World Cup
For the fifth time in history, only two teams from Europe will play in the semi-finals of the World Cup.
For the fifth time in all years, only two teams from the Old World have reached the semi-finals of the World Cup. They will be accompanied by South Americans and, for the first time in history, Africans.
At this stage, the 7th match will be played by France, which has made it to the finals three times before, the 5th match will be played by Argentina, which has not been able to misfire in the 1/2 finals so far, and the 3rd match will be played by Croatia, which will try to finish. repeat the success of the previous World Cup 1st – 2022 World Cup with the sensational team of Morocco.
It is worth remembering that the Argentines were world champions in 1978 and 1986, the French in 1998 and 2018, the Croats won silver medals at the 2018 World Cup, and the greatest achievement of the Moroccans was the 1/8 finals in 1986. World Cup.
Yuri LYAHOVETSKY
Representation of continents in 1/2 finals
|
Year |
HOUSE |
SA |
SC |
A to Z |
AMNESTY |
World Cup |
|
1930 |
a |
2 |
a |
– |
– |
SA |
|
1934 |
four |
– |
– |
– |
– |
HOUSE |
|
1938 |
3 |
a |
– |
– |
– |
HOUSE |
|
1954 |
3 |
a |
– |
– |
– |
HOUSE |
|
1958 |
3 |
a |
– |
– |
– |
SA |
|
1962 |
2 |
2 |
– |
– |
– |
SA |
|
1966 |
four |
– |
– |
– |
– |
HOUSE |
|
1970 |
2 |
2 |
– |
– |
– |
SA |
|
1982 |
four |
– |
– |
– |
– |
HOUSE |
|
1986 |
3 |
a |
– |
– |
– |
SA |
|
1990 |
3 |
a |
– |
– |
– |
HOUSE |
|
1994 |
3 |
a |
– |
– |
– |
SA |
|
1998 |
3 |
a |
– |
– |
– |
HOUSE |
|
2002 |
2 |
a |
– |
a |
– |
SA |
|
2006 |
four |
– |
– |
– |
– |
HOUSE |
|
2010 |
3 |
a |
– |
– |
– |
HOUSE |
|
2014 |
2 |
2 |
– |
– |
– |
HOUSE |
|
2018 |
four |
– |
– |
– |
– |
HOUSE |
|
2022 |
2 |
a |
– |
– |
a |
|
|
Total |
55 |
eighteen |
a |
a |
a |
In the 1950, 1974, 1978 World Cups, the 1/2 final stage was not foreseen in the regulations.
EB – Europe; SA – South America; SC – North and Central America; A to Z – Asia; AF – Africa; World Cup – world champion.
Argentina in the World Cup semi-finals (+4/-0)
4 games: +2=2-0, 9-2
|
World Cup |
Rival |
Control |
|
1930 |
United States of America |
6:1 |
|
1986 |
Belgium |
2:0 |
|
1990 |
Italy |
1:1, page 4:3 |
|
2014 |
Holland |
0:0, page 4:2 |
Croatia in the World Cup semi-finals (+1/-1)
2 games: +1=0-1, 3-3
|
World Cup |
Rival |
Control |
|
1998 |
France |
1:2 |
|
2018 |
England |
2:1 |
France in the World Cup semi-finals (+3/-3)
6 games: +3=1-2, 9-11
|
World Cup |
Rival |
Control |
|
1958 |
Brazil |
2:5 |
|
1982 |
Germany |
3:3, page 4:5 |
|
1986 |
Germany |
0:2 |
|
1998 |
Croatia |
2:1 |
|
2006 |
Portugal |
1:0 |
|
2018 |
Belgium |
1:0 |
The Moroccan national team has not played in the semi-finals before.
(+/-) – reach/do not reach the final.
Source: Sport UA
I am a writer at Sportish, where I mainly cover sports news. I’ve also written for The Guardian and ESPN Brasil, and my work has been featured on NBC Sports, SI.com and more. Before working in journalism, I was an athlete: I played football for Colgate University and competed in the US Open Cross Country Championships.