In the European group stage of the World Cup preliminaries, Norway defeated Israel 5-0. Haaland scored a hat trick in this game.

Haaland, who is only 25 years old, has scored 51 goals in 46 games with the national team after this campaign, averaging more than 1 goal per game. Within the scope of the World Cup preliminaries, Haaland played a total of 12 World Cup preliminaries and scored 17 goals, 22 goals away from the top scorer in the World Cup preliminaries.

Historical scorer list in World Cup preliminaries:

1-Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal): 39 goals

-Carlos Ruiz (Guatemala): 39 goals

3-Messi (Argentina): 36 goals

4-Ali Daei (Iran): 35 goals

5-Lewandowski (Poland): 31 goals