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Bassette received his first call to the Belgium under-18 team on the 23 August 2021, [8] playing the two games against Norway and Sweden as a starter in early September. [ 9 ] Bassette made his debut for Belgium national team on 17 November 2024 in a Nations League game against Israel at the Bozsik Aréna in Hungary.
Since their induction to the first 30 rugby nations in the international ranking, they have managed to maintain their place. Belgium had a very successful campaign during the 2010-2012 European Nations Cup , with a 10 match winning streak from March 2011 to December 2012.
In the 20th century, FIFA allowed a player to play for any national team, as long as the player held nationality of that country. In 2004, in reaction to the growing trend towards naturalisation of foreign players in some countries, FIFA implemented a significant new ruling that requires a player to demonstrate a "clear connection" to any country they wish to represent. [9]
The Belgium national football team [b] has officially represented Belgium in men's international football since their maiden match in 1904. The squad is under the global jurisdiction of FIFA and is governed in Europe by UEFA—both of which were co-founded by the Belgian team's supervising body, the Royal Belgian Football Association.
—Dutch international Frank De Boer, after the high Netherlands-Belgium scoring draw (5–5) in 1999 Highest scoring draw 5–5 vs Netherlands on 4 September 1999 Highest scoring draw at the World Cup Finals 4–4 (a.e.t.) vs England on 17 June 1954, 1954 World Cup Highest scoring draw at the European Championship finals 1–1 vs England on 12 June 1980, Euro 1980 Highest scoring draw at the ...
The Belgian team suffered a series of poor results from 1990 to 2011. They never won even half of their matches in any of the qualification campaigns during this period, except for one. This notable exception was the 2003 Women's World Cup qualifiers , where they won five games and suffered only one loss.
The Royal Belgian Football Association's general secretary, Steven Martens, said that lower-ranked nations would still benefit financially from the competition, as the television contract with UEFA would be centralised. [7] The UEFA Nations League was unanimously adopted by the 54 UEFA member associations at the XXXVIII Ordinary UEFA Congress ...
The Belgium team won the 2001 Fed Cup and finished runner-up in 2006. The current Fed Cup team for Belgium is composed of Kim Clijsters, Yanina Wickmayer, Kirsten Flipkens, Alison Van Uytvanck, and An-Sophie Mestach. Belgium hosted each year the Belgian Open from 1987 on, which was replaced by the Proximus Diamond Games in 2002.