Japan v Sweden is the World Cup group-stage match that has the most islands.
Japan has 14,125 islands. Sweden has about 267,570: more than any country on Earth. Between them: nearly 282,000 islands.
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England v Ghana is the World Cup’s only group-stage match where both countries' capitals sit right on the Prime Meridian
England has London, where the Prime Meridian was fixed. Ghana has Accra, the only other world capital to sit on the zero degree longitude line.
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