31. Germany were the only UEFA team to win all their qualifiers, and had the best goal difference (+39).
32. England will play their 15th World Cup, this being their sixth straight qualification, matching their best streak in the competition (between 1950 and 1970).
33. France have qualified for their 15th tournament and a sixth participation in a row, their best ever streak.
34. Spain conceded the joint fewest goals in the UEFA Qualifiers (three goals in 10 matches, just like England), and were one of the four undefeated sides (9W 1D), along with Belgium, Germany and England.
35. It will be the first World Cup for Roberto Martínez. He’s the first foreign coach to lead Belgium at a major competition since Doug Livingstone in Switzerland 1954.
36. Counting the records of Yugoslavia as well as Serbia and Montenegro, this will be the 12th World Cup for Serbia, but it is only their second participation as an independent country (as of 2010).
37. Sweden have kept a clean sheet in just three of their last 24 World Cup matches.
38. Switzerland reached the quarter-finals of a World Cup for the last time in 1954, when they were the hosts; since then, they have never passed the second round.
39. Poland have lost six of their last eight World Cup matches without scoring in any of those defeats; they have also let in at least one goal in each of those eight games (their last clean sheet coming in 1986).
40. Cristiano Ronaldo was the player who participated directly in the most goals (18) in the UEFA Qualifiers: 15 goals and three assists.
41. Croatia have lost the first game in their last three World Cups, the two most recent both against Brazil (2006 and 2014).
42. All of Denmark’s 27 goals at World Cups have come from inside the box.
43. Iceland are the country with the smallest population to ever compete at a World Cup, with 334,000 residents.
44. Brazil are the only side to have competed in every World Cup (21), have the most titles, 25% of tournaments, and the last to win back to back titles (1958 and 1962).
45. Only Bolivia (18) scored less goals than Argentina (19) in CONMEBOL qualifying.
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