Quiz! Can you name these World Cup countries by their national anthems?

By Alex Reid
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The World Cup is here! We all know what that means: watching footballers stand in a line and singing anthems (then a match usually follows)

Belgium national anthem

The jaunty flair of Brazil. The imposing magnificence of Germany. The ponderous dirge that is England. We’re not even referring to the playing styles of these national sides, but rather their national anthems.

If you’re anything like FourFourTwo, all your knowledge of flags, geography, world affairs and those beloved tunes is entirely based on watching international football. The good news is that with the World Cup beginning, there are 32 songs to get used to over the next month.

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Alex Reid
Alex Reid

Alex Reid is a freelance journalist and the former digital features editor at FourFourTwo. He has also written for the Guardian, talkSPORT, Boxing News and Sport magazine. Like most Londoners, he is a lifelong supporter of Aberdeen FC. He is deceptively bad in the air for a big man. He has never been a cage fighter.