Slovenia is the smallest country to qualify for two non-contiguous World Cups, which at first sounds like a terribly contrived statistic. Trinidad and Tobago and Northern Ireland have both qualified for a World Cup with a smaller population, and Northern Ireland, having qualified in 1982, did so again in 1986. But that can be explained by a fine generation of players led by an inspirational manager in Billy Bingham who were fortunate that their period of excellence lasted long enough to get them to two tournaments.
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