The Best Country To MISS Each World Cup (1998-2022)

[Mia_]

That France - Ukraine qualification game was something else tho

[dusselbold]

Crazy how Chile used to be one of the best national teams in the world in the 2010s and now they cant even beat Bolivia at Home.

[FurTschechoslowakei]

The fact Czechia was once 2nd best team in the world is just crazy

[Polandball-fz]

France 0-2 Ukraine
France 3-0 Ukraine
France almost missed a World Cup

[dimidimz]

Fun fact: The best country to miss the 1994 World Cup (the first World Cup with FIFA rankings) was 9th place Denmark. The then European champions finished third in their group behind Spain and Republic of Ireland (with whom they had equal points and goal difference, but Ireland scored more goals).

[gamer_sohanyt]

Italy not qualifying for the world cup even after becoming champions of europe is actually crazy 😂

[NIDELLANEUM]

As if the 2006 World Cup needed yet another reason why it was so legendary, hearing that it's one of the only TWO World Cups where all the 10 highest ranked teams at the time were presents since FIFA created the ranking is astonishing

[siddhrajmajumdar]

Colombia being the 4th best team in the world were absolutely dissapointing but the fact is they got destroyed in their qualifiers

[GHx]

Now, same thing, but what were the worsts ranked nations that qualified for those world cups?

[smited]

FIFA rankings are actually so inaccurate it’s crazy

[bentley]

Messi 🇦🇷 Vs Ronaldo 🇵🇹
*SETTLING THE DEBATE*

2003:
Messi:
*Nothing*
Ronaldo: Portuguese Super Cup
*Ronaldo 1-0*

2004:
Messi:
*Nothing*
Ronaldo:
FA Cup
Euro Runner-Up
*Ronaldo 2-0*

2005:
Messi:
X1 La Liga
X1 U-20 World Cup
X1 U-20 World Cup Top Goalscorer
Ronaldo:
X1 FA Cup Top Goalscorer
*2-1 Ronaldo*

2006:
Messi:
X1 UEFA Champions League
X1 La Liga
X1 Spanish Super Cup
Ronaldo:
X1 Carabo Cup
*2-2 Messi*

2007:
Messi:
X1 Spanish Super Cup
X1 Copa America Runner-Up
Ronaldo:
X1 Premier League
X2 Footballer Of The Year
X1 Player Of The Year
*3-2 Ronaldo*

2008:
Messi:
X1 Olympic Gold Medal
Ronaldo:
X1 Ballon D'or
X1 UEFA Champions League
X1 Premier League
X1 English Super Cup
X1 The Best FIFA Men's Player
X1 UEFA Best Player In Europe
X1 Europe Golden Boot
X1 Footballer Of The Year
X2 Player Of The Year
X1 UEFA Champions League Top Goalscorer
X1 Premier League Top Goalscorer
*4-2 Ronaldo*

2009:
Messi:
X1 Ballon D'or
X1 UEFA Champions League
X1 La Liga
X1 Spanish Cup
X1 The Best FIFA Men's Player
X1 UEFA Best In Europe
X1 Player Of The Year
X1 UEFA Champions League Top Goalscorer
X1 Spanish Cup Top Goalscorer
Ronaldo:
X1 FIFA Club World Cup
X1 Premier League
X1 Carabo Cup
X1 Puskas Award
X1 Footballer Of The Year
*Ronaldo 4-3*

2010:
Messi:
X1 Ballon D'or
X1 UEFA Super Cup
X1 FIFA Club World Cup
X1 La Liga
X1 Spanish Super Cup
X1 Europe Golden Boot
X1 Player Of The Year
X1 UEFA Champions League Top Goalscorer
X1 La Liga Top Goalscorer
Ronaldo:
*Nothing*
*Ronaldo 4-3*

2011:
Messi:
X1 Ballon D'or
X1 UEFA Champions League
X1 La Liga
X1 Spanish Super Cup
X1 UEFA Best Player In Europe
X1 Player Of The Year
X1 UEFA Champions League Top Goalscorer
X1 Spanish Cup Top Goalscorer
Ronaldo:
X1 Spanish Cup
X1 Europe Golden Boot
X1 Footballer Of The Year
X1 La Liga Top Goalscorer
X1 Spanish Cup Top Goalscorer
*4-4 Messi*

2012:
Messi:
X1 Ballon D'or
X1 UEFA Super Cup
X1 FIFA Club World Cup
X1 Spanish Cup
X1 Spanish Super Cup
X1 Europe Golden Boot
X1 Footballer Of The Year
X1 UEFA Champions League Top Goalscorer
X1 FIFA Club World Cup Top Goalscorer
X1 La Liga Top Goalscorer
Ronaldo:
X1 La Liga
X1 Footballer Of The Year
X1 UEFA Euro Top Goalscorer
*5-4 Messi*

2013:
Messi:
X1 La Liga
X1 Player Of The Year
X1 La Liga Top Goalscorer
Ronaldo:
X1 Ballon D'or
X1 Spanish Super Cup
X1 Footballer Of The Year
X1 Player Of The Year
X1 UEFA Champions League Top Goalscorer
*5-5 Ronaldo*

2014:
Messi:
Ronaldo:

[ezraezra]

France vs Ukraine was still remembered for one reason:
A game that really started France's second golden generation.
Imagine your country has 99% chance of missing out the World Cup, but then you have won the World Cup another 4 years later.

[azdman]

i think in 2010 world cup the best team to miss it was Egypt with their unbelievable matches against italy and brazil and their ranking was pretty decent back then for an african team

[omaraldahmani]

Czechia being ranked 3rd in 1998 is actually wild, but now we don’t have them in the top 20😢

[felipecasanueva]

Chile has entered a loop, and haven't been able to recover. Currently, it is the team with the least points in all of the continent so it is VERY unlikely that it will qualify for the next World Cup

[ZlatanGoat]

Imagine going to playoffs and seeing that you are paired up with one of the best counties in the world

[JamesSant]

Based on Elo Ratings
1998 Portugal 🇵🇹
2002 Netherlands 🇳🇱
2006 Denmark 🇩🇰
2010 Croatia 🇭🇷
2014 Ukraine 🇺🇦
2018 Netherlands 🇳🇱
2022 Italy 🇮🇹

[Supergameplayer]

Am so happy Nigeria used to be 11th team in the world🇳🇬🇳🇬🇳🇬🥲

[matthewsu]

Italy was disappointing in the last two qualifiers! 😢

[FizoCanaria]

2010 was Egypt, they were ranked 9th.