
The berths for the inaugural 1930 tournament were filled by invitation only. The 1934 one was the first one to have an actual qualifying phase.The first ever World Cup qualifying match was played on 11 June 1933, when Sweden defeated Estonia 6–2 in Stockholm, and the first goal was scored 7 minutes into the game, with some sources [1] attributing it to Swedish captain Knut Kroon while others ...
Most goals in a World Cup qualifying campaign Harry Kane, 12, 2022 World Cup qualifying Most goals in a World Cup finals match Geoff Hurst, 3, 30 July 1966, 4–2 vs. West Germany [15] Gary Lineker, 3, 11 June 1986, 3–0 vs. Poland [15] Harry Kane, 3, 24 June 2018, 6–1 vs. Panama [15] Most goals in a World Cup qualifying match
The European section of the 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification acted as qualifiers for the 2022 FIFA World Cup, to be held in Qatar, for national teams that are members of the Union of European Football Associations . [1] A total of 13 slots in the final tournament were available for UEFA teams. [2]