The Qualifiers In Numbers.

[teammelli34]

30 goals scored by Iran's Ali Daei who is the leading scorer in the Preliminary Competitions.

20 years of FIFA World Cup qualifiers were played by Pat Jennings of Northern Ireland and Victor Mendieta from Panama.

18 is the number of preliminary competitions the Republic of Ireland, Portugal and Luxembourg have been involved in when the European qualifiers start. This means they have played in every preliminary competition since 1934.

9 seconds is the time of the fastest goal in the Preliminary Competition. It was scored by San Marino's Davide Gualtieri against England in 1993.

8 tonnes of steel was used for the Preliminary Draw stage.

2 matches is all Germany has lost in 64 qualification matches.

1 is the number of people who would have been a Preliminary Draw assistant, performed at a Preliminary Draw and at a FIFA World Cup Final. He is Senegalese artist Youssou N'Dour.

*good job daei.
your bringing joy to iranian football.

[Ali]

9 seconds is the time of the fastest goal in the Preliminary Competition. It was scored by San Marino's Davide Gualtieri against England in 1993.

Shameful for England

[Suprah]

Shameful for England

and that was the goal that denied England qualifying for USA'94 They were supposed to win 7-0 to qualify, ended up winning 7-1 after that goal from San Marino and hence had to remain in England over the summer.

[yashar_fasihnia]

damn...imagine how pissing off that can be..san marino disqualifying u from a tournament inspite of u trashing them!!!

[chuck bass]

and that was the goal that denied England qualifying for USA'94 They were supposed to win 7-0 to qualify, ended up winning 7-1 after that goal from San Marino and hence had to remain in England over the summer.

LOOOL

btw I'm guessing the san marino guy just shot right when the game kicked off?

[Shamim]

and that was the goal that denied England qualifying for USA'94 They were supposed to win 7-0 to qualify, ended up winning 7-1 after that goal from San Marino and hence had to remain in England over the summer.

Imagine how the players must have been pist thats the worst thing who could happen.