No mean feat for a nation that was playing just its second ever tournament knockout game here, the last one 58 years ago in Sweden where they lost 4-0 thethe decorative French team of Just Fontaine and Raymond Kopa.
Their elite players are not yet full-time paid athletes but are starting to make their mark, having reached their first-ever tournament final in Adelaide last season, when they lost to Samoa.
A week before his US PGA debut - his first-ever tournament in the United States, in fact - Webster came home in 31 for a round of 67 to join Mark Foster on six under par.
He reached the final of the Australian Open in February, won his first-ever tournaments on clay, then pushed Novak Djokovic to the limit at Roland-Garros.
"It's a guy who's hungry to win and hungry to get the program to its first ever N.C.A.A. Tournament".
Despite a 9-0 qualifying win over Luxembourg, England's '84 campaign was thwarted by Denmark who, after winning 1-0 at Wembley, made it through to their first ever major tournament.
Iceland, the lowest-ranked team in the play-offs, must beat Croatia to reach their first ever major tournament, while Greece meet Romania.
He also took Finland to the brink of their first ever international tournament, missing out on a place at Euro 2008 by just three points after securing six wins in their qualifying group.
In 2008, the Manual boys' tennis team went on to win the first ever regional tournament in Manual history.
