World Cup Football: 5 Nations That Never Scored

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What can be said in one word, 'The Greatest Show on Earth' is just around the corner. The World Cup in Russia is going to start in just a few days. This is the 21st season of this competition.

Football is essentially a game of goals, so in football's biggest tournament the center of attention is undoubtedly on the tournament's top goalscorer - that's only natural. 22 people have been the most goal scorers in the 21 World Cup matches so far. But today we will see the opposite record. Today we will see the list of 5 countries that have never scored a single goal despite being qualified to play in the main stage of the World Cup!

China

China is the most populous country in the world. Despite great success in other Olympic events, China has long suffered from a lack of success in football. The 2002 World Cup is the only World Cup they have participated in so far. China could not open the book of goals in that event. In the first match they lost to Costa Rica by 2 goals. China had to leave the group stage after losing 4 goals to Brazil and 3-0 to Turkey.

Dutch West Indies

Although the name Dutch West Indies may sound a bit unfamiliar, the country is not completely unknown to us. Currently this team is known as Indonesia. In 1938 World Cup, when this territory of the world was named, it was under the Netherlands. Then their name was Dutch West Indies. Indonesia was able to participate in the World Cup this time under that name. They were able to play only one match. They lost that match against Hungary by a huge margin of 6-0 goals.

In Zaire

Currently, the African country named Congo participated in the World Cup in 1974. Then the name of this country was Zaire. They played a total of 3 matches in the World Cup. In the first match against Scotland, he played brilliantly but eventually lost 2-0. At that time, the dictator of the country was very angry with the performance of the footballers. They were told that they would not get any money to play in the World Cup! Dejected Zaire players lost the next match 9–0 to Yugoslavia. However, in the last match, they faced the powerful Brazil and lost 3-0. After that, this country was never seen in the World Cup.

Trinidad and Tobago

Trinidad and Tobago, the home of cricketer Brian Lara's son-in-law, has played in the FIFA World Cup just once. Although the country's main sport is cricket, the small Caribbean island nation does not play football too badly. The proof of that is the participation of this decade in the 2006 World Cup. Like other countries, Trinidad and Tobago did not score a goal that year. However, unlike other countries, they did not lose all the matches - this did not happen. They drew goalless with Sweden in their first match. Trinidad and Tobago were eliminated from the tournament after losing 2-0 to England and Paraguay in the next two matches.

Canada

Another country that could not score World Cup football is Canada. This country played the World Cup for the first and last time in the World Cup held in Mexico in 1986. In the first match that year, Canada lost to France 1-0. In the next match, the difference increased a little. Canada lost 2-0 against Hungary this year. Canada's World Cup journey ended with a 2-0 loss to the Soviet Union in their final group stage match.