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For the first time, the World Cup finals expanded from 16 to 24 teams. This allowed more countries to participate from Africa and Asia.
Teams absent from the finals were [[1974 FIFA World Cup|1974]] and [[1978 FIFA World Cup|1978]] runners-up [[Netherlands national football team|Netherlands]] (eliminated by [[Belgium national football team|Belgium]] and [[France national football team|France]]), [[Mexico national football team|Mexico]] (eliminated by [[Honduras national football team|Honduras]] and [[El Salvador national football team|El Salvador]]), and the three times 1970s participants [[Sweden men's national football team|Sweden]] (eliminated by [[Scotland national football team|Scotland]] and [[Northern Ireland national football team|Northern Ireland]]). Northern Ireland qualified for the first time since 1958. Belgium, [[Czechoslovakia national football team|Czechoslovakia]], [[El Salvador national football team|El Salvador]], [[England national football team|England]] and the [[Soviet Union national football team|Soviet Union]] were all back in the finals after 12-year absences. England had its first successful World Cup qualifying campaign in 20 years,<ref name="falklands">{{Cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-20856004 |title=World Cup withdrawal considered amid Falklands War |work=BBC Sport |date=28 December 2012 |access-date=28 December 2012}}</ref> having qualified automatically as hosts in 1966 and as defending champions in 1970, then failing to qualify in 1974 and 1978. [[Yugoslavia national football team|Yugoslavia]] and [[Chile national football team|Chile]] were also back after missing the 1978 tournament.
[[Algeria national football team|Algeria]], [[Cameroon national football team|Cameroon]], [[Honduras national football team|Honduras]], [[Kuwait national football team|Kuwait]], and [[New Zealand men's national football team|New Zealand]] all participated in the World Cup for the first time. As of 2022, this was the last time that [[El Salvador national football team|El Salvador]] and [[Kuwait national football team|Kuwait]] qualified for a FIFA World Cup finals, as well as the last time that [[South Korea national football team|South Korea]] failed to qualify. This is also the last time that Mexico failed to qualify by playing (they were [[Cachirules|banned]] from the [[1990 FIFA World Cup qualification]]).
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[[File:keychains small.jpg|thumb|upright=0.5|right|Naranjito, the official [[FIFA World Cup mascot|mascot]] of the 1982 tournament, is featured in this vintage collection of Spanish keychains.]]
The [[FIFA World Cup mascots|official mascot]] of this World Cup was
===Television series===
The official poster was designed by [[Joan Miró]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/bbcthree/article/237780e8-0fe1-4dae-94f7-e4ba19d86158 |title=Russia's 2018 World Cup poster is super retro |date=30 November 2017 }}</ref>▼
''Football in Action'' ({{lang-es|Fútbol en acción|link=no}}) is an educational animated television series about football produced by [[BRB Internacional]] and {{lang|es|[[Televisión Española]]|i=no}} (TVE). The main character is a twelve-year-old Naranjito, who is accompanied on his adventures by his friends: {{lang|es|Clementina|i=no}} (a mandarin orange), Citronio (a lemon), and Imarchi (a robot). The series talks about the rules of football and the history of the World Cup. Its 26 episodes of 25 minutes each were first aired in 1981–82 on [[La 1 (Spanish TV channel)|TVE 1]].
===Poster===
▲The official poster was designed by [[Joan Miró]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/bbcthree/article/237780e8-0fe1-4dae-94f7-e4ba19d86158 |title=Russia's 2018 World Cup poster is super retro |date=30 November 2017 }}</ref>
===Match ball===
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