Iceland become smallest nation to make World Cup finals

Tuesday, 10 October 2017 16:00

Iceland have become the smallest nation to successfully qualify for the World Cup finals.

They beat Kosovo 2-0 to win their qualifying group for Russia 2018, with Everton's Gylfi Sigurdsson and Burnley's Johann Gudmundsson netting the goals on Monday evening, 9 October.

The nation, with a population of only 335,000, knocked out England in in the last 16 of the European Championship 2016, were they finished as quarter-finalists.

Iceland have taken the honour from Trinidad and Tobago, which boasts a relatively whopping 1.37m citizens.

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