Culture of Portugal FC Porto, and Sporting CP. Portugal hosted and nearly won EURO 2004, getting defeated in the final by surprise winner Greece. The Portuguese national team also reached the semi-finals of the FIFA World Cup twice, in 1966, when Eusébio was the top scorer, with 9 goals, and also in 2006. The year 2006 was the year that Portugal nearly won the FIFA World Cup tournament, ranking 4th overall, being defeated by France and Germany. This was the first time since 1966, that the Portuguese football team had advanced to such a high qualifying round in a World Cup tournament. The
2014 FIFA World Cup qualification – OFC Third Round 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification – OFC Third Round This page provides the summaries of the OFC Third Round matches for 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification. The third round saw the two group winners and two group runners-up from the 2012 OFC Nations Cup compete in a single group of four teams. The matches were played in a double round-robin between 7 September 2012 and 26 March 2013, with the top team advancing to the play-off against the fourth-placed team from the CONCACAF Fourth Round. The draw for the fixtures was conducted at OFC Headquarters in Auckland, New Zealand on