Live Broadcast, June 14 News In the 2022 World Cup, France will be in the same group as Denmark, Tunisia, and Australia. Will France continue the curse of the defending champion being eliminated in the group?
In the current UEFA Nations League competition, France is in the same group as Denmark, Croatia , Austria . France is at the bottom of the 2-point group in 4 rounds and has been determined to miss the chance to defend the title.
Since the 2002 World Cup, there have been 4 situations where the defending champion has been eliminated from the group. The only exception is that the 2002 World Cup champion Brazil qualified in the 2006 World Cup group. In the past three World Cups, the defending champion has been eliminated from the group stage.
Since the 2002 World Cup, the fate of the defending champions:
2002: France, the 1998 World Cup champion, was eliminated from the group (1 draw, 2 losses, 4th place)
2006: Brazil, the 2002 World Cup champion, stopped in the top 8
2010: Italy, the 2006 World Cup champion, was eliminated in the group (2 draws, 1 loss) No. 4)
2014: 10 World Cup champion Spain was eliminated from the group (1 win, 2 losses, 3rd)
2018: 14 World Cup champion Germany was eliminated from the group (1 win, 2 losses, 4th)
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