Can you name every team to play in the World Cup knockout stages?

Every footballer dreams of playing in the World Cup knockout stages – but can you name every country to have done so?

We’ve given you 20 minutes and the year of each country’s most recent knockout appearance. We’ve also excluded tournaments without a group stage (1934, 1938) and tournaments with two group stages were overlooked (1974, 1978, 1982).

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