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Serbia, when playing as their own country, have qualified for 3 of the last 4 World Cups, though they have not progressed out of the Group Stages since 1998, when they entered as Yugoslavia. They had a superb qualification campaign, where they finished top of the table without losing a single game, but it was the drama in their final game that capped it all off. Needing a win in Portugal in their final qualifier to finish top of the group and automatically qualify, Serbia went behind after a few minutes, but after equalizing through Tadic, Mitrovic scored in stoppage time win the game 2-1. It was a welcome result from them following the disappointment at not qualifying for last year’s European Championships, and they’ll be looking to better to their last 3 World Cup campaigns where they have failed to get our of the group stages.