Portugal advances to the World Cup finals for the 9th time! Participated in 7 consecutive World Cups

6686 Sports News on November 16. In the just-concluded World Cup preliminaries, Portugal defeated Armenia 9-1 at home and confirmed to advance to the US-Canada-Mexico World Cup finals.

This is also the ninth time in the history of the Portuguese team that they have advanced to the World Cup finals. Since the World Cup in Korea and Japan in 2002, Portugal will compete in the World Cup for seven consecutive years.

Portugal’s historical results in participating in the World Cup are as follows

It participated in the World Cup for the first time in 1966, with 1 win and 2 draws in the group stage; 4-0 Bulgaria in the quarter-finals; lost to the host England 1-2 in the semi-finals; defeated the Soviet Union 2-1 in the third-place match.

Participated in the World Cup for the second time in 1986, and was eliminated from the group stage, with 1 win and 2 losses in the group stage (1-0 win against England, 0-1 loss against Poland, and 1-3 loss against Morocco).

Participated in the World Cup for the third time in 2002, and was eliminated from the group stage, with 1 win and 2 losses in the group stage (2-3 defeat against the United States, 4-0 defeat against Poland, and 0-0 defeat against Poland). -1 loss to South Korea)

For the fourth time in 2006, he participated in the World Cup for two consecutive years, ranked fourth, and won all group matches (3 wins and 0 losses); beat the Netherlands 1-0 in the 1/8 finals; beat England 3-1 in the quarter finals; lost 0-1 to France in the semi-finals; lost 1-3 to Germany in the third-place match, and finally ranked fourth. This is also the first time that Ronaldo has participated in the World Cup as a core player.

For the fifth time in 2010, it participated in the World Cup for three consecutive years, reaching the top 16, 2 draws and 1 win in the group stage (0-0 draw with Cote d'Ivoire, 7-0 win against North Korea, 0-0 draw with Brazil); 1/8 finals loss to Spain 0-1.

For the sixth time in 2014, we participated in the World Cup for four consecutive times and were eliminated in the group stage. We had 1 win, 1 draw and 1 loss in the group stage (lost to Germany 0-4, tied with the United States 2-2, and won 2-1 against Ghana).

For the seventh time in 2018, we participated in the World Cup for five consecutive years, in the top 16, and had 2 draws and 1 win in the group stage (a 3-3 tie with Spain, a 1-0 win) Morocco, tied with Iran 1-1); lost to Uruguay 1-2 in the 1/8 finals

For the eighth time in 2022, participated in the World Cup for six consecutive times, top 8, with 2 wins and 1 draw in the group stage (3-2 win over Ghana, 2-0 win over Uruguay, 1-2 loss against South Korea); 6-1 win over Switzerland in the 1/8 finals; 0-1 loss to Morocco in the 1/4 finals. )