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have appeared in the finals of the

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on four occasions in 1982,

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, 2010 and

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. They have once qualified for the knockout rounds, reaching the round of 16 in 2014 before losing to

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. 32 years before, Algeria nearly qualified to the second round of the 1982 World Cup after beating both West Germany and

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; however, a controversial match between West Germany and

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wound up eliminating the Algerians. In 2014, Algeria qualified for the first time into the round of 16.

Records

By match

Record by opponent

* Games of West Germany are counted towards Germany.

Participations

Algeria at Spain 1982

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Algeria at Mexico 1986

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Algeria at South Africa 2010

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Algeria vs Slovenia

Algeria at Brazil 2014

;Group H

Belgium vs Algeria

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South Korea vs Algeria

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Algeria vs Russia

Germany vs Algeria

Record players

Goalscorers

Historical performances

The Algeria team had many records and facts which had done during its participations in the world cup. * 1982: First African team to beat a European team (

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) * 1982: First African team to win two games * 1982: First team to win two games in the first round and not advance * 1982: FIFA revised the group system for future tournaments, so that the final two games in each group would be played simultaneously because the controversial game between West Germany & Austria that causes the elimination of Algeria * 1986: First African team to qualify consecutively for the second time * 2014: First African team to score four goals in one game against

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* 2014: First African team to reach the knockout stage simultaneously with another African team (

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)

Squads

Notes

References

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