query: what group is australia in for the world cup

pos: 2018 FIFA World Cup Group C 2018 FIFA World Cup Group C Group C of the 2018 FIFA World Cup took place from 16 to 26 June 2018. The group consisted of France, Australia, Peru and Denmark. The top two teams, France and Denmark, advanced to the round of 16. In the round of 16: All times listed are local time. The two teams had met in four previous matches, most recently in a 2013 friendly, a 6–0 France victory. After a disjointed first half, the game sparked into life shortly after the interval as referee Andrés Cunha initially disallowed a French penalty, but after a

pos: 2018 Australia national soccer team season This section is for matches confirmed by the FFA, please do not add speculative fixtures. "Correct as of 20 November 2018 (v. )." 2018 Australia national soccer team season This page summarises the Australia national soccer team fixtures and results in 2018. Australia participated in the 2018 FIFA World Cup, held in Russia in June and July. The draw took place in Moscow on 1 December 2017, with Australia drawn in Group C alongside France, Peru, and Denmark. On 25 January 2018, the FFA appointed Bert van Marwijk on a short-term contract for the 2018 FIFA World Cup. On 8

neg: 1993 Federation Cup World Group four meetings, and had never lost a Fed Cup tie. The Australian team reached the final, but they were defeated by the Spanish team, in what was their third consecutive final. 1993 Federation Cup World Group The World Group was the highest level of Federation Cup competition in 1993. Thirty-two nations competed in a five-round knockout competition from 19–25 July. Germany was the defending champion, but they were shocked in the first round by Australia, in what was the first time in the event's history where the defending team was defeated without winning a match. The defeat was especially significant

neg: 1970 Rugby League World Cup it took 79 minutes before anyone was sent off. Two sacrificial lambs, Billy Smith of Australia and Sid Hynes of Britain, were sent off the field in the last minute for what had been going unpunished throughout the game. 1970 Rugby League World Cup The fifth Rugby League World Cup was held in Great Britain in 1970. Britain, fresh from defeating Australia in the Ashes during their Australasian tour earlier in the year (the last time as of 2017 that they would win The Ashes), were hot favourites, and won all three of their group stage games, including defeating Australia

neg: 1993 Federation Cup World Group 1993 Federation Cup World Group The World Group was the highest level of Federation Cup competition in 1993. Thirty-two nations competed in a five-round knockout competition from 19–25 July. Germany was the defending champion, but they were shocked in the first round by Australia, in what was the first time in the event's history where the defending team was defeated without winning a match. The defeat was especially significant as it involved a loss for then singles World No. 1 Steffi Graf at the hands of Nicole Provis. Prior to this match, Graf had defeated Provis in straight at their

neg: 1905 International Lawn Tennis Challenge first time, a "World Group" tournament was held to determine which team would challenge the British Isles for the cup. Notes 1905 International Lawn Tennis Challenge The 1905 International Lawn Tennis Challenge was the fifth edition of what is now known as the Davis Cup. As defending champions, the British Isles team played host to the competition. The World Group ties were played at Queen's Club in London, England from 13–19 July, and the final was played on 21–24 July. Britain retained the Cup for their third championship. Australasia, a combined Australia-New Zealand team, and Austria joined the competition for

neg: Australia at the Cricket World Cup as they lost to both test playing nations in their group in a completely one sided manner. Australia's win-loss record : 1-2(Group A, 3rd place) West Indies' record : 4-0 with one washout(champions) Australia at the Cricket World Cup The Australian cricket team is the most successful team in the Cricket World Cup winning the 1987, 1999, 2003, 2007 and 2015 editions. This also makes them the only team to have won the world cup in all the regions (group of countries) that have hosted the world cup till now. Besides, Australia had reached the finals of the 1975 and

neg: Australia national soccer team one, but their efforts ended in a 3–2 loss, thus earning their early exit along with the Spanish team. Australian fans praised the team for their outstanding efforts in a tough group. In the end, Australia finished Group B with a third, consecutive defeat to former world champions Spain, 3–0. Australia's competitive World Cup performances in a difficult group lead to belief that a new Golden Generation was about to begin. In their first international match proceeding the World Cup, Australia played World Cup quarter-finalists Belgium in Liège, with Australia going down 2–0. Four days later, Australia achieved their first

neg: 2004 OFC Nations Cup 2004 OFC Nations Cup The 2004 OFC Nations Cup doubled as the qualification tournament to the 2006 FIFA World Cup, except the two-legged final (A separate playoff between Australia and Solomon Islands was held in September 2005, for World Cup Qualifying purposes). The competition was divided in two Group stages (the first is the Qualifying Stage), with Australia and New Zealand seeded into the second stage (Final Stage). The Oceania champion (Australia) qualified for the 2005 FIFA Confederations Cup. The 10 teams in the first round were divided into two groups of five teams each. Within each group, every team

neg: 2012 Fed Cup States and Australia to hold both Davis Cup and Fed Cup at the same time. The Czechs did the same in 2012. Petra Kvitová and Tomáš Berdych also scored Hopman Cup victory at the same year. The four losing teams in the World Group first round ties, and four winners of the World Group II ties entered the draw for the World Group Play-offs. Four seeded teams, based on the latest Fed Cup ranking, were drawn against four unseeded teams. The United States, Japan, Slovakia and Australia played in the 2013 Fed Cup World Group while Ukraine, Belgium, Spain and

neg: 2017 Australia national soccer team season Cup. Two draws and a loss resulted in Australia finishing third in the group and failing to progress any further. World Cup qualification resumed later in the year and despite Australia sitting third in the group, an away win against Japan would have seen them qualify for the World Cup with a game to spare, however they lost the fixture 2–0. Despite winning the final game against Thailand, Australia finished third (due to Saudi Arabia having a better goal difference) and missed out on automatic qualification to the World Cup, and entered the AFC play-offs against Syria. The first leg

neg: History of the South Africa national rugby league team in international fixtures. Their first World Cup would see the South Africans seeded into the toughest group of the competition containing Australia, England and Fiji. The South Africans would find their three group matches extremely difficult and would fail to win a match during the tournament. The following years saw the South Africans play on an inconsistent basis against several touring sides most notably including the touring French and Russian sides. Continued progress would see them again qualify for what would be their second consecutive World Cup in 2000 and leading into the tournament they were hopeful of gaining their

neg: Tertiary Student Rugby League World Cup USA Students 2 Tournament Wins: 1986 New Zealand 1989 Australia 1992 Australia 1996 Australia 1999 New Zealand 2005 New Zealand 2008 Australia 2013 Australia 2017 Australia Tertiary Student Rugby League World Cup The Tertiary Student Rugby League World Cup, also known as the University Rugby League World Cup, first took place in 1986 in New Zealand, when the then five test nations each entered a side in what was the first non-first grade World Cup hosted by the Rugby League International Federation. The value of the Tertiary level to Rugby League in terms of spreading the sport, particularly in countries

neg: History of rugby union matches between Australia and England World Cup. The match was played at Melbourne's Telstra Dome, and England won 25 to 14. Also that year, the two nations met in what is arguably their most famous encounter ever, at the World Cup final. Jonny Wilkinson landed a drop goal in extra time that saw England win the Rugby World Cup 20-17. The first post-World Cup match between England and Australia was played at Brisbane's Suncorp Stadium, in 2004, which saw Australia win 51-15. The 2004 Cook Cup was contested over two matches and the second game was played at Twickenham, with Australia winning 21-19, which saw

neg: Michael Bevan ball of the innings. By the end of his ODI career, Bevan was known as the "Pyjama Picasso". Bevan previously appeared for Australia in the 1996 Cricket World Cup, where Australia lost the final to Sri Lanka, and the victorious 1999 Cricket World Cup side. Bevan entered the 2003 World Cup injured. He played his first game in the group stage against India. He didn't bat until the fifth group game against Namibia and he registered a rusty 17 before being caught and bowled by Louis Burger. In the final group game against England, he came in with Australia struggling

neg: 1972 Rugby League World Cup five minutes, the cup could easily have gone to Australia. But for the first time in the competition's history the scores were level at full-time. An additional twenty minutes extra time was played, but no further score resulted, and Great Britain were awarded the cup by virtue of a better position in the table. The 1972 Rugby League World Cup group stage was the main component of the 1972 Rugby League World Cup, with the top two nations qualifying for the World Cup Final. The group consisted of hosts France as well as Australia, Great Britain and New Zealand. France

neg: Australia women's national soccer team to lose 4–1. The Matildas would assert their Continental strength at the 1998 Oceania Cup, which doubled as a World Cup qualifying tournament. Australia thrashed their Pacific island opposition in their group games and semi-final, before defeating hosts New Zealand in the final 3–1 (the only goal conceded for the tournament), and qualifying for the 1999 FIFA Women's World Cup in USA. At the tournament, Australia was grouped with Sweden, China and Ghana. In their opening match, they secured their first non-loss in a World Cup match with a 1–1 draw against the Ghanaians. Their following group matches were both

neg: 1986 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA–OFC play-off) 1986 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA–OFC play-off) The 1986 FIFA World Cup UEFA–OFC qualification play-off was a two-legged home-and-away tie between the winners of the Oceania qualifying tournament, Australia, and the second-placed team from the UEFA Group 7, Scotland. The games were played on 20 November and 4 December 1985 in Glasgow and Melbourne respectively. Australia were hoping to play in the FIFA World Cup for the first time since 1974 and Scotland were hoping for a fourth successive FIFA World Cup. Scotland had qualified for the play-off by finishing second in their UEFA group, behind Spain. Scotland secured second

neg: 2013 Women's Cricket World Cup Final 2013 Women's Cricket World Cup Final The 2013 Women's Cricket World Cup Final was a cricket match between West Indies and Australia played on 17 February 2013 at the Brabourne Stadium in India. It was the culmination of the 2013 Women's Cricket World Cup, the tenth Women's Cricket World Cup. Australia batted first, making a total of 259 runs for 7 wickets. In response, the West Indies were bowled out for 145, resulting in an Australian victory by 114 runs, and securing Australia's sixth World Cup victory. Australia were drawn in Group B along with Pakistan, New Zealand and South

neg: 2018 AFC Women's Asian Cup Final including their quarter final loss in the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup. Australia and Japan were both part of Group B in the group stage. Australia finished as group leaders and had to face second-placers Thailand in the semifinal while Japan had to play against China, the Group A leaders. The semifinalists of the tournament including Australia and Japan secured a berth at the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup by finishing among the top two teams in their group. Australia was trailing 1–2 to Thailand in their semifinal tie before Australia made an equalizer just before the end of the

neg: Uzbekistan national football team four points from eight matches. Four years later, in the 2011 Asian Cup, Uzbekistan ended in fourth place, their best result in the tournament so far. After getting past the group stage and quarter-finals, the Uzbek team lost what it might have been their first Asian Cup final when Australia thrashed the team 0–6 in their semi-final game. Some days later, they were defeated again by South Korea in the third place playoff. In the qualifying series for the 2014 World Cup, Uzbekistan advanced to the fourth round of the Asian qualifiers after winning their group in the third round

neg: Australia at the Cricket World Cup Australia at the Cricket World Cup The Australian cricket team is the most successful team in the Cricket World Cup winning the 1987, 1999, 2003, 2007 and 2015 editions. This also makes them the only team to have won the world cup in all the regions (group of countries) that have hosted the world cup till now. Besides, Australia had reached the finals of the 1975 and 1996 World cups losing to West Indies and Sri Lanka respectively. They also reached quarterfinals of 2011 Cricket World Cup, and were knocked out in first round three times : 1979, 1983 and

neg: Australia Davis Cup team 5–0 victory in Geelong, Victoria, and again against South Korea in the semi-finals with a 5–0 win in Brisbane. Australia faced Germany away in Hamburg in the World Group Playoffs for a spot in next year's World Group. Leading 2–1 going into the reverse singles matches, Australia failed to win a match on the final day, losing the tie 3–2. Australia and USA have played each other in the Davis Cup final on 29 separate occasions. Having both teams dominate the competition for 36 years, Australia and USA had an intense rivalry in Davis Cup. In recent years the rivalry

neg: Australia national soccer team winning the fourth round of qualification in a group consisting of Japan, Bahrain, Qatar and Uzbekistan. Australia's qualification was already assured before the final two games, finally topping its group ahead of Japan by five points. Australia were drawn into Group D in the 2010 FIFA World Cup, which featured three-time world champion Germany, Ghana and Serbia. On 14 June 2010, Australia faced Germany. Pim Verbeek's surprising decision to play without a recognised striker saw Australia comprehensively defeated 4–0. Verbeek received heavy criticism for his tactics, with SBS (Australia's World Cup broadcaster) chief soccer analyst Craig Foster calling for his

neg: Argentina v Colombia (1994 FIFA World Cup qualification) Argentina v Colombia (1994 FIFA World Cup qualification) The qualifying match for the 1994 FIFA World Cup between Argentina and Colombia is a historic football match played on 5 September 1993. It was the last day of qualifying matches in the 1994 FIFA World Cup qualification – group A of the South American qualifiers. Argentina, in that time second of the group, needed to win in order to not play the intercontinental play-off against Australia. If Argentina didn't win, the qualification to the World Cup depended on the result of the other match of the group (being held in Lima

neg: History of the Australia national soccer team in World Cup qualification was not reflected in their reasonable performances at the 1997 FIFA Confederations Cup. Australia drew with Brazil 0–0 in the group stage and then defeated Uruguay 1–0 in the semi-finals to reach the 1997 FIFA Confederations Cup Final. In 1997 Australia failed to qualify for the World Cup finals despite being undefeated in the qualifying rounds. After winning the OFC qualifying tournament, Australia had to play Iran over two legs in one week, with the winner progressing to the World Cup finals to be held in France. Australia, under coach Terry Venables, tied the away leg

neg: 1995 Rugby League World Cup Final 1995 Rugby League World Cup Final The 1995 Rugby League World Cup final was the conclusive game of the 1995 Centenary World Cup tournament and was played between England and Australia on 28 October 1995 at the Wembley Stadium in London, England. Australia won the final by 16 points to 8 in front of 66,540 fans. Australia, the defending champions, won the Rugby League World Cup for the 8th time. The pre-match entertainment for the Final was provided by British rock group Status Quo. 1995 was the year of the Super League war, with the new Super League causing a

neg: 1988 Youth Cricket World Cup 1988 Youth Cricket World Cup The 1988 McDonald's Bicentennial Youth World Cup was an international cricket tournament played in Australia from 28 February to 13 March 1988. Sponsored by McDonald's, it was the inaugural edition of what is now the Under-19 Cricket World Cup, and formed part of the celebrations for the Australian Bicentenary. The tournament was primarily organised by the Australian Cricket Board (ACB), with only limited oversight from the International Cricket Conference (ICC). Eight teams participated, with the seven Test-playing ICC members joined by a composite team of players from ICC associate members. Australia defeated Pakistan in the

neg: 2018 FIFA World Cup Group F belonged to Francesco Totti, who found the net late on (94.26) against Australia in 2006. Germany came from behind at half-time to win a World Cup match for the first time since 1974 – which was also against Sweden (0–1 at HT, won 4–2). Sweden have lost a World Cup group-stage match for the first time since June 1990, when they lost to Costa Rica – this defeat ends a run of 10 group games unbeaten. Boateng is the first player to be sent off at the World Cup for Germany since Miroslav Klose in 2010 against Serbia. <section begin=f4

neg: Mathew Leckie group matches and came on as a Substitute in the last group match in the 57th minute against Chile. On 3 September 2015, Leckie scored his second goal for Australia, and his first since 2013, opening the scoring against Bangladesh in a 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifier. On 5 September 2017, Leckie scored his 6th international goal for Australia against Thailand. In May 2018 he was named in Australia's 23-man squad for the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia. Australia: FC Ingolstadt 04: Personal Honours: Mathew Leckie Mathew Allan Leckie (born 4 February 1991) is an Australian footballer who plays

neg: New Zealand at the 2008 Rugby League World Cup New Zealand at the 2008 Rugby League World Cup The 2008 New Zealand rugby league tour of Australia was a tour by the New Zealand national rugby league team to compete at the 2008 Rugby League World Cup. New Zealand came second in Group A of the tournament before winning their semi-finals against England and defeating Australia 34-20 in the final to win the World Cup for the first time. Alongside Australia and France, New Zealand had competed at all twelve previous World Cups. New Zealand finished runner up in 1988 and 2000. The thirteenth World Cup was scheduled to

neg: M. Chinnaswamy Stadium hosted One Day International (ODI) matches for all editions of the World cups, when India was a host/co-host. Quarter final match ICC World Cup 2011, 15th Match, Group B ICC World Cup 2011, 22nd Match, Group B ICC World Cup 2011, 31st Match, Group A ICC World Cup 2011, 35th Match, Group A ICC World Cup 2011, 11th Match, Group B On 14 June 2018, Afghanistan played their first ever test match after being granted 'Test Status' by the ICC in 2017 against India at this venue. All records correct . Highest total: 383–6 – India v Australia 2 November

neg: Australia Davis Cup team Ferrero had reached the world number one ranking spot. After Australia's 2003 win over Spain, Australia came into the 2004 Davis Cup with high hopes but the dreams were crushed when Sweden managed to beat Australia at home 4–1. Australia then had to play a world group qualifying match against Morocco which they won 4–1. Australia solidified their spot in the 2005 Davis Cup world group and breezed through their first round against Austria 5–0. Argentina was their next round opponents and Australia started off well with Lleyton Hewitt playing Guillermo Coria and in a shocking display of sportsmanship Hewitt

neg: 2015 Rugby World Cup Pool A 2015 Rugby World Cup Pool A Pool A of the 2015 Rugby World Cup began on 18 September and was completed on 10 October 2015. The pool was composed of hosts England, as well as the third- and fourth-placed teams from 2011, Australia and Wales. They were joined by the Oceania qualifier, Fiji, and the repechage qualifier, Uruguay. The group was called the "group of death", with 4 of the teams competing being ranked in the top ten of the World going into the World Cup. Australia and Wales qualified for the quarter finals. "All times are local United Kingdom

neg: 2014 FIFA World Cup Group B 2014 FIFA World Cup Group B Group B of the 2014 FIFA World Cup consisted of Spain, the Netherlands, Chile, and Australia. This group contained the finalists of the previous World Cup in 2010: Spain (reigning champion) and the Netherlands (runners-up). Play began on 13 June and ended on 23 June 2014. The Netherlands and Chile progressed to the knockout stage, while Australia and Spain were eliminated after suffering two defeats in their opening two matches. Chile was eliminated by Brazil in the second round after penalties, while the Netherlands made their way to the semi-finals in which they lost

neg: Scotland at the Cricket World Cup Scotland. Scotland were drawn in Group B with Australia, Bangladesh, New Zealand, Pakistan and West Indies. Scotland failed to win a single match, and were eliminated in the group stages. After failing to qualify for the 2003 World Cup, Scotland qualified for the 2007 tournament in the West Indies. Once again, Scotland failed to win any of their matches, and were again eliminated in the group stage. Australia were put in to bat and made the seventh-highest total in World Cup history, It was nevertheless the third-lowest total in Scotland's ODI history and the third time a team had won

neg: 1994 FIFA World Cup qualification (CONCACAF–OFC play-off) 1994 FIFA World Cup qualification (CONCACAF–OFC play-off) The 1994 FIFA World Cup CONCACAF–OFC qualification play-off was a two-legged home-and-away tie between the winners of the Oceania qualifying tournament, Australia, and the second-placed team from the CONCACAF qualifying tournament, Canada. The games were played on 31 July and 15 August 1993 in Edmonton and Sydney respectively. Australia was hoping to play in the FIFA World Cup for the first time since 1974 and Canada for the first time since 1986. The winner, Australia, played the South American Group 1 runner-up, Argentina. Australia went on to meet Argentina in the deciding play-off.

neg: Argentina v Colombia (1994 FIFA World Cup qualification) in a friendly match in Madrid, Spain, that acted as a warm-up preparation match for the 2018 FIFA World Cup. Argentina v Colombia (1994 FIFA World Cup qualification) The qualifying match for the 1994 FIFA World Cup between Argentina and Colombia is a historic football match played on 5 September 1993. It was the last day of qualifying matches in the 1994 FIFA World Cup qualification – group A of the South American qualifiers. Argentina, in that time second of the group, needed to win in order to not play the intercontinental play-off against Australia. If Argentina didn't win, the

neg: 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification (CONMEBOL–OFC play-off) and Uruguay (2002). Australia qualified for the 2006 FIFA World Cup Finals in Germany and were drawn into Group F with defending champions Brazil, Croatia and Japan. After beating Japan 3–1 in their opening match, Australia lost 2–0 to Brazil and in the final match they also drew 2–2 with Croatia, finishing second in the group on four points. In the Round of 16, Australia were defeated 1–0 by the eventual champions, Italy. For Uruguay it was the third FIFA World Cup out of four since 1990 they failed to qualify. Jorge Fossati lost his job and rehired Óscar Tabárez

neg: Frank Farina between these matches, Australia defeated Mexico and France during the Confederation Cup group stage, then defeated Brazil 1–0 win claim 3rd Place. These results strengthened belief that the team would make the World Cup Finals, but Australia failed again at the final World Cup hurdle, losing 3–1 on Aggregate (1–0 in Australia, 0–3 in Uruguay), which meant the 1974 Australian team remained the only team to qualify for the World Cup finals. 2002 was a dour year, with only the Oceanian nations cup taking place, Australia sending a team composed of Australian-based players to New Zealand. After comfortable early stages,

neg: 1960 Rugby League World Cup 1960 Rugby League World Cup The 1960 Rugby League World Cup was the third staging of the tournament and the first Rugby League World Cup to be held in Great Britain. The same format as used in 1957 was used, with a group stage leading to a final table. The 1960 World Cup raised problems which had not really affected the previous tournaments. Live television of complete games was held responsible for lower than anticipated attendances, the largest crowd being the 32,773 which gathered at Odsal for the deciding match between Australia and the hosts. For Australia the World Cup

neg: Australia Davis Cup team victory over Belarus. Australia suffered a huge 5–0 loss to Argentina in the semifinals. The 2007 Davis Cup could not have been any worse for Australia playing away in Belgium in their first tie against Belgium, losing their first two rubber Australia faced do or die in the doubles. Lleyton Hewitt was able to win both the doubles and his fourth rubber singles matches to bring the tie back to two all. Chris Guccione then lost in straight sets to put Australia in the world group playoffs. Australia drew Serbia in Serbia for their world group playoff and Serbia, having

neg: 2015 Cricket World Cup Pool A Afghanistan were bowled out for 142 in 37.3 overs. This gave Australia a 275-run victory, the largest victory in terms of runs in a World Cup match. Australian captain Michael Clarke won the toss and elected to bat. A shaky start in the opening, led to the fall of David Warner for 9. The shaky start from Australia continued when the other opener Finch fell for 24. 2015 Cricket World Cup Pool A Pool A of the 2015 Cricket World Cup took place from 14 February to 14 March 2015. The group consisted of co-hosts Australia and New Zealand, and

neg: Scott Chipperfield at the 2006 FIFA World Cup in Germany, and was part of the team that defeated Uruguay in a playoff in November 2005 to qualify for the FIFA World Cup in Germany. On 12 October 2009, Chipperfield announced his intention to retire from the national team immediately after the 2010 World Cup. After the final group game of the 2010 FIFA World Cup against Serbia, which Australia won 2–1, Chipperfield announced his retirement from international football. International goals Wollongong Wolves Basel Australia Individual Scott Chipperfield Scott Kenneth Chipperfield (born 30 December 1975 in Sydney, New South Wales) is an Australian

neg: Kenya national cricket team to bring Kenyan cricket to a much wider audience, and catapult them into the spotlight. Kenya were in the same group as Australia, India, Sri Lanka, the West Indies and Zimbabwe. In what at the time was described as the most startling upsets in the history of the World Cup, Kenya bowled out the West Indies for just 93 and won by 73 runs. The Kenya national team arrived in India for its maiden world cup having players like Steve Tikolo, Maurice Odumbe and Thomas Odoyo. The team was expected to be crushed by the full member sides in its

neg: 1905 International Lawn Tennis Challenge 1905 International Lawn Tennis Challenge The 1905 International Lawn Tennis Challenge was the fifth edition of what is now known as the Davis Cup. As defending champions, the British Isles team played host to the competition. The World Group ties were played at Queen's Club in London, England from 13–19 July, and the final was played on 21–24 July. Britain retained the Cup for their third championship. Australasia, a combined Australia-New Zealand team, and Austria joined the competition for the first time. The United States returned after a 1-year hiatus, and France would return for their second year. For the

neg: 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup. The top two teams from each group advanced to the semifinals of the tournament as well as qualifying for the World Cup. The third placed teams advanced to a playoff against each other to determine the fifth and final qualifying team from the AFC. Group A Group B Japan, Australia, China and South Korea qualified for the World Cup. Vietnam and Thailand advanced to the fifth-place play-off. Thailand qualified for the World Cup. "(46 teams competing for 8 berths)" A record 46 UEFA teams entered qualification. The eight lowest teams entered the tournament in the

neg: Tertiary Student Rugby League World Cup on the dominant rugby league playing nations of the time: Australia; New Zealand; Papua New Guinea; France and Great Britain. GROUP GAMES: CUP THIRD V FOURTH FINAL: CUP FINAL: WORLD CUP RANKINGS: World Cup 2 came to these shores in 1989. Great Britain were now split into the Home Nations, with England applying themselves most successfully to lose narrowly to Australia in the Final. This World Cup also witnessed the first appearance of Holland on the world rugby league stage. GROUP GAMES: Rnd 1 - Ireland Students 16 defeated Scotland Students 12 Rnd 1 - Australian Universities 18 defeated England

neg: Australia Bicentenary Gold Cup for a win, 1 for a draw and 0 for a loss. The top two teams from the group played in a final and the bottom two teams played in a 3rd place match. Australia Bicentenary Gold Cup The 1988 Australian Bicentennial Gold Cup was a one-off association football tournament to celebrate the bincentennial of first settlement at Port Jackson by Captain Arthur Phillip in 1788. It was contested by 1988 AFC Asian Cup winners, Saudi Arabia, 1986 FIFA World Cup winners, Argentina, world number one ranked side, Brazil and host nation Australia. Brazil were eventual winners, beating Australia 2-0

neg: 2017 Rugby League World Cup Group B 29 people were arrested for fighting after the game. In what was described as " the small island nation's greatest ever sporting achievement". During celebrations following the match, 53 Tongan supporters were arrested in Auckland. Notes: 2017 Rugby League World Cup Group B Group B of the 2017 Rugby League World Cup is one of the four groups in the 2017 Rugby League World Cup, which began on 28 October and was completed on 11 November 2017. The group comprised New Zealand, Samoa, Scotland and Tonga. Tonga finished top of the pool while New Zealand and Samoa also qualified for

neg: 2009 Australia national soccer team season 2009 Australia national soccer team season This page summarises the Australia national soccer team fixtures and results in 2009. The start of the year consisted of alternating qualification matches for the 2011 AFC Asian Cup and the 2010 FIFA World Cup. When Australia met Japan in February, they were top of the group with three wins. A draw against Japan, a win against Uzbekistan and then another draw with Qatar was enough for Australia to qualify for the 2010 FIFA World Cup with two games to spare. Asian Cup qualifying started poorly with a draw in Indonesia and a home

neg: Australia at the Rugby World Cup playing South Africa in the feature film "Invictus" based on the 1995 Rugby World Cup. Australia at the Rugby World Cup The Australian national rugby union team, known as the Wallabies, has played all eight Rugby World Cup tournaments. They are one of the three best performing teams, having won two tournaments, as has South Africa; only New Zealand has done better, winning three tournaments. Australia has hosted or co-hosted the tournament on two occasions – in 1987 and 2003. Quarter final Group matches ---- ---- Pool B games - ---- Australia hosted the first 1987 Rugby World Cup, along

neg: 1954 Rugby League World Cup group stage to the decider. 1954 Rugby League World Cup group stage 1954 Rugby League World Cup group stage was the main component of the 1954 Rugby League World Cup, with the top two nations qualifying for the final. The group comprised Australia, New Zealand, Great Britain and France. France's niggling tactics in their win against New Zealand in the tournament's opening match drew criticism from the media and the Kiwis coach, Jim Amos. New Zealand winger Jimmy Edwards had the distinction of being the first scorer in World Cup history with a try after only five minutes. Puig-Aubert landed the first

neg: 1954 Rugby League World Cup group stage 1954 Rugby League World Cup group stage 1954 Rugby League World Cup group stage was the main component of the 1954 Rugby League World Cup, with the top two nations qualifying for the final. The group comprised Australia, New Zealand, Great Britain and France. France's niggling tactics in their win against New Zealand in the tournament's opening match drew criticism from the media and the Kiwis coach, Jim Amos. New Zealand winger Jimmy Edwards had the distinction of being the first scorer in World Cup history with a try after only five minutes. Puig-Aubert landed the first goal. The British

neg: 1995 Rugby League World Cup Group A 1995 Rugby League World Cup Group A 1995 Rugby League World Cup Group A was one of the three groups in the 1995 Rugby League World Cup. The group consisted of Australia, England, Fiji and South Africa. The Kangaroos scored a World Cup and international league record 16 tries against minnows South Africa. Australian halfback Andrew Johns kicked 11 goals (from 16 attempts) to break the record for most goals kicked in a rugby league test. Gideon Watts scored the Rhinos only try of the tournament. With the selection of Cronulla hooker Aaron Raper, he became Australia's first second generation

neg: 2004 OFC Nations Cup round of 2004 OFC Nations Cup doubled the second round of 2006 FIFA World Cup Oceanian qualification, the final play-off for the World Cup was held separately. Australia defeated Solomon Islands again, winning 9–1 on aggregate, and advanced to a play-off against the CONMEBOL (South American) nation Uruguay. 2004 OFC Nations Cup The 2004 OFC Nations Cup doubled as the qualification tournament to the 2006 FIFA World Cup, except the two-legged final (A separate playoff between Australia and Solomon Islands was held in September 2005, for World Cup Qualifying purposes). The competition was divided in two Group stages (the first

neg: 2011 Cricket World Cup Group A Cup matches, beating their previous best of 254 against Sri Lanka in the 1996 Cricket World Cup. The loss was Australia's first loss in a World Cup match since 23 May 1999, when Pakistan defeated Australia at Headingley in the group stage of the 1999 World Cup. This ended a 34-match unbeaten streak (including 32 wins, a tie and a no-result). 2011 Cricket World Cup Group A Play in Group A of the 2011 Cricket World Cup took place from 20 February to 20 March 2011. The group consisted of hosts Sri Lanka, and along with them, Pakistan, Canada, Kenya,

neg: History of the Rugby World Cup Cup. Only Romania Japan and Italy have played in all 8 world cups without getting past the group stages. For the all-time table of national teams that have featured in the Rugby World Cup by a number of criteria including matches, wins, losses, draws, total points for, total points against, etc., see Rugby World Cup Overall Record. Only New Zealand, in 2015, has successfully defended their title in the World Cup. The stage at which the defending champions were knocked out has been: 1991 – SF – New Zealand knocked out by Australia; 1995 – QF – Australia knocked out

neg: Australia national under-20 soccer team World Cup to be held in Colombia. Australia qualified for the 2011 FIFA U-20 World Cup in Colombia after finishing in the final four of the 2010 AFC U-19 Championship. Australia were drawn in a group comprising Spain, Ecuador & Costa Rica. Australia failed to progress out of the group after finishing last with one point. The first fixture resulted in a one all draw with Ecuador after Tommy Oar scored a late equaliser. The next game saw Costa Rica defeat Australia 3–2. In the final game against Spain, Australia was down by four goals after just 18 minutes. In

neg: 1983 Davis Cup winner was promoted to the 1984 World Group. The winner of the Eastern Zone bracket was promoted to the 1984 World Group. The winner from each bracket was promoted to the 1984 World Group. 1983 Davis Cup The 1983 Davis Cup was the 72nd edition of the most important tournament between national teams in men's tennis. 59 teams would enter the competition, 16 in the World Group, 25 in the Europe Zone, 10 in the Eastern Zone, and 8 in the Americas Zone. Australia defeated Sweden in the final, which was held at Kooyong Stadium in Melbourne, Australia, on 26-28

neg: Ange Postecoglou Australian fans praised the team for their outstanding efforts in a tough group. In the end, Australia finished Group B with a third defeat to former world champions Spain 3–0. Australia's competitive World Cup performances in a difficult group lead to belief that a new Golden Generation was about to begin, although at that time nobody thought this would be a new Golden Generation. Postecoglou coached Australia in 2015 AFC Asian Cup. Australia beat Kuwait (4–1) and Oman (4–0), but lost to South Korea (0–1) in the group stage, before beating China (2–0) in quarter-final and United Arab Emirates (2–0)

neg: History of the Australia national soccer team qualified for the 2007 AFC Asian Cup on 16 August after defeating Kuwait 2–0. Australia was placed into 2006 World Cup Group F, along with Japan, Croatia and defending champions Brazil. In late December 2005, Coach Guus Hiddink appointed former Dutch player, Johan Neeskens, as Assistant Coach, to work alongside Graham Arnold, Ron Smith, Tony Franken and Anthony Crea. On 13 February 2006, Australia launched a new home and away strip for the World Cup. The home strip, similar to the 1974 outfit, is an entirely yellow shirt with green shorts. The away strip is entirely obsidian blue with yellow

neg: Lindenwood–Belleville Lynx women's ice hockey the World Women's Championships, Coonan and Tihema have both represented Australia in other IIHF tournaments. Tihema played in the 2016 U18 World Championships, however her team did not fare well, losing all three of its group round contests. Tihema, for her part, scored twice against Great Britain (what would turn out to be the Mighty Jills' only tallies of the round robin) and was named Australia's player of the game. Australia did close things out on a high note, topping Romania in a shootout to take seventh place. Both Tihema and Coonan participated in the 2014 Challenge Cup of Asia,

neg: 2005 Australia national soccer team season 2005 Australia national soccer team season This page summarises the Australia national soccer team fixtures and results in 2005. 2005 saw the Australian national football team playing twelve senior matches in what proved to be a definitive season for the history of the men's senior national side. The games included participating in the 2005 FIFA Confederations Cup in Germany and a dramatic end to a 32 year absence from the FIFA World Cup by qualifying, via a penalty shoot-out for the 2006 FIFA World Cup. After six years in charge of the Australian side, a disappointing 2005 FIFA Confederations Cup

neg: 2008 Rugby League World Cup Group A play all their group stage matches with no losses. 2008 Rugby League World Cup Group A 2008 Rugby League World Cup Group A was one of the three groups of teams that competed in the 2008 Rugby League World Cup. Group A was the largest of the tournament, consisting of four teams: Australia, New Zealand, England and Papua New Guinea. After all teams had played each other once, only Papua New Guinea did not advance to 2008 Rugby League World Cup Knockout stage. The World Cup tournament opened with England facing Papua New Guinea at Townsville in tropical North Queensland.

neg: New Zealand at the FIFA World Cup eight teams from West Asia and Oceania. The eight teams of Zone B were divided into two groups of four, with each team playing the other twice. New Zealand were grouped with Australia, Indonesia, and Iraq and managed three draws and three losses, thus failing to qualify for the 1974 FIFA World Cup. After topping the group and winning the Zone B final, Australia defeated South Korea 1-0 to qualify for their first ever World Cup appearance. Group 2 (Zone B) Matches Qualification for the Asian and Oceanian zones consisted of 21 teams competing in two rounds. Round 1 saw

neg: Australia at the Cricket World Cup weeks of one-day matches played 60-overs-a-side. The format consisted of a group stage, in which each team played the other three teams in its group of four. The top two teams from both groups would progress to the semifinals. Australia was paced in group B along with Pakistan, West Indies and Sri Lanka. For this world cup, the Australian side was led by Ian Chappell. The ODI format of cricket at that time was new for most teams, and Australia was among more experienced one day cricket teams at that time, with a decent batting and bowling lineup. So they

neg: 1975 Cricket World Cup Final 1975 Cricket World Cup Final The final of the 1975 ICC Cricket World Cup was played in Lord's, London on 21 June. West Indies defeated Australia by 17 runs to lift the first ever World Cup Trophy. West Indies was captained by Clive Lloyd and Australia by Ian Chappell. West Indies qualified for the knockouts with a first-place finish in Group B. The team won all three of their matches against Australia, Pakistan and Sri Lanka. Then in the semi final against New Zealand, the opposition opened brillianty, but when Glenn Turner fell, the wickets tumbled the West Indies scored

neg: Cook Cup in 2002. England retained the Cup in 2003 with a 25–14 victory at Melbourne's Telstra Dome - their first-ever test victory over Australia in Australia. Later that year, the two nations met in what was one of their most famous encounters, the 2003 Rugby World Cup Final at Stadium Australia, Sydney. Jonny Wilkinson landed a drop goal in extra time that saw England win the Rugby World Cup 20–17. The 2004 Cook Cup was contested over two matches, Australia winning 51–15 at Brisbane in June and 21–19 at Twickenham in November. England won the Cup back in 2005 with a

neg: Australia at the Cricket World Cup This time the Australian team for the world cup was almost entirely different from the 1975 Cricket World Cup, and was led by young batsmen Kim Hughes. The team was somewhat less experienced than previous squad, but still were expected to put a decent show. This time Australia was placed in Group A, along with England, Pakistan and associates Canada. Australia began their campaign with a huge loss against tournament favourites England. Batting first, Australia were in a good situation, with Andrew Hilditch, Rick Darling and Allan Border taking Australia to 131/3. But after Border was dismissed, the middle order,

neg: Asian nations at the FIFA World Cup the 39th minute and buried their chances of progression beyond the group stage. Forty-three teams competed for spots at the 2010 World Cup; Laos, Brunei and the Philippines did not enter qualification. This was the first time Timor-Leste competed in World Cup qualification and the first time Australia attempted to qualify as a member of the AFC, having moved from the Oceania Football Confederation at the start of 2006. Asia's four automatic qualifying berths were taken by Australia, Japan]], North Korea and South Korea. North Korea qualified for the first time since 1966; they were drawn into Group G, and

neg: Australia national soccer team immediate sacking. Australia's second group match against Ghana resulted in a draw of 1–1, and their third and final group match against Serbia resulted in a 2–1 win. Ultimately Australia's heavy loss to Germany saw them eliminated in group stage. Pim Verbeek completed his term as Australian coach at the end of the 2010 World Cup and was soon replaced by Holger Osieck. In 2010, Australia qualified for their second AFC Asian Cup, topping their qualification group. A successful campaign at the 2011 AFC Asian Cup saw Australia become runners-up to Japan, after losing in the Final 1–0 in extra

neg: Australia–Japan football rivalry for the Australians. Another dozen matches were played between Australia and Japan until a semi-final match at the 2001 Confederations Cup which ended in a 1–0 for Japan, but the match-up really only emerged as a rivalry after 2006, when Australia joined the AFC, especially the FIFA World Cup qualification games. The first match between the two sides after this was during the 2006 FIFA World Cup, a group stage game where Australia were still technically competing as Oceania representatives. With just six minutes left, Japan led by a single goal, only for Australia to score thrice in succession to

neg: 2007 Cricket World Cup Group A 2007 Cricket World Cup Group A Australia were put in to bat and made the seventh-highest total in World Cup history, It was nevertheless the third-lowest total in Scotland's ODI history and the third time a team had won by more than 200 runs in World Cup cricket. Ricky Ponting became the leading Australian run-scorer in World Cups, second overall only to Sachin Tendulkar. In reply, Colin Smith made his first ODI half-century on World Cup debut, and only ten men batted for Scotland; John Blain, one of two players in the eleven with previous World Cup experience, suffered an

neg: 2008 Rugby League World Cup Group A 2008 Rugby League World Cup Group A 2008 Rugby League World Cup Group A was one of the three groups of teams that competed in the 2008 Rugby League World Cup. Group A was the largest of the tournament, consisting of four teams: Australia, New Zealand, England and Papua New Guinea. After all teams had played each other once, only Papua New Guinea did not advance to 2008 Rugby League World Cup Knockout stage. The World Cup tournament opened with England facing Papua New Guinea at Townsville in tropical North Queensland. It was to be the first time the two

neg: Australia national soccer team for its near misses in its attempts to qualify for the World Cup; they lost play-offs in 1966 to , 1970 to , 1986 to , 1994 to , 1998 to and 2002 to . The team's previously poor record in World Cup competition was not reflected in their reasonable performances against strong European and South American sides. In 1988, Australia defeated reigning world champions Argentina 4–1 in the Australian Bicentennial Gold Cup. In 1997, Australia drew with reigning world champions Brazil 0–0 in the group stage and then defeated Uruguay 1–0 in the semi-finals to reach the 1997 FIFA

neg: 2008 Rugby League World Cup Final points. It was Australia's 10th consecutive World Cup Final having played in each one since the second-ever in 1957, and New Zealand's 3rd. In what was one of the biggest rugby league upsets of all time, New Zealand beat Australia by 34-20 after trailing by four points at half time. The 2008 Rugby League World Cup was the thirteenth staging of the Rugby League World Cup since its inauguration in 1954, and the first since the 2000 tournament. The tournament was held in Australia from 26 October, culminating in the final between Australia and New Zealand on 22 November. The

neg: 1999 Fed Cup 1999 Fed Cup The 1999 Fed Cup was the 37th edition of the most important competition between national teams in women's tennis. In the final, the United States defeated Russia at Taube Tennis Stadium in Stanford, CA, United States, on 18–19 September, giving the Americans their 16th title. The World Group II was the second highest level of Fed Cup competition in 1998. Winners advanced to the World Group for 2000, and losers played in the World Group II Play-offs. Date: 17–18 April The four losing teams from World Group II (Australia, Belarus, Japan and Netherlands) were divided into two

neg: Australia national rugby union team Ireland 33–15. They were knocked out by France in the semi-finals, and then lost the third place match against Wales. Coached by Bob Dwyer for the 1991 World Cup in Europe, Australia again finished at the top of their pool, defeating Western Samoa, Wales and Argentina during the group stages. They met Ireland in the quarter finals, beating them by one point to go through to the semi-finals, where they defeated the All Blacks 16–6 to qualify for their first World Cup final. Australia beat England 12–6 at Twickenham in the 1991 Rugby World Cup Final to become world champions.

neg: 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification (OFC–CONMEBOL play-off) 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification (OFC–CONMEBOL play-off) The 2002 FIFA World Cup CONMEBOL–OFC qualification play-off was a two-legged home-and-away tie between the winners of the Oceania qualifying tournament, Australia, and the fifth-placed team from the South American qualifying tournament, Uruguay. The games were played on 20 November and 25 November 2001 in Melbourne and Montevideo respectively. Australia was hoping to play in the FIFA World Cup for the first time since 1974 and Uruguay since 1990. Uruguay qualified for the 2002 FIFA World Cup Finals in South Korea and Japan, and were drawn into Group A with defending champions France,

neg: Australia at the Rugby World Cup Australia at the Rugby World Cup The Australian national rugby union team, known as the Wallabies, has played all eight Rugby World Cup tournaments. They are one of the three best performing teams, having won two tournaments, as has South Africa; only New Zealand has done better, winning three tournaments. Australia has hosted or co-hosted the tournament on two occasions – in 1987 and 2003. Quarter final Group matches ---- ---- Pool B games - ---- Australia hosted the first 1987 Rugby World Cup, along with New Zealand. Games were hosted at the following stadiums - Most of the pool

neg: 2015 Rugby World Cup Pool A time (UTC+01)" Notes: Notes Notes: Notes: Notes: Notes: Notes: Notes: Notes: 2015 Rugby World Cup Pool A Pool A of the 2015 Rugby World Cup began on 18 September and was completed on 10 October 2015. The pool was composed of hosts England, as well as the third- and fourth-placed teams from 2011, Australia and Wales. They were joined by the Oceania qualifier, Fiji, and the repechage qualifier, Uruguay. The group was called the "group of death", with 4 of the teams competing being ranked in the top ten of the World going into the World Cup. Australia and Wales

neg: Mark Schwarzer for all three matches of the group stage in the 2010 World Cup in a group composed of Australia, Germany, Ghana and Serbia. In the first match, Australia were crushed 4–0 by the Germans, but they recovered with a 1–1 draw against Ghana in the next game. In the final match, Australia beat Serbia 2–1, thus finishing third in the group with four points, just missing out on qualification to the round of 16 on goal difference with Ghana. After the tournament, Schwarzer declared his interest in playing at the 2014 World Cup, at which time he would be 41

neg: Australia 31–0 American Samoa the intercontinental play-off round against the fifth best team in the South American zone for a place in the World Cup. Australia and American Samoa were placed in Group 1 along with Fiji, Samoa and Tonga with the matches to be played at Coffs Harbour, Australia during April 2001. Australia, along with New Zealand, were widely recognized as the strongest teams in the Oceanian zone. They were the only teams to have won the OFC Nations Cup, and the only ones to have qualified for the World Cup: Australia had qualified in 1974 and New Zealand in 1982. American Samoa

neg: 2013 Australia national soccer team season year however successive 6–0 defeats resulted in coach Holger Osieck losing his job. He was replaced by Ange Postecoglou. 2013 Australia national soccer team season This page summarises the Australia national soccer team fixtures and results in 2013. The team played their final four World Cup qualification matches. The two draws and two victories placed Australia second in the group to qualify for their fourth World Cup and the third in succession. Australia then participated in the East Asian Cup for the first time. Due to the timing of the event Australia's first choice players were not available so a

neg: 2013 Australia national soccer team season 2013 Australia national soccer team season This page summarises the Australia national soccer team fixtures and results in 2013. The team played their final four World Cup qualification matches. The two draws and two victories placed Australia second in the group to qualify for their fourth World Cup and the third in succession. Australia then participated in the East Asian Cup for the first time. Due to the timing of the event Australia's first choice players were not available so a largely A-League based squad was used. The team played a number of friendly matches towards the end of the

neg: Uruguay at the Rugby World Cup of 14,000 fans at the Charrua Stadium. Uruguay played in Pool A. The pool was composed of hosts England, as well as the third- and fourth-placed teams from 2011, Australia and Wales. They were joined by two qualifiers, Fiji and Uruguay. The group has been called the 'group of death'. Uruguay at the Rugby World Cup Uruguay has competed in three Rugby World Cup tournaments. A huge success for them was qualifying for the 1999 Rugby World Cup in Wales. They won their pool fixture against Spain, finishing third in their pool. They qualified for the World Cup again in

neg: History of the Australia national soccer team Russia. The success achieved at the 2006 World Cup later saw the team named AFC National Team of the Year, as well as being dubbed the "golden generation" in the history of the Australia national team. Australia, led by Graham Arnold, went to their first Asian Cup in 2007, sending a strong squad which included 15 players from the 2006 FIFA World Cup. Australia was drawn in Group A alongside (co-host) Thailand, Oman and Iraq. In their first match, Australia were only able to earn a 1–1 draw against a lower-ranked Oman team. Australia played poorly, with Oman leading for

neg: 1995 Rugby League World Cup knockout stage 1995 Rugby League World Cup knockout stage The 1995 Rugby League World Cup knockout stage took place after the group stage of the 1995 Rugby League World Cup and culminated in the 1995 Rugby League World Cup Final. The Semi-finals consisted of four teams; 1st and 2nd from Group A, 1st from Group B and 1st from Group C. Inspirational Welsh captain Jonathan Davies announced his representative retirement following the match. After showing very little form in their group games, New Zealand almost produced a boilover against Australia in Huddersfield. The Kangaroos were leading 20–16 with just 3 minutes remaining

neg: Oceanian nations at the FIFA World Cup to Cambodia, leaving only Australia and North Korea to contest the final place. North Korea easily won both legs to qualify. At the 1970 World Cup qualification participated 2 countries from Oceania. New Zealand bye and advanced to the Second Round directly, Australia, Japan and South Korea, played against each other twice in South Korea. The group winner Australia advance to the Second Round. In the Second Round group 1 Australia won against Rhodesia and advanced to the Final Round. New Zealand in the Second Round group 2 lost by Israel and withdrew. In the Final Round Australia lost on

neg: Asian nations at the FIFA World Cup in South Korea. Australia advanced to the second round Group 1 and won over Rhodesia and advanced to the final round. In Group 2, Israel advanced to the final round when they defeated New Zealand twice. North Korea, despite their good performance in the previous tournament staged in England in 1966, refused to play in Israel and withdrew. In the final round, Israel defeated Australia 2–1 on aggregate and reached the World Cup. Israel qualified for their only World Cup to date as an Asian team. Soon after this, however, they left the Asian Football Confederation, and now compete in

neg: John O'Neill (sport administrator) per game and the grand final sold out at Aussie Stadium in Sydney. Nationally, O'Neill had guaranteed Australia coach Frank Farina's job to the World Cup, but after a poor Confederations Cup campaign he sacked Farina and was instrumental in securing Guus Hiddink as the national team coach. Under Hiddink's guidance, Australia did better than expected, not only qualifying for the 2006 FIFA World Cup, but finishing second in group F to progress to the round on 16. Australia was knocked after contentiously losing to Italy, the eventual world cup winners. On 29 August 2006, O'Neill announced his decision not

neg: Kenya national under-19 cricket team At the 2000 World Cup in Sri Lanka, Kenya finished last in its group. They lost to Pakistan and newcomers Nepal, and the game against South Africa was abandoned. In the plate competition, they won their only game of the tournament, against Namibia, and thus finished 13th overall. At the 2002 World Cup in New Zealand, Kenya again finished last in its group. The opening match against Australia was one of the most shameful days in Kenya cricket history. Australia racked up 480/6 from its 50 overs, the highest total in World Cup history. Kenya was dismissed for 50 runs,

neg: 2017 Women's Rugby League World Cup Final each winning their group matches and semi-final by large margins. Australia: <br> New Zealand: 2017 Women's Rugby League World Cup Final The 2017 Women's Rugby League World Cup Final was a rugby league match which determined the winner of the 2017 Women's Rugby League World Cup. It was played between reigning champions Australia and their rivals New Zealand on December 2, 2017 at Brisbane Stadium in Brisbane, immediately before the final of the concurrent men's competition. It was the third consecutive time that the two sides played in the World Cup final. Australia emerged victorious, winning the match 23–16 and

neg: 1994 FIFA World Cup qualification (OFC–CONMEBOL play-off) 1994 FIFA World Cup qualification (OFC–CONMEBOL play-off) The 1994 FIFA World Cup CONMEBOL–OFC qualification play-off was a two-legged home-and-away tie between the winners of the Oceania qualifying tournament and CONCACAF–OFC play-off winners, Australia, and the second-placed team from the CONMEBOL Group 1, Argentina. The games were played on 31 October and 17 November 1993 in Sydney and Buenos Aires respectively. Australia was hoping to play in the FIFA World Cup for the first time since 1974, and Argentina was hoping to qualify after reaching the FIFA World Cup Final three times in the previous four FIFA World Cups. The only

neg: 2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup Group D Angola and South Korea in the World Cup. The teams have split their two previous match-ups with Korea winning in 1994 and Angola winning in the 1990 FIBA World Championship. The last competitive game between the two was an Angola win at the 1996 Olympics. This was the second meeting between Australia and Slovenia in the World Cup. Slovenia won their first match-up during the 2010 FIBA World Championship. This was the first meeting between Mexico and Lithuania. This was the third meeting between Australia and South Korea in the World Cup. Australia won in the 1994 FIBA World Championship,

neg: Australia at the Cricket World Cup 1992. Though they have won world cup record five times, they are also the only team considered as tournament favorites for every world cup, right from 1975 to present. The team has played total 85 world cup matches, the highest of any team. Its overall win-loss record is 61-21 (which gives it the highest win percentage among all teams playing the world cup), with one tied match and two being abandoned due to rain. White: Group/Round-Robin Stage The 1975 Cricket World Cup was the first Cricket World Cup. It was held in England in June 1975 and consisted of two

neg: England national rugby league team World Cup, their first appearance in the World Cup since 1975. England were coached by Phil Larder. The Lions got off to a flying start beating Australia 20–16 in the opening game at Wembley, then hammering Fiji and South Africa in the remaining group games to finish top of group A. This set up a semi-final game at Old Trafford against Wales. England won the tussle 25–10 to reach the World Cup final, but they lost 16–8 to Australia at Wembley Stadium. England would not play again until 2000. The 1995 World Cup saw the first change of the England

neg: History of the Australia national soccer team finals point. It would prove be the only FIFA World Cup appearance for Australia until the tournament returned to Germany more than three decades later, in 2006. The 1978 FIFA World Cup qualification saw Australia grouped with New Zealand and Chinese Taipei in the first group round in 1977. After topping their group, Australia progressed to the final round where they would play Iran, South Korea, Kuwait and Hong Kong who all won their respected groups in the previous round. The teams would play a series of home and away matches with the overall winner gaining qualifying to the 1978

neg: Ireland national rugby union team the pool stage for the first time. Ireland were in Pool C for the 2011 Rugby World Cup with Australia, Russia, USA and Italy. Their first pool game was against the US, which ended in a 22–10 victory for Ireland. Ireland's second pool game was against Australia. Despite being underdogs, Ireland recorded their first victory over Australia at a World Cup with a 15–6 win. Ireland comfortably beat Russia 62–12 in their third pool game. Ireland secured first place in the pool with a 36–6 win over Italy, the first time that Ireland were group winners in their World Cup

neg: 2010 FIFA World Cup Group H Finally, Honduras and Spain were in the same group in 1982. Four years later, in the next World Cup, Chile and Spain would meet again in Group B, against the Netherlands and Australia; Chile would upset Spain 2–0 in their second match, eliminating Spain from the tournament. "All times local (UTC+2)" 2010 FIFA World Cup Group H Group H of the 2010 FIFA World Cup began on 16 June and ended on 25 June 2010. The group consisted of Switzerland, Honduras, Chile and reigning European champions Spain. Chile and Spain were in the same group in 1950, in a group