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FIFA World Cup history 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, 2014
The World Cup Finals is the most widely viewed sporting event in the world, with an estimated 715.1 million people watching the 2006 tournament final. Portugal men's team have qualified for the final phase of the FIFA World Cup on eight occasions: in 1966, 1986, 2002 and every final phase held since.
The system used in the World Cup up to 1990 was 2 points for a win. In this ranking 3 points are awarded for a win , 1 for a draw and 0 for a loss. As per statistical convention in football, matches decided in extra time are counted as wins and losses, while matches decided by penalty shoot-outs are counted as draws.
For lists of Portugal national football team results every twenty years see: Portugal national football team results (1921–39)
At the 2022 World Cup, Portugal defeated Ghana 3–2 in their first group game [112] and then beat Uruguay 2–0. [113] to qualify for the knockout stages. [114] The Portuguese would demolish Switzerland 6–1 in the next round, their highest tally in a World Cup knockout game since the 1966 World Cup, with Gonçalo Ramos scoring a hat-trick.
On 24 March 2022, Portugal beat Turkey 3–1 in the playoff semi-final, [24] and five days later they defeated North Macedonia 2–0 in the playoff final to secure a berth in the 2022 FIFA World Cup. [25] At the 2022 World Cup, Portugal defeated Ghana 3–2 in their first group game [26] and then beat Uruguay 2–0 [27] to qualify for the ...
Football tournament FIFA World Cup final Founded 1930 ; 95 years ago (1930) Current champions Argentina (3rd title) Most successful team(s) Brazil (5 titles) The FIFA World Cup is an international association football competition contested by the senior men's national teams of the Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA), the sport's global governing body. The championship ...
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 ...