[Berlin_Freeper]

CNN - The Belgian Blueprint

It’s one of the greatest achievements in the world of sport: just how on earth did one of the smaller countries assemble the top-ranked team in the most popular game on the planet?

[Berlin_Freeper]

https://edition.cnn.com/interactive/2021/06/sport/belgium-euro-2020-spt-intl/

[Verginius Rufus]

Belgium has about 11.5 million inhabitants. In the 2018 World Cup, Croatia placed second (lost in the final match to France)—it has about 4.3 million inhabitants.