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.
The 7th match at this stage will be played by France, which previously reached the final three times, the 5th – by Argentina, which has not known failures in the semifinals so far, the 3rd – by Croatia, which will try to repeat the his success at the previous World Cup, 1st – the sensational World Cup 2022 team in Morocco.
It is worth mentioning that the Argentines became world champions in 1978 and 1986, the French – in 1998 and 2018, the Croatians won silver at the 2018 World Cup, and the highest achievement of the Moroccans was reaching the eighths final in the 1986 World Cup.
Yuri LYAHOVETSKY
Representation of the continents in the quarterfinals
|
Year |
IV |
YES |
sc |
AZ |
AF |
world Cup |
|
1930 |
1 |
2 |
1 |
– |
– |
YES |
|
1934 |
4 |
– |
– |
– |
– |
IV |
|
1938 |
3 |
1 |
– |
– |
– |
IV |
|
1954 |
3 |
1 |
– |
– |
– |
IV |
|
1958 |
3 |
1 |
– |
– |
– |
YES |
|
1962 |
2 |
2 |
– |
– |
– |
YES |
|
1966 |
4 |
– |
– |
– |
– |
IV |
|
1970 |
2 |
2 |
– |
– |
– |
YES |
|
1982 |
4 |
– |
– |
– |
– |
IV |
|
1986 |
3 |
1 |
– |
– |
– |
YES |
|
1990 |
3 |
1 |
– |
– |
– |
IV |
|
1994 |
3 |
1 |
– |
– |
– |
YES |
|
1998 |
3 |
1 |
– |
– |
– |
IV |
|
2002 |
2 |
1 |
– |
1 |
– |
YES |
|
2006 |
4 |
– |
– |
– |
– |
IV |
|
2010 |
3 |
1 |
– |
– |
– |
IV |
|
2014 |
2 |
2 |
– |
– |
– |
IV |
|
2018 |
4 |
– |
– |
– |
– |
IV |
|
2022 |
2 |
1 |
– |
– |
1 |
|
|
Total |
55 |
18 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
At the 1950, 1974, 1978 World Cups, the 1/2 final stage was not foreseen by the regulations.
EB – Europe; SA – South America; SC – North and Central America; AZ – Asia; FA – Africa; World Cup – world champion.
Argentina in World Cup semifinal (+4/-0)
4 games: +2=2-0, 9-2
|
world Cup |
Rival |
Check |
|
1930 |
United States of America |
6:1 |
|
1986 |
Belgium |
2:00 |
|
1990 |
Italy |
1:1, clause 4:3 |
|
2014 |
Netherlands |
0:0, page 4:2 |
Croatia in World Cup semifinal (+1/-1)
2 games: +1=0-1, 3-3
|
world Cup |
Rival |
Check |
|
1998 |
France |
1:2 |
|
2018 |
England |
2:1 |
France in the semifinals at the World Cup (+3/-3)
6 games: +3=1-2, 9-11
|
world Cup |
Rival |
Check |
|
1958 |
Brazil |
2:5 |
|
1982 |
Germany |
3:3, clause 4:5 |
|
1986 |
Germany |
0:2 |
|
1998 |
Croatia |
2:1 |
|
2006 |
Portugal |
1:0 |
|
2018 |
Belgium |
1:0 |
The Moroccan national team has never played in the semifinals.
(+/-) – exit/not exit in the final.
