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They have participated in all the editions.
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Brazil
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They can win the UEFA European Championship an FIFA World Cup consecutively.
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Portugal
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They have qualified more times for a FIFA World Cup without winning it.
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Mexico
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They are the only country that has not received goals in a FIFA World Cup (Germany 2006).
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Switzerland
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They are one of the countries that participated in the inaugural edition (1930) and will play their first FIFA World Cup since 1982.
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Peru
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They have qualified for their 15th FIFA World Cup, with their 6th participation consecutive; their best record in history.
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France
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It will be its 12th participation in FIFA World Cup, but it is only its second participation as an independent country (since 2010)
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Serbia
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Since they reached the final in 1958 as hosts, they have passed the 2nd round in only one occasion: USA World Cup 1994 (3rd position).
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Sweden
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They have qualified for their first FIFA World Cup in their history (American country).
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Panama
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They are the african country that have qualified more times (6) for a FIFA World Cup since its first participation in 1994.
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Nigeria
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They have lost the first match in their last three appearances in FIFA World Cup: the two most recent were against Brazil (2006 and 2014)
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Croatia
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Since their qualification for the Russia World Cup 2018, they have fired two coaches: Bert van Marwijk and Edgardo Bauza.
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Saudi Arabia
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They have qualified for their 2nd FIFA World Cup. They reached the quarter-finals in his first participation (Korea-Japan 2002).
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Senegal
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They have passed the group phase in 3 of their previous 4 FIFA World Cup appearances, but they have never reached the semi-finals (only quarter-final in 1998).
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Denmark
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Tim Cahill has scored 5 of their 11 goals in FIFA World Cups (45%).
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Australia
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They won their first World Cup match on June 2, 1978 (3-1 vs. Mexico), but since then they have not won in their next 11 games.
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Tunisia
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Fact
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Country
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With 334,000 inhabitants, they are the country with the lowest population participating in a FIFA World Cup.
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Iceland
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They are the only UEFA national team that won all their matches in the qualifying round, and had the best goal difference (+39).
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Germany
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His coach, Óscar Tabárez, will be in his 4th FIFA World Cup, more than any other coach in FIFA World Cup 2018.
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Uruguay
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They have qualified for the FIFA World Cup for the 13th time, being the European country with the most participations outside the top 5 (Germany, Italy, Spain, England and France)
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Belgium
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James Rodríguez, is their top scorer in all their FIFA World Cups and in the qualifying phase for Russia 2018.
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Colombia
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They have won only 2 of their last 11 FIFA World Cup matches: against Cameroon and Denmark, in 2010.
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Japan
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Since winning the title in 1966, they have reached the semifinals in only one occasion (1990, 4th place).
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England
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They have qualified for their 10th FIFA World Cup, better than any other asian country. In fact, they have not missed any edition since 1986.
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South Korea
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It will be the first competition of Julen Lopetegui as their coach. As a player he was in USA World Cup in 1994. He was the third goalkeeper, but he did not play.
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Spain
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Since 1978, only Germany (5) has reached the final in more FIFA World Cups than them (4).
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Argentina
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It will be the 3rd consecutive FIFA World Cup for Carlos Queiroz as coach and the second consecutive with them.
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Iran
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They have qualified for their 8th FIFA World Cup, the first since 2006.
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Poland
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Excluding the penalty shoot-outs, they were one of the 3 undefeated selections in Brazil World Cup 2014 (with Germany and the Netherlands).
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Costa Rica
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None of their 12 goals in FIFA World Cups has come in a set piece.
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Morocco
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Their coach played a match with they in USA World Cup 1994. It was in the 6-1 victory against Cameroon when Oleg Salenko scored 5 goals, a record in a FIFA World Cup match.
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Russia
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Mohammed Salah was the top scorer of their qualifying round of the CAF selections (3rd round), scoring five of their eight goals.
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Egypt
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