Germany has participated 18 times in a row. The national team with the most consecutive participation in the World Cup in the European region is Germany. As a four time World Cup winner and the team with the most appearances in the final in World Cup history. The football level of the German team has always been beyond doubt. The German team is also the team with the most consecutive participation in the World Cup in Europe. In fact, the German team only missed two World Cups. The first World Cup was held in remote South America, so many European countries were not interested in it and did not participate. The reason why the German team was absent from the World Cup in 1950, as can be seen from the timing, is naturally due to well-known reasons. The record of 18 consecutive entries is only second to Brazil in the world, ranking second in the world.
The last time the German team participated in the World Cup playoffs was in the 2002 World Cup. At that time, Germany, which was in the same group as England in the qualifiers, was swept 5-1 by the English at home, which also became a major pain in German football. Fortunately, they defeated Shevchenko's lead Ukraine 5-2 in the playoffs and successfully advanced to the World Cup. Since 2002, Germany has always easily advanced as the first place in the qualifying group.
Italy has participated 14 times in a row. As one of the teams in the European region that have won the most World Cups, Italian football has a long history and glorious tradition. From 1962 until the 2014 World Cup, Italy has always been the winner in the qualifying rounds. In fact, before 2014, Italy had only missed two World Cups. His participation frequency is the same as that of the German team. However, the impact on Italian football in the 2018 and 2022 World Cup qualifiers is evident.
In the 2018 World Cup, Italy faced a group of death in the qualifiers. In the group stage against Spain, they drew 1 and lost 1 in two legs, giving up the initiative to advance directly. In the playoffs, Italy lost 0-1 in two legs to Sweden, who had eliminated the Netherlands. Tragically eliminated. In the 2022 World Cup qualifiers, Italy was placed in a relatively easy group. But if Giorgio missed a penalty in the match against Switzerland, it also laid the groundwork for Italy's failure to qualify for the World Cup.
