This day in World Cup history

BERLIN: Here's how June 16 has shaped up in World Cup history:

1930 - Romania is the first European team to start their trip to the first-ever World Cup. They embark on a two-day train journey from Bucharest to Genoa, where they board the Conte Verde. The ship takes them along the French coast to Spain and then on to Uruguay via Brazil. En route they are joined by the French and Belgian teams. They finally reach Montevideo on July 4, having picked the Brazilian team up along the way.

1982 - Algeria lose to Germany 2-1 in a group game that is one of the biggest upsets in World Cup history. The result leads to one of the most shameful events in World Cup history as Germany and Austria conspire in their final group game to cheat Algeria out of a place in the next round.

Knowing that a one, or two-goal victory for Germany in their final group game against the Austrians would be enough to see both sides through, the teams practically stop playing after Horst Hrubesch scored for Germany in the 10th minute.

2002 - Senegal's fairytale run through the 2002 World Cup finals continues as the World Cup rookies beat Sweden in the second round to become the first African team since Cameroon in 1990 to advance to the quarter-finals.

In the group phase the West Africans beat the defending champions France and drew with Uruguay and Denmark. They lose in the quarterfinals to a golden goal against Turkey.