(Reuters) – Following is a statbox on Denmark at the World Cup.
FIFA Ranking: 10 (Oct. 6)
Odds: 33-1
Previous tournaments: Denmark made their World Cup debut in Mexico in 1986 but did not appear again until 1998 in France, where they had their best performance by reaching the quarter-finals. Since then they have twice made the last 16 (2002, 2018), going out at the group stage in 2010 and missing the 2006 and 2014 tournaments.
How they qualified: Nine straight wins saw them cruise to victory in Group F, where they finished on 27 points, four ahead of second-placed Scotland. They scored 30 goals and conceded three.
Form guide: After reaching the Euro 2020 semi-finals, losing to England, Denmark blasted through World Cup qualifying, winning nine straight games to book a spot in Qatar before beating France twice in the Nations League where they lost twice, to Croatia.
(Reporting by Philip O’Connor; Editing by Ken Ferris)
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