Copa do Mundo FIFA Sat, 27 Jun 2026

República Democrática do Congo 31 Uzbequistão

República Democrática do Congo 3 x 1 Uzbequistão. Championship: Copa do Mundo FIFA, Round 3. Date: 27/06/2026, Saturday. 5 videos available: full match.

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Copa do Mundo FIFA: Created in 1930, with the first edition in Uruguay, it is the biggest national-team competition in the world and the most watched tournament on the planet. Brazil are the only five-time champions, with titles in 1958, 1962, 1970, 1994 and 2002, followed by Germany and Italy with four each. Held every four years, it grew from thirteen to 32 teams over time and expanded to 48 from the 2026 edition, hosted by the United States, Mexico and Canada.
For the championship history, visit: Arquivo da Bola - Copa do Mundo FIFA
República Democrática do Congo: Under the name Zaire, imposed by dictator Mobutu Sese Seko, the Leopards became the first sub-Saharan African team to play at a World Cup, in 1974 in West Germany, after conquering the continent with Mulamba Ndaye's nine goals at that year's Africa Cup of Nations, a record that still stands. The World Cup ended badly, with a 9-0 defeat to Yugoslavia amid reports that the regime had threatened the players, and with the image of Mwepu Ilunga booting the ball away before a Brazil free kick. The country has two African titles (1968 and 1974) and a strong club scene led by TP Mazembe, five-time CAF Champions League winners and the first African club to reach the Club World Cup final, in 2010. It returned to the World Cup in 2026, 52 years later.
Uzbequistão: Independent since the end of the Soviet Union in 1991, Uzbekistan chose to join the Asian Football Confederation and, at its first attempt, won gold at the 1994 Asian Games in Hiroshima. It became one of the continent's most consistent sides but suffered painful qualifying heartbreaks: in 2005 a play-off win over Bahrain was annulled because of a refereeing error and it went out after the replay; in 2013 it lost the Asian play-off to Jordan on penalties. The breakthrough came through its youth teams, with Asian Under-23 and Under-20 titles in 2018 and 2023 that produced players such as Manchester City's Abdukodir Khusanov, alongside veterans like Eldor Shomurodov. In 2026 the White Wolves played at their first World Cup, the first by a Central Asian country.