Tag Archives: Netherlands

Northern Ireland almost having their hands on the UFWC trophy after nearly 86 years again

11 October 2019 | by Slobodan Brazikowski | Match Reports

There is no other team in UFWC which is waiting to win the Unofficial World Championships another time than Northern Ireland. Ahead of UFWC Match #961 versus reigning champion Netherlands the last time was on 14th October 1933 that a northern irish team went into a title match as the current champion, losing it to England at that time. And ahead of the encounter in Rotterdam nobody could have guessed how close the Green and White Army might come to that glorious feeling again …

Netherlands stay Unofficial Champion – starting a new series?

13 September 2019 | by Slobodan Brazikowski | Match Reports

As again reigning Unofficial Champions the Elftal of course started into the European Qualifiers duel versus Estonia as huge favorite. It was the first ever UFWC match in Tallinn. The result also set the path forward in who’s hands the UFWC title will be at the end of the year: it will remain in Europe.

The UFWC title is in oranje hands again

7 September 2019 | by Slobodan Brazikowski | Match Reports

For the third time in 11 months Germany and Netherlands met each other in a UFWC title match. After a 2-2 draw in November 2018 and the UFWC title win from Germany in March 2019 the dutch team was motivated to not only win the trophy back but to also polish their so far not very successful start into the UEFA2020 qualifying campaign. And UFWC match #959 was not going to disappoint!