History of the Chile national football team Soviet Union, Italy, and North Korea, Chile was only able to gain 1 point, with a 1–1 draw against North Korea. Chile scored two goals in the 1966 World Cup, both coming from Ruben Marcos. Chile qualified for the 1974 World Cup after a controversial play-off with the USSR. Following a drawn first leg in Moscow, the Soviets refused to play the second leg at the Estadio Nacional in Santiago, which had been used as a concentration camp by the military dictatorship of Pinochet. However, FIFA refused to switch the match to a neutral venue, so the Chilean players kicked
Australia–Chile relations was born in Valparaíso, Chile in 1867 and emigrated to Australia. In 1899, Chile opened a consular office in Newcastle, New South Wales. Official diplomatic relations were established on 27 December 1945 and Chile upgraded its consular office to a diplomatic legation. In 1946, Australia opened a diplomatic legation in Santiago. In 1968, Australia upgraded its diplomatic legation to an embassy in Chile. The move was reciprocated when Chile upgraded its diplomatic legation to an embassy in 1969. In the early twentieth century, Chileans began immigrating to Australia with the 1901 census showing 90 Chilean nations in the country. Migration