- Title: France beat Ukraine 4-0 to qualify for men's World Cup
- Date: 14th November 2025
- Summary: PARIS, FRANCE (NOVEMBER 13, 2025) (REUTERS) FRANCE COACH, DIDIER DESCHAMPS, ENTERING PRESS CONFERENCE (SOUNDBITE) (French) FRANCE COACH, DIDIER DESCHAMPS, SAYING: “I understand that it is logical and normal for the French team to qualify, but there are always opponents, and today, we did what was needed. We could not qualify before, moreover. So as soon as we had the o
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- Keywords: Didier Deschamps France Sergiy Rebrov Serhiy Rebrov Ukraine
- Location: PARIS, FRANCE
- City: PARIS, FRANCE
- Country: France
- Topics: Europe,Sport,World Cup
- Reuters ID: LVA001190313112025RP1
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France's expertise in qualifying was in full display again as they booked a spot for their eighth consecutive World Cup after a Kylian Mbappe double helped to secure a 4-0 home victory against Ukraine on Thursday (November 13).
Les Bleus, who are unbeaten in a Euro or World Cup qualifying game since 2019, will be seeded when the draw for the June 11-July 19 tournament in the United States, Mexico and Canada is made on December 5. Next year's finals will be coach Didier Deschamps’s last in charge.
Captain Mbappe found the back of the net twice in the second half of an emotionally charged game that was played on the 10th anniversary of attacks that killed 130 people in Paris.
He scored either side of Michael Olise’s 76th-minute goal, before Hugo Ekitike added a late fourth.
France top Europe's Group D with 13 points from five games and have an unassailable six-point lead over second-placed Iceland. They will face bottom-placed Azerbaijan in their final qualifier on Sunday (November 16).
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