query: who has the most points in fifa 2018

pos: FIFA World Rankings The 19 July 2018 release was cancelled following the new calculation method implementation. FIFA World Rankings The FIFA World Ranking is a ranking system for men's national teams in association football, currently led by Belgium. The teams of the member nations of FIFA, football's world governing body, are ranked based on their game results with the most successful teams being ranked highest. The rankings were introduced in December 1992, and eight teams (Argentina, Belgium, Brazil, France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands and Spain) have held the top position, of which Brazil have spent the longest ranked first. A points system is

pos: FIFA World Rankings eliminated in the first round of the World Cup – remaining as the top ranked team. FIFA had originally planned to use existing world ranking points from June 2018 as the start value, but when the August rankings appeared, the starting points had been changed to an equal distribution of points between 1600 (Germany, as the previously top ranked team) and 868 (Anguilla, Bahamas, Eritrea, Somalia, Tonga and Turks and Caicos Islands, which had 0 points in June), according to the formula: formula_1, where R is the rank in June 2018. When two or more teams had equal ranks, the

pos: Germany at the FIFA World Cup the title of the 2014 FIFA World Cup in South America. The team was present in 19 out of the 21 tournaments, the second most frequent, and only did not reach the quarterfinals twice, in 1938 and 2018. With this, Germany's 8th place or better (quarterfinals) in 17 out of 19 tournaments (89%) ranks highest in FIFA World Cup Finals history. It makes Germany the better team in the history of the tournament in terms of final positions, if points were awarded proportionally for a title, runner-up finish, third-place finish, semi-final and quarter-final appearances. Only 14 days before the final,

pos: Asian nations at the FIFA World Cup stages, Iran wound up defeated 3–1. The 2018 FIFA World Cup, held in Russia, marked the first time five Asian teams qualified for the FIFA World Cup. Only Japan advanced past the group stage, a feat aided by fair-play points in tie-breaking, at the expense of Senegal. Aside from Australia, who only got a draw and two defeats, the other three had at least one win: Saudi Arabia got a 2-1 comeback over Egypt, Iran defeated Morocco, and in the biggest upset, South Korea beat the defending champions Germany. In the round of 16, Japan surprised a favored Belgium and

pos: 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group C 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group C The 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification UEFA Group C was one of the nine UEFA groups for 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification. The group consisted of six teams: Germany, Czech Republic, Northern Ireland, Norway, Azerbaijan, and San Marino. The draw was for the first round (group stage) which was not held as part of the 2018 FIFA World Cup Preliminary Draw on 25 July 2015, starting 18:00 MSK (), at the Konstantinovsky Palace in Strelna, Saint Petersburg, Russia. The group winners, Germany, who finished with a 100% record, qualified directly for

pos: FIFA World Rankings FIFA World Rankings The FIFA World Ranking is a ranking system for men's national teams in association football, currently led by Belgium. The teams of the member nations of FIFA, football's world governing body, are ranked based on their game results with the most successful teams being ranked highest. The rankings were introduced in December 1992, and eight teams (Argentina, Belgium, Brazil, France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands and Spain) have held the top position, of which Brazil have spent the longest ranked first. A points system is used, with points being awarded based on the results of all FIFA-recognised full

neg: FIFA World Ranking system (2006–2018) points because it lost the game, so all factors are multiplied by zero. Amplistan's 141 ranking points are calculated like this: More examples: Conesto gets more points than Bestrudia for defeating the same team (Amplistan) because of the higher weighting of its confederation. FIFA World Ranking system (2006–2018) The FIFA men's ranking system 2006–2018 is a calculation technique previously used by FIFA for ranking men's national teams in football. The ranking system was introduced by FIFA after the 2006 FIFA World Cup, as an update to an earlier system, and was replaced after the 2018 World Cup with a revised

neg: FIFA World Ranking system (2006–2018) the process, it received 3 points. FIFA fixed this flaw starting with the November 2012 ranking. Different matches have different importance to teams, and FIFA has tried to respect this by using a weighting system, where the most significant matches are in the World Cup finals, and the lowest weighted are friendly matches. FIFA states that it wishes to recognise that friendlies are still important, since they make up half of the competitive matches counted in the rankings. FIFA also stated, however, that it did not plan to make any adjustment for teams that qualify directly for major tournaments. The

neg: Iceland at the FIFA World Cup Iceland at the FIFA World Cup After 12 failed qualification campaigns, Iceland qualified for the FIFA World Cup, for the first time, in 2018. The 2018 FIFA World Cup was Iceland's second major international tournament, having also qualified for UEFA Euro 2016. Iceland is the smallest nation to reach the World Cup finals, breaking the record set by Trinidad and Tobago. Following a 2–0 home win over Kosovo in the final round of the qualifiers, Iceland secured their spot in Russia 2018, finishing top of Group I by two points over Croatia, who had defeated Iceland in the World Cup

neg: 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification (CAF) fewer FIFA ranking points (345.31) than Benin (345.46) and Libya (345.35). In the FIFA World Rankings, teams share the same ranking if their ranking points round to the same whole number. The schedule of the competition was as follows. The draw for the first round was held as part of the 2018 FIFA World Cup Preliminary Draw on 25 July 2015, starting 18:00 MSK (), at the Konstantinovsky Palace in Strelna, Saint Petersburg, Russia. The draw for the second round was held as part of the 2018 FIFA World Cup Preliminary Draw on 25 July 2015, starting 18:00 MSK (),

neg: AFC Club Competitions Ranking 100 points, when the association's team have won the most points in the four year ranking and also are the number one AFC team in the FIFA rankings. Before 2017, the weighting for the FIFA ranking part was 30%. Associations earn points in the ACL and ACC starting at the group stage by: As of 20 October 2018 The following data indicate the top-ranked member association in each 4 year period to the year. The club ranking is mostly an informative ranking and not used to seed clubs in the competitions for example. The club ranking is calculated as points

neg: 2018 Girabola the Angolan Football Federation citing financial reasons. The request was granted. As a result, all points won in games against J.G.M. were withdrawn. In May, FIFA has instructed the Angolan Football Federation that Kabuscorp should forfeit 6 points as a result of being in default to their former star player Rivaldo. In a weekly report issued by the Angolan federation, it is further stated that the club may be banned from official competition in case the claimant files a new complaint. In June, FIFA again ruled that Kabuscorp forfeits 6 points in the League for being in default with TP

neg: 2015 Copa América disciplinary record be served in the team's next competitive international match(es). In most cases, that will be the first matches of 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifying. The Fair Play Award will be given to the team with the best overall discipline throughout the tournament. Teams will be given a certain amount of points—15 in the first stage, 5 in the quarterfinals, and 10 points for the remaining four teams—from which points will be deducted depending on the infraction. The team that advanced past the first stage with the most points will be awarded the trophy. Teams that drop below 0 points will

neg: 2018 FIFA World Cup seeding of UEFA, which had at least one, but no more than two in a group. All teams were seeded using the October 2017 FIFA World Rankings, which numbers in parenthesis show, released on 16 October 2017. According to the FIFA rankings, the strongest group was E (combining for 4415 points), followed by F (4151), B (4128), C (4101), D (4099), G (3953), H (3944) and the weakest was the host nation's group A (2991). 2018 FIFA World Cup seeding The draw for the 2018 FIFA World Cup took place on 1 December 2017 at the State Kremlin Palace in Moscow,

neg: 2018 UEFA European Under-19 Championship squad of 20 players (Regulations Article 39). The final tournament schedule was confirmed on 5 June 2018. The group winners and runners-up advanced to the semi-finals and qualified for the 2019 FIFA U-20 World Cup. The third-placed teams entered the FIFA U-20 World Cup play-off. In the group stage, teams were ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss), and if tied on points, the following tiebreaking criteria were applied, in the order given, to determine the rankings (Regulations Articles 16.01 and 16.02): All times were local, EEST ().

neg: Poland at the FIFA World Cup the only one of those three from a country that has never won the World Cup, either. Ernst Wilimowski was the first player ever to score four goals in one match at a FIFA World Cup, and to this day is the only player who managed this feat and still lost the match. Poland at the FIFA World Cup This is a record of Poland's results at the FIFA World Cup. They have qualified for the finals on eight occasions, most recently in 2018. The FIFA World Cup, sometimes called the Football World Cup or the Soccer World Cup, but

neg: Morocco 2026 FIFA World Cup bid risk" for the organisation, compared with the other bid being labelled as low risk. The three categories with the worst scores were: stadiums, accommodation and transportation, which are the most important parts of any bid for the World Cup. The overall bid scored 275 out of 500 points, significantly lower than the 402 scored by the other bid. In Morocco's previous World Cup bids, it was discovered that in two of those instances, the country tried to bribe voting officials. FIFA issued an integrity warning to the Moroccan bid in January 2018. The general secretary of FIFA Fatma Samoura warned

neg: North, Central American and Caribbean nations at the FIFA World Cup in the tournament. In recent tournaments, FIFA has used the rankings for seedings for the final tournament draw. For each tournament, the number of teams in each finals tournament (in brackets) are shown. As per statistical convention in football, matches decided in extra time are counted as wins and losses, while matches decided by penalty shoot-outs are counted as draws. 3 points per win, 1 point per draw and 0 points per loss. "Results through World Cup 2018" Each successive World Cup has had at least one team appearing for the first time. This table shows the national associations in

neg: 2018 Kabuscorp S.C.P. season 2018 Kabuscorp S.C.P. season The 2018 season of Kabuscorp Sport Clube do Palanca is the club's 16th season in Angolan football and the 11th consecutive season in the Girabola, the top flight league of Angolan football. In 2018, the club participated in the Girabola. In late April, J.G.M. submitted a withdrawal request to the Angolan Football Federation citing financial reasons. The request was granted. As a result, 3 points won by Kabuscorp in its round 3 away match win against J.G.M. were withdrawn. FIFA has instructed the Angolan Football Federation that Kabuscorp should forfeit 6 points in the league as

neg: 2018 Kabuscorp S.C.P. season style="background:#DCDCDC; text-align:center" | Total 2018 Kabuscorp S.C.P. season The 2018 season of Kabuscorp Sport Clube do Palanca is the club's 16th season in Angolan football and the 11th consecutive season in the Girabola, the top flight league of Angolan football. In 2018, the club participated in the Girabola. In late April, J.G.M. submitted a withdrawal request to the Angolan Football Federation citing financial reasons. The request was granted. As a result, 3 points won by Kabuscorp in its round 3 away match win against J.G.M. were withdrawn. FIFA has instructed the Angolan Football Federation that Kabuscorp should forfeit 6 points

neg: FIFA World Rankings of the rankings. Brazil hold the records for most consecutive wins (seven, between 1994 and 2000) and most wins overall (twelve). The table below shows the three best teams of each year. The Best Mover of the Year was awarded to the team who made the best progress up the rankings over the course of the year. In the FIFA rankings, this is not simply the team that has risen the most places, but a calculation is performed in order to account for the fact that it becomes progressively harder to earn more points the higher up the rankings a

neg: World Football Elo Ratings World Rankings system has used a modified version of the Elo formula since 2003. In June 2018, the FIFA ranking switched to an Elo-based ranking as well, starting from the current FIFA rating points. The major difference between the World Football Elo Rating and the new men's FIFA rating system is that the latter does not consider goal differential and counts a penalty shoot-out as a win/loss rather than a draw; thus, a 7:0 blowout is considered equal to a 7:6 penalty shoot-out win (neither method distinguishes a win in extra time from a win in regular time). The FIFA

neg: Russia 2018 FIFA World Cup bid Russia 2018 FIFA World Cup bid Russia announced its intent to bid for the FIFA World Cup in early 2009, and submitted its request to FIFA in time. Russia's President Vladimir Putin has taken a keen interest in the bid and has gone so far as ordering Vitaly Mutko, the Minister of Sports, to "prepare a bid for Russia to hold the 2018 World Cup". According to a report earlier submitted by Vitaly Mutko, who also served that time as President of the Russian Football Union (RFU), the country is ready to spend some $10 billion on the tournament. The

neg: Sport in San Marino 8 seconds of the final whistle. The goal scored by San Marino was their European Qualifying first goal since losing 4-1 to Austria in 1998. As of December 2018, San Marino is 211th in the FIFA world rankings - last place with 854 ranking points. The most notable Sanmarinese footballer was Massimo Bonini, a midfielder, who played for the national team, but most notably for Italy's Juventus F.C. from 1981 to 1988. Although named after the Republic, the San Marino Grand Prix of Formula One was actually held at the Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari in the Italian town of

neg: FIFA Online 3 and formation (VS Manager). The "FIFA Online 2" World Tour has been upgraded to a ranking system (Ranking Mode), where every player starts out with 1500 points and can play against players who have a similar amount of points. Winning a match is rewarded with 10 points, with more points added/deducted on to each consecutive win/loss and the difference in the number of goals scored/conceded in each match. Rewards are given out at the end of every in-game season to all players based on their points. "FIFA Online 3" is playable using a keyboard using a certain keys to play

neg: European nations at the FIFA World Cup direct competition between the teams; instead, teams eliminated in the same round are ranked by their full results in the tournament. In recent tournaments, FIFA has used the rankings for seedings for the final tournament draw. For each tournament, the number of teams in each finals tournament (in brackets) are shown. As per statistical convention in football, matches decided in extra time are counted as wins and losses, while matches decided by penalty shoot-outs are counted as draws. 3 points per win, 1 point per draw and 0 points per loss. "Results through World Cup 2018" Each successive World Cup

neg: South American nations at the FIFA World Cup tournament. In recent tournaments, FIFA has used the rankings for seedings for the final tournament draw. For each tournament, the number of teams in each finals tournament (in brackets) are shown. As per statistical convention in football, matches decided in extra time are counted as wins and losses, while matches decided by penalty shoot-outs are counted as draws. 3 points per win, 1 point per draw and 0 points per loss. "Results through World Cup 2018" For each World Cup, the number of countries in the finals (Size), the number of entries from around the world including any rejections and

neg: African nations at the FIFA World Cup for the final tournament draw. For each tournament, the number of teams in each finals tournament (in brackets) are shown. As per statistical convention in football, matches decided in extra time are counted as wins and losses, while matches decided by penalty shoot-outs are counted as draws. 3 points per win, 1 point per draw and 0 points per loss. "Results through World Cup 2018" Each successive World Cup has had at least one team appearing for the first time. This table shows the national associations in alphabetical order per year. 41 of the 54 active FIFA and CAF members

neg: FIFA World Ranking system (2006–2018) is simpler: three points for a win, one point for a draw, and zero points for a loss, in line with most league systems around the world. In the event of a match being decided by a penalty shootout, the winning team receives two points, and the losing team one point. Until November 2012, in two-legged play-offs, if Team A lost the first leg 2 – 0, then matched the result in the return leg and won after a penalty shootout, it received two points. However, if Team A won the return leg by one goal only, being eliminated in

neg: England 2018 FIFA World Cup bid stated that "the tone of this campaign has to be different. The board of "England 2018" was chaired by Lord Triesman, chairman of The FA, who has since resigned. He was joined by Geoffrey Thompson, vice president of FIFA; Lord Mawhinney, chairman of the Football League; Paul Elliott, who is the chairman of the Advisory Group to the bid; and Lord (Sebastian) Coe, who led London's successful bid for the 2012 Olympic Games and Paralympic Games, is chairman of LOCOG, and who took leave of absence from his role as chairman of the FIFA Ethics Committee to join the bid

neg: 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification – CONCACAF Third Round the FIFA World Rankings of August 2014 (shown in parentheses). The 12 teams were seeded into two pots: Each tie contained a team from Pot 3 and a team from Pot 4, with the order of legs decided by draw. Note: Bolded teams qualified for the fourth round. Note: Guatemala were seeded into Pot 3 as they have more FIFA ranking points (203.24) than the Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (202.53). In the FIFA World Rankings, teams share the same ranking if their ranking points round to the same whole number. <onlyinclude> El Salvador won 2–0 on aggregate and advanced

neg: 2017 AFC U-16 Women's Championship for a loss), and if tied on points, the following tiebreaking criteria are applied, in the order given, to determine the rankings (Regulations Article 11.5): All times are local, ICT (). In the knockout stage, penalty shoot-out (no extra time) is used to decide the winner if necessary. Winners qualified for 2018 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup. Winner qualified for 2018 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup. The following three teams from AFC qualified for the 2018 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup. The following awards were given at the conclusion of the tournament. 2017 AFC U-16 Women's Championship The 2017 AFC

neg: FIFA World Cup awards Man of the Match is since 2010 picked by an online poll on FIFA's website. Total awards<br>"As of 15 July 2018" By Country"As of 15 July 2018" The FIFA Award for the "Most Entertaining Team" is a subjectively awarded prize for the team that had done the most to entertain the public with a positive approach to the game, organised through public participation in a poll starting in 1994. The "All-Star Team" is a team of the best performers at the respective World Cup finals. The ways in which the FIFA All-Star team members have been chosen has varied from

neg: 1974 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA) qualified. This was the first time England failed to qualify for the World Cup since first entering in 1950. Bulgaria qualified. Spain and Yugoslavia finished level on points and goal difference, and a play-off on neutral ground was played to decide who would qualify. Yugoslavia qualified. As of 2018 this is the last time Spain have failed to qualify for the World Cup finals. Scotland qualified. Soviet Union advanced to the UEFA – CONMEBOL Play-off. 1974 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA) Listed below are the dates and results for the 1974 FIFA World Cup qualification rounds for the European zone

neg: 2018 South American U-20 Women's Championship teams are ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss). If tied on points, tiebreakers are applied in the following order, taking into account only matches in the final stage (Regulations Article 18.2): The following two teams from CONMEBOL qualified for the 2018 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup. 2018 South American U-20 Women's Championship The 2018 South American Under-20 Women's Football Championship was the 8th edition of the South American Under-20 Women's Football Championship (), the biennial international youth football championship organised by CONMEBOL for the women's under-20 national

neg: FIFA Club World Cup records and statistics in the FIFA Club World Cup, taking part in 14 matches. Wael Gomaa, Hossam Ashour and Mohamed Aboutrika have the record number of matches played in the FIFA Club World Cup, taking part in 11 matches. The following is a list of the top ten clubs with the most points gained in the FIFA Club World Cup. The clubs are primarily ranked by their points gained, on a basis of three points for a win, one for a draw and no point for a loss. "After 2017 tournament." FIFA Club World Cup records and statistics The FIFA Club World Cup

neg: 2014 FIFA World Cup preparations 2014 FIFA World Cup preparations The costs of the 2014 FIFA World Cup tournament in Brazil were estimated to be the highest in the history of the FIFA World Cup up till then. Costs of the tournament totalled $11.6 billion, making it the most expensive World Cup to date, until surpassed by 2018 FIFA World Cup which cost an estimated $14.2 billion. FIFA was expected to spend US$2 billion on staging the finals, with its greatest single expense being the US$576 million prize money pot. This expenditure has largely been on stadium works and infrastructure projects. Brazil has added on

neg: FIFA World Player of the Year in a row. The oldest winner is Nadine Angerer, who was 35 when she won in 2013; she is also the only goalkeeper of either sex to win. The winners are chosen by the coaches and captains of national teams as well as by international media representatives invited by FIFA. In a voting system based on positional voting, each voter is allotted three votes, worth five points, three points and one point, and the three finalists are ordered based on total number of points. Following criticism from some sections of the media over nominations in previous years, FIFA has since

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2018 FIFA World Cup Group H points tally of four after two group games at a World Cup, just as they did as co-hosts in 2002.

 The two teams had met in five matches, most recently in a 2006 friendly, won by Colombia 2–1. Abel Aguilar was taken from the field on a stretcher in the 32nd minute and was replaced by Mateus Uribe. Shortly after, a cross by James Rodríguez from the right was met by the head of Yerry Mina, who lost his marker to head over Wojciech Szczęsny's outstretched arms and into the net. Juan Fernando Quintero fired

neg: FIFA Women's World Rankings FIFA Women's World Rankings The FIFA Women's World Rankings for football were introduced in 2003, with the first rankings published in March of that year, as a follow-on to the existing FIFA World Rankings for men. They attempt to compare the strength of internationally active women's national teams at any given time. The first two points result from the FIFA Women's World Rankings system being based on the Elo rating system adjusted for football; in 2018, FIFA modified the men's ranking system to similarly be based on Elo systems after continued criticism. FIFA considers the ratings for teams with fewer

neg: 2018 and 2022 FIFA World Cup bids President Uli Hoeneß said that Blatter "has lost control" of FIFA and that "It's a scandal how things run there (at FIFA). Apparently, a bid nowadays can only be successful if payments are additionally made under the table. One scandal comes on the heels of another." On 10 May 2011, the former England 2018 bid chief Lord Treisman told a House of Commons select committee that four FIFA committee members approached him asking for various things in exchange for votes. Among the accused are FIFA Vice President Jack Warner, who is accused of asking for £2.5 million to be used

neg: 2018 FIFA World Cup program in network history). 2018 FIFA World Cup The 2018 FIFA World Cup was the 21st FIFA World Cup, an international football tournament contested by the men's national teams of the member associations of FIFA once every four years. It took place in Russia from 14 June to 15 July 2018. It was the first World Cup to be held in Eastern Europe, and the 11th time that it had been held in Europe. At an estimated cost of over $14.2 billion, it was the most expensive World Cup. It was also the first World Cup to use the video

neg: Nawaf Shukralla Nawaf Shukralla Nawaf Abdullah Ghayyath Shukrallah () (born 13 October 1976) is a Bahraini football referee who has been a full international referee for FIFA. In 2011, FIFA called him on duty at the 2011 FIFA U-17 World Cup. He has also officiated at other tournaments, including the AFC Champions League, the 2012 FIFA Club World Cup, and 2014 FIFA World Cup qualifiers. In March 2013, FIFA named Shukrallah to its list of 52 candidate referees for the 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil. Nawaf officiated four matches in the group stage of the 2014 and 2018 World Cups: Spain-Australia

neg: 2018 FIFA World Cup 2018 FIFA World Cup The 2018 FIFA World Cup was the 21st FIFA World Cup, an international football tournament contested by the men's national teams of the member associations of FIFA once every four years. It took place in Russia from 14 June to 15 July 2018. It was the first World Cup to be held in Eastern Europe, and the 11th time that it had been held in Europe. At an estimated cost of over $14.2 billion, it was the most expensive World Cup. It was also the first World Cup to use the video assistant referee (VAR) system.

neg: Canada men's national soccer team draws in Europe, Canada continued to shed FIFA points having gone winless for nearly two years, and sank to their lowest ever FIFA ranking of 122 in August 2014. Canada ended a 16-match winless streak on September 10, 2014, defeating Jamaica 3–1 in Toronto. Canada was drawn into the 2018 FIFA World Cup second round of qualifying against Dominica in June 2015. Canada entered the second round of 2018 World Cup qualifying against Dominica with a game at Windsor Park in Dominica which they won 2–0 with goals from Cyle Larin and a penalty converted by Russell Teibert. In the

neg: Alireza Faghani FIFA Confederations Cup in Russia. Alireza Faghani Alireza Faghani (, born 21 March 1978) is an Iranian international football referee who has been officiating in the Persian Gulf Pro League for several seasons and has been on the FIFA list since 2008. Faghani has refereed important matches such as the 2014 AFC Champions League Final, the 2015 AFC Asian Cup Final, the 2015 FIFA Club World Cup Final , the 2016 Olympic football final match. He has refereed matches in the 2017 FIFA Confederations Cup and the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia. He was born on 21 March 1978

neg: Nawaf Shukralla (3 ) and Portugal-Ghana (4) in 2014, Poland-Senegal (3) and Panama-Tunisia (6) matches in 2018. Nawaf Shukralla Nawaf Abdullah Ghayyath Shukrallah () (born 13 October 1976) is a Bahraini football referee who has been a full international referee for FIFA. In 2011, FIFA called him on duty at the 2011 FIFA U-17 World Cup. He has also officiated at other tournaments, including the AFC Champions League, the 2012 FIFA Club World Cup, and 2014 FIFA World Cup qualifiers. In March 2013, FIFA named Shukrallah to its list of 52 candidate referees for the 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil. Nawaf

neg: France flag. Football is the most popular sport in France, with over 1,800,000 registered players, and over 18,000 registered clubs. The football team is among the most successful in the world, with two FIFA World Cup victories in 1998 and 2018, one FIFA World Cup second place in 2006, and two UEFA European Championships in 1984 and 2000. The top national football club competition is Ligue 1. France has produced some of the greatest players in the world, including three time FIFA World Player of the Year Zinedine Zidane, three time Ballon d'Or recipient Michel Platini, record holder for most goals

neg: Marcus Berg years, to make a great step to the 2018 FIFA World Cup finals. It was also his 50th international appearance. Sweden eventually finished Group A on second place with 19 points with Berg as top goalscorer with 8 goals. At second round, Sweden faced Italy and eliminated them 1–0, returning at the World Cup for the first time since 2006; Berg was distinguished for his defensive work rate in the second leg. In May 2018 he was named in Sweden’s 23 man squad for the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia. Berg is renowned for his heading ability, first touches,

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2018 FIFA World Cup Group C 2–1; and also Australia had not defeated any South American team in the FIFA World Cup, having been beaten by Brazil 0–2 in 2006, drew 0–0 and lost 1–3 to Chile in 1974 and 2014.

 Fair play points would have been used as tiebreakers if the overall and head-to-head records of teams had been tied. These were calculated based on yellow and red cards received in all group matches as follows: Only one of the above deductions would be applied to a player in a single match. 2018 FIFA World Cup Group C Group C

neg: Egypt both having eighteen. The Egyptian national football team, known as the Pharaohs, won the African Cup of Nations seven times, including three times in a row in 2006, 2008, and 2010. Considered the most successful African national team and one which has reached the top 10 of the FIFA world rankings, Egypt has qualified for the FIFA World Cup three times. Two goals from star player Mohamed Salah in their last qualifying game took Egypt through to the 2018 FIFA World Cup. The Egyptian Youth National team Young Pharaohs won the Bronze Medal of the 2001 FIFA youth world cup

neg: Bozhidar Kraev coming on as a substitute during the 2–0 home win over Netherlands for the 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification. On 6 September 2018, he scored 2 goals against Slovenia in the UEFA Nations' League, helping his country to 3 points. "As of 19 October 2018" Score and result list Bulgaria's goal tally first. Best progressing young player in Bulgarian football - 2014, 2015 Bozhidar Kraev Bozhidar Kraev (; born 23 June 1997 in Vratsa) is a Bulgarian footballer who currently plays as a winger for Danish Superliga club Midtjylland and the Bulgarian national team. Born in Vratsa, at the age

neg: 2018 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup 2018 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup The 2018 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup was the ninth edition of the FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup, the biennial international women's youth football championship contested by the under-20 national teams of the member associations of FIFA, since its inception in 2002 as the FIFA U-19 Women's World Championship (age limit was raised from 19 to 20 in 2006). The tournament was held in Brittany, France between 5 and 24 August 2018, who would also host the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup. Haiti and the Netherlands made their U-20 Women's World Cup debuts. North

neg: 2018 CONCACAF U-20 Championship 35-player roster (4 must be goalkeepers) and a final 20-player roster (2 must be goalkeepers). After the completion of the group stage, a team advancing to the qualification stage may replace up to six players with those from the provisional roster. The winners of each group in the group stage advance to the qualification stage. If the winners of a group is a non-FIFA member, the highest-ranked FIFA member in the group advances to the qualification stage (Regulations Article 12.9). Teams are ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a

neg: FIFA World Ranking system (2006–2018) executives. Notable changes include the dropping of the home or away advantage and number of goals from the calculation, and the simplification of many aspects of the system. In October 2012, FIFA released a press circular defining what is considered to be an international "A" match. In previous years a complicated system of points allocation was used, depending on how strong the opponent was, and how large the loss margin, which allowed weaker losing teams to gain points when playing a much stronger opposition, if they managed to put up a decent match. With the new system, the points allocation

neg: Moldova national football team results (2010–present) The goalscoring record is held by Serghei Cleșcenco, who scored eleven times in 69 matches. As of April 2018, Moldova are ranked 173rd in the FIFA Rankings. Its highest ever ranking of 37th was achieved in April 2008. Moldova's first match of the current decade was a 1–0 victory against Kazakhstan in a friendly. The team has completed four qualification campaigns since 2010, for UEFA Euro 2012, 2014 FIFA World Cup, UEFA Euro 2016 and 2018 FIFA World Cup; they failed to qualify in each. Since 2010, the team has played 78 matches and their record is 13 wins, 19

neg: Néstor Pitana Néstor Pitana Néstor Fabián Pitana (; born 17 June 1975) is an Argentine football referee and former actor who refereed at the 2014 FIFA World Cup, 2015 Copa América and 2018 FIFA World Cup. He oversaw the opening match of the 2018 FIFA World Cup between Russia and Saudi Arabia. Pitana was appointed to take charge of the 2018 FIFA World Cup Final between France and Croatia at Moscow on 15 July 2018. He became the second Argentine referee to take charge of a World Cup Final (after Horacio Elizondo, who did the same in 2006). Pitana's performance in the

neg: FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup the World Cup. During the "Beach Soccer World Championships" era, only three awards were presented – to the top scorer, best player and best goalkeeper. When FIFA acquired the tournament in 2005, the awards were expanded to honour the top three players in each of the existing categories (bar the best goalkeeper which remained a solo award) as well as recognition to the team with the most fair play points as standard in other FIFA competitions. Overall, eight awards are now presented. The "adidas Golden Ball" award is awarded to the player who plays the most outstanding football during the

neg: Ehsan Hajsafi includes 2 matches in FIFA Club World Cup 2007. Ehsan Hajsafi Ehsan Hajsafi (, born 25 February 1990) is an Iranian footballer who plays for Tractor Sazi in Persian Gulf Pro League. He is a member of the Iranian national team. Hajsafi is regarded as a utility player, being able to play as left midfielder, left-back, defensive midfielder, and winger. In 2009, Hajsafi was selected by Goal.com as the most promising player in Asian football. Hajsafi has represented Iran at the 2014 and 2018 FIFA World Cups and also 2011 and the 2015 AFC Asian Cup tournaments, in addition to

neg: Ehsan Hajsafi Ehsan Hajsafi Ehsan Hajsafi (, born 25 February 1990) is an Iranian footballer who plays for Tractor Sazi in Persian Gulf Pro League. He is a member of the Iranian national team. Hajsafi is regarded as a utility player, being able to play as left midfielder, left-back, defensive midfielder, and winger. In 2009, Hajsafi was selected by Goal.com as the most promising player in Asian football. Hajsafi has represented Iran at the 2014 and 2018 FIFA World Cups and also 2011 and the 2015 AFC Asian Cup tournaments, in addition to Sepahan at the 2007 FIFA Club World Cup. Hajsafi

neg: Étoile Sportive du Sahel teams are two of Tunisia's finest. Similarly, they also have a rivalry with Club Africain and CS Sfaxien. In terms of location, ESS are quite an isolated club, so games against US Monastir and ES Hammam-Sousse (the latter are from a town just north of Sousse) are considered local derbies. Étoile Sportive du Sahel was the first African squad to have won all official club competition recognized by Confederation of African Football. FIFA Club World Cup: 1 African Champions League: 1 Footballdatabase club's points 4 November 2018. Footballdatabase club's points 4 November 2018. Footballdatabase club's points 4 November 2018. Notes:

neg: Kiatisuk Senamuang place. In 2014, due to his success in 2014 Asian Games, Kiatisuk was appointed to be a new coach of Thailand to compete in 2014 AFF Championship. He eventually completed his mission by the 4-3 aggregate score against Malaysia, made him became the first player and coach who won ASEAN Football Championship. In 2015, Thailand has qualified to the 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification – AFC Second Round in the same group as Iraq, Vietnam and Chinese Taipei. Kiattisuk managed his team to finish as the winner of the group with 14 points from 6 games. Thailand advanced to the

neg: Kim Min-jae (footballer) Jeonbuk consecutively lost no points and ten games won including AFC Champions League games. On 2 May 2018, the 11st league round against Daegu FC, Kim was injured in the progress of blocking Park Byeong-hyun's shot. It was hairline crack in calfbone that Kim suffered. On 14 August 2017, Kim Min-jae was named in South Korea's squad for the 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification against Iran national football team and Uzbekistan national football team. On 31 August 2017, Kim made his international debut against Iran in the 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification. Being named in starting line-up, Kim showed great

neg: Rafael Márquez announced his retirement from football in April 2018. A Mexican international since 1997, Márquez has been capped 145 times for the national team, having won the 1999 FIFA Confederations Cup, and the 2003 and 2011 editions of the CONCACAF Gold Cup. In 2018, he became only the third player to play for his national team in five consecutive editions of the FIFA World Cup, in the 2002, 2006, 2010, 2014 and 2018 editions of the tournament. Márquez is the Mexican player with the most World Cup matches played with 19. Márquez began his career at Mexican club Atlas, for whom

neg: 2018 AFC U-16 Championship for a loss), and if tied on points, the following tiebreaking criteria were applied, in the order given, to determine the rankings: All times are local, MYT (). In the knockout stage, penalty shoot-out without extra time was used to decide the winners if necessary. The winners qualified for the 2019 FIFA U-17 World Cup. The following awards were given at the conclusion of the tournament: The following four teams from AFC qualified for the 2019 FIFA U-17 World Cup. 2018 AFC U-16 Championship The 2018 AFC U-16 Championship was the 18th edition of the AFC U-16 Championship, the biennial

neg: Alireza Faghani Alireza Faghani Alireza Faghani (, born 21 March 1978) is an Iranian international football referee who has been officiating in the Persian Gulf Pro League for several seasons and has been on the FIFA list since 2008. Faghani has refereed important matches such as the 2014 AFC Champions League Final, the 2015 AFC Asian Cup Final, the 2015 FIFA Club World Cup Final , the 2016 Olympic football final match. He has refereed matches in the 2017 FIFA Confederations Cup and the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia. He was born on 21 March 1978 in Kashmar, a city near

neg: JP Tokoto 2017–18 NBL season. He appeared in all 30 games for the Wildcats in 2017–18, averaging 15.4 points, 6.0 rebounds, 2.8 assists and 1.6 steals per game. On June 27, 2018, Tokoto secured a spot on the Golden State Warriors' roster for the 2018 NBA Summer League. On July 28, 2018, Tokoto signed a one-year deal with the Israeli team Hapoel Eilat. Tokoto was named after his maternal grandfather, Jean-Pierre Tokoto, who played soccer for the Cameroon national team. He starred in all three games for Cameroon at the 1982 FIFA World Cup. Tokoto's mother, Laurence Tokoto Trimble, met her husband,

neg: Clément Turpin referees for the Men’s Olympic Games football tournament in Brazil.. The following year Turpin refereed in the 2017 FIFA U-17 World Cup in India. On 29 March 2018, FIFA announced that he will officiate at the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia, with Cyril Gringore and Nicolas Danos as assistant referees. Clément Turpin Clément Turpin (; born 16 May 1982) is a French football referee. He has been a FIFA listed referee since 2010, and an UEFA Elite group referee since 2012. Turpin became a FIFA referee in 2010. He has served as a referee in the 2014 and 2018

neg: 2018 FIFA World Cup officials 2018 FIFA World Cup officials The following is a list of match officials (referees, assistant referees, and video assistant referees) who will officiate at the 2018 FIFA World Cup. On 29 March 2018, FIFA published the list of 36 referees and 63 assistant referees, on the basis of nationality, from all six football confederations for the 2018 FIFA World Cup. These were selected from a longlist of 53 trios. Out of these, one referee and one assistant referee were dropped from the list and were not replaced. The two assistant referees associated with the dropped referee also withdrew, but were

neg: 2018 Copa América Femenina In the final stage, the teams were ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss). If tied on points, tiebreakers would be applied in the following order, taking into account only matches in the final stage (Regulations Article 18.2): The following three teams from CONMEBOL qualified for the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup. Argentina qualified by winning the play-off against the 2018 CONCACAF Women's Championship fourth-placed team, Panama. The following team from CONMEBOL qualified for the 2020 Summer Olympic women's football tournament. Chile will qualify if they win the

neg: British Overseas Territories Wade-Fray and Cassar qualified for Team GB, with Williams missing the cut, however wishing to represent the UK in 2016. The Gibraltar national football team was accepted into UEFA in 2013 in time for the 2016 European Championships. It has been accepted by FIFA and went into the 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifying, where they achieved 0 points. The British Overseas Territories have more biodiversity than the entire UK mainland. There are at least 180 endemic plant species in the overseas territories as opposed to only 12 on the UK mainland. Responsibility for protection of biodiversity and meeting obligations under

neg: Poland at the FIFA World Cup Poland at the FIFA World Cup This is a record of Poland's results at the FIFA World Cup. They have qualified for the finals on eight occasions, most recently in 2018. The FIFA World Cup, sometimes called the Football World Cup or the Soccer World Cup, but usually referred to simply as the World Cup, is an international association football competition contested by the men's national teams of the members of "Fédération Internationale de Football Association" (FIFA), the sport's global governing body. The championship has been awarded every four years since the first tournament in 1930, except in 1942 and

neg: Sergei Ignashevich in 2002, and was selected in their squads for two European Championships and two FIFA World Cups, helping them to the semi-finals of Euro 2008, earning his 100th cap at the 2014 FIFA World Cup, and as part of the host team reached the quarter-finals of the 2018 FIFA World Cup. On 8 September 2015, he made his 110th international appearance and became the most capped player in Russia's team history, overtaking Viktor Onopko. On 17 November 2015, he made his 114th appearance, making him the most capped Russian player for any national team (again, overtaking Onopko who played 4

neg: FIFA World Rankings were a seeded team at the 2014 FIFA World Cup having played only three friendly matches in the previous year, and Poland before the 2018 FIFA World Cup. The use of regional strength multiplier in the ranking formula before 2018 was also accused of further reinforcing and perpetuating the bias for and against certain regions. FIFA's use of regional multiplier was cited as a primary reason why most teams in AFC (Asia) and CONCACAF (North America) held significantly lower FIFA rankings compared to their position in the World Football Elo Rankings. On 10 June 2018, the new ranking system was

neg: Annahita Zamanian Saint-Germain Féminines in 2018. She has featured for PSG in the 2018–19 UEFA Women's Champions League knockout phase. Zamanian played for the France women's national under-20 football team at the 2018 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup. Annahita Zamanian Annahita Le Loc'h-Zamanian Bakhtiari (born 19 February 1998) is an English-born French footballer who plays as a midfielder for Paris Saint-Germain. She was born in London to an Iranian father and French mother from Brittany, and moved to Sweden when she was four years old. Despite living most of her life in Sweden, she does not have a Swedish passport. She holds

neg: History of the FIFA World Cup years. In most tournaments, the tournament consists of a round-robin group stage followed by a single-elimination knockout stage. Until the 1990 FIFA World Cup, 2 points were conceded for a win and 1 point was conceded for a draw. Since the 1994 FIFA World Cup, 3 points are conceded for a win and 1 point is conceded for a draw. Each group of four teams plays a round-robin schedule. As of the 1986 World Cup, all final group games must be held simultaneously, a rule instituted by FIFA to minimize collusion amongst teams requiring a certain result to advance. FIFA

neg: Iran national football team results (2010–19) FIFA World Cup Qualifier – Second Round Friendly 2018 FIFA World Cup Qualifier – Second Round 2018 FIFA World Cup Qualifier – Second Round 2018 FIFA World Cup Qualifier – Second Round 2018 FIFA World Cup Qualifier – Second Round Friendly Friendly 2018 FIFA World Cup Qualifier – Third Round 2018 FIFA World Cup Qualifier – Third Round 2018 FIFA World Cup Qualifier – Third Round 2018 FIFA World Cup Qualifier – Third Round Friendly 2018 FIFA World Cup Qualifier – Third Round Friendly 2018 FIFA World Cup Qualifier – Third Round 2018 FIFA World Cup Qualifier – Third Round

neg: Ravshan Irmatov Ravshan Irmatov Ravshan Sayfiddinovich Irmatov (; born August 9, 1977) is a Uzbek professional football referee. He has officiated in the Uzbek League since 2000, as well as at international level since 2003. As of June 2018, Irmatov holds the record for officiating the most FIFA World Cup matches. Irmatov's father was also a referee, working in Soviet competitions. He has been a full international referee for FIFA since 2003. He is considered one of the elite referees in the world. He was selected as a referee for the 2007 FIFA U-20 World Cup in Canada, where he refereed the

neg: Montenegro national football team records and statistics friendlies; G - goals" "Updated: November 27, 2018" The following table summarizes goals for Montenegrin national team by every single player. "O - official competition games; F - Friendlies; First - First goal; Last - Last goal" "Updated: November 27, 2018" Montenegro national football team is present on FIFA rankings since June 2007. Until now, best ranking of Montenegro was 16th place in the world (June 2011). Below is a chronological list of Montenegro position on FIFA ranking-list by every three months, with number of points. Since establishing, Montenegrin national team played all home games at Podgorica City Stadium. Below

neg: FIFA (video game series) Calling it “the slickest, most polished and by far the most popular football game around”, and “football [video] games’ equivalent of the Premier League”, "The Guardian" praised the game’s FIFA Ultimate Team, which “encourages you to purchase Panini-sticker-like player packs to build up a dream team”, adding the series has “an excellent Journey mode that lets you control an aspiring pro and build him up to an international superstar, and a Career mode that lets you control your favourite team on and off the field.” One of the best-selling video game franchises, by 2018, the "FIFA" series had sold over

neg: Peru national football team results 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifying matches, six Copa America matches and four friendlies. Peru played 14 matches. This includes eight 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifying matches, four Copa America matches and two friendlies. Peru played 10 matches. This includes eight 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifying matches and two friendlies. Peru has at the moment 14 matches confirmed. This includes eleven friendlies and the 2018 FIFA World Cup group stage. Peru national football team results This article covers Peru national football team results and future fixtures. Peru played 14 matches. This includes seven 2006 FIFA World Cup qualifying matches, four Copa

neg: 2020 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup will be appointed. FIFA also accepts joint bids to co-host the tournament. Associations must declare their interest by 12 September 2018. The following countries had declared interest in hosting the 2020 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup. The host is expected to be appointed by the FIFA Council in the first quarter of 2019. A total of 16 teams qualify for the final tournament. In addition to the host who qualify automatically, 15 other teams qualify from six separate continental competitions. The slot allocation has yet to be announced. 2020 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup The 2020 FIFA U-17 Women's World

neg: 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA) as follows (July 2011 FIFA Rankings shown in brackets; the countries which eventually qualified for the final tournament are presented in bold): The matches were played between 7 September 2012 and 15 October 2013. An initial schedule that includes matches before this date was not ratified by FIFA. A win was awarded 3 points, a draw was awarded 1 point and a loss 0. The team with the most points in each group secured direct qualification for the final tournament of the World Cup. If two teams had the same number of points the criteria below were used. The eight

neg: 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

neg: CAF 5-Year Ranking the CAF 5-year rankings only results since 1998 have counted). Since 2011 the Super Cup and FIFA World Cup Club have been excluded. Since the 2011 CAF competitions, when computing the rankings, points have been weighted according to the year of the results. For example, for the ranking points calculated based on performances in continental club championships for the period 2013–2017, the points are multiplied by a coefficient according to the year as follow: Ranking for 2018–19 CAF Champions League and 2018–19 CAF Confederation Cup will be based on results from each CAF tournament (Champions League and Confederation Cup) from

neg: 2018 FIFA World Cup World Cup where fans could collect and swap virtual stickers, with five million fans gathering digital stickers for the tournament. The official song of the tournament was "Live It Up", with vocals from Will Smith, Nicky Jam and Era Istrefi, released on 25 May 2018. Its music video was released on 8 June 2018. Thirty-three footballers who are alleged to be part of the steroid program are listed in the McLaren Report. On 22 December 2017, it was reported that FIFA fired a doctor who had been investigating doping in Russian football. On 22 May 2018 FIFA confirmed that the

neg: Christian Benteke the Belgians reached the quarter-finals and lost to Wales. On 10 October 2016, Benteke set a record for the fastest goal in a World Cup match—either qualifying or the finals—when he scored after 8.1 seconds against Gibraltar in a 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifying match, breaking the 23-year-old record previously held by Davide Gualtieri. He scored twice more to complete his first hat-trick for Belgium. He was left out of the final Belgium 23-man squad for the 2018 FIFA World Cup despite initially being named in the preliminary squad. Benteke is a Christian. He points up to the sky after

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Néstor Pitana the rules, which steered the game into France's favor. Source: "worldfootball.net"

Néstor Pitana Néstor Pitana Néstor Fabián Pitana (; born 17 June 1975) is an Argentine football referee and former actor who refereed at the 2014 FIFA World Cup, 2015 Copa América and 2018 FIFA World Cup. He oversaw the opening match of the 2018 FIFA World Cup between Russia and Saudi Arabia. Pitana was appointed to take charge of the 2018 FIFA World Cup Final between France and Croatia at Moscow on 15 July 2018. He became the second Argentine referee to take charge of a World Cup Final

neg: 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA) Euro 2016. 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA) The European section of the 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification acted as qualifiers for the 2018 FIFA World Cup, which is being held in Russia, for national teams which are members of the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA). Apart from Russia, who qualified automatically as hosts, a total of 13 slots in the final tournament were available for UEFA teams. The qualifying format was confirmed by the UEFA Executive Committee meeting on 22–23 March 2015 in Vienna. The qualification process started on 4 September 2016, almost two months after UEFA Euro

neg: 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA) 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA) The European section of the 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification acted as qualifiers for the 2018 FIFA World Cup, which is being held in Russia, for national teams which are members of the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA). Apart from Russia, who qualified automatically as hosts, a total of 13 slots in the final tournament were available for UEFA teams. The qualifying format was confirmed by the UEFA Executive Committee meeting on 22–23 March 2015 in Vienna. The qualification process started on 4 September 2016, almost two months after UEFA Euro 2016, and

neg: 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification – CONCACAF Fifth Round the inter-confederation play-offs. 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification – CONCACAF Fifth Round The fifth round (also known as the "Hexagonal" or "Hex") of CONCACAF matches for 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification was played from 11 November 2016 to 10 October 2017. Mexico, Costa Rica, and Panama qualified for the 2018 FIFA World Cup, while Honduras qualified for (and was later eliminated in) the inter-confederation play-offs, and United States (who failed to qualify for the World Cup for the first time in 32 years) and Trinidad and Tobago were eliminated in this round. A total of six teams which had advanced

neg: 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification – CONCACAF Fifth Round 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification – CONCACAF Fifth Round The fifth round (also known as the "Hexagonal" or "Hex") of CONCACAF matches for 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification was played from 11 November 2016 to 10 October 2017. Mexico, Costa Rica, and Panama qualified for the 2018 FIFA World Cup, while Honduras qualified for (and was later eliminated in) the inter-confederation play-offs, and United States (who failed to qualify for the World Cup for the first time in 32 years) and Trinidad and Tobago were eliminated in this round. A total of six teams which had advanced from the fourth

neg: Juan Carlos Osorio in fourth place, Osorio was suspended by FIFA for six games after using insulting words and displaying aggressive and confrontational behavior towards officials during the third place play-off match against Portugal. On 2 September, following their 1–0 victory over Panama, Mexico secured their qualification to the 2018 FIFA World Cup. On 6 October, Mexico defeated Trinidad and Tobago 3–1, taking their points tally to 21, thus assuring Mexico will finish at the top of the qualification table for the first time since 1997. In March 2018, it was reported that Osorio had rejected an offer from the Mexican Football Federation

neg: Fahad Al-Mirdasi 2017 FIFA Confederations Cup. In 2018, the Saudi Arabian Football Federation (SAFF) issued Al-Mirdasi a lifetime ban from officiating based on allegations of match-fixing. Before the ban, FIFA had selected Al-Mirdasi to officiate at the 2018 FIFA World Cup, but on 30 May 2018, it was announced that he and his assistants were stood down from participating in the World Cup. Fahad Al-Mirdasi Fahad Al-Mirdasi (born 16 August 1985) is a Saudi Arabian football referee who served as a full international for FIFA from 2011 to 2018, when he was banned for life for match-fixing. Al-Mirdasi was one of the

neg: Boštjan Cesar Zlatko Zahovič as their most capped player of all time. On 8 October 2017, Cesar became the first Slovenian to earn 100 international caps, in a 2–2 home draw with Scotland in the 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification. He was sent off at the end of the match. Cesar retired from the national team on 27 March 2018 in a home match against Belarus. Boštjan Cesar Boštjan Cesar (born 9 July 1982) is a Slovenian international footballer who plays as a defender for Italian club Chievo. Cesar has played professionally in Slovenia, Croatia, France, England and Italy. With 101 international

neg: FIFA World Rankings approved by the FIFA Council. It is based on the Elo rating system and after each game points will be added to or subtracted from a team's rating according to the formula: where: Negative points in knockout stages of final competitions will not affect teams' ratings. Each year FIFA hands out two awards to its member nations, based on their performance in the rankings. They are: Team of the Year is awarded to the team that finishes top of the FIFA World Ranking. Belgium are the most recent Team of the Year for the second time in the 25-year history

neg: 2018 FIFA World Cup officials withdrawn: No referee was called up to replace Al-Mirdasi, but two assistant referees were called up to complete the referee teams of Mohammed Abdulla Hassan Mohamed (United Arab Emirates) and Ryuji Sato (Japan), respectively: Assistant referee Marwa Range (Kenya) also withdrew after the BBC released an investigation conducted by a Ghanaian journalist which implicated Marwa in a bribery scandal. 2018 FIFA World Cup officials The following is a list of match officials (referees, assistant referees, and video assistant referees) who will officiate at the 2018 FIFA World Cup. On 29 March 2018, FIFA published the list of 36 referees and

neg: Latin Cup having gone into decline after World War II. The Latin Cup has been described one of the forerunners "of the European Cup" by UEFA. According to Jules Rimet, 3rd President of FIFA, the Latin Cup was a competition created by FIFA at request of the four nations that contested it, but its regulation was made by a committee composed of members from the competing federations, and FIFA did not participate actively in its organisation. The Latin Cup was based on cycles of 4 years, being held in one country each year. The champion of each edition achieved the most points

neg: Christian Bolaños in the 2001 FIFA U-17 World Championship held in Trinidad and Tobago. He made his debut for the senior national team in a May 2005 friendly match against Norway and has, as of November 2016, collected a total of 71 caps, scoring 6 goals. He has represented his country in 25 FIFA World Cup qualification matches and played at both the 2006 FIFA World Cup and the 2014 FIFA World Cup as well as at the 2005, 2007 and 2011 CONCACAF Gold Cups. In May 2018 he was named in Costa Rica's 23 man squad for the 2018 FIFA World

neg: 2011 CONCACAF U-20 Championship Championships but are not eligible to qualify for the FIFA U-20 World Cup. If they had reached the semifinals of this tournament, the 4th team from CONCACAF to qualify for the 2011 FIFA U-20 World Cup would have been the losing quarterfinalist who gained the most points in the group stage. If two or more teams had been tied, then a drawing of lots would have been be used. Own goals Top 4 teams qualified for the 2011 FIFA U-20 World Cup. 4 teams qualified for the 2011 Pan American Games. The highest finisher from each the Caribbean and Central