| HONVED | Budapest ..., 1965-66 European Cup Winners' Cup quarter-finalists (6) |
| BUDAPEST | ........ Honved, relegated 2022-23 NBI club; 1965-66 European Cup Winners' Cup quarter-finalists (8) |
| GRAZ | Austrian club; 1975-76 European Cup Winners' Cup quarter-finalists, and 1983-84 UEFA Cup quarter-finalists (5,4) |
| STURM | And 47 Down Austrian club; 1975-76 European Cup Winners' Cup quarter-finalists, and 1983-84 UEFA Cup quarter-finalists (5,4) |
| RUSSIA | 2018 FIFA World Cup hosts and quarter-finalists (6) |
| TESTUD | Sandrine -, 1997 US Open and 1998 Australian Open singles tennis championship quarter-finalist (6) |
| THECAR | "My Mother ___" (1965-66) |
| MOTHER | "My ___ the Car" (1965-66) |
| GIROUD | Olivier, French striker who scored the winner in the 2022 FIFA World Cup quarter-final v England (6) |
| BUTITU | Fiji and Castres centre; try scorer against England in the 2023 Rugby World Cup quarter-finals (6) |
| BASEL | 2022-23 Swiss Super League club; 1973-74 European Cup quarter-finalists (5) |
| AEK | 2017-18 Superleague Greece football club; 1968-69 European Cup quarter-finalists |
| NORTH | ..... Korea, FIFA World Cup quarter-finalists in 1966 (5) |
| TONGA | 2021 men's Rugby League World Cup quarter-finalists against Samoa (5) |
| SAMOA | 1991-95 Rugby World Cup quarter-finalists, Manu ... (5) |
| PAPUA | ..... New Guinea, 2000 Rugby World Cup quarter-finalists (5) |
| UMANA | Michael ___, Costa Rica 2014 World Cup quarter-finalist (5) |
| JAPAN | 2019 Rugby World Cup host nation and quarter-finalists (5) |
| BIDDLECOMBE | Terry ___, 1964-65 and 1965-66 National Hunt champion jockey (11) |
| OK | "___ Crackerby!"; 1965-66 Burl Ives sitcom |
