Waiting for the International belt: the longest droughts

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

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

Never held it

150 current programs have never held the belt.

The longest waits

1. Northern Ireland: last held it October 14, 1933, 33,998 days ago.
2. Curaçao: last held it March 28, 1963, 23,241 days ago.
3. Costa Rica: last held it September 4, 1963, 23,081 days ago.
4. Ecuador: last held it August 22, 1965, 22,363 days ago.
5. Scotland: last held it May 10, 1967, 21,737 days ago.
6. Austria: last held it June 16, 1968, 21,334 days ago.
7. Hungary: last held it January 12, 1972, 20,029 days ago.
8. Bulgaria: last held it September 4, 1985, 15,045 days ago.
9. Wales: last held it September 14, 1988, 13,939 days ago.
10. Poland: last held it May 7, 1989, 13,704 days ago.

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