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Brazil and Portugal were also drawn in the same group at the 1966 FIFA World Cup, their previous official World Cup match. In 1966, the Portuguese team defeated Brazil 3–1, thus eliminating the defending champions, to advance to the quarter-finals where they encountered and defeated North Korea (another team in Group G) 5–3 after trailing 0 ...
The record for the most goals scored in an international game by a Portuguese player is four, which has been achieved on five occasions: by Eusébio against North Korea at the 1966 World Cup, by Nuno Gomes against Andorra in 2002, by Pauleta against Kuwait in 2003, and the other two by Cristiano Ronaldo, the first against Andorra in 2016 and ...
North Korea and South Korea competed for the first time as a united team, although FIFA attributes its historical data to South Korea. [2] Portugal entered the competition as the defending champions, after winning the previous tournament.
Belgium became the first team to come from two or more goals down to win a World Cup knockout stage match within 90 minutes since Portugal beat North Korea in the 1966 quarter-final (3–0 down, 5–3 win). Japan scored six goals at Russia 2018, their highest ever tally in a single World Cup tournament.
Portugal's World Cup record First Match Portugal 3–1 Hungary (13 July 1966; Manchester, England) Biggest Win Portugal 7–0 North Korea (21 June 2010; Cape Town, South Africa) Biggest Defeat Germany 4–0 Portugal (16 June 2014; Salvador, Brazil) Best Result Third place in 1966: Worst Result Group stage in 1986, 2002 and 2014
Portugal: 2: 0: 0: 2: 3: 12: −9: 0.00: ... The summarizing tables below show North Korea's official matches per period. More extensive reports (with dates, scores ...
With a final pre-tournament FIFA ranking of 105th in the world, North Korea was the lowest-ranked team to qualify for the World Cup since the rankings began in 1993. 2010 was North Korea's first appearance at the World Cup since 1966. The draw placed North Korea in Group G. They played their first match against five-time winners Brazil on 15 June.
North Korea and Portugal players before their 2010 FIFA World Cup group match, in which North Korea suffered its heaviest-ever defeat. In the 2010 FIFA World Cup qualifiers , the Chollimas easily dismissed Mongolia (4–1 and 5–1) then finished second behind South Korea , without any defeats or even conceding a goal in the third round.