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Published 15:51 11 Jul 2018 BST
Applying this to international football, England became the first ever world champions when they beat Scotland in 1873. As you can probably imagine, the title of 'unofficial world champions' has changed hands plenty of times since, as is shown in detail on the website, with England not holding the title for 18 years.
Peru began the World Cup as unofficial world champions, only for Denmark to claim the title off them when they defeated them in the group stages. The Danes held on to their crown through draws with Australia and France until losing in the last-16 stage via penalties to, that's right, Croatia.
Croatia extended their reign with another penalty shootout victory over Russia in the quarter-finals, but could lose out to Gareth Southgate's men tonight.
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