In the European group stage of the World Cup preliminaries, Norway defeated Israel 5-0. Haaland scored a hat trick in this game.
After this campaign, Haaland ranked among the top scorers in this World Cup preliminaries, scoring 12 goals in 6 games. His number of goals was twice that of the second place (Anautovic and others). Although the number of games in each group is different, Harland averages 2 goals per game and is still outstanding.
