The Spain national team opened its participation in the 2022 World Cup with a 7-0 victory over Costa Rica, in the framework of Group E of the finals.
And you might think that a victory with this amount of goals is not repeated often, but in fact it was repeated in 4 previous times throughout the history of the World Cup.
The beginning was in the 1954 edition of the World Cup hosted by Switzerland, where the result was repeated 7-0 during it on two occasions.
The first time when the defending champions Uruguay beat Scotland in the latter’s first match in the tournament.
As for the second match, Turkey beat South Korea by the same result in the group stage, a few days before the Turks lost 7-2 to West Germany.
And in the 1974 edition, which was hosted by Germany (West at the time), Poland achieved a landslide victory over Haiti by seven clean as well.
The last time that result was repeated before the Spanish sweep of Costa Rica in the 2010 World Cup hosted by South Africa, where Portugal then achieved a huge victory over North Korea.
What is the biggest win in the history of the World Cup?
The largest goal difference between two teams in one match reached 9 goals, and it was repeated on 3 occasions, and two matches ended with a score of 9-0 historically in the World Cup, the first was in the 1954 World Cup hosted by Switzerland when Hungary overtook South Korea, and the matter was repeated in West Germany in In 1974, when Yugoslavia overtook Zaire, “now the Democratic Republic of the Congo,” with the same result.
The victory with the largest number of goals recorded in the name of Hungary, as it achieved victory over El Salvador in the 1982 edition hosted by Spain, with a score of 10-1.
What is the biggest loss for an Arab team in the World Cup?
The loss of the Saudi national team once morest Germany in the 2002 World Cup finals in South Korea and Japan with eight clean goals is considered one of the biggest Arab losses in the history of the World Cup.
The same result was repeated historically in two World Cup matches, the first hosted by France in 1938 when Sweden beat Cuba, and the second in 1950 hosted by Brazil, where Uruguay won with the same result at the expense of Bolivia in a purely Latin match.
