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It’s is no secret that the last time England won the Football World Cup was in 1966.
However, the tournament was also the debut tournament for two teams. The first was Portugal. The second was a country from Asia.
Identify the second country.

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North Korea
North Korea actually beat Italy 1–0 on the way to reaching the quarter-finals, where they lost to Portugal 5–3.
North Korea & England were not the best friends at the time. Read about the Political Gymnastics the hosts (England) did for the event.