Waiting for the International belt: the longest droughts

The active franchises that have gone longest without the belt, and the ones still waiting for their first reign.

Every active International franchise and how long it's been since it last held the belt. The belt moves constantly, so a long wait usually means a franchise keeps losing the one game that matters.

Never held it

148 current programs have never held the belt.

The longest waits

1. Northern Ireland: last held it October 14, 1933, 33,953 days ago.
2. Curaçao: last held it March 28, 1963, 23,196 days ago.
3. Costa Rica: last held it September 4, 1963, 23,036 days ago.
4. Ecuador: last held it August 22, 1965, 22,318 days ago.
5. Scotland: last held it May 10, 1967, 21,692 days ago.
6. Austria: last held it June 16, 1968, 21,289 days ago.
7. Hungary: last held it January 12, 1972, 19,984 days ago.
8. Bulgaria: last held it September 4, 1985, 15,000 days ago.
9. Wales: last held it September 14, 1988, 13,894 days ago.
10. Poland: last held it May 7, 1989, 13,659 days ago.

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