The Remarkable Rise & Fall Of Icelandic Football
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 Published On May 17, 2022

In just four years, Iceland went from being one of the worst national teams in Europe to knocking England out of Euro 2016 and qualifying for the FIFA World Cup, rising to 18th in the FIFA World Rankings.

However, in roughly the same amount of time, Iceland not only gave up all of those gains on the pitch, but lost all of the respect and adoration that they had gained from the Icelandic people off it.

In this documentary, HITC Sevens takes a look at how that happened, the scandal that has rocked football in Iceland, and misogyny in soccer more broadly.

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