As is known, for the first time, 48 teams participated in the 23rd World Football Championship.
In the championship, Europe was represented by 16, Africa 10, Asia 9, South America 6, North and Central America 6, Oceania 1 team, and in the quarterfinals 6 teams from Europe, and 1 team each from Africa and South America reached:
France – Morocco
Norway – England
Spain – Belgium
Argentina – Switzerland.
Medianews.az notes that in the group stage, Oceania’s sole representative New Zealand, Asia’s South Korea, Qatar, Iran, Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Jordan, Uzbekistan, Europe’s Czech Republic, Scotland, Turkey, North and Central America’s Haiti, Curacao, Panama, Africa’s Tunisia, and South America’s Uruguay were eliminated.
From Africa, CAR, Ivory Coast, Democratic Republic of Congo, Senegal, Algeria, Cabo Verde, Ghana; from Europe, Germany, Netherlands, Sweden, Bosnia, Austria, Croatia; from Asia, Japan, Australia; from South America, Ecuador were stopped in the round of 16.
The round of 16 elimination came last for Canada, Mexico, USA from North and Central America; Paraguay, Brazil, Colombia from South America; Portugal from Europe, and Egypt from Africa.
The championship, hosted by the USA, Canada, and Mexico from June 11, scheduled the quarterfinals for July 9-12, semifinals for July 14-15, and the third place match and final for July 19.
There are 20 award winners from the previous 22 championships:
Brazil - 5 gold, 2 silver, 2 bronze medals
Germany - 4 gold, 4 silver, 4 bronze medals
Italy - 4 gold, 2 silver, 1 bronze medal
Argentina - 3 gold, 3 silver medals
France - 2 gold, 2 silver, 2 bronze medals
Uruguay - 2 gold medals
England - 1 gold medal
Spain - 1 gold medal
Netherlands - 3 silver, 1 bronze medal
Czechoslovakia - 2 silver medals
Hungary - 2 silver medals
Sweden - 1 silver, 2 bronze medals
Croatia - 1 silver, 2 bronze medals
Poland - 2 bronze medals
USA - 1 bronze medal
Austria - 1 bronze medal
Chile - 1 bronze medal
Portugal - 1 bronze medal
Turkey - 1 bronze medal
Belgium - 1 bronze medal.
Toğrul Ali,
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