Europe’s World Cup qualifiers in figures

Robert Lewandowski of Poland celebrates

Excitement is mounting ahead of the UEFA preliminary draw for the FIFA World Cup 2022™, which will be hosted virtually from Zurich on 7 December at 18:00 CET.

Ahead of the draw, FIFA.com looks back at some interesting facts and figures from qualifying on the Old Continent.

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Portugal's Cristiano Ronaldo (2nd L) celebrates scoring his second goal against Northern Ireland during the 2014 World Cup European zone group F qualifying football match between Northern Ireland and Portugal at Windsor Park in Belfast, Northern Ireland,
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The San Marino starting eleven line up 

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