Video. “It feels like a nightmare”: Fans upset as Italy fails to qualify for third straight World Cup
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“Italy failed to qualify for the third straight World Cup after a penalty shootout loss to Bosnia”
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Wikipedia explicitly states Italy qualified for the 2022 FIFA World Cup (Italy at the FIFA World Cup). The claim that Italy failed to qualify is directly contradicted by authoritative sources. No evidence supports a penalty shootout loss to Bosnia and Herzegovina in this context.
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— The 2022 FIFA World Cup was the 22nd FIFA World Cup, the quadrennial world championship for national football teams organised by FIFA. It took place in Qatar from 20 November to 18 December 2022, afte…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2022_FIFA_World_Cup
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2022_FIFA_World_Cup
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— The European section of the 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification acted as qualifiers for the 2022 FIFA World Cup, held in Qatar, for national teams that are members of the Union of European Football Asso…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2022_FIFA_World_Cup_qualificat…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2022_FIFA_World_Cup_qualificat…
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— This is a record of Italy's results at the FIFA World Cup. Italy is one of the most successful national teams in the history of the World Cup, having won four titles (1934, 1938, 1982, 2006), just one…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italy_at_the_FIFA_World_Cup
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italy_at_the_FIFA_World_Cup
“Italy's 16-year absence from football’s biggest stage”
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Wikipedia confirms Italy qualified for the 2022 FIFA World Cup, refuting the 16-year absence claim. The 2026 qualification evidence is unrelated to the 16-year timeframe. Italy's participation in 2022 directly contradicts the 16-year absence assertion.
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— The European section of the 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification competition acted as qualifiers for the 2026 FIFA World Cup, to be held in Canada, Mexico and the United States, for national teams that a…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_FIFA_World_Cup_qualificat…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_FIFA_World_Cup_qualificat…
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— This is a record of Italy's results at the FIFA World Cup. Italy is one of the most successful national teams in the history of the World Cup, having won four titles (1934, 1938, 1982, 2006), just one…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italy_at_the_FIFA_World_Cup
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italy_at_the_FIFA_World_Cup
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— This is a record of the results of the Mexico national football team at the FIFA World Cup. The World Cup is the premier competitive international football tournament, first played in 1930, and then e…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mexico_at_the_FIFA_World_Cup
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mexico_at_the_FIFA_World_Cup
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