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Belgium national football team at the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia. Belgium have appeared in the finals tournament of the FIFA World Cup on 14 occasions, the first being at the first FIFA World Cup in 1930 where they finished in 11th place and played the first ever World Cup match against the United States.
In the 2020s, the Belgium national football team played at the UEFA Euro 2020, 2021 UEFA Nations League Finals, 2022 FIFA World Cup and UEFA Euro 2024. [ 1 ] Results
The summarizing tables below show Belgium's official matches per decade. More extensive reports (with dates, scores, goal scorers and match circumstances) can be found on the main articles per decade. This detailed information is currently available only for the 1900s, 1910s, and 1980s onward.
With two draws, the 2002 FIFA World Cup started poorly for Belgium, but they won the decisive group match against Russia 3–2. In the second round, they faced eventual World Cup winners Brazil; Belgium lost 2–0 after Marc Wilmots' headed opening goal was disallowed due to a "phantom foul" on Roque Júnior, as Witzig named it. [41] [233]
The 2022 World Cup squads are close to being confirmed and we are collating all of them as they are made official.
The improved results led to Belgium reaching the top position on the FIFA World Rankings for the first time, in November 2015. [1] They had a setback losing to Wales in the quarter-finals at Euro 2016, but improved there play under a new coach, reaching their best result ever at the 2018 FIFA World Cup, ending third.
In 2018, the Belgian players won bronze at the World Cup (pictured: Jan Vertonghen). FIFA World Cup; Third place (1): 2018 ... RSSSF archive of results 1904– ...
Yahoo Sports' soccer writers ranked all 32 World Cup teams. Here are the aggregate power rankings, with plenty of differences of opinion.