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Football teams qualifed for World Cup with no loss
1982
West Germany (8-0-0)
Soviet Union (6-2-0)
Poland (4-0-0)
Brazil (4-0-0)
Peru (2-2-0)
Chile (3-1-0)
Honduras (3-2-0)
1986
England (4-4-0)
Brazil (2-2-0)
Canada (5-3-0)
Algeria (5-1-0)
1990
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Can I take part in the Olympic Games decathlon by default?
Entry for decathlon is by meeting qualifying standards.
In decathlon, your ability compared to the average athlete is irrelevant; what you need is to meet the fixed entry standard within a certain ...
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Why Atlético Madrid has to play in the Europa league and not in the Champions league the next year if they were in the top 3 past year in la liga?
In which European competition a team starts to play is determined by the results of the team in the previous season of their domestic league. Which means, as in the season 2016-17 Atlético became ...
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If Arsenal wins the 2019 UEFA Europa League final, which teams will represent England in the Champions League next year?
The English Premier League is guaranteed at least four, and may earn a total of five, places at the next Champions League group stage.
They are assigned in the following priority order.
The previous ...
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Has anyone ever taken pole position without setting any fastest sector times?
It's hard finding the data for previous years, but the scenario you described actually happened in that same year, 2018, during the Azerbaijan Grand Prix.
According to the FIA, these were the best ...
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Why is AS Roma already qualified of the round of 32 after 4 played rounds?
CSKA-Sofia can reach a maximum of 7 points, they cannot qualify in the hypothetical situation given. Changing it so they did would require Young Boys or CFR Cluj to miss points, so AS Roma is still ...
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How can a cricket team batting second be automatically eliminated via NRR?
Before the Bangladesh match, Pakistan have scored 1710 runs from 338.5 overs and conceded 2073 runs from 303.4 overs. Even given a very unlikely scenario:
Bangladesh bat first and are all out for ...
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How Pakistan will qualify for semi finals in world cup 2019?
If Pakistan lose to Bangladesh, they have 9 points, which is less than the top four teams. They cannot make the semifinals this way.
If Pakistan draws with Bangladesh, they require England's run ...
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In UEFA competitions, could a team forfeit a game and still qualify?
Since you explicitly mentioned the UEFA, I'll answer your question using their regulations. And the answer is no. That's not possible.
The UEFA does not allow this behavior in their competitions.
If ...
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Why didn't they change the poster for 1950 FIFA World Cup?
The FIFA World Cup Tournament poster is unique. There's only one for each edition. Once it's picked, it becomes the official image of the tournament. It can be designed (and picked) before or after ...
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How does an athlete qualify to participate in Diamond League?
It's subjective and ultimately up to the meet directors
The answer is basically: Except for the two final meets in Zurich and Brussels (for which athletes are invited in descending order based on ...
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If an English qualified team is banned from the champions league, who takes over the vacant spot?
Teams of the English Premier League can earn a maximum of five places between them in the UEFA Champions League, and a maximum of seven places in all European continental competition.
Those places ...
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(un)restricted free agency in NHL
The Qualifying Offer required to retain a RFA's rights is pretty low, a modest raise over last year's salary. To tank your season, that affects your bargaining power. Now your team thinks they can put ...
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Can world no. 1 in tennis play qualifying?
If the player was ranked No. 1 when the draw is decided, then it would not happen.
This is a quite rare case that Rybakina, who is currently ranked No 10, should have to play in qualifying, though she ...
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Formula 1: How does Sprint Qualifying affect the starting grid on race day?
Got myself the answer. Turns out, the starting grid of Sunday is completely defined by the result of Sprint Qualifying, and the result of the usual Qualifying is completely ignored, regarding to the ...
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In Cricket T20 World Cup 2021, why are Bangladesh & SriLanka Demoted to Group A/B with Afghanistan Promoted to Group 2?
This is explained in the Wikipedia article for the tournament:
As of 31 December 2018, the top nine ranked ICC Full Members, alongside hosts India, qualified directly for the 2021 tournament. Of ...
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