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Romania have participated at 7 of 21 final tournaments of the World Cup. They were one of the few European participants at the inaugural edition held in Uruguay in 1930 . The best performance of the team was in 1994 in United States , when Romania reached quarter-finals after defeating Diego Maradona 's Argentina .
Romania was drawn in the so-called "Group of death" alongside the Netherlands, world champions Italy and France, runners-up in the 2006 World Cup. Romania started with a 0–0 draw against a lacklustre France while Italy were soundly beaten by the Netherlands, 3–0.
The East Germans won 2–0 to effectively seal their first ever qualification for the World Cup, which would be held in 1974 west of the Inner German border in West Germany. With East Germany scoring a predictable 4–1 win in Albania, Romania were out, despite a huge 9–0 win over Finland in Bucharest.
The FIFA World Cup, often called the World Cup, is an international association football competition among the senior men's national teams of the members of the Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA), the sport's global governing body.
It is why an estimated five billion people – more than half of the world population -- will tune in to some part of the Qatar World Cup, which kicked off Sunday and runs through Dec. 18.
Since the 1994 FIFA World Cup, 3 points are conceded for a win and 1 point is conceded for a draw. Each group of four teams plays a round-robin schedule. As of the 1986 World Cup, all final group games must be held simultaneously, a rule instituted by FIFA to minimize collusion amongst teams requiring a certain result to advance. FIFA ...
Croatia and Morocco will play in the third-place game at the World Cup on Saturday, with the winner taking home $2 million more than the loser.
The world's game is now on the world's stage — in the winter. This year you can watch World Cup matches between your favorite holiday movies. So why is the tournament so late?