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
FIFA World Cup
The FIFA World Cup, often simply called the World Cup, is an international association football competition contested by the senior men's national teams of the members of the ' ( FIFA), the sport's global governing body. The tournament ha ...
on one occasion in
1982
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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 ...
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Kuwait at the AFC Asian Cup
{{Countries at the FIFA World Cup
Countries at the FIFA World Cup
FIFA
FIFA (; stands for ''Fédération Internationale de Football Association'' ( French), meaning International Association Football Federation ) is the international governing body of association football, beach football and futsal. It was found ...