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After beating New Zealand in the playoffs, the Costa Rican national team got your ticket to World Cup Qatar 2022 and will seek to make history to the delight of its millions of fans. In that scenario, do you know how the ‘Ticos’ fared in their last participation in a World Cup?
Those now led by Luis Fernando Suárez had World Cup competition in Brazil 2014, an edition where they reached the quarterfinals.
In Group D, Costa Rica beat Uruguay 3-1, Italy 1-0 and drew 0-0 with England, thus qualifying for the round of 16. In that instance, the Central American team beat Greece on penalties (5-3) after equalizing 1-1 in regulation time.
Already in the quarterfinals, he was left out at the hands of the Netherlands, also in a penalty shootout.
How many participations does Costa Rica have in World Cups?
In total two: Italy 1990, where he reached the round of 16 and Brazil 2014, an edition in which he was a quarterfinalist.
Source: Elcomercio
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