In how many World Cups has Peru participated?

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(CNN Spanish) --

Peru lost the playoff against Australia and could not qualify for the 2022 Qatar World Cup. Since 1930 - the year the first World Cup was held - until now, Peru managed to enter the competition only five times.

Here, a review of his World Cup performance.

Peru participated in the first World Cup, organized by

, in which it lost the two matches it played, according to the review of the official Agencia Andina: against Romania and against the host country.

After those defeats he was declassified.

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It took 40 years for the team to return to a World Cup.

He qualified for the

, in which he even played a quarterfinal match.

La Blanquirroja won that year against Bulgaria and Morocco, and then lost to Germany.

The next match, Peru fell to Brazil, who would later become champions.

The third World Cup that Peru played was that of

.

He won against Iran and Scotland, and tied with the Netherlands, results with which he was able to advance in the contest.

However, they then fell to Brazil, Poland and Argentina, in the latter case by a tough 6-0.

The albiceleste was the one that was crowned winner that year.

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Four years later, Peru returned to the cup at

, where they faced Poland, Italy and Cameroon.

The return of the Peruvian team in Russia after 36 years

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After the World Cup in Spain, Peru spent 36 years without participating in the competition.

The losing streak ended with their classification in 2017 after defeating New Zealand in the National State of Lima in the second leg of the playoff.

Qualifying for

unleashed a football fever, with Paolo Guerrero in the center, which far overflowed the sports field: multiple books were published and even chefs named their dishes in honor of the national team.

On the day of the key match against New Zealand, Lima literally shook with qualification.

Peru said goodbye to the World Cup quickly after losing to Australia, France and Denmark.

He was eliminated without having scored a goal.

In 2022 he lost on penalties in the playoff against Australia.