Belgium at the FIFA World Cup Finals matches until the 2018 world cup when Romelu Lukaku also scored his 5th World Cup goal. In 2014, Belgium started as group favourites and beat all group opponents with the smallest margin. Thereafter, they played a round of 16 match against the United States in which American goalkeeper Tim Howard made 15 saves, crowning himself man of the match. The Red Devils needed the extra time to proceed to the next stage (2–1), where they faced Argentina. In a balanced quarter-final against the "Albiceleste", the World Cup ended for Belgium as they failed to equalize after Gonzalo Higuaín's early
2008 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup held. The Oceania Football Confederation nominated the Solomon Islands as their representative in the World Cup, based on their results over the past two years, which showed that they were by far the strongest team in the confederation. France qualified automatically as the hosts. These are the teams that qualified to the World Cup: Asian zone: African zone: European zone: North, Central American and Caribbean zone: Oceanian zone: South American zone: A stadium on the Plage du Prado in southern Marseille was used known as the "Stade du Prado" or the "Stadium of the Beach" in English. The stadium hosted