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Serbia & Montenegro will play in the World Cup finals for the first and last time next month after the weekend referendum in Montenegro ended with the country voting for its independence from its larger neighbour.
FIFA said before the vote that the country would compete as Serbia & Montenegro whatever the outcome of the electorate but the two will split as a soccer entity on July 28.
If they won the World Cup, they would be the only team never again in a position to defend it.
That though is probably unlikely.
However, Serbia & Montenegro could do well in the competition despite being placed in a tough group along with Argentina, the Netherlands and Ivory Coast.
They reached the finals in grand style after failing to qualify for either the World Cup 2002 or Euro 2004 finals under their interim name of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia.
They clinched Europe's Group Seven with an impressive record of six wins and four draws ahead of favourites Spain, scoring 16 and conceding only one goal in the process.