In the European preliminaries of the World Cup, Haaland scored 2 goals and Norway defeated Italy 4-1 away from home.
According to media statistics, Haaland scored 16 goals in this World Cup preliminaries, the second most goals in a single session in the history of the World Cup preliminaries.
Goalscoring list in a single World Cup qualifying round:
1998 World Cup Qualifying Round-Bagheri (Iran)-19 goals
2026 World Cup Qualifying Round-Haaland (Norway)-16 goals
2018 World Cup Qualifying Round-Lewandowski (Poland)- — 16 goals
2018 World Cup Qualifiers – Khalil (UAE) – 16 goals
2018 World Cup Qualifiers – Sahrawi (Saudi Arabia) – 16 goals
2002 World Cup Qualifiers – Thompson (Australia) – 16 goals