Italy and the Netherlands are the big absentees of the 2018 World Cup and this is the first time in modern history that the two great powers are absent from the final. See the shocking absences of the World Cup and which are the two countries that have not failed in qualifying. The 2018 World Cup is the sixth to be held with the participation of 32 countries in the finals of the tournament, but it is the first time that two great powers are absent from them. Of course, these are Italy and the Netherlands, which failed in the qualifiers, something that happened only for the second time for the "squadra azura"! In the first World Cup of 1930 the Italians were not one of the 13 teams that had taken part, while that event is the only one that did not have qualifiers. Since 1938 when Italy took the event and the trophy, once it had failed to reach the finals, that of 1958 in Sweden and 60 years later the one that eliminated it in the playoffs was Sweden!
In the two previous absences of Italy, the Netherlands was also absent (1930, 1958), that is, it has never played in the finals without the Italians, but of course it is the one country with many failures in the qualifiers. This is in fact the second time that "Oranje" fails in the World Cup qualifiers with 32 teams. The Netherlands was the last big absentee in a World Cup, that of 2002 in Japan & South Korea. In these tournaments with 32 teams in the finals, the other major European powers have not lost participation. The rest of these είναι powers are Germany, France, England and Spain, while the 7th in the group of Europe's greats in recent years, Portugal, had not gone to the first World Cup with 32 teams, in that of France in 1998.
The Netherlands had a formidable team in the 70s, when they lost two consecutive finals, in 1974 to West Germany and in 1978 to Argentina. For many he should have won both trophies, but the impressive thing is that before these two finals he had 6 consecutive absences from the World Cup! In 1950 and 1954 he did not participate, while he failed in the qualifiers in 1958, 1962, 1966 and 1970. It is also impressive that after the great team of Johan Cruyff, he had two consecutive failures in the qualifiers, in 1982 and 1986. He returned in 1990 with the great players of Milan (Van Basten, Gullit, Rijkaard) and after entering the 3th team in the 4rd consecutive participation (1998), in 2002 he did not go to the World Cup! This was followed by three consecutive appearances and after Germany (2006) that did not enter the quarterfinals, played in the final in 2010 in South Africa with Spain, while finishing 3rd in 2014 in Brazil. Exclusion in the qualifiers again, ie after two consecutive appearances in the semifinals!
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The last time we had more than one big power missing from the finals was 1994 in the US, in the last 24 tournament though. England, France, and Portugal were absent then, which was never a masterpiece. France and Portugal were also missing 1990 (Italy), while in the last tournament with 16 teams, 1978 in Argentina was missing England and Portugal only. Brazil is the only country on the planet that has not lost a single World Cup final. It will be part of 21 for the first time in Russia, 19 will be Germany, 18 will remain Italy, 17 will be Argentina.
The last time Argentina was absent was in 1970, the only time they failed in the qualifiers, as in 1938 they did not take part (before World War II), while in 1950 and 1954 they did not take part in the qualifiers again, but due to disagreements with the eternal adversary, Brazil. However, except for Brazil, Germany has never failed in qualifying (either West, East, or just Germany), as in 1930 it did not participate (and there were no qualifiers), while in 1950 of course it was not allowed to participate after World War II (returned in 1954 and won the first of its 4 trophies).
Finishing with the entries, it will be 15 for Spain, England and France, while 13 for Uruguay, the country with the 2 trophies (1934, 1950) and the great team again in the last 10 years, though it has been less than 3.500.000 population!
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