WORLDCUP Nexus
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WORLDCUP Nexus

An independent historical archive of the FIFA World Cup.

WORLDCUP Nexus is an independent historical archive and is not affiliated with FIFA.

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The Book of Records

Explore leaderboards built from the imported WORLDCUP Nexus database.

Scope: All imported tournaments

Leaderboards combine all 30 imported tournaments — 22 men's editions (1930–2022) and 8 women's editions (1991–2019) — and are computed from the imported source data only. This is an independent archive, not an official record list.

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Match Records

Single-match records from imported results.

Highest-scoring matches

Total goals in a single match.
01United States 13–0 Thailand2019, group stage13
02Austria 7–5 Switzerland1954, quarter-finals12
03Brazil 6–5 Poland1938, round of 1611
04Hungary 8–3 West Germany1954, group stage11
05Hungary 10–1 El Salvador1982, group stage11

Biggest wins

Largest margin of victory in a single match.
01United States 13–0 Thailand2019, group stage13
02Germany 11–0 Argentina2007, group stage11
03Germany 10–0 Ivory Coast2015, group stage10
04Hungary 9–0 South Korea1954, group stage9
05Yugoslavia 9–0 Zaire1974, group stage9

Most goals by one team in a match

Goals scored by a single team in one match.
01United States 13–0 Thailand2019, group stage13
02Germany 11–0 Argentina2007, group stage11
03Hungary 10–1 El Salvador1982, group stage10
04Germany 10–0 Ivory Coast2015, group stage10
05Switzerland 10–1 Ecuador2015, group stage10