Austria’s record in previous World Cups: reaching the semi-finals twice, with a best result of third place

Hupu reported on November 19 that Austria qualified for the 2026 US-Canada-Mexico World Cup in the final round of the world preliminaries.

They have participated in the World Cup main event 7 times before, of which they reached the semi-finals 2 times, with their best result being third place.

Historical results are as follows:

1934 Italy World Cup

Fourth place (lost to Italy 0-1 in the semi-finals, and Germany 2-3 in the final)

1954 Switzerland World Cup

Third place (1- in the semi-finals) Lost 6 to West Germany, beat Uruguay 3-1 in the third and fourth place finals)

1958 Sweden World Cup

Exited from the group (same group as Brazil, the Soviet Union, and England, 1 draw and 2 losses)

1978 Argentina World Cup

Top 8 (The second stage of the group stage was in the same group with Italy, West Germany and the Netherlands, 1 win and 2 losses)

1982 Spain World Cup

Top 12 (The second stage of the group stage was in the same group as France and Northern Ireland, 1 draw and 1 loss)

199 0 Italy World Cup

Exited in the group (in the same group with Italy, the United States, and the Czech Republic, 1 win and 2 losses)

1998 France World Cup

Exited in the group (in the same group with Cameroon, Chile, and Italy, 2 draws and 1 loss)