document_title: England at the FIFA World Cup

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text: England at the FIFA World Cup

text: History[edit]

text: Brazil 1950[edit]

text: England's first qualifying campaign for the FIFA World Cup doubled as the 1950 British Home Championship. The series kicked off for England on 15 October 1949 at Ninian Park, Cardiff, against Wales. Stan Mortensen gave England the lead after twenty two minutes, and just seven minutes later, Jackie Milburn doubled the lead. This was the first goal of Milburn's hat trick, which left England 4–0 up with 20 minutes to play. Mal Griffiths scored a consolation goal for Wales ten minutes from time, but England held on for a comfortable victory.

text: A month later, England welcomed Ireland to Maine Road, and it began well for the home side as Jack Rowley scored inside six minutes. England were already 6–0 up, thanks to Jack Froggatt, two for Stan Pearson, Stan Mortensen and a second from Rowley, by the time Ireland struck back through Samuel Smyth after 55 minutes. Rowley added a third and a fourth to his tally in the three minutes following Smyth's goal, however, leaving the score at 8–1 at the hour mark. The frantic scoring rate calmed down after that, with only one apeice before the final whistle, with Stan Pearson completing his brace for England's ninth, and Bobby Brennan scoring for Ireland.

text: It was not until May 1950 that England travelled to Hampden Park to face Scotland, who were also undefeated after their games against Ireland and Wales. With the top two from the group qualifying, both teams were guaranteed progression to the finals, and the game was solely for the honour of winning the British Home Championship, and the seeding advantage to be enjoyed upon reaching Brazil. A solitary goal from Roy Bentley gave England the victory, the title and the top spot in the group.

text: 1950 Finals[edit]

text: England were seeded in pot one for the finals, which meant they were the favourites to progress from Group 2, which also contained Spain, Chile and the United States. England's campaign kicked off against Chile in Rio de Janeiro, and, as was expected, England cruised to a 2–0 victory, courtesy of goals from Stan Mortensen and Wilf Mannion.[citation needed]

text: Their troubles began four days later when they faced the Americans in Belo Horizonte in what has become one of the most famous matches of all time. Joe Gaetjens scored the only goal of the match to give the United States an unlikely victory, which has gone down as one of the World Cup's greatest upsets. A myth arose that the English newspapers were so confident of an English victory that when the result was telegrammed back, they assumed a misprint and printed the score as 10–1 in England's favour. However, this has proven to be untrue.[5]

text: This left England in a sticky situation prior to their final match, against Spain in Rio. They needed to win, and for Chile to beat the United States to stand any chance of going through, and even then they would need the goal averages to fall in their favour. As it turned out, no such calculations were necessary, despite Chile's victory, as Spain's Zarra scored the only goal of the game, eliminating England from the competition.

text: Switzerland 1954[edit]

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text: As with their first World Cup, England's qualifying for the 1954 edition also constituted the 1953–54 British Home Championship. They played Wales at Ninian Park as their first match once again, and the 4–1 result was the same. However, unlike four years earlier, it was the home side that went into the lead, after twenty two minutes through Ivor Allchurch. Despite being 1–0 down at half time, England scored four within eight minutes of the restart; two each for Dennis Wilshaw and Nat Lofthouse.

text: Goodison Park was the venue for England's home clash against Ireland, who were newly renamed Northern Ireland. Harold Hassall got England off to a good start with a goal after just ten minutes. Eddie McMorran put the Irish back on terms just before the hour mark, but Hassall completed his brace six minutes later. Lofthouse completed a comfortable 3–1 win for England.

text: With the top two in the group qualifying for the finals, the final game between England and Scotland, at Hampden Park, settled nothing except the placings within the group, despite Scotland having dropped a point with a 3–3 draw at home to Wales. Allan Brown put the home side ahead after just seven minutes, but it was all square again thanks to Ivor Broadis just four minutes later. Johnny Nicholls gave England the lead for the first time just after half time, and they began to extend a lead after Ronnie Allen's 68th-minute goal. Jimmy Mullen made the game all but certain seven minutes from time, and although Willie Ormond scored a consolation for Scotland with just 1 minute to play, England topped the competition for the second time in a row.

text: 1954 Finals[edit]

text: England were drawn in Group 4 for the finals, with hosts Switzerland, Italy and Belgium. In an odd twist, unique to the 1954 tournament, England and Italy, as the two seeded teams in the group, did not have to play each other.

text: Equally, Switzerland and Belgium did not have to play each other. England's first game in Switzerland was against Belgium in Basel, and they suffered a shock as Léopold Anoul put the Belgians into the lead after just five minutes. Ivor Broadis put the favourites back on terms just over twenty minutes later, and although Nat Lofthouse gave England the lead 10 minutes later, it was proving to be tougher than they had expected against the Belgians.

text: Broadis scored his second just after the hour, but Henri Coppens hit back four minutes later to keep Belgium in the game at only 3–2 down. Anoul completed his brace another four minutes after that to level the scores again. In another oddity peculiar to this World Cup, drawn matches in the group stage would go to extra time, and as such the teams played on with the score at 3–3.

text: Just one minute into the added period, Lofthouse added a fourth for England and they seemed to have won it, but Jimmy Dickinson scored an own goal three minutes later to put the score back at 4–4. It stayed this way until the extra period was up, and as penalty shoot-outs were yet to be invented and replays were not used in the group, the match was recorded as a draw.

text: England's second and final group game was against the hosts in Bern. This proved to be an easier game for the Three Lions, and they scored one goal in each half (from Jimmy Mullen and Dennis Wilshaw respectively) to give them a comfortable win of 2–0. As Switzerland (against England), Italy (against Switzerland) and Belgium (against Italy) had all lost one game, England progressed as group winners, along with Switzerland, who won a play-off against Italy.

text: England faced the winners of group three and defending champions Uruguay in the quarter-finals. Carlos Borges gave the South Americans the lead inside 5 minutes, but Lofthouse put England back on terms ten minutes later. England were clearly struggling, but held on until just before half time, when Obdulio Varela gave the lead back Uruguay.

text: Juan Alberto Schiaffino doubled the lead just after the break, but Tom Finney kept England's foot in the door with his sixty seventh-minute goal. However, it was all over after Javier Ambrois restored the two-goal lead with twelve minutes to play. The score remained at 4–2, and England were eliminated from the cup.

text: Sweden 1958[edit]

text: For the first time, England had to play against countries other than the Home Nations to reach the Finals in Sweden. They were drawn against the Republic of Ireland and Denmark. In the qualifying round, England won three out of the four games and drew the other. Four months before the World Cup, Roger Byrne, Duncan Edwards, David Pegg and Tommy Taylor all lost their lives in the Munich air disaster while playing for Manchester United. At the finals, which is the only tournament to have seen all Home Nations take part, the Home Nations were all drawn in different groups.

text: England were drawn against the Soviet Union (2–2), Brazil (0–0) and Austria (2–2), who finished third in the 1954 World Cup. At the end of the group stage, Soviet Union and England each had three points, and had scored four goals and conceded four goals. This meant there was a play-off to decide the second-placed team in the group, the winner to qualify. England lost the play-off 1–0 and were thus knocked out. The only consolation for England was that they were the only team to play the eventual winners Brazil and not lose.

text: Chile 1962[edit]

text: The third World Cup which took place in South America, saw England qualify by successfully qualifying from the group, which contained Portugal and Luxembourg, defeating Luxembourg on both occasions, and defeating Portugal at home, and drawing in Lisbon.

text: At the finals, England were drawn in a group with Hungary, Argentina and Bulgaria. England defeated Argentina 3-1, thanks to goals from Ron Flowers, Bobby Charlton and Jimmy Greaves,[6] before playing out a goalless draw with Bulgaria, and a 2–1 defeat to Hungary.[7]

text: England finished in second place behind Hungary and played the winners of group 3, defending champions Brazil, in the quarter-finals. Brazil scored first through Garrincha, before an equaliser for Gerry Hitchens before half time. However, second-half goals from Garrincha and Vavá meant Brazil won the game 3–1, and eliminated England from the competition.[8] This defeat was manager Walter Winterbottom's last game in charge. Winterbottom had led England to four World Cup Finals. From May 1963, Alf Ramsey became the manager of England.

text: England 1966[edit]

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text: In the 1966 World Cup Finals, England used their home advantage and, under Ramsey, won their first, and only, World Cup title. England played all their games at Wembley Stadium in London, which became the last time that the hosts were granted this privilege. After drawing 0–0 in the opening game against former champions Uruguay, which started a run of four games all ending goalless. England then beat both France and Mexico 2–0 and qualified for the quarter-finals.[citation needed]

text: The quarter-finals saw England play Argentina, which ended in a 1–0 win to England. This match saw the start of the rivalry between England and Argentina, when Argentinian Antonio Rattín was dismissed by German referee Rudolf Kreitlein in a very fierce game. A 2–1 win against Portugal in the semi-final then followed. Portugal were the first team to score against England in the tournament. The final saw England play West Germany, with the result finishing in a 4–2 win for England, after extra time.[citation needed]

text: Mexico 1970[edit]

text: 1970 saw the first World Cup finals take place in North America and England qualified automatically for the tournament by winning the 1966 FIFA World Cup. England were drawn in a group with Romania, former world champions Brazil and Czechoslovakia. Each of the matches only saw one goal, with England defeating Romania and Czechoslovakia, and losing to Brazil. The quarter-final saw a repeat of the 1966 final, with England playing West Germany. England were hampered by the fact that first-choice goalkeeper Gordon Banks was ill, and Peter Bonetti played instead. England led 2–0 with goals by Alan Mullery and Martin Peters, but in the 70th minute, Franz Beckenbauer pulled one goal back for West Germany.

text: After Beckenbauer's goal, Ramsey substituted Bobby Charlton, who overtook Billy Wright as England's most capped player ever, with caps totalling 106. Uwe Seeler equalised for the Germans in the eighty first minute, thereby taking the game into extra time. During extra time, Gerd Müller scored the winning goal for West Germany which saw the German side win 3–2. This turned out to be Charlton's last game for England.[9]

text: West Germany 1974[edit]

text: For the first time, England did not qualify for a World Cup. In a group with Olympic champions Poland and Wales, England could not overtake Poland. After only drawing at home to Wales 1–1 and losing the first leg 2–0 to Poland, meant that England had to beat Poland at home, whilst Poland only needed to draw. Poland managed to withstand England's attacks in the first half, who had Martin Peters playing for them. Poland took the lead in the 57th minute with a goal from Jan Domarski.

text: England equalised six minutes later, with a penalty converted by Allan Clarke. England were unable to score any more goals with goalkeeper Jan Tomaszewski keeping England at bay. Brian Clough had previously called Tomaszewski a "clown".[10] The commentator of the game then said "it's all over".[11] Poland took this good form to the finals and ended in third place. After failing to qualify, Alf Ramsey resigned from his post and after a time, where Ramsey and his predecessor had lasted a total of 29 years, no manager was able to last in the job for longer than eight years. This ended when Bobby Robson became England manager.[12]

text: Argentina 1978[edit]

text: England also did not qualify for the fourth World Cup which took place in South America. This time, England were denied by Italy, who had scored three more goals than England after both teams finished on the same points. Goals scored dictated who qualified after the head-to-head record between the two sides finished the same, following a 2–0 home win for each team. The lower-ranked teams in the group were Finland and Luxembourg, but the size of the wins against them proved to be decisive. Nevertheless, Ron Greenwood was given a second chance in charge of England, after taking the role in 1977.

text: Spain 1982[edit]

text: 1982 saw the first time where the European Qualifying Rounds were divided into groups of five teams, where the top two teams qualify for the World Cup. Greenwood used his second chance and took England to Spain by finishing second behind Hungary and above Romania, Switzerland and Norway.

text: At the finals, England won all three group games, defeating France 3-1, with a brace from Bryan Robson,[13] before beating Czechoslovakia 2–0, with a Jozef Barmos own goal, [14] and World Cup newcomers Kuwait 1–0, thanks to a Trevor Francis goal.[15]

text: The next round saw a second group stage consisting of three teams, a first time event at the World Cup. England drew with West Germany 0–0 and after the Germans beat Spain 2–1, England then had to beat Spain with a two-goal difference to progress to the next round. England, however, only managed a 0–0 draw against the Spanish. England remained unbeaten at the end of the tournament. After the World Cup, Ron Greenwood's time as England manager ended, and he was replaced by Bobby Robson.

text: Mexico 1986[edit]

text: 1986 saw the second World Cup to take place in Mexico. England qualified for Mexico 1986 by winning four games and drawing four times against Northern Ireland, who qualified in second place, Romania, Finland and Turkey. In Mexico, England lost their opening game to Portugal 1–0 and could only manage a goalless draw against Morocco. The final group game, however, saw England beat Poland 3–0, which is one of the three highest scores for England at the World Cup, with Gary Lineker scoring a hat-trick.

text: This result took England to second place and finished behind Morocco. England then also beat Paraguay 3–0 in the Round of 16. In the quarter-finals, England renewed their rivalry with Argentina in a game that has become notorious for the Argentina goals, both scored by Diego Maradona. Maradona's first goal, known as the Hand of God, was illegal and should not have counted, as he used his hand to punch the ball into the net. However, the referee missed this infringement, and ruled that the goal should stand. Maradona then made the score 2-0, famously dribbling from inside Argentina's half and around several English players before scoring. Gary Lineker pulled back the score to 2-1, but England ran out of time to equalise, and were eliminated. Nevertheless, Lineker finished with the Golden Boot by scoring six goals and thereby becoming England's first Golden Boot winner.

text: Italy 1990[edit]

text: By winning three and drawing three, England qualified for Italia '90, the second World Cup to be held in Italy, scoring ten goals and conceding none. England were unbeaten through qualification, winning three games, and drawing the remaining three, but still finished second to Sweden, whom they drew with twice.[16] England profited from Romania's 3–1 win over Denmark, who, had they won, would have qualified as the third-best second-placed team. West Germany and England were able to qualify for Italia '90 as the best second-placed teams in the groups with four teams.

text: Because a few years previously saw English hooligans at European competition matches, England were forced to play their group games on Sardinia and Sicily. In group F, was the European champions Netherlands, the Republic of Ireland and Egypt and England. After opening the tournament with a 1–1 draw against Ireland and a 0–0 draw against the Dutch, England then beat Egypt 1–0. This was Egypt's first appearance since the 1934 World Cup.[citation needed] England won the group with four points.[17]

text: In the next round, England had to play Belgium. The game went to extra time, and in the hundredth and nineteenth minute, David Platt scored the winning goal.[18] England also had to play extra time against Cameroon in the quarter-finals. Cameroon were the first African team to have reached the quarter-finals. England opened the scoring through David Platt, but Cameroon quickly turned around the game to lead 2-1. Lineker subsequently won and scored a penalty in the 83rd minute to ensure the game went to extra time. He then scored a second penalty, to see England reach the semi-finals.[19]

text: In the semi-finals, England met West Germany. There was no separating the two teams after 90 minutes, which made England the first team to have played extra time in three successive World Cup games. There was also no separating the two teams after extra time, thereby taking the game to penalties.[20]

text: Although English goalkeeper Peter Shilton dived the right way for every penalty, he was unable to save any. German goalkeeper Bodo Illgner, having failed to save any of England's first three penalties, saved England's fourth penalty, taken by Stuart Pearce. Olaf Thon then scored for Germany, meaning that England's Chris Waddle would have to score his fifth penalty and hope that Shilton saved the Germans' fifth penalty. However, Waddle's penalty missed completely, going high over the crossbar, thereby resulting in England's being knocked out of the competition.[20] The third-place playoff between England and Italy saw England lose their only game of the tournament in normal time. Even though this was England's best finish since the 1966 World Cup, Bobby Robson's time as England manager had come to an end.[21][22]

text: United States 1994[edit]

text: For the 1994 World Cup in the United States, under the leadership of new manager Graham Taylor, England surprisingly did not qualify for the tournament. In a group with six teams, England lost to Norway and the Netherlands, finishing third above Poland, Turkey and San Marino.

text: England went into their final game with San Marino knowing they would need a seven-goal victory and for Poland to beat the Netherlands in the other match in order to qualify.[23] In the game against San Marino, Davide Gualtieri scored against England after nine seconds, taking the lead for the outsiders. England went on to win 7–1, which was too small a goal margin. Additionally, despite the half-time score between the Poles and the Dutch being 1-1, the Dutch went on to win 3-1, meaning that however many goals England scored, they could still not qualify. Taylor's tenure in charge ended and he was replaced by Terry Venables, who was dismissed after England lost the semi-final of Euro 1996, hosted in England.[12]

text: France 1998[edit]

text: After missing out on the World Cup in 1994, England, managed by Glenn Hoddle, qualified for the World Cup in France. England were drawn in Group 2 of UEFA qualifying with Italy, Poland, Georgia and Moldova. England beat Poland, Georgia and Moldova both home and away, but a home defeat to Italy in their fourth match meant they went into the final qualifier at the Stadio Olimpico in Rome just a point ahead of the Azzurri and only needing a draw to qualify automatically; defeat would see them have to navigate a play-off to secure qualification. The match finished as a goalless draw and England finished top of the group.

text: At the finals in France, England played in Group G. England defeated Tunisia 2–0 in the first game, with goals from Alan Shearer and Paul Scholes.[24] Their second match saw England lose 2–1 to Romania; despite an 81st-minute equaliser from Michael Owen, Dan Petrescu scored a winner shortly before injury time. In their final group game, England defeated Colombia 2–0 in the decisive match, thanks to goals from midfielders Darren Anderton and David Beckham.[25] England finished second in Group G, which saw them qualify for the last 16 phase, and play the winner of 1998 FIFA World Cup Group H, Argentina.

text: In a fiery game containing six yellow cards and two penalties, David Beckham was controversially sent off in the 47th minute for what many felt was at most a yellow card offence, knocking over Diego Simeone.[26][27] Gabriel Batistuta opened the scoring from the penalty spot in the fifth minute of the game, before an equaliser also from the spot by Alan Shearer four minutes later. England took the lead through Owen, in the 16th minute. Argentina drew level through Javier Zanetti in injury time of the first half.

text: The game finished 2-2, and, as neither team were able to find a winner in extra time, penalties were needed to decide the team that qualified to the next round. While David Seaman did save one penalty, Argentine goalkeeper Carlos Roa managed to save two, including the vital one from David Batty, thereby knocking England out of the World Cup. Beckham subsequently received death threats and was sent bullets in the post.[28][29]

text: South Korea/Japan 2002[edit]

text: In 2002 the World Cup took place in Asia for the first time. England, under its first ever foreign manager in Swedish Sven-Göran Eriksson, were able to qualify for the tournament. England were drawn in Group 9, alongside Germany, Finland, Greece and Albania. In the last ever game in the original Wembley Stadium, (which closed after the match) England played Germany, losing 1–0, the only goal scored by Dietmar Hamann. The match was the last under the management of Kevin Keegan, who resigned at the end of the match, and was replaced by Eriksson.[30] By beating Germany 5–1 in Munich, England's qualifying campaign was revitalised, and they qualified automatically, by drawing 2–2 with Greece. Germany, who could only draw 0–0 with Finland, had to play a play-off game against Ukraine, with England qualifying ahead winning the group.

text: In Japan, England had to play against Eriksson's homeland, Sweden, and both settled out for a 1–1 draw. England and Beckham gained a measure of revenge for their previous 1998 defeat in defeating Argentina 1-0, thanks to a Beckham penalty. However, England could only manage a disappointing 0-0 draw against Nigeria, meaning that although they were able to qualify for the second round, where they played Denmark, they qualified as runners up, which meant that they would meet favourites Brazil in the quarter-finals if they qualified.

text: England played Denmark in the round of 16 defeating Denmark 3–0, thanks to goals from Micheal Owen, Rio Ferdinand, and Emile Heskey.[31] England played four-time World Cup winners and 1998 runners-up Brazil in the quarter-finals. Despite leading through a Michael Owen goal, a mistake by David Seaman saw England lose 2–1, and Brazil won their fourth World Cup match against England, and went on to win the tournament.[32]

text: Germany 2006[edit]

text: England were drawn into Group 6 of European qualifying for the 2006 World Cup. The group featured other home nations in Wales, and Northern Ireland, as well as Poland (who had eliminated England the last time the World Cup took place in Germany), Azerbaijan and Austria. England won eight of the 10 games, and qualified as group winners, in front of Portugal, despite drawing to Austria in Vienna, and losing to Northern Ireland in Belfast.[33]

text: In Germany, however, England were less convincing. England played in Group B, alongside Paraguay, Trinidad and Tobago, and Sweden. England started with a 1–0 win against Paraguay; which was won due to a 3rd minute own goal.[34] The second game against first time qualifiers Trinidad and Tobago saw England have to wait until the 83rd minute for England to take the lead, with Peter Crouch opened the scoring with a goal many felt was illegal, and the second goal of the game coming in added time from Steven Gerrard.[35][36] The last group game saw England play against Sweden, where an eventual 2-2 draw saw them qualify for the next round as group winners, thereby avoiding playing hosts Germany.[37]

text: In the last 16 stage, a free kick from David Beckham saw England win 1–0 against Ecuador and reach the quarter-finals, where they faced Portugal.[38] The game finished goalless, and England once again were knocked out on penalties and Portuguese goalkeeper Ricardo became the first goalkeeper to save three penalties in a penalty shoot-out. Ricardo saved from Frank Lampard, Steven Gerrard, and Jamie Carragher; the only England player who successfully converted his penalty was Owen Hargreaves. Portugal won the shoot-out 3-1, despite misses from Petit and Hugo Viana. This game was also Erickson's final match as England manager.[39]

text: South Africa 2010[edit]

text: Qualification for the first African World Cup went successfully for new England manager Fabio Capello, after previous manager Steve McClaren was unable to secure qualification to the Euro 2008. By winning nine times and only losing to Ukraine, England qualified ahead of Croatia, Belarus, Kazakhstan and Andorra. England's group was seen as a favourable one, containing comparatively much weaker teams.[40] However, England opened up their campaign with a 1–1 draw against the United States, thanks to a major error by goalkeeper Robert Green. They then drew 0–0 against Algeria and were booed off the field by their own fans, drawing the ire of striker Wayne Rooney.[41] England eventually qualified for the next round by beating Slovenia 1–0, but only qualified as runners up to the United States, thereby meaning they would draw favourites Germany.

text: In the second round match, Germany took the lead after 20 minutes after goalkeeper Manuel Neuer played the ball down the pitch to Miroslav Klose, who opened the scoring. The score became 2–0 to Germany after 32 minutes. Shortly after, England defender Matthew Upson scored a header. Later, Frank Lampard had a shot at goal which was disallowed despite crossing the line; which was confirmed on replays. German goalkeeper Manuel Neuer admitted subsequently he knew the ball had crossed the line, but decided to deceive the referee.[42] The German media reported it was "revenge for Wembley", while the English media criticised FIFA's refusal to implement goal-line technology. Ironically, despite his earlier opposition to goal-line technology, Sepp Blatter said that it should be introduced after a Ukrainian goal against England at Euro 2012 was ruled out.[43][42][44] As England tried to equalise, Germany used this to their advantage and scored two more goals. This became Germany's biggest win against England in a World Cup, winning 4-1.[45]

text: Brazil 2014[edit]

text: Under Roy Hodgson, who replaced Fabio Capello after Euro 2012 after a disagreement between Capello and The FA, England qualified for the second World Cup to be held in Brazil. Ukraine were again one of the opponents in the qualifying rounds. The other opponents included Montenegro, Poland, Moldova and San Marino. After winning six games and drawing four, England qualified unbeaten.[46]

text: The draw for the finals saw England have to play against Italy and Uruguay, both former world champions, which meant that it was the first ever time three World Champions were drawn in the same group, along with Costa Rica. England lost to Italy and Uruguay, and were thus knocked out after two games. The final match against Costa Rica finished as a goalless draw. This performance was statistically their worst ever performance at a World Cup, ending up with just one point after two losses to Uruguay and Italy and a goalless draw with Costa Rica in the dead rubber match, their lowest points total in the group stage of a world cup.[46]

text: Russia 2018[edit]

text: England played in UEFA Group F in qualification for the 2018 World Cup, in a group of six with Slovakia, Slovenia, Scotland, Lithuania and Malta, with only the winner of the group guaranteed qualification. England went into the qualification process under manager Sam Allardyce, only for Allardyce to leave the post after just one game due to controversy regarding discussing breaking FIFA rules.[47]

text: Under Allardyce's replacement, Gareth Southgate, England went undefeated throughout qualification, winning eight matches out of 10, drawing with Slovenia 0–0 in Ljubljana, and drawing 2–2 with Scotland in Glasgow thanks to a 90th-minute equaliser from Harry Kane.[48] This was the third successive major tournament that England were undefeated, having been undefeated in 2014 World Cup, and Euro 2016 qualifying.

text: 2018 Finals[edit]

text: Under Gareth Southgate, the England team began their tournament in group G against Tunisia. The game started well for England with a goal from Harry Kane in the 11th minute. Tunisia equalised through Sassi from the penalty spot in the 35th minute following a foul by Kyle Walker. Some controversy followed as various potential offences against Harry Kane, inside the penalty area were ignored by the referee and no VAR checks were carried out. England persevered and scored a second goal in the 91st minute, again by Harry Kane, resulting in a 2–1 victory.[49]

text: In the second group stage match, England surpassed their record for goals scored in a World Cup match by beating Panama 6-1. Jesse Lingard scored the third goal, John Stones scored the first and fourth goals and Harry Kane scored a hat-trick with the second, fifth and sixth goals.[50]

text: In the final group stage match, England narrowly lost 1-0 to Belgium. Adnan Januzaj scored the sole goal of the game; but with both teams having fielded reserve teams, with England specificially making 9 changes. Before the game media outlets stating that a loss could potentially become beneficial, as the winner would be in the half of the draw with four of the top seven sides in the world.[c][51][52] The result that meant Belgium topped the group and England finished second, setting up a last 16 clash with Group H winners Colombia.[53][54]

text: England played their last 16 match in the Otkritie Arena, Moscow, with the same team as against Tunisia. Harry Kane scored his sixth goal of the tournament, and the third penalty, after once again being fouled in the box from a corner, similarly as against Panama.[55] The score remained at 1-0, until stoppage time, where a header from Yerry Mina beat Jordan Pickford in goal to bring the game to extra time. Neither team managed to score in extra time, and the match went to penalties, which England won 4-3.[56] As well as being the first knockout match England had won at a major tournament since 2006 (last defeating Ecuador in the last 16); it was the first time England won a World Cup penalty shoot-out.[d][58] The match was notable for the heated atmosphere the game was played in, with a total of eight yellow cards being shown in the match.[e][59]

text: England played against Sweden in their quarter-final at Cosmos Arena, Samara on 7 July 2018.[57] They won the match 2–0, with defender Harry Maguire scoring his first England goal, a header scored from a corner, and Dele Alli a second header from close range. This would send them through to their third World Cup semi-final and their first since 1990, and third overall.[60] The team played Croatia in the semi-final, resulting in a 2–1 loss after extra time.[61] England would later finish fourth in the competition, the best result since 1990. England would lose again to Belgium in the 3rd place playoff, thanks to goals from Thomas Meunier and Eden Hazard, despite a Eric Dier shot being cleared off the line by Toby Alderweireld.[62]

text: The tournament would see England score nine goals from set-pieces – the most by a team in a single World Cup tournament since 1966.[63]

text: Records[edit]

text:
Year
Round
Position
GP
W
D*
L
GF
GA
GD

 1930
Not a FIFA member

 1934

 1938

 1950
Group stage
8th
3
1
0
2
2
2
0

 1954
Quarter-finals
7th
3
1
1
1
8
8
0

 1958
Group stage
11th
4
0
3
1
4
5
-1

 1962
Quarter-finals
8th
4
1
1
2
5
6
-1

 1966
Champions
1st
6
5
1
0
11
3
8

 1970
Quarter-finals
8th
4
2
0
2
4
4
0

 1974
Did not qualify

 1978

 1982
Second group stage
6th
5
3
2
0
6
1
5

 1986
Quarter-finals
8th
5
2
1
2
7
3
4

 1990
Semi finals
4th
7
3
3
1
8
6
2

 1994
Did not qualify

 1998
Round of 16
9th
4
2
1
1
7
4
3

  2002
Quarter-finals
6th
5
2
2
1
6
3
3

 2006
Quarter-finals
7th
5
3
2
0
6
2
4

 2010
Round of 16
13th
4
1
2
1
3
5
-2

 2014
Group stage
26th
3
0
1
2
2
4
-2

 2018
Semi-finals
4th
7
3
1
3
12
8
4

 2022
TBD

   2026

Total
15/21
1 title
69
29
21
19
91
64
27

text:
showEngland's World Cup record

First Match

 England 2–0 Chile  (25 June 1950; Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)

Biggest Win

 England 6–1 Panama  (24 June 2018; Nizhny Novgorod, Russia)

Biggest Defeat

 England 1-4 Germany  (27 June 2010; Bloemfontein, South Africa)

Best Result

Champions at the 1966 World Cup

Worst Result

Group stage in 1950, 1958 and 2014

text: By match[edit]

text:
Year

Round

Against

Score

Scorers

 1950
Group 2
 Chile
2–0
Mortensen, Mannion

 United States
0–1

 Spain
0–1

 1954
Group 4
 Belgium
4–4 (aet)
Broadis (2), Lofthouse (2)

  Switzerland
2–0
Mullen, Wilshaw

Quarter-final
 Uruguay
2–4
Lofthouse, Finney

 1958
Group 4
 Soviet Union
2–2
Kevan, Finney

 Brazil
0–0

 Austria
2–2
Haynes, Kevan

Play-off
 Soviet Union
0–1

 1962
Group 4
 Hungary
1–2
Flowers

 Argentina
3–1
Flowers, Charlton, Greaves

 Bulgaria
0–0

Quarter-final
 Brazil
1–3
Hitchens

 1966
Group 1
 Uruguay
0–0

 Mexico
2–0
Charlton, Hunt

 France
2–0
Hunt (2)

Quarter-final
 Argentina
1–0
Hurst

Semi-final
 Portugal
2–1
Charlton (2)

Final
 West Germany
4–2 (aet)
Hurst (3), Peters

 1970
Group 3
 Romania
1–0
Hurst

 Brazil
0–1

 Czechoslovakia
1–0
Clarke

Quarter-final
 West Germany
2–3 (aet)
Mullery, Peters

 1982
Group 4
 France
3–1
Robson (2), Mariner

 Czechoslovakia
2–0
Francis, Barmoš (o.g.)

 Kuwait
1–0
Francis

Group B Round 2
 West Germany
0–0

 Spain
0–0

 1986
Group F
 Portugal
0–1

 Morocco
0–0

 Poland
3–0
Lineker (3)

Round of 16
 Paraguay
3–0
Lineker (2), Beardsley

Quarter-final
 Argentina
1–2
Lineker

 1990
Group F
 Republic of Ireland
1–1
Lineker

 Netherlands
0–0

 Egypt
1–0
Wright

Round of 16
 Belgium
1–0 (aet)
Platt

Quarter-final
 Cameroon
3–2 (aet)
Platt, Lineker (2)

Semi-final
 West Germany
1–1 (aet)[f]
Lineker

Third-place play-off
 Italy
1–2
Platt

 1998
Group G
 Tunisia
2–0
Shearer, Scholes

 Romania
1–2
Owen

 Colombia
2–0
Anderton, Beckham

Round of 16
 Argentina
2–2 (aet)[f]
Shearer, Owen

  2002
Group F
 Sweden
1–1
Campbell

 Argentina
1–0
Beckham

 Nigeria
0–0

Round of 16
 Denmark
3–0
Ferdinand, Owen, Heskey

Quarter-final
 Brazil
1–2
Owen

 2006
Group B
 Paraguay
1–0
Gamarra (o.g.)

 Trinidad and Tobago
2–0
Crouch, Gerrard

 Sweden
2–2
Cole, Gerrard

Round of 16
 Ecuador
1–0
Beckham

Quarter-final
 Portugal
0–0 (aet)[f]

 2010
Group C
 United States
1–1
Gerrard

 Algeria
0–0

 Slovenia
1–0
Defoe

Round of 16
 Germany
1–4
Upson

 2014
Group D
 Italy
1–2
Sturridge

 Uruguay
1–2
Rooney

 Costa Rica
0–0

 2018
Group G
 Tunisia
2–1
Kane (2)

 Panama
6–1
Stones (2), Kane (3), Lingard

 Belgium
0–1

Round of 16
 Colombia
1–1 (aet)[g]
Kane

Quarter-final
 Sweden
2–0
Maguire, Alli

Semi-final
 Croatia
1–2 (aet)
Trippier

Third-place play-off
 Belgium
0–2

text: By opponent[edit]

text:
Country

Played

Won

Drawn

Lost

GF

GA

GD

 Argentina
5
3
1
1
8
5
+3

 Germany
5
1
2
2
8
10
-2

 Brazil
4
0
1
3
2
6
-4

 Sweden
3
1
2
0
5
3
+2

 Belgium
4
1
1
2
5
7
-2

 Portugal
3
1
1
1
2
2
0

 Uruguay
3
0
1
2
3
6
-3

 France
2
2
0
0
5
1
+4

 Paraguay
2
2
0
0
4
0
+4

 Tunisia
2
2
0
0
4
1
+3

 Czechoslovakia
2
2
0
0
3
0
+3

 Colombia
2
1
1
0
3
1
+2

 Romania
2
1
0
1
2
2
0

 Soviet Union
2
0
1
1
2
3
-1

 United States
2
0
1
1
1
2
-1

 Spain
2
0
1
1
0
1
-1

 Italy
2
0
0
2
2
4
-2

 Panama
1
1
0
0
6
1
+5

 Poland
1
1
0
0
3
0
+3

 Denmark
1
1
0
0
3
0
+3

 Chile
1
1
0
0
2
0
+2

  Switzerland
1
1
0
0
2
0
+2

 Mexico
1
1
0
0
2
0
+2

 Trinidad and Tobago
1
1
0
0
2
0
+2

 Cameroon
1
1
0
0
3
2
+1

 Kuwait
1
1
0
0
1
0
+1

 Egypt
1
1
0
0
1
0
+1

 Ecuador
1
1
0
0
1
0
+1

 Slovenia
1
1
0
0
0
0
+1

 Austria
1
0
1
0
2
2
0

 Republic of Ireland
1
0
1
0
1
1
0

 Bulgaria
1
0
1
0
0
0
0

 Morocco
1
0
1
0
0
0
0

 Netherlands
1
0
1
0
0
0
0

 Nigeria
1
0
1
0
0
0
0

 Algeria
1
0
1
0
0
0
0

 Costa Rica
1
0
1
0
0
0
0

 Hungary
1
0
0
1
1
2
-1

 Croatia
1
0
0
1
1
2
-1

text: Last update: 14 July 2018

text: Players' honours[edit]

text: List of England players with the most appearances at World Cups[edit]

text:
No.

Name

Matches

World Cups

1
Peter Shilton
17
1982, 1986, 1990

2

Terry Butcher
14
1982, 1986, 1990

Bobby Charlton
14
1958, 1962, 1966, 1970

Ashley Cole
14
2002, 2006, 2010

Bobby Moore
14
1962, 1966, 1970

6
David Beckham
13
1998, 2002, 2006

7

Steven Gerrard
12
2006, 2010, 2014

Gary Lineker
12
1986, 1990

Michael Owen
12
1998, 2002, 2006

10
Chris Waddle
11
1986, 1990

text: List of England top goalscorers at World Cups[edit]

text:
No.

Name

Goals

World Cups

1
Gary Lineker
10
1986 (6) and 1990 (4)

2
Harry Kane
6
2018

3
Geoff Hurst
5
1966 (4) and 1970 (1)

4

Bobby Charlton
4
1962 (1) and 1966 (3)

Michael Owen
4
1998 (2) and 2002 (2)

6

Nat Lofthouse
3
1954

Roger Hunt
3
1966

David Platt
3
1990

David Beckham
3
1998, 2002 and 2006

Steven Gerrard
3
2006 (2) and 2010

11
Nine players
2

text: Current as of 3 July 2018 after the match against Colombia

text: List of England goals by tournament[edit]

text:
World Cup

Goalscorer(s)

1950

Wilf Mannion, Stan Mortensen

1954

Nat Lofthouse (3), Ivor Broadis (2), Tom Finney, Jimmy Mullen, Dennis Wilshaw

1958

Derek Kevan (2), Tom Finney, Johnny Haynes

1962

Ron Flowers (2), Bobby Charlton, Jimmy Greaves, Gerry Hitchens

1966

Geoff Hurst (4), Roger Hunt (3), Bobby Charlton (3), Martin Peters

1970

Allan Clarke, Geoff Hurst, Alan Mullery, Martin Peters

1982

Trevor Francis (2), Bryan Robson (2), Paul Mariner, Own Goal

1986

Gary Lineker (6), Peter Beardsley

1990

Gary Lineker (4), David Platt (3), Mark Wright

1998

Michael Owen (2), Alan Shearer (2), Darren Anderton, David Beckham, Paul Scholes

2002

Michael Owen (2), David Beckham, Sol Campbell, Rio Ferdinand, Emile Heskey

2006

Steven Gerrard (2), David Beckham, Joe Cole, Peter Crouch, Own Goal

2010

Jermain Defoe, Steven Gerrard, Matthew Upson

2014

Wayne Rooney, Daniel Sturridge

2018

Harry Kane (6), John Stones (2), Jesse Lingard, Harry Maguire, Dele Alli, Kieran Trippier

text: List of England players playing abroad at a World Cup[edit]

text: Historically, very few English World Cup squad members were playing for a club in a foreign league at the time of their selection to the national squad.[64]

text:
Year

Number (Country)

Players (Apps)

1950–1958

0

1962

1 (Italy)

Gerry Hitchens (2)

1966–1970

0

1982

1 (West Germany)

Tony Woodcock (2)

1986

2 (Italy)

Mark Hateley (3), Ray Wilkins

1990

5 (4 in Scotland, 1 in France)

Terry Butcher (5), Trevor Steven (3), Gary Stevens (2), Chris Woods (0); Chris Waddle (7)

1998

0

2002

1 (Germany)

Owen Hargreaves (2)

2006

2 (1 Spain, 1 Germany)

David Beckham (5); Owen Hargreaves (4)

2010

0

2014

1 (Scotland)

Fraser Forster (0)

2018

0

text: Team awards and records[edit]

text: Team Awards

text:
World Champions 1966
FIFA Fair Play Trophy 1990
FIFA Fair Play Trophy 1998 (shared)

text: Individual Awards

text:
Golden Ball 1966: Bobby Charlton
Silver Ball 1966: Bobby Moore
Golden Boot 1986: Gary Lineker
Golden Boot 2018: Harry Kane
Bronze Boot 1966: Geoff Hurst
Golden Glove 1966: Gordon Banks
Best Young Player Award 1998: Michael Owen

text: Team Records

text:
Most penalty shoot-outs lost: 3 (shared with Italy and Spain)
Biggest World Cup victory: 6-1 vs Panama, 2018 Group Stage [65]

text: Individual Records

text:
Only hattrick in a final: Geoff Hurst (1966 v West Germany)
Oldest captain: Peter Shilton (age 40 years and 292 days, 1990 v Italy)
Most clean sheets: Peter Shilton (10, 1982-1990) (shared with Fabien Barthez)

text: Refereeing[edit]

text: Four FIFA World Cup finals were officiated by English referees, more than by any other football association. The first Englishman to officiate a final, George Reader, is also the oldest World Cup referee to date, as he was 53 years and 236 days old at the 1950 decisive match between Uruguay and Brazil. The other final referees are William Ling (1954), Jack Taylor (1974) and Howard Webb (2010).

text: Arthur Ellis, who was a linesman at the 1950 final, is part of an elite group of referees who has been called up for three consecutive World Cups (1950–1958).


document_title: Age of marriage in the United States

question_text: what's the legal marriage age in new york

question_tokens: what 's the legal marriage age in new york

root

text: Age of marriage in the United States

text: Unlike most Western countries, 18 of the U.S. states do not have a legal minimum age of marriage. Individuals aged 18 have the ability to marry in U.S. states except Nebraska (19) and Mississippi (21). In addition, all states, except Delaware and New Jersey, allow minors to marry in certain circumstances, such as parental consent, judicial consent, pregnancy, or a combination of these situations. Most states allow parties aged 16 and 17 to marry with parental consent alone. In most states, children under 16 can be married too. In the 32 states [1] which have an absolute minimum age set by statute, this age varies between 14 and 18, while in 18 states there is no statutory minimum age if other legal conditions are met. Although in such states there is no set minimum age by statute, the traditional common law minimum age is 14 for boys and 12 for girls - ages which have been confirmed by case law in some states.[2] Over the past 15 years, more than 200,000 minors married in US, and in Tennessee girls as young as 10 were married in 2001,[3] before the state finally set a minimum age of 17 in 2018.[4]

tag: p

text:
State

Minimum age

Notes

Statutory age when all exceptions are taken into account[2]

General age

 Alabama[5]

16

18

 Alaska[6]

14

18

 Arizona[7][8]

16

18

Since 2018, the minimum age with approval of a superior court judge and parental consent is 16.[7][8]

 Arkansas[6]

none

18

 California[9]

none

18

No minimum age with approval of a superior court judge and parental consent.

 Colorado[6][10][11]

none

18

No minimum age with judicial approval and parental consent.

 Connecticut[12]

16

18

Since 2017, the minimum age is 16 with parental and judicial consent.[12]

 Delaware[6]

18

18

Since May 2018, the Delaware child marriage ban bill was signed into law and went into effect immediately to implement a clear minimum age of 18 with no exceptions.[13][14][15]

 District of Columbia[6]

16

18

 Florida

17

18

Since July 1, 2018 17-year-olds need both parental and judicial approval and may not marry anyone more than 2 years older.[16][17]

 Georgia[6]

16

18

 Hawaii[6]

15

18

15 with parental or judicial consent.

 Idaho[6]

none

18

 Illinois[6]

16

18

 Indiana[18]

15

18

15 in the case of pregnancy with both parental and judicial consent.

 Iowa[6]

16

18

 Kansas[6]

15

18

 Kentucky[19]

17

18

Since 2018, 17-year-olds need judicial approval.[20]

 Louisiana[6]

none

18

 Maine[6]

none

18

 Maryland[6]

15

18

 Massachusetts[6]

none[21]

18

Consent can be just judicial, but is normally both parental and judicial. In the absence of any statutory minimum age, one opinion is that the traditional minimum common law marriageable age of 12 for girls and 14 for boys may still be in effect.[22][23]

 Michigan[citation needed][24]

none

18

16  with parental consent

 Minnesota[6]

16

18

 Mississippi

none

21

females 15–21 and males 17–21 can marry with parental consent alone[25]

 Missouri[26]

16 (in effect from August 28, 2018)[27]

18

Since 2018, the minimum age is 16. In July 2018 a bill was signed into law by the Governor of Missouri, to implement an absolute minimum age of 16 and to ban people over 21 years old marrying people under the age of 18. The law goes into effect on August 28, 2018.[28][29][30][31][32]

 Montana[6]

16

18

 Nebraska[6]

17

19

 Nevada[6]

none

18

 New Hampshire[33]

16 (in effect from January 1, 2019)

18

In 2018, the minimum age was set at 16 (in effect from 1 January, 2019).[34][35][36]

 New Jersey[37]

18

18

Since June 2018, the New Jersey child marriage ban bill was signed into law and went into effect immediately to implement a clear minimum age of 18 with no exceptions.[38]

 New Mexico[6]

none

18

 New York[39]

17

18

Since 2017, the minimum age is 17 with parental and judicial consent.

 North Carolina

14

18

  North Dakota[6]

16

18

16 with parental consent [40].

 Ohio[41]

none

18

18 for males regardless of parental consent. 16 for females with parental consent, 18 for females without parental consent.[41]

 Oklahoma[6]

none

18

 Oregon[6]

17

18

Consenting parent or guardian must accompany the applicant when applying for the marriage license.

 Pennsylvania[citation needed]

none

18

Under 16 years of age if a Judge of the Orphans Court "decides that it is to the best interest of the applicant and authorizes the issuance of the license."[42]

 Rhode Island[6]

none

18

 South Carolina[6]

16/none (conflicting laws)

18

The age is 16, with parental consent, but there is controversy regarding the interpretation of the law, which some judges consider to allow marriage without an age limit in case of pregnancy.[43]

 South Dakota[6]

16

18

 Tennessee[44]

17

18

In 2018, the minimum age was set to 17 and no minor can marry someone more than 4 years older.[45][4]

 Texas[46]

16

18

Since 2017, the minimum age is 18, however emancipated minors aged 16–17 have an exemption to legally marry.[47][48][49]

 Utah[50]

15

18

15 with court approval and parental consent.

 Vermont[6]

16

18

 Virginia

16

18

In 2016, VA made 18 the minimum age; and 16 with court approval in special cases[51][52]

 Washington[6]

none

18

May be waived by superior court judge.[53]

 West Virginia[6]

none

18

No minimum with both parental and judicial consent

 Wisconsin[6]

16

18

 Wyoming[6]

none

18

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document_title: List of UNDP country codes

question_text: what country does ana stand for in athletics

text: List of UNDP country codes

text: This is the list of UNDP (United Nations Development Programme) country codes.

text: In addition to countries, codes identify geographical groupings and political entities such as various liberation fronts (not all of which still exist). The purpose of the codes is in part actuarial.

text:
Trigram
Entity
Comment

AFG
Afghanistan

ALB
Albania

ALG
Algeria

AMS
American Samoa

ANA
Authorised Neutral Athlete
For Authorised athletes of banned countries - Like Russia at London 2017

ANC
ANC – South Africa
African National Congress – South Africa

AND
Andorra

ANG
Angola

ANL
Anguilla

ANT
Antigua and Barbuda

ARG
Argentina

ARM
Armenia

ARU
Aruba

AUL
Australia

AUS
Austria

AZE
Azerbaijan

BAH
Bahrain

BAL
Baltic States
Estonia, Lithuania, Latvia

BAR
Barbados

BDI
Burundi

BEL
Belgium

BEN
Benin

BER
Bermuda

BGD
Bangladesh

BHA
The Bahamas

BHU
Bhutan

BIH
Bosnia-Herzegovina

BKF
Burkina Faso

BOL
Bolivia

BOT
Botswana

BRA
Brazil
Also RIO for "Brazil (Rio de Janeiro)" and SUB for "Brazil (Subin)"

BRU
Brunei

BUL
Bulgaria

BUR
Burma
Obsolete 1989; now Myanmar

BVI
British Virgin Islands

BYE
Belarus

BZE
Belize

CAF
Central African Republic

CAM
Central America

CAN
Canada

CAR
Caribbean

CAY
Cayman Islands

CHA
Undistributed Other

CHD
Chad

CHI
Chile

CIS
Commonwealth of Independent States

CKI
Cook Islands

CMB
Cambodia
Formerly Kampuchea (KAM, 1975–1990) and Khmer Republic (KMR, 1970–1975)

CMR
Cameroun

COI
Comoros

COL
Colombia

COS
Costa Rica

CPR
People's Republic of China

CRO
Croatia

CUB
Cuba

CVI
Cape Verde

CYP
Cyprus

CZE- Czech republic
Czechoslovakia
Obsolete 1993; split into Czech Republic and Slovakia

DAH
Dahomey
Obsolete 1977; now Benin

DEN
Denmark

DJI
Djibouti

DMI
Dominica

DOM
Dominican Republic

DRK
Democratic People's Republic of Korea

EAC
East African Community
Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda

ECU
Ecuador

EGY
Egypt

ELS
El Salvador

EQG
Equatorial Guinea
Also EQL for "Equatorial Guinea (Douala)"

ERI
Eritrea

EST
Estonia

ETH
Ethiopia

FAN
French Antilles
Probably means just St-Martin

FGU
French Guiana

FIJ
Fiji

FIN
Finland

FLC
FLCS – Djibouti
Front de Libération de la Côte des Somalis

FOS
French Overseas Territories
Probably includes Saint-Pierre and Miquelon

FPL
French Polynesia

FRA
France

FSM
Federated States of Micronesia

GAB
Gabon

GAM
The Gambia

GBS
Guinea-Bissau

GDR
East Germany
Obsolete 1990

GEO
Georgia

GER
Germany

GHA
Ghana

GIL
Gilbert Islands
Obsolete 1979; now Kiribati

GLO
Global

GRE
Greece

GRN
Grenada

GUA
Guatemala

GUD
Guadeloupe

GUI
Guinea

GUY
Guyana

HAI
Haiti

HLS
Vatican City (Holy See)

HOK
Hong Kong

HON
Honduras

HUN
Hungary

ICE
Iceland

IND
India

INS
Indonesia

INT
Inter-Regional

IRA
Iran

IRE
Ireland

IRQ
Iraq

ISR
Israel

ITA
Italy

IVC
Côte d'Ivoire

JAM
Jamaica

JOR
Jordan

JPN
Japan

KAZ
Kazakhstan

KEN
Kenya

KIR
Kiribati

KOS
Kosovo

KUW
Kuwait

KYR
Kyrgyzstan

LAO
Laos

LAT
Latvia

LEB
Lebanon

LES
Lesotho

LIB
Libya

LIE
Liechtenstein

LIR
Liberia

LIT
Lithuania

LMA
 ?
Landmine Action UK (?)

LUX
Luxembourg

MAC
Macau

MAF
 ?
Mission Aviation Fellowship (?)

MAG
Madagascar

MAL
Malaysia

MAQ
Martinique

MAR
Mauritius

MAS
Marshall Islands

MAT
Malta

MAU
Mauritania

MDV
The Maldives

MEX
Mexico

MIC
Federated States of Micronesia

MKD
Republic of Macedonia

MLD
MLD – Djibouti
Mouvement de Libération de Djibouti

MLI
Mali

MLW
Malawi

MNC
Monaco

MOL
Republic of Moldova

MON
Mongolia

MOR
Morocco

MOT
Montserrat

MOZ
Mozambique

MYA
Myanmar

NAM
Namibia

NAN
Netherlands Antilles

NAU
Nauru

NCA
New Caledonia

NEP
Nepal

NER
Niger

NET
Netherlands

NHE
New Hebrides
Obsolete 1980; now Vanuatu

NIC
Nicaragua

NIR
Nigeria

NIU
Niue

NLM
National Liberation Movements

NOR
Norway

NZL
New Zealand

OMA
Oman

PAC
PAC – Azania
Pan Africanist Congress of Azania

PAE
PAE – Zimbabwe
Pacific Architects and Engineers

PAF
Patriotic Front for the Liberation of Zimbabwe

PAK
Pakistan

PAL
Occupied Palestinian Territory

PAN
Panama

PAR
Paraguay

PDY
People's Democratic Republic of Yemen
Obsolete 1990

PER
Peru

PHI
Philippines

PMI
Pacific Multi Islands
Pacific Minor Islands?

PNG
Papua New Guinea

PNL
 ?
Partidului National Liberal (National Liberal Party of Romania) ?

POL
Poland

POR
Portugal

POT
Portuguese Territories (UNEPTSA)
United Nations Training Programme for Southern Africa (Angola and Mozambique)

PRC
Republic of the Congo
Formerly People's Republic of Congo (1970–1992)

PUE
Puerto Rico

QAT
Qatar

REU
Réunion

ROK
Republic of Korea

ROM
Romania

RUS
Russia

RWA
Rwanda

SAF
South Africa

SAH
Western Sahara

SAM
Samoa

SAU
Saudi Arabia

SEN
Senegal

SEY
Seychelles

SIK
Sikkim
Obsolete 1975

SIL
Sierra Leone

SIN
Singapore

SLO
Slovenia

SNM
San Marino

SOI
Solomon Islands

SOM
Somalia

SPA
Spain

SPF
South Pacific Fund

SRH
Southern Rhodesia
Obsolete 1980; now Zimbabwe

SRL
Sri Lanka

SRV
North Vietnam
Former Socialist Republic of Vietnam; obsolete 1977

STH
Saint Helena

STK
Saint Kitts and Nevis

STL
Saint Lucia

STA
stateless

STP
São Tomé and Príncipe

STV
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

SUD
Sudan
Also SUC for "Sudan (Suba)"

SUR
Suriname

SVK
Slovakia

SWA
Swaziland

SWE
Sweden

SWI
Switzerland

SWP
SWAPO
South West Africa People's Organization (Namibia)

SYR
Syria

TAJ
Tajikistan

TCI
Turks and Caicos Islands

THA
Thailand

TIM
Timor-Leste

TOG
Togo

TOK
Tokelau

TON
Tonga

TRI
Trinidad and Tobago

TTP
Palau
Formerly the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands (1986)

TUK
Turkmenistan

TUN
Tunisia

TUR
Turkey

TUV
Tuvalu

UAE
United Arab Emirates

UAF
Undistributed – Africa

UAP
Undistributed – Asia and the Pacific

UGA
Uganda

UKM
United Kingdom

UKR
Ukraine

ULA
Undistributed – Latin America and the Caribbean

ULM
Undistributed – National Liberation Movements

UPV
Upper Volta
Obsolete 1984, now Burkina Faso

URT
Tanzania
For "United Republic of Tanzania"

URU
Uruguay

USA
United States

USR
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
Obsolete 1992

UVI
U.S. Virgin Islands

UZB
Uzbekistan

VAN
Vanuatu

VEN
Venezuela

VIE
Vietnam

WES
Western Samoa
Became Samoa in 1998

WFI
Wallis and Futuna Islands

WIR
West Irian
Obsolete 1973; now merged into Indonesia (Western New Guinea)

WPN
 ?
Women's Peace Network (?)

YEM
Yemen

YUG
Yugoslavia
Progressively reduced starting in 1993

ZAI
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Formerly Zaire (1997)

ZAM
Zambia

ZIM
Zimbabwe


document_title: Arrow (season 2)

question_text: who played sara lance in arrow season 2

question_tokens: who played sara lance in arrow season 2

text: Arrow (season 2)

text: Premise[edit]

text: The series follows Oliver Queen (Stephen Amell), billionaire playboy of Starling City, who spends five years shipwrecked on a mysterious island. Upon his return to Starling City, he is reunited with his mother, Moira Queen (Susanna Thompson) and his sister, Thea Queen (Willa Holland). In season two, following on from the devastating events of the Undertaking, including the death of his best friend Tommy Merlyn (Colin Donnell), Oliver has vowed to stop crime without killing criminals, with the continuing aid of close allies John Diggle (David Ramsey) and Felicity Smoak (Emily Bett Rickards). Oliver's vow is tested when he comes under attack from Slade Wilson (Manu Bennett), a man from Oliver's time on the island who resurfaces with a vendetta against him. Oliver must also contend with outside forces attempting to take over Queen Consolidated, guilt from decisions he made in the past, and secrets harbored by his family and friends. Oliver grows to accept aspiring vigilante Roy Harper (Colton Haynes) as his protégé, and begins to receive assistance from Laurel's father, Officer Quentin Lance (Paul Blackthorne). Oliver also gains another ally; a mysterious woman in black, who is eventually revealed to be Laurel's sister, Sara Lance (Caity Lotz), who had survived her ordeal at sea years prior.

text: In flashbacks, the continuing story of Oliver's time on Lian Yu is told, as he faces a new threat from Dr Anthony Ivo (Dylan Neal), whilst continuing to struggle to survive alongside allies Shado (Celina Jade), Slade Wilson (Manu Bennett) and Sara Lance (Caity Lotz).

text: Cast and characters[edit]

text: Main[edit]

text:
Stephen Amell as Oliver Queen / The Arrow
Katie Cassidy as Laurel Lance
David Ramsey as John Diggle
Willa Holland as Thea Queen
Emily Bett Rickards as Felicity Smoak
Colton Haynes as Roy Harper
Manu Bennett as Slade Wilson / Deathstroke
Susanna Thompson as Moira Queen
Paul Blackthorne as Quentin Lance

tag: ul

text: Recurring[edit]

text:
Caity Lotz as Sara Lance / The Canary
Kelly Hu as Chien Na Wei / China White
John Barrowman as Malcolm Merlyn[Note 1]
Jessica De Gouw as Helena Bertinelli / Huntress
Colin Salmon as Walter Steele
Roger Cross as Lucas Hilton
Alex Kingston as Dinah Lance
Jeffrey Nordling as Frank Bertinelli
Celina Jade as Shado
Adrian Holmes as Frank Pike
Summer Glau as Isabel Rochev / Ravager[1]
Kevin Alejandro as Sebastian Blood / Brother Blood[2]
Cynthia Addai-Robinson as Amanda Waller
Teryl Rothery as Jean Loring[3]
Dylan Bruce as Adam Donner[4]
Bex Taylor-Klaus as Sin[5]
Dylan Neal as Anthony Ivo.[6][Note 2]
Jimmy Jean-Louis as The Captain[7]
Nicholas Lea as Mark Francis[8]
Chelah Horsdal as Kate Spencer[9]
Jesse Hutch as Daily
Audrey Marie Anderson as Lyla Michaels[10]

text: Guest[edit]

text:
Grant Gustin as Barry Allen
Seth Gabel as Count Vertigo
Danielle Panabaker as Caitlin Snow
Michael Rowe as Floyd Lawton / Deadshot[Note 2]
Carlos Valdes as Cisco Ramon
Eugene Lipinski as Alexi Leonov.[11]
Ben Browder as Ted Gaynor
Michael Eklund as Barton Mathis / Dollmaker
David Nykl as Anatoly Knyazev[Note 3]
Robert Knepper as William Tockman / Clock King
James Kidnie as Milo Armitage
Katrina Law as Nyssa al Ghul
Graham Shiels as Cyrus Gold / Brother Cyrus / The Acolyte
Michael Jai White as Ben Turner / Bronze Tiger
Colin Donnell as Tommy Merlyn
Sean Maher as Mark Scheffer / Shrapnel

text: Episodes[edit]

text: This season was prefaced with a recap episode airing on October 2, 2013, titled "Year One". It featured highlights from season one and a special preview of season two.[12]

text:
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code
U.S. viewers
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24
1
"City of Heroes"
John Behring
Story by : Greg Berlanti
Teleplay by : Andrew Kreisberg & Marc Guggenheim
October 9, 2013 (2013-10-09)
2J7451
2.74[13]

Following the destruction of the Glades and Tommy's death, Oliver returns to the island alone as penance for failing the city and Tommy. Laurel is revealed to be working for the District Attorney. Felicity and Diggle arrive and convince Oliver to return, informing him that Moira is awaiting trial while Queen Consolidated is under the threat of takeover and dissolution by Isabel Rochev. Oliver learns a group of vigilantes, dressed like the "Hood", are killing others as a retribution for the earthquake. They target Oliver twice before kidnapping Thea. Oliver saves her without killing anyone and leaves the vigilantes for Quentin Lance, who has been demoted to patrol officer. Roy is also trying to protect the Glades, and is rescued by an unknown female vigilante. Using Walter's help, Oliver save his company and forces Rochev to accept partnership. Thea reconciles with Moira. Oliver decides to honor Tommy's memory by becoming a hero in Starling City, and finding a new name for his alter-ego. In a flashback, Oliver, Shado, and Slade encounter new armed men after months of believing to be alone. The newcomers are revealed to be searching some specific graves.

25
2
"Identity"
Nick Copus
Ben Sokolowski & Beth Schwartz
October 16, 2013 (2013-10-16)
2J7452
3.06[14]

Roy fails to stop a truck robbery committed by Chien. When Oliver attempts to convince Roy to stop being a vigilante, the former learns that the hospital in the Glades is having its medicine stolen. Oliver sets a trap for Chien, who escapes after having her clawed henchman fight him; the police arrive and the two escape. Diggle is revealed to have ended his relationship with his former sister-in-law. Oliver decides to work with Sebastian Blood, an alderman for the Glades, to bring awareness and help for the people in need, but is forced to abandon his appearance at the charity event to instead stop Chien, who gets arrested. Blood lambasts him in the press for that. The vigilante convinces Roy to stop fighting in his name, but instead provide him intel in the Glades. Afterward, Laurel, blaming the vigilante for Tommy's death, sets a trap for him, who gets seemingly surrounded by the police. In a flashback, Slade advises Oliver not to let his relationship with Shado get too serious. The trio discovers a cave containing the remains of several cranially disfigured World War II Japanese soldiers.

26
3
"Broken Dolls"
Glen Winter
Marc Guggenheim & Keto Shimizu
October 23, 2013 (2013-10-23)
2J7453
2.89[15]

Oliver assigns Roy to track a woman who inadvertently tries to be a vigilante, which he manages through the vigilante's connection to a woman named Cindy. Quentin discovers that the serial killer Barton Mathis, whom he arrested years earlier, escaped from prison during the earthquake and is on the killing spree again. Believing the vigilante's claim to have changed, Quentin enlists his help. The team is able to discover the link between all of the victims. Oliver learns that Mathis has abducted Quentin and Laurel and plans to kill them both. The former saves them before the female vigilante shows up and kills Mathis. Oliver believes that she has a personal connection with him. Laurel states that she must blame herself instead of the vigilante for Tommy's death. The District Attorney announces his intention to seek the death penalty for Moira. She tells her lawyer not to fight it, since the former had connections with Malcolm Merlyn that she does not want revealed to her children. The female vigilante kills an operative of Ra's al Ghul, her former master. In flashbacks to the island, a ship starts bombarding Oliver and Slade. Oliver finds himself imprisoned with other inmates in a ship called "Amazo".

27
4
"Crucible"
Eagle Egilsson
Andrew Kreisberg & Wendy Mericle
October 30, 2013 (2013-10-30)
2J7454
2.37[16]

Felicity realizes that the female vigilante has been following Laurel, not Oliver. Oliver manages to ambush her and discovers that she is Sara, Laurel's sister, who was believed to have drowned. Meanwhile, weapons shipments keep being intercepted by a gang leader calling himself "The Mayor", who assaults a gun rally hosted by Oliver and Blood. Cindy is shot in the process; but Roy saves her. Felicity manages to identify the Mayor as Xavier Reed and track him down. Oliver recruits Sara to assist him in capturing Reed. Afterwards, a corrupt police officer brings Reed to an unknown location, where Blood, called brother Blood by his associates, injects him with a green substance that kills him. He orders another person to be brought for the substance. Meanwhile, Laurel develops a drinking problem and refuses help from Quentin and Oliver. In response, Oliver asks Sara to reveal herself to her family, knowing they will stop talking to him for lying. In flashbacks, Oliver is questioned about the Japanese bodies; but when he refuses to answer, he is taken to an interrogation room where he first learns that Sara is alive.

28
5
"League of Assassins"
Wendey Stanzler
Jake Coburn & Drew Z. Greenberg
November 6, 2013 (2013-11-06)
2J7455
2.80[17]

Sara and Oliver are attacked at by a man dressed like Malcolm Merlyn. Sara reveals that the man, Al-Owal, is a member of the League of Assassins, which Malcolm is revealed to have been a member of, and is targeting her for leaving. Al-Owal threatens to kill her family. Oliver manages to protect Laurel, but Quentin refuses to heed Felicity's warning. Sara reveals herself to him and seeks refuge in a clock tower. They seek Oliver's help to stop another attack, with Sara killing Al-Owal and sending a warning to Ra's. Afterwards, Sara decides to leave Starling City to keep her family safe, entrusting her secret to Quentin. Thea and Oliver tell Moira that her secrets will not make them leave her. She agrees to fight death penalty. Laurel is revealed to have a drinking problem. In flashbacks, after being left adrift from the Queen's Gambit wreckage, Sara is rescued and brought aboard the Amazo, where she meets Dr. Anthony Ivo, who asks her to help him with his experiments to what he believes to be saving humanity. Later, she injures Oliver whilst on the Amazo.

29
6
"Keep Your Enemies Closer"
Guy Bee
Ben Sokolowski & Beth Schwartz
November 13, 2013 (2013-11-13)
2J7456
3.09[18]

After A.R.G.U.S. agent Lyla Michaels, revealed to be Diggle's former wife, goes missing, Oliver charters a trip to Russia to help Diggle find her when they learn that she was following a lead on Floyd Lawton's whereabouts. Isabel Rochev joins the flight, believing that he is trying to meet with the subdivision of Queen Consolidated behind her back. Once there, Oliver and Diggle learn that Lyla is being held in a gulag. They enlist the help of a Russian contact Oliver first met in Amazo. Based on their plan, Diggle is arrested and sent to the gulag to rescue Lyla. Oliver has a one-night stand with Isabel. Diggle finds Lawton among the inmates. The pair is forced to team up to save Lyla and escape. Afterward, Diggle lets Lawton go for helping him save Lyla; in return, Lawton reveals that he was contracted to kill Diggle's brother by an organization called H.I.V.E. Diggle and Lyla get involved again. In flashbacks, Ivo reveals to Oliver that the Japanese soldiers were transporting a secret serum for human enhancement. Later, Sara plays Oliver into revealing that Shado and Slade are still alive. It is finally revealed that Sara has betrayed Oliver the whole time by revealing who he is to Ivo all along and it dawns on Oliver that Sara is full of lies.

30
7
"State v. Queen"
Bethany Rooney
Marc Guggenheim & Drew Z. Greenberg
November 20, 2013 (2013-11-20)
2J7457
2.66[19]

It is revealed that the Count escaped from prison, where he was transferred after recovering from his psychosis, during the earthquake. Afterwards, the Count begins poisoning civilians with the Vertigo drug; Diggle and the Assistant District Attorney are among the infected. The Count reveals in a broadcast that the cure to the sickness is to take Vertigo. In the court, Laurel uses an affair between Moira and Malcolm to cast doubts on Moira's defense. Felicity is captured by the Count. In order to protect Felicity from being injected with Vertigo, Oliver is forced to kill the Count. Meanwhile, Blood, revealed to had hired the Count to kill the vigilante, now known as Arrow, is informed that one of his test subjects named Cyrus has survived his injection, feeling "stronger". Ultimately, Moira is exonerated by the jury; she later learns that Malcolm, alive and well, had rigged the trial. He also reveals that he now knows Thea is his biological daughter. In a flashback to the island, Shado and Slade rescue Oliver and Sara, after Dr. Ivo and his men travel to the island to locate the Hosen, the stone arrowhead, which contains coordinates to the wreckage of the Japanese submarine.

31
8
"The Scientist"
Michael Schultz
Story by : Greg Berlanti & Andrew Kreisberg
Teleplay by : Andrew Kreisberg & Geoff Johns
December 4, 2013 (2013-12-04)
2J7458
3.24[20]

When a masked thief with superhuman strength steals a centrifuge from Queen Consolidated, Central City CSI Barry Allen arrives to help the investigation. Later, he reveals that he is searching for super-powered beings in the hope that he will find the murderer of his mother, and exonerate his father for the accusation. Oliver realizes that the thief was enhanced using the same serum that Ivo was searching for. Roy starts helping Cindy to find her missing friend, who was a failed subject of Blood's experiment. Oliver shoots Roy in the leg to prevent him getting further involved. Oliver tracks the thief, revealed to be Cyrus, but is injected with an unknown toxin. In order to save Oliver's life, Felicity reveals his identity to Barry to help find an antidote. Meanwhile, Merlyn puts pressure on Moira to tell the truth to Thea. Moira instead contacts Ra's, who wants to kill Merlyn for breaking the League's code by destroying the Glades. As a result, Merlyn leaves. In a flashback to the island, Oliver and Shado find the serum, but when they inject it to Slade without the required sedative, his heart stops, just as Ivo arrives with his men.

32
9
"Three Ghosts"
John Behring
Story by : Greg Berlanti & Andrew Kreisberg
Teleplay by : Geoff Johns & Ben Sokolowski
December 11, 2013 (2013-12-11)
2J7459
3.02[22]

Barry manages to save Oliver's life. The former and Felicity are able to identify and locate Cyrus Gold. While continuing to investigate the death of Cindy's friend Max, Roy is captured by Cyrus and brought before Blood, who injects him with the serum, called Mirakuru, which kills Roy. Oliver arrives and kills Cyrus, simultaneously destroying the centrifuge and the remaining serum. The former revives Roy, but worries that the serum may affect him negatively. Slade is revealed to be alive in the present and the one orchestrating Blood's work; he orders Blood to leave the vigilante alone, so that he can deal with him personally. While Roy recovers at the Queen mansion, the serum injection heals the arrow wound in his leg. Barry leaves a domino mask for Oliver, to better hide his identity, and returns to Central City. While in his lab, Barry is hit by strange lightning created by an accident at the new particle accelerator lab.[21] In flashbacks, Ivo kills Shado, but flees when Slade turns up with super-human strength and kills his men.

33
10
"Blast Radius"
Rob Hardy
Jake Coburn & Keto Shimizu
January 15, 2014 (2014-01-15)
2J7460
2.52[23]

Oliver continues his search for the man in the skull mask while Felicity has been traveling to Central City to visit Barry, who is in a coma due to being hit by the lightning. Serial bomber Mark Scheffer, who goes by the name "Shrapnel", begins setting off bombs across Starling City as an anti-government movement. Blood begins his campaign for mayor and decides to organize a Unity Rally for the city. Scheffer targets the rally, but Oliver is able to stop Scheffer, who is arrested; and the bombs are disarmed. During the commotion, Thea witnesses Roy using his new strength and confronts him. As the vigilante, Oliver makes an alliance with Blood. Meanwhile, Quentin starts looking for the inside man in the police department associated with Cyrus. Investigating Blood, Laurel visits a mental institution, where she finds Blood's mother, who reveals that he killed his father and put her in the institution to cover it up. In a flashback, Slade experiences adverse effects to his mind and personality due to the Mirakuru, with which he secretly separates from Oliver and Sara.

34
11
"Blind Spot"
Glen Winter
Wendy Mericle & Beth Schwartz
January 22, 2014 (2014-01-22)
2J7461
2.49[24]

Blood visits his mother and kills her after learning that she told Laurel the truth. Oliver continues his search for the man in the skull mask and receives help from Laurel, who suspects that it is Blood. Fearing that he will be discovered, Blood has Laurel arrested for drug possession by his disciple, Officer Daily. Afterwards, he has her kidnapped to lure Arrow out. The latter comes to rescue her; but during the fight, Laurel kills the masked man, who is revealed to be Daily, unknowingly throwing suspicion off Blood. Laurel is cleared of charges, but is fired because of her addiction. It is revealed to have been Slade's plan for Blood to get intimate with Laurel in order to hurt Oliver. Slade is revealed to be wearing a specific suit and mask. Meanwhile, Roy and Cindy attempt to use his new powers to stop a murderer, but Roy goes overboard and puts the man in the hospital. Arrow convinces Roy to train him in order to control his new powers as well as his change in mental state. In flashbacks, Sara initially considers an offer from Ivo to return the Mirakuru for safe passage off the island, but changes her mind eventually.

35
12
"Tremors"
Guy Bee
Marc Guggenheim & Drew Z. Greenberg
January 29, 2014 (2014-01-29)
2J7462
2.95[25]

Ben Turner escapes from prison with assistance from H.I.V.E. associate Milo Armitage, who also pays him to steal a prototype of Malcolm's earthquake device. Oliver tells his teammates that Slade got angry when he found out how Shado died, as Slade was in love with her, and attacked the former, who put an arrow in his eye. Arrow tracks down the device and is forced to reveal his identity to Roy in order to get his help in destroying the device. Meanwhile, Laurel learns that she may be disbarred because of her addiction and spirals further out of control. Oliver convinces Sara to reveal herself to Laurel. In addition, Walter convinces Moira to run for mayor against Blood; and she states that it is necessary for the campaign that it not be revealed that Thea is not Robert's biological daughter. Moira reveals that her obstetrician knows the truth and he needs to be dealt with. A.R.G.U.S. agent Amanda Waller propositions Turner to commute his sentence in exchange for him joining a "squad" she is forming. In flashbacks, Oliver stops Slade from destroying Ivo's freighter with Fyers' missile launcher. They plan to capture the freighter.

36
13
"Heir to the Demon"
Wendey Stanzler
Jake Coburn
February 5, 2014 (2014-02-05)
2J7463
2.86[26]

Nyssa al Ghul, the daughter of Ra's and a member of the League, arrives in Starling City to convince Sara to return to Nanda Parbat with her. It is revealed that the two have a romantic history. Sara refuses, so Nyssa kidnaps Dinah and threatens to kill her if Sara does not agree to return. Instead, Sara drinks snake venom. Arrow arrives with an antidote and Nyssa releases Sara from her obligations to the League. Meanwhile, as Moira begins her political campaign, Felicity discovers that Thea's true father is Malcolm and reveals it to Oliver, who decides to support Moira's campaign publicly while privately renouncing their familial relationship. Although Sara is welcomed back by her parents, Laurel shows displeasure to her. Sara later joins Oliver; and they make love. In addition, Slade decides to deal with Moira's campaign against Blood. In flashbacks, Sara and Laurel get into an argument after the latter tells the former that she and Oliver plan on moving in together; and Sara agrees to meet Oliver at the docks. Later, Laurel and Quentin watch a news report about the Queen's Gambit gone missing. Moira informs them about Sara.

37
14
"Time of Death"
Nick Copus
Wendy Mericle & Beth Schwartz
February 26, 2014 (2014-02-26)
2J7464
2.45[27]

William Tockman orchestrates a heist of an electronic device that will allow him to access any bank vault. Oliver and Sara start working together to stop him, foiling one of his robberies. In response, Tockman uses the device to hack into the computer servers at Oliver's hideout and overload them so they explode. Felicity, feeling left out with Sara now part of the team, attempts to bait Tockman into coming after one last heist. Oliver, Sara and Diggle arrive in time to protect Felicity, but the latter takes a bullet to save Sara before knocking Tockman unconscious, feeling part of the team again. Meanwhile, the Lances attempt to have dinner together and it is revealed that Sara and Oliver are in a relationship, much to Laurel's anger. Later, Laurel reconciles with Sara and attends an A.A. meeting with Quentin. Slade makes his presence known to Oliver by coming to his home and meeting with Moira. In flashbacks, it is revealed that Sara befriended Cindy after promising her dying father, a pilot shot down while flying over the island, to look after her. From the plane, they recover a parachute, which they plan to use to take the freighter.

38
15
"The Promise"
Glen Winter
Jake Coburn & Ben Sokolowski
March 5, 2014 (2014-03-05)
2J7465
2.21[28]

Oliver, Moira and Thea give Slade, who has funded Moira's campaign, a tour of the house. Sara and the rest of the team are notified and arrive to assist Oliver, forcing Slade to leave without engaging. Oliver deduces that Slade is the one controlling the man in the skull mask, and attempting to create more Mirakuru. Slade informs Oliver that he is there to follow through with a promise he made to Oliver on the island. Later, it is revealed that Slade used the tour to plant cameras throughout the house. In flashbacks, Oliver, Slade, and Sara are able to board the ship, with Sara freeing the prisoners, and Oliver and Slade going after Ivo, who reveals the truth about Shado's death to Slade, who turns on Oliver and imprisons him on the ship as Sara and the other prisoners escape to the island. Slade takes control of the ship, amputates Ivo's right hand and reveals to Oliver that he kept the Mirakuru, having had Sara and Oliver destroy an empty box previously, and promises Oliver that he will not kill him until he has first made him suffer the loss of those he loves.

39
16
"Suicide Squad"
Larry Teng
Keto Shimizu & Bryan Q. Miller
March 19, 2014 (2014-03-19)
2J7466
2.42[29]

In a flashback to years prior in Afghanistan, Diggle and Lyla lead a group of Afghan villagers when a wanted man, Gholem Qadir, is identified among the group. During an ambush by the Taliban, Diggle saves Qadir's life. In the present, Diggle and Lyla are called upon by Waller to lead her "Task Force X", also known as the "Suicide Squad", which consists of Deadshot, Bronze Tiger and Shrapnel being used as expendable assets. The Squad is sent after Qadir, who has developed a deadly nerve agent. Shrapnel attempts to escape and is killed. After saving Qadir's life again, through a faked assassination attempt, Diggle is invited to Qadir's home for a party. Once there, Deadshot locates the agent and is expected to be used as a targeting reference for a drone strike on the house. Diggle decides to save Deadshot while Bronze Tiger kills Qadir; as a result, the drone misses the house and a Navy SEAL team is forced to destroy the agent. Oliver is forced to go to Waller for help, revealed to have interacted with her before. She tells him that A.R.G.U.S. has been tracking a new mercenary called "Deathstroke", whom the pair realize is actually Slade.

40
17
"Birds of Prey"
John Behring
Mark Bemesderfer & A.C. Bradley
March 26, 2014 (2014-03-26)
2J7467
2.62[30]

Oliver and Sara assist a police raid, and in the process help capture Frank Bertinelli. Oliver quickly realizes that Helena will return to kill Frank once she hears the news. Laurel is asked to return to the District Attorney's office to try Frank's case. Helena shows up at the courthouse and takes hostages in exchange for Frank. Sara goes to the courthouse to rescue Laurel, but Helena overpowers the former and demands that Oliver deliver Frank in exchange for Laurel. Oliver complies; but Frank is killed in a crossfire with the S.W.A.T. team; Quentin ultimately arrests Helena, after Sara stops her. Helena tells Oliver that he was right to discourage vengeance. Despite bringing Laurel to have been just a ruse for Helena, the District Attorney rehires Laurel to avoid scandal. Roy breaks up with Thea on Oliver's advice. Slade gives her a ride on the street. In flashbacks, Slade demands Sara return Hendrik, one of the escapees who can fix the engines of the ship, by threatening to kill Oliver. Sara and the other escapees prepare to send Hendrik back against his will while Slade has the same tattoo on Shado's back drawn on Oliver's as a reminder.

41
18
"Deathstroke"
Guy Bee
Marc Guggenheim & Drew Z. Greenberg
April 2, 2014 (2014-04-02)
2J7468
2.32[31]

Slade kidnaps Thea. Oliver gives temporary CEO status to Isabel in his absence and later reconciles with Moira. Isabel uses her temporary power to convince the board of directors to make her position permanent, thus allowing her company to take full control of Queen Consolidated. When confronted, Isabel reveals that she has been working with Slade the entire time, and tells Oliver where Thea is being held. Oliver arrives; but Thea has already been freed—her kidnapping was a diversion from Slade's real plan to free a group of convicts to be used as test subjects for the next Mirakuru trials. Thea confronts Oliver and Moira, saying that Slade revealed to her that her biological father is Malcolm. Quentin is arrested for aiding the Arrow. Roy leaves Starling City. Moira's chance of winning the election increases as shown in the polls. Isabel tasks the company's scientific division to work on Mirakuru. Slade, who is announced a fugitive, visits Laurel and reveals that Oliver is the Arrow. In flashbacks, Sara attempts to use the trade for Oliver as a moment to kill Slade, but fails. Shado's hallucinations convinces Slade to spare Oliver and Sara, leaving Ivo with them on the island.

42
19
"The Man Under the Hood"
Jesse Warn
Story by : Greg Berlanti & Geoff Johns
Teleplay by : Andrew Kreisberg & Keto Shimizu
April 16, 2014 (2014-04-16)
2J7469
2.26[32]

Oliver's team destroys Isabel's lab so that Slade cannot use it to mass-produce the Mirakuru. In response, Slade steals an electronic Skeleton Key from Oliver's hideout. He uses it to steal a bio-transfuser from a S.T.A.R. Labs facility that Caitlin Snow and Cisco Ramon work at that will allow the former to transfer the Mirakuru-infused blood to the freed convicts (S.T.A.R. Labs was responsible for the "accidental" particle accelerator explosion). Oliver tracks Slade and discovers that he has kidnapped Roy and is using him to transfuse the blood. Oliver rescues Roy, and Isabel, who is revealed to had been involved with Robert previously, is critically shot. Later, Oliver reveals there is a cure for the Mirakuru and Felicity enlists the help of Caitlin and Cisco. Slade's super soldiers gather and he uses his blood to heal and empower Isabel as well. Meanwhile, Laurel discovers that Sara is the female vigilante. The former tries to tell Quentin about the Arrow's identity; but he dissuades her from telling anyone. Laurel later blackmails her supervisor into releasing and reinstating Quentin. Thea leaves home even after Oliver reveals to her that Robert knew about her non-paternity. In flashbacks, Oliver kills Ivo on his request after telling the location of the Mirakuru cure.

43
20
"Seeing Red"
Doug Aarniokoski
Wendy Mericle & Beth Schwartz
April 23, 2014 (2014-04-23)
2J7470
2.19[33]

Roy goes on a rampage, overwhelmed by the Mirakuru and no longer thinking for himself. During a fight, Oliver's leg is significantly injured and Roy escapes. Sara decides that Roy must be killed; but Oliver disagrees. Roy comes to Verdant and Oliver uses the opportunity to inject Roy with pit viper venom to knock him unconscious and keep him sedated until a cure can be found. Sara decides that she is not good enough for Oliver and leaves the city to find a friend. Meanwhile, Thea continues to distance herself from her family; so Moira decides to drop out of the mayoral race. Oliver dissuades her; and she reveals that she has known Oliver was the Arrow since last year's earthquake; and that she is proud of the man he has become. Moira, Thea, and Oliver are attacked by Slade, who murders Moira when she suggests herself to save Thea and Oliver. In a flashback to seven years prior, Oliver reveals that he got a young woman, Samantha Clayton, pregnant; so Moira pays Samantha to tell Oliver she had a miscarriage and leave Starling City.

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21
"City of Blood"
Michael Schultz
Holly Harold
April 30, 2014 (2014-04-30)
2J7471
2.31[34]

When Oliver doesn't show up at Moira's funeral, Diggle and Felicity enlist the help of Amanda to track him down. They find him in a secret hideout, where he reveals to them he intends to surrender to Slade and face his fate in order to protect everyone else. Meanwhile, Isabel returns and shuts down Verdant, forcing Thea to make a decision to leave Starling City, and Sebastian is sworn in as Mayor. Diggle and Felicity inform Laurel of Oliver's intention to surrender to Slade, which she confronts him about, revealing that she knows he is the Arrow and that Sebastian is working with Slade, and that she has documented proof that Sebastian knew Slade was going to Kill Moira. After confronting Sebastian, Oliver decides that they have no choice but to kill Slade's Mirakuru army. The plan backfires, with Oliver and Laurel cornered by Slade's army, various Mirakuru soldiers wearing Deathstroke armors wreaking havoc on the city, and Diggle being confronted by Isabel wearing the armor. In flashbacks, Anatoly repairs the Japanese submarine and he and Oliver prepare to attack the Amazo; but Oliver gets a distress signal from Sara outside the submarine.

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22
"Streets of Fire"
Nick Copus
Jake Coburn & Ben Sokolowski
May 7, 2014 (2014-05-07)
2J7472
2.33[35]

As Slade's men continue to terrorize the city, Felicity and Diggle outwit Isabel; and the duo escapes. S.T.A.R. Labs successfully makes a cure for the Mirakuru, but Slade sends men to acquire it before Oliver. Finally trusting Quentin, the police force pledges to help the Arrow stop Slade's men and Quentin is re-promoted to detective to lead the other officers. Slade reveals to Blood that he plans to destroy the entire city, people and all, in his quest for vengeance against Oliver. As a result, Blood steals the cure and gives it to Oliver in return for help saving the city. For his betrayal, Slade has Isabel kill Blood. Oliver tests the cure on Roy after Amanda reveals that she intends to bomb the city at dawn to prevent Slade's men from attacking the rest of the country. Meanwhile, Sara returns and saves Laurel, who gives her the alias "Canary". Malcolm saves Thea from an assailant and tries to convince her to leave with him; but she shoots him. In flashbacks, Oliver boards the Amazo to rescue Sara, who was captured by Slade, with specific orders for Anatoly to destroy the ship if they do not return within an hour. However, they are both captured by Slade.

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23
"Unthinkable"
John Behring
Story by : Greg Berlanti
Teleplay by : Marc Guggenheim & Andrew Kreisberg
May 14, 2014 (2014-05-14)
2J7473
2.37[36]

In flashbacks, the Amazo sinks as Oliver planned. He presumably kills Slade while Sara disappears overboard. Later, Oliver awakens in Hong Kong, where he meets Waller. In the present, the cure works on Roy. Sara arrives with Nyssa and the League to provide backup for Oliver, who gives Roy a red mask. They confront Slade and Isabel at Queen Consolidated. Nyssa kills Isabel and Slade escapes. Meanwhile, Diggle and Lyla free the Suicide Squad members and enlist their help to try to stop the drone strike. Quentin is seriously injured. Thea meets up with Roy; but when she finds a bow and arrow, she loses trust in him and leaves Starling City with Merlyn. Oliver and his team successfully use the cure on all of Slade's men. The former tricks Slade into kidnapping Felicity, believing she is Oliver's love. With Slade distracted, Felicity injects him with the cure. Oliver defeats Slade and Waller calls off the strike. Slade is locked in an underground A.R.G.U.S. prison on the island and Sara rejoins the League as payment for helping the city. Lyla is revealed to be pregnant from Diggle. Quentin collapses as a result of his injury.

text: Production[edit]

text: Development[edit]

text: On February 11, 2013, The CW renewed Arrow for a second season for the 2013-14 season.[37]

text: A backdoor pilot for The Flash was originally going to be the twentieth episode, but due to the positive reception of Grant Gustin's appearance in the eighth and ninth episode, executives at The CW scrapped it in favor a traditional pilot so that it gives the developers more time to flesh out the character in addition to receiving an increase in the budget.[38]

text: Casting[edit]

text: Emily Bett Rickards, Colton Haynes and Manu Bennet were all promoted to series regulars.[39] Jacqueline MacInnes Wood, who originally played Sara Lance in the pilot, did not return and was replaced by Caity Lotz.[40]

text: Costume design[edit]

text: In the second half of season two, Oliver replaces his "paint" mask with a domino mask, similar to one worn by the character in the comics. The change is addressed on-screen, with Kreisberg saying, "He doesn't just put on a mask. It's actually a big plot point in an episode, and there really is a story behind, not only the need for the mask but also who provides him with it."[41] On adding the mask now, Kreisberg stated that, "Conceptually, it was something we wanted to do because Oliver himself is evolving as the Arrow—from vigilante to hero, sort of from Arrow to Green Arrow—and we wanted to see that progression in his costume as well. As Oliver is embracing being a hero, being a hero means stepping out of the dark and being more of a symbol, so he has to take steps to conceal his identity more."[41] He added that it will "allow the Arrow to interact with people who don't know his identity in a much more organic way than having him constantly keep his head down."[41]

text: Costume designer Maya Mani put together roughly 50 mask options for the producers. Kreisberg said, "What's so wonderful about the design that Maya came up with is that it really is very simple, and it feels as if it’s been part of his costume since the beginning...once we finally had this mask and put it on Stephen [Amell], even Stephen was like, 'This is the right one.'"[41] In the episode "Three Ghosts", Oliver receives the mask from Barry Allen, who is able to create a mask that will help conceal his identity, while still being functional and allowing Oliver to see clearly.[42]

text: Music[edit]

text:
Arrow - Original Television Soundtrack: Season 2

Soundtrack album by Blake Neely

Released
September 16, 2014 (2014-09-16)

Length
1:11:31

Label
WaterTower Music

Blake Neely chronology

Arrow - Original Television Soundtrack: Season 1
Arrow - Original Television Soundtrack: Season 2
Arrow - Original Television Soundtrack: Season 3

text:
No.
Title
Length

1.
"Time to Come Home"
1:51

2.
"I Don't Blame You"
2:06

3.
"A Different Way"
2:38

4.
"City of Heroes / Canary"
3:02

5.
"Love Is the Most Powerful Emotion"
1:53

6.
"Off of the Island, Onto a Freighter"
2:17

7.
"Building a Team"
2:07

8.
"Blind Spot"
2:46

9.
"Forced to Make a Choice / Slade's Metamorphosis"
2:51

10.
"The Scientist"
2:25

11.
"Roy Becomes a Hero"
2:58

12.
"Mirakuru Spreads / Brother Blood"
2:35

13.
"Heir to the Demon"
1:52

14.
"Get Your Soul Back"
2:27

15.
"This Ends Tonight"
2:02

16.
"Stay Away From Her"
2:07

17.
"Deathstroking / Creating an Army With a Needle"
4:07

18.
"Own Worst Enemy"
3:21

19.
"A.R.G.U.S.'s Suicide Squad"
2:08

20.
"Promise Kept"
3:44

21.
"The Man Under the Hood"
3:17

22.
"Secret Destiny"
2:57

23.
"In the Crosshairs"
3:10

24.
"Purest Heart"
1:43

25.
"The Essence of Heroism"
2:46

26.
"Tunnel Fight"
2:04

27.
"Never Again"
4:17

Total length:
1:11:31

text: Reception[edit]

text: Critical response[edit]

text: Season two received favorable reviews. Jeff Jensen of Entertainment Weekly gave the first half of season two a rating of B+, saying, "Arrow possesses an intelligence that shines through its TV-budget production values, which aren't too shabby. The writing is adult and witty, the action is exciting, and Amell holds the center with well-cultivated ease."[43] The A.V. Club's Carrie Raisler gave the first half of season two a rating of A-. She said, "Arrow [has] officially established itself as one of the most satisfying shows on television. The most satisfying thing of all is that it did so by respecting its characters... [Arrow respects] the character’s comic-book roots in its overarching plotlines, all while using the network-appropriate soap-opera stories to do the heavy character lifting."[44]

text: Ratings[edit]

text: The second season averaged 3.28 million viewers across the 23 episodes, ranking 128th among television show viewership.[45]

text:
No.
Title
Air date
Rating/share
(18–49)
Viewers
(millions)
DVR
(18–49)
Total
(18–49)

1
"City of Heroes"
October 9, 2013
0.9/3
2.74[13]
0.5
1.4[46]

2
"Identity"
October 16, 2013
1.1/3
3.06[14]
N/A
N/A

3
"Broken Dolls"
October 23, 2013
0.9/3
2.89[15]
0.5
1.4[47]

4
"Crucible"
October 30, 2013
0.8/2
2.37[16]
0.5
1.3[48]

5
"League of Assassins"
November 6, 2013
1.0/3
2.80[17]
N/A
N/A

6
"Keep Your Enemies Closer"
November 13, 2013
1.2/3
3.09[18]
N/A
N/A

7
"State v. Queen"
November 20, 2013
1.0/3
2.66[19]
N/A
N/A

8
"The Scientist"
December 4, 2013
1.2/3
3.24[20]
N/A
N/A

9
"Three Ghosts"
December 11, 2013
1.1/3
3.02[22]
N/A
N/A

10
"Blast Radius"
January 15, 2014
0.9/3
2.52[23]
0.6
1.5[49]

11
"Blind Spot"
January 22, 2014
0.9/2
2.49[24]
0.6
1.5[50]

12
"Tremors"
January 29, 2014
1.1/3
2.95[25]
0.5
1.6

13
"Heir to the Demon"
February 5, 2014
1.0/3
2.86[26]
0.5
1.5[51]

14
"Time of Death"
February 26, 2014
0.9/3
2.45[27]
N/A
N/A

15
"The Promise"
March 5, 2014
0.7/2
2.21[28]
0.5
1.2[52]

16
"Suicide Squad"
March 19, 2014
0.8/3
2.42[29]
0.5
1.3[53]

17
"Birds of Prey"
March 26, 2014
0.9/3
2.62[30]
N/A
N/A

18
"Deathstroke"
April 2, 2014
0.8/3
2.32[31]
0.5
1.3[54]

19
"The Man Under the Hood"
April 16, 2014
0.7/2
2.26[32]
0.4
1.1[55]

20
"Seeing Red"
April 23, 2014
0.7/2
2.19[33]
0.5
1.2[56]

21
"City of Blood"
April 30, 2014
0.8/3
2.31[34]
N/A
N/A

22
"Streets of Fire"
May 7, 2014
0.8/2
2.33[35]
N/A
N/A

23
"Unthinkable"
May 14, 2014
0.9/3
2.37[36]
N/A
N/A

text: Accolades[edit]

text:
Year
Award
Category
Recipients
Outcome

2014
IGN Awards[57]
Best TV Hero
Stephen Amell/Arrow
2nd Place

People's Choice Awards[58]
Favorite Sci-Fi/Fantasy TV Actor
Stephen Amell
Nominated

Satellite Awards[59]
Satellite Award for Best Television Series – Genre
Arrow
Nominated

Saturn Awards[60]
Best Youth-Oriented Series on Television
Arrow
Nominated

Leo Awards[61]
Program
Greg Berlanti, Joseph P. Finn, Marc Guggenheim, Andrew Kreisberg, Wendy Mericle[62]
Nominated

Cinematography
Gordon Verheul ("Sacrifice")
Nominated

Make-Up
Danielle Fowler ("Keep Your Enemies Closer")
Nominated

Stunt Coordination
J. J. Makaro ("The Scientist")
Nominated

Lead Performance - Male
Stephen Amell ("Crucible")
Nominated

Lead Performance - Female
Emily Bett Rickards ("Three Ghosts")
Nominated

Constellation Awards[63]
Best Male Performance in a 2013 Science Fiction Television Episode
Stephen Amell ("The Odyssey")
Nominated

Best Science Fiction Television Series of 2013
Arrow
Nominated

Teen Choice Awards[64]
Choice TV Show: Fantasy/Sci-Fi
Arrow
Nominated

Choice TV Female Breakout Star[65]
Emily Bett Rickards
Nominated

Young Hollywood Awards[66]
Super Superhero
Stephen Amell
Nominated

text: Notes[edit]

text:
Jump up ^ Also credited as a special guest star in "State v. Queen".
^ Jump up to: a b Also has an uncredited role in "Keep Your Enemies Closer".
Jump up ^ Also credited as a co-star in seven episodes.

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