The World Cup qualifiers in numbers

• To whom did Hernan Crespo remove his unapproachable record?
• Which countries have reached a many unbroken World Cups?
• Unrewarded goals and a whopping idea difference

335 thousand is a severe race that creates Iceland simply a smallest republic to strech a World Cup. Trinidad and Tobago, that had a 1.3 million race in 2006, had formerly hold this distinction.

98 was Saudi Arabia’s position on a FIFA/Coca-Cola World Ranking when they kicked off their jubilant gift campaign. Chile were fourth usually 4 months ago, though unsuccessful to make a 32-team field.

90 was Switzerland’s win commission in Group B, nonetheless they usually finished as a runners-up. Never had a European organisation purebred a win commission as high though not competent directly for a World Cup. Portugal’s 2-0 win in their final tour finished Switzerland’s 27-game dominant run in World Cup preliminaries.

41 points is what Brazil managed – a second-highest in a South American subordinate campaign. Juan Sebastian Veron, Ariel Ortega, Hernan Crespo and Gabriel Batistuta helped Argentina strech Korea/Japan 2002 with 43 points. After Tite insincere a reins of a stuttering Seleção, they became a initial South American side to win 9 unbroken World Cup preliminaries.

39 was a marvellous idea disproportion Germany managed (43 goals for; 4 against) to set an all-time record in UEFA qualifying. Joachim Low’s organisation won all 10 of their matches to turn a usually organisation from any connection to strech Russia with a ideal record.

32 years had upheld given a Netherlands unsuccessful to validate for back-to-back tournaments until they followed adult blank out on UEFA EURO 2016 by finishing third in their Russia 2018 gift group.

28 years: that is a World Cup deficiency Egypt will finish in Russia. Since final appearing during a tellurian finals in 1990, a Pharaohs have curiously won 4 CAF Africa Cup of Nations crowns.

21 goals is what creates Lionel Messi and Luis Suarez a joint-leading marksmen in South American subordinate history. At a start of a 2018 preliminaries, Messi and Suarez had 14 and 16 respectively, behind Ivan Zamorano (17), Marcelo Salas (18) and record-holder Hernan Crespo (19).

17 goals is what USA purebred in a Hexagonal – some-more than any other organisation – nonetheless they finished fifth and missed out on subordinate for an eighth uninterrupted World Cup.

16 goals, scored in usually 10 appearances, is what done Poland’s Robert Lewandowski a heading marksman, opposite all confederations, in Russia 2018 qualifying. Portugal’s Cristiano Ronaldo, who was one idea shy, was his nearest challenger.

12 uninterrupted World Cup subordinate purify sheets is what Iran became a initial organisation from any connection to record. Team Melli’s run eventually ended, after 18 hours and 41 minutes, and when they had already cumulative a sheet to Russia, in their final tour opposite Syria.

9 true World Cups is what Korea Republic will seem in subsequent year – after participating in usually one, in 1954, before a run started. Only Brazil (21), Germany (17), Argentina (12) and Spain (11) have done it to some-more in succession, with Italy anticipating to win their play-off and extend their run to 15.

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