Team Germany has established a kind of "achievement" after the disgraceful departure from the World Cup.

Unexpectedly losing to South Korea with a score of 0: 2, the team Joachim Leva took in his quartet 4 line. In the asset of the Germans only three points scored.

This flight led to the fact that for the third consecutive time the current world champion can not overcome the group stage after his triumph. Previously, this happened with the teams of Italy (2010) and Spain (2014).

In 2002, the French national team also did not make it to the 1/8 finals after the victory at Mundiale. The only exception was the Brazilian national team in 2006 (quarter-final).

In addition, Germany for the first time since 1938 failed to overcome the first stage of the tournament.

_______________________________ Recall that 9 countries, including Ukraine, Australia, Finland, Japan, Denmark, Iceland, Great Britain, Poland, Sweden, declared a diplomatic boycott of the World Championship in Russia. The reasons for this were the Russian Federation's invasion of Ukraine and Syria, the poisoning of the Russian ex-intelligence agent Sergey Skripal in Britain, the starvation of Ukrainian political prisoners, including the director Oleg Sentsov, and the systematic violation of human rights in the Russian Federation.

Unlimited hunger strike Sentsov announced May 14, 2018. His main demand is the release of more than 60 Ukrainian political prisoners who are behind bars in Russia. This requirement of the director was supported by the US State Department, the EU, the Canadian Parliament and.

2015 Russian court illegally sentenced Sentsov to 20 years in a strict-regime colony. The actions in support of the director were held all over the world, including in Russia.