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Croatia World Cup history

Croatia have appeared in 6 men's World Cup tournaments from 1998 to 2022.

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Overall record

Titles0
Finals1
Appearances6
Best finishRunners-up

2026 qualification

How did they qualify?

Route
UEFA Group L winners
Qualified
14 November 2025
Goals for per game
3.25
Goals against per game
0.50

Source: 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification

Record

Tournament match record

Matches

30

W-D-L

17-4-9

Goals

43-33Goal difference 10

Goals per game

1.43

Timeline

Tournament-by-tournament performance

YearHostPerformanceMatchesGoalsGPG
2022QatarThird place78-71.14
2018RussiaRunner up714-92
2014BrazilGroup stage36-62
2006GermanyGroup stage32-30.67
2002Korea,JapanGroup stage32-30.67
1998FranceThird place711-51.57
Historical data source

Summary statistics generated from the Fjelstul World Cup Database by Joshua C. Fjelstul, Ph.D.. © 2023 Joshua C. Fjelstul, Ph.D.. Licensed under CC-BY-SA 4.0. Summary statistics generated from the original CSV dataset. Women's tournaments are excluded from this first release.

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