10 худших сборных, игравших на ЧМ: где они сейчас и как они туда попали

In the history of football, only about 80 teams have ever qualified for the World Cup—a national holiday for most countries. But time is merciless: some cement their place among the elite, while others, having once sparkled at the World Cup, then fade away and fall to the very bottom of the FIFA rankings. In this video, I've compiled the 10 worst teams to ever play in the World Cup and ranked them by their current positions in the rankings. This isn't a list of "the weakest at a particular tournament." This is a story about teams that truly enjoyed their time on the main stage and then became football ghosts. There are teams here that surprised with their discipline—for example, Angola, which nearly made it out of its group at the 2006 World Cup, drawing with Mexico and Iran and losing to Portugal just 0-1. There are teams that made history through humiliation—El Salvador, with a record 1-10 defeat to Hungary at the 1982 World Cup. There are "giants" that seem absurd on this list—China, which arrived at the 2002 World Cup and left with zero goals. There's North Korea, which initially held its own against Brazil in 2010, then lost 7-0 to Portugal after deciding to broadcast the match nationwide. And then there's Cuba—a team that once even made it past the playoffs at the 1938 World Cup, but today finds itself practically at the bottom of world football. This video is about contrast. About how one tournament can become a legend... or a permanent stigma.