Nemazuva zana kusvika mutambo wavo wekutanga weWorld Cup musi waChikumi 100, Iceland yatanga mhemberero iyi ine meseji yakakosha yakaunzwa neMutungamiriri neMukadzi wekutanga. Vakakoka nyika kuti igoverane mukufara kwenyika uye kutarisira nekujoinha Team Iceland, nzvimbo yedhijitari yevatsigiri veIceland yakagadzirirwa kupemberera zvinhu zvese zveIcelandic.
Kutora mukana kweIceland muWorld Cup inzvimbo isingazivikanwe, sezvo paine huwandu hwevanhu zviuru mazana matatu nemakumi mana, ivo ndivo nyika diki kwazvo yakambopinda mumakwikwi aya. Rudzi rwechipiri rudiki runokodzera gore rino iUruguay ine vanhu 340,000 miriyoni. Nemweya wekubatanidzwa, Chikwata cheIceland chinopa pasi rese mukana wekutsigira nyika yechitsuwa pavanotora nzvimbo yavo padanho rakakura kwazvo remitambo.
Mumufirimu wekukoka, Mutungamiri Guðni Th. Jóhannesson naMukadzi wekutanga Eliza Reid vanoratidza hunyanzvi hwavo hwenhabvu, vachiratidza kudada kukuru kweIceland mukukwanisa. Mutungamiri Jóhannesson vakati: “Kuhwina kana kukundwa, pane nguva dzose mufaro wekuva chikamu chechimwe chinhu chikuru, kunyangwe uri mudiki. First Lady Amai Reid vakawedzera kuti: "Huyai muuye kumhemberero, munhu wese anogamuchirwa zvisinei kuti uri fan wei, zvaunotenda mazviri, kana kwaunogara, pane nzvimbo yako pachikwata chedu."
Pakujoinha Team Iceland vateveri vanogashira yakasarudzika jersey yedhijitari ine nhamba yavo yechikwata uye yavo 'Icelandic' zita. Mazita evaIcelanders anoumbwa nezita rekutanga rababa kana amai vavo, rakasanganiswa ne‘dóttir’ remwanasikana uye ‘mwanakomana’ remwanakomana. Somuenzaniso, mumwe mukadzi anonzi Emily ana baba vanonzi Peter vaizova Emily Petersdóttir. Wese anojoinha "Team Iceland" achawanawo mukana wekuhwina rwendo rwekuIceland.
