In the final round of the World Cup qualifying group match on Sunday night, the Norwegian team defeated the Italian team 4-1 away from home. With this, the Norwegian team directly qualified for the 2026 World Cup finals. When they last participated...

In the final round of the World Cup qualifying group match on Sunday night, the Norwegian team defeated the Italian team 4-1 away from home. With this, the Norwegian team directly qualified for the 2026 World Cup finals. When they last participated in the World Cup, the current star Haaland was not yet born.
In this World Cup preliminaries, the Norwegian team won all 8 games, scored 37 goals and conceded only 5 goals. It ranked first in Group I with an absolute advantage and directly locked in a spot in the 2026 World Cup.
The Norwegian team has historically participated in the World Cup in 1938, 1994, and 1998. When they last participated, the team's current leading shooter Haaland was not born yet-he was born on July 21, 2000.
According to statistics, Haaland scored a total of 16 goals in this World Cup preliminaries, making him the player with the second most goals in a single session in the history of the World Cup preliminaries.
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Goal-scoring machines! Haaland scored 16 goals in this World Cup preliminaries, the second most goals in a single World Cup preliminaries