In each World Cup, there are teams that seize consideration even earlier than the primary whistle.
Teams the place the nice nations conflict, the place no errors are allowed, the place each match looks like an anticipated spherical of 16.
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On the event of the 2026 World Cup draw this Friday, let’s look again on the hardest teams in World Cup historical past. The notorious teams of demise…
1954 – Switzerland — Group 4
Switzerland 2 pts
England 2 pts
Italy 2 pts
Belgium 0 pts
(Uncommon format: solely two matches per group)
1962 – Chile — Group 3
Brazil 5 pts
Czechoslovakia 3 pts
Mexico 2 pts
Spain 2 pts
1966 – England — Group 2
Argentina 5 pts
West Germany 5 pts
Spain 2 pts
Switzerland 0 pts
1982 – Spain — Second section, Group C
Italy 3 pts
Brazil 2 pts
Argentina 1 pt
1990 – Italy — Group F
England 5 pts
Netherlands 3 pts
Eire 3 pts
Egypt 2 pts
2002 – Korea/Japan — Group F
Sweden 5 pts
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England 5 pts
Argentina 4 pts
Nigeria 1 pt
2006 – Germany — Group C
Argentina 7 pts
Netherlands 7 pts
Ivory Coast 3 pts
Serbia and Montenegro 0 pts
Brazil 7 pts
Portugal 5 pts
Ivory Coast 4 pts
North Korea 0 pts
2014 – Brazil — Group D
Costa Rica 7 pts
Uruguay 6 pts
Italy 3 pts
England 1 pt
Croatia 9 pts
Argentina 4 pts
Nigeria 3 pts
Iceland 1 pt
2022 – Qatar — Group E
Japan 6 pts
Spain 4 pts
Germany 4 pts
Costa Rica 3 pts
This text was translated into English by Synthetic Intelligence.
📸 KARIM JAAFAR – 2010 AFP