Kuwait at the FIFA World Cup
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Kuwait Kuwait (; ar, الكويت ', or ), officially the State of Kuwait ( ar, دولة الكويت '), is a country in Western Asia. It is situated in the northern edge of Eastern Arabia at the tip of the Persian Gulf, bordering Iraq to the nort ...
have appeared in the finals of the
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on one occasion in
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. They were eliminated in round one, where they lost two matches and drew one. The team scored two goals and conceded six across the three games.


Overall record


Kuwait at Spain 1982


Group 4

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Record players

Coach Parreira fielded his first-choice players during Kuwait's three matches, resulting in ten players sharing the record for Kuwait's player with the most FIFA World Cup matches.


Goalscorers

Two Kuwaiti players scored one goal each during the 1982 FIFA World Cup.


See also

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Asian nations at the FIFA World Cup Association football is among the most popular sports in Asia, with 12 members of the Asian Football Confederation having competed at the sport's biggest international event, the men's FIFA World Cup. The highest ranked result in the World Cup fo ...
* Kuwait at the AFC Asian Cup {{Countries at the FIFA World Cup Countries at the FIFA World Cup
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