In the last round of the group selection for the world championship, the Ukrainian national team beat Bosnia - 2: 0. What was enough for our team to qualify for the play-offs. But this was only the second victory of Ukraine in eight matches..

Thus, Ukraine has needed the least number of victories to reach the playoffs of the European qualification since 1998, when 32 teams began to participate in the World Cup, Tribuna reports..

In the 1998 World Cup qualifier, Hungary won three matches in the qualifying group, but lost to Yugoslavia in the playoffs.

Previously, Norway (2010 World Cup) and Denmark (2014 World Cup) were second with two wins, but they were the worst among the runners-up teams and did not make the playoffs.

Among the group winners, Switzerland and France have the smallest wins - 5 each.