FIFA World Cup

Soccer action from the FIFA World Cup.

Soccer action from the FIFA World Cup.

Croatia and Morocco drew 0-0 in the opening round of group stage matches at the 2022 World Cup. The third-place play-off at the 2018 tournament also featured two teams that met in the group stage. Belgium defeated England in both games (1-0 and 2-0).

The only World Cup knockout phase meeting between these nations was a 4-3 victory for France in Kazan in the 2018 round of last 16. Argentina recorded group stage wins against Les Bleus in 1930 (1-0 in Montevideo) and 1978 (2-1 in Buenos Aires).

France plays Denmark at Stadium 974 in matchround two of Group D in the FIFA World Cup. Denmark beat France 17-1 in Enfield in the semi-final of the 1908 Olympic Games, Denmark's biggest international win and France's biggest international loss.

Canada returns to the World Cup after a gap of 36 years and plays Belgium. Canada is one of five teams to have played at the World Cup and never scored a goal at the tournament, alongside Dutch East Indies, Zaire, China PR and Trinidad and Tobago.