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(CNN) -
Germany became the first team, after host Qatar, to qualify for next year's FIFA World Cup with a 4-0 win over North Macedonia on Monday.
Kai Havertz opened the scoring for the visiting team, who suffered a surprising loss to North Macedonia in March, before two goals from Timo Werner and one from Jamal Musiala closed out a comfortable victory in Skopje.
The result, coupled with Armenia's failure to beat Romania, gave four-time world champion Germany a place in the World Cup for the 20th time;
only Brazil have had more appearances with 21.
Germany won a place in the 2022 World Cup in Qatar.
"We are very happy to have made it through qualification. And now we obviously want to continue to win the World Cup next year," said Havertz, the Chelsea forward.
"For Germany, the main objective is always to raise the cup."
Monday's win was Germany's seventh win in this World Cup qualifying campaign, with the only loss against North Macedonia earlier this year.
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Havertz scored in the 49th minute for Germany's first goal, before Werner scored two goals in quick succession - a powerful shot off a Thomas Muller pass and a shot from the edge of the North Macedonia box.
Musiala, 18, rounded the score with his first goal for Germany.
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"We can't get ahead," said midfielder Leon Goretzka.
"We need to keep growing as a team, but we are on the right track to get back to the top in world football. And at Hansi Flick, we have the right coach to do it."
After winning their fourth World Cup in 2014, Germany suffered an early exit in the 2018 edition of the tournament by failing to make it past the group stage.
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