World Cup qualification Europe
- Type of cup: National team's qualifiers
- Participants: 55
Opening matches
This is an overview of all opening matches.
| Year | Home Team | wappen | Result | wappen | Away Team | First goal scored by / minute | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | Bangladesh |  | 0:4 |  | Vietnam | - | ||
| 1986 | Israel |  | 6:0 |  | Chinese Taipei | Rifaat Turk ( 30') | ||
| 1977 | Nigeria |  | 2:0 |  | Zaire | - | ||
| 1957 | Guatemala |  | 2:6 |  | Costa Rica | Jorge Monge ( 10') | ||
| 1954 | Paraguay |  | 4:0 |  | Chile | Manuel Lugo ( 30') | ||
| 1934 | Sweden |  | 6:2 |  | Estonia | Knut Kroon ( 7') | ||
| 1934 | Egypt |  | 7:1 | | Israel | Mokhtar El Tetsh ( 11') | ||