Poles pick Germany, Brazil as favourites to win World Cup
PR dla Zagranicy
Paweł Kononczuk
19.06.2018 14:10
One in five Poles consider Germany favourites to win the football World Cup in Russia, according to a survey.
Poland captain Robert Lewandowski (left) during a training session at the Spartak stadium in Moscow on Monday. Photo: EPA/FACUNDO ARRIZABALAGA
The study, carried out by pollster CBOS ahead of Poland’s opening World Cup match against Senegal on Tuesday afternoon, found that 12 percent of Poles believed Brazil would win the tournament.
Nine percent of Poles said Spain would win the World Cup and 7 percent picked Poland as favourites, the study found.
The survey was carried out from June 7 to 14 on a representative sample of 989 adult respondents.
Poland were due to open their World Cup campaign against Senegal at Moscow's Spartak stadium on Tuesday, with kickoff scheduled for 5 pm Polish time.
The Poles will also take on Colombia and Japan in the group stage of the tournament.
Poland’s last World Cup appearance was in Germany in 2006, when they did not get past the group stage.
Poland finished third in the 1974 World Cup in West Germany and were also third in Spain in 1982.
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Source: PAP