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AUSTRALIA’S QUALIYING PERIOD AFC Second round: Kyrgyzstan (A) 1-2; Bangladesh (H) 5-0; Tajikistan (A) 0-3; Jordan (A) 2-0; Kyrgyzstan (H) 3-0; Bangladesh (A) 0-4; Tajikistan (H) 7-0; Jordan (H) 5-1
AFC Third round: Iraq (H) 2-0; UAE (A) 0-1; Saudi Arabia (A) 2-2; Japan (H) 1-1; Thailand (A) 2-2; Iraq (A) 1-1; UAE (H) 2-0; Saudi Arabia (H) 3-2; Japan (A) 2-0; Thailand (H) 2-1 AFC Fourth round: Syria (A) 1-1, Syria (H) 2-1 AET
Play-off: Honduras (A) 0-0, Honduras (H) 3-1 Hakan Sukur of Turkey scored the fastest World Cup goal from kickoff, netting against South Korea in 10.8 seconds into the third-place play-off (3–2 win) in 2002.
goa s, os av Klose of Germany is the top goalscorer in World Cup history.
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T e ost team has won on six occasions. Uruguay (1930), Italy (1934), England (1966), West Germany (1974), Argentina (1978), France (1998). With
(2017-18), Australia played the most matches to qualify for the World Cup finals.
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With 44 years between wins, Italy holds the record for the longest gap between titles (1938-1982).
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he number of goals cored at Brazil 2014, qualling the most goals cored in a tournament et in France 1998. With 251,970km travelled, Australia recorded the longest distance travelled in a single qualifying campaign.