The 20 16 World Cup is the first competition announced by UEFA to expand to 24 teams. The rule is that the first place in the six group matches, the second place plus the third place with the best performance in the group matches can qualify for the qualifying. Portugal scored only 3 points in the third round of the group stage. In the final round of the group stage, Portugal scored 3-3 draws against Hungary. The reason why the team was able to qualify for the group stage was attributed to Iceland, because they beat Austria 2-/kloc-0.