Israel at the FIFA World Cup explained

This is a record of the Israel national team's results at the FIFA World Cup. They have qualified for the tournament on one occasion, in 1970.[1] Israel qualified for the 1970 World Cup as an Asian team. Nowadays Israel competes in the European zone, as well as a full member of UEFA since the 1990s.

History

Both in 1934 and in 1938, Mandatory Palestine competed in the FIFA World Cup qualifiers. In 1970, Israel national football team competed in the FIFA World Cup final-tournament, for the very first time. FIFA states in reference to this 1930s Palestine Mandate team that Asia's (AFC's) 'Palestine team' that had participated in previous competitions during the 1930s, was actually the forerunner of current Europe's (UEFA's) Israel national team; and as such bears no-relation to the national team of the Palestinian Authority whatsoever.[2] Therefore, the region currently referred to as Palestine (Israel) is confusingly considered "one of the first Asian teams to compete in the FIFA World Cup qualification".[3]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: FIFA World Cup: Milestones, facts & figures. Statistical Kit 7 . https://web.archive.org/web/20130521092116/http://www.fifa.com/mm/document/fifafacts/mencompwc/51/97/55/171012-statisticalkit-fifaworldcup-milestonesfactsfigures-statusafterfwc2010.pdf . 21 May 2013 . FIFA . dead . 26 March 2013.
  2. Web site: FIFA Fact Sheet: History of the FIFA World Cup (TM) Preliminary Competition (see page 43) . 2010 . 2010-06-09 . FIFA . https://web.archive.org/web/20100614212731/http://www.fifa.com/mm/document/fifafacts/mencompwc/51/97/75/fs-201_19a_fwc-prel-history.pdf . 14 June 2010 . dead .
  3. Web site: Palestine (PLE). 2010. 2011-09-23. FIFA. https://web.archive.org/web/20071110210117/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/preliminaries/asia/teams/team=43989/index.html. 10 November 2007. dead.
  4. https://www.rsssf.org/tables/34q.html World Cup 1934 Qualifying
  5. News: A long wait for a home game . https://web.archive.org/web/20081025194921/http://blogs.reuters.com/soccer/2008/10/24/a-long-wait-for-a-home-game/ . dead . 25 October 2008 . Reuters . 24 October 2008. 10 June 2010 .
  6. https://www.rsssf.org/tables/38qual.html WORLD CUP 1938 - QUALIFYING
  7. https://www.rsssf.org/tables/50q.html World Cup 1950 Qualifying
  8. https://web.archive.org/web/20150908052831/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/brazil1950/groups/preliminaries/europe/index.html Europe Qualifiers
  9. Web site: World Cup 1954 qualifications. RSSSF. 2016-09-27.
  10. https://www.rsssf.org/tables/58q.html World Cup 1958 Qualifying
  11. https://www.theguardian.com/football/2015/nov/13/the-joy-of-six-international-play-offs The Joy of Six International Play-offs
  12. https://www.rsssf.org/tables/62qual.html World Cup 1962 qualifications
  13. https://www.rsssf.org/tables/66qual.html World Cup 1966 qualifications
  14. https://books.google.com/books?id=ibqbuTkY8w0C&dq=Menachem+Ashkenazi+1966&pg=PA157 1966 FIFA World Cup
  15. https://www.rsssf.org/tables/74qual.html World Cup 1974 qualifications
  16. Web site: Israel make their mark - UEFA.com. uefa.com. 2016-06-30.
  17. Web site: World Cup 1978 qualifications. . 2016-06-30.
  18. https://www.rsssf.org/tables/78full.html World Cup 1978 finals
  19. Web site: World Cup 1982 qualifications. . 2016-06-30.
  20. Web site: Israel. eurolympic.org. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20140415033541/http://www.eurolympic.org/index.php/en/israel. 15 April 2014. dmy-all.
  21. https://www.rsssf.org/tables/94qual.html World Cup 1994 qualifications
  22. https://www.rsssf.org/tables/98qual.html World Cup 1998 qualifications
  23. https://www.rsssf.org/tables/2002q.html World Cup 2002 Qualifying
  24. Web site: Yossi Benayoun: 'We should qualify' . 15 March 2017 . 8 October 2008 . https://web.archive.org/web/20081008122033/http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/927859.html . dead .
  25. Web site: Azerbaijan begins with home match against Israel – MATCH SCHEDULE . 25 November 2011 . 25 November 2011 . 14 October 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20131014180252/http://ann.az/en/?p=1415 . dead .
  26. http://www.uefa.com/worldcup/season=2014/teams/team=65/matches/index.html 2014 matches
  27. http://www.uefa.com/worldcup/season=2014/teams/team=65/ Israel 2014