Quiz! Can you name every nation ever in a World Cup semi-final?

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25 nations know what it's like to reach the final four

Ivan Perisic of Croatia celebrates scoring his side's first goal during the 2018 FIFA World Cup Russia Semi Final match between England and Croatia at Luzhniki Stadium on July 11, 2018 in Moscow, Russia.
(Image credit: Chris Brunskill/Fantasista/Getty Images)

You have six minutes to name 25 nations.

Remember to tweet your scores @FourFourTwo, and challenge some friends while you're at it.

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In the World Cup, the countries that get to the semi-finals of the competition play the same number of games as the countries that get to the final.

How? Simple – the third-place play-off. That useless, meaningless fixture that no one really wants to play means that if you get to the final four, you're going to play seven matches, regardless of what happens.

Over the years, 25 teams have got to that stage. Some of them have got there regularly, others had a particularly good group of players and managed to go so near yet so far.

We've listed them all in this quiz – and provided you with the side's best result, too. 

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Mark White
Mark White
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Mark White is the Digital Content Editor at FourFourTwo. During his time on the brand, Mark has written three cover features on Mikel Arteta, Martin Odegaard and the Invincibles, and has written pieces on subjects ranging from Sir Bobby Robson’s time at Barcelona to the career of Robinho. An encyclopedia of football trivia and collector of shirts, he first joined the team back in 2020 as a staff writer.