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Has a World Cup game ever ended 2-1?

Yes. World Cup has seen a final score of 2-1 166 times. It first happened on July 14, 1930, when Yugoslavia beat Brazil, and most recently on July 15, 2026, when Argentina beat England.

Where 2-1 sits among nearby World Cup scores. Deeper blue means a score has happened more often; the outlined cell is the new one.

That makes 2-1 the 2nd most common final score out of 34 that have ever occurred in World Cup. One point away, 3-1 has happened 77 times and 2-2 has happened 38 times.

Every 2-1 in World Cup history

DateResultSeason
2026-07-15Argentina over England2026
2026-07-11England over Norway2026
2026-07-10Spain over Belgium2026
2026-07-05Norway over Brazil2026
2026-07-02Portugal over Croatia2026
2026-07-01England over DR Congo2026
2026-06-30Norway over Ivory Coast2026
2026-06-29Brazil over Japan2026
2026-06-27Croatia over Ghana2026
2026-06-25Ecuador over Germany2026
2026-06-24Switzerland over Canada2026
2026-06-22Algeria over Jordan2026
2026-06-20Germany over Ivory Coast2026
2026-06-11South Korea over Czech Republic2026
2022-12-17Croatia over Morocco2022
2022-12-10France over England2022
2022-12-03Argentina over Australia2022
2022-12-02South Korea over Portugal2022
2022-12-01Japan over Spain2022
2022-12-01Morocco over Canada2022
2022-11-30Mexico over Saudi Arabia2022
2022-11-29Senegal over Ecuador2022
2022-11-26France over Denmark2022
2022-11-23Japan over Germany2022
2022-11-22Saudi Arabia over Argentina2022
2018-07-11Croatia over England2018
2018-07-06Belgium over Brazil2018
2018-06-30Uruguay over Portugal2018
2018-06-28Tunisia over Panama2018
2018-06-26Argentina over Nigeria2018
2018-06-26Croatia over Iceland2018
2018-06-25Saudi Arabia over Egypt2018
2018-06-23Mexico over South Korea2018
2018-06-23Germany over Sweden2018
2018-06-22Switzerland over Serbia2018
2018-06-19Senegal over Poland2018
2018-06-19Japan over Colombia2018
2018-06-18England over Tunisia2018
2018-06-16France over Australia2018
2014-07-04Brazil over Colombia2014
2014-07-01Belgium over United States2014
2014-06-30Germany over Algeria2014
2014-06-29Netherlands over Mexico2014
2014-06-26Portugal over Ghana2014
2014-06-24Greece over Ivory Coast2014
2014-06-20Ecuador over Honduras2014
2014-06-19Uruguay over England2014
2014-06-19Colombia over Ivory Coast2014
2014-06-17Belgium over Algeria2014
2014-06-16United States over Ghana2014
2014-06-15Switzerland over Ecuador2014
2014-06-15Argentina over Bosnia and Herzegovina2014
2014-06-14Ivory Coast over Japan2014
2014-06-14Italy over England2014
2010-07-02Netherlands over Brazil2010
2010-06-28Netherlands over Slovakia2010
2010-06-26Uruguay over South Korea2010
2010-06-26Ghana over United States2010
2010-06-25Spain over Chile2010
2010-06-24Netherlands over Cameroon2010
2010-06-23Australia over Serbia2010
2010-06-22South Africa over France2010
2010-06-19Denmark over Cameroon2010
2010-06-17Greece over Nigeria2010
2010-06-15Brazil over North Korea2010
2006-06-24Argentina over Mexico2006
2006-06-22Ghana over United States2006
2006-06-21Portugal over Mexico2006
2006-06-20Poland over Costa Rica2006
2006-06-16Netherlands over Ivory Coast2006
2006-06-13South Korea over Togo2006
2006-06-10Argentina over Ivory Coast2006
2002-06-21Brazil over England2002
2002-06-18South Korea over Italy2002
2002-06-16Senegal over Sweden2002
2002-06-09Mexico over Ecuador2002
2002-06-08Croatia over Italy2002
2002-06-07Sweden over Nigeria2002
2002-06-03Brazil over Turkey2002
2002-06-01Denmark over Uruguay2002
1998-07-11Croatia over Netherlands1998
1998-07-08France over Croatia1998
1998-07-04Netherlands over Argentina1998
1998-06-29Netherlands over Serbia1998
1998-06-29Germany over Mexico1998
1998-06-26Jamaica over Japan1998
1998-06-24France over Denmark1998
1998-06-23Italy over Austria1998
1998-06-23Norway over Brazil1998
1998-06-22Romania over England1998
1998-06-21Iran over United States1998
1998-06-10Brazil over Scotland1998
1994-07-13Italy over Bulgaria1994
1994-07-10Bulgaria over Germany1994
1994-07-09Italy over Spain1994
1994-07-05Italy over Nigeria1994
1994-06-29Netherlands over Morocco1994
1994-06-25Saudi Arabia over Morocco1994
1994-06-25Argentina over Nigeria1994
1994-06-24Mexico over Republic of Ireland1994
1994-06-22United States over Colombia1994
1994-06-20Netherlands over Saudi Arabia1994
1990-07-07Italy over England1990
1990-06-26Yugoslavia over Spain1990
1990-06-24Germany over Netherlands1990
1990-06-23Cameroon over Colombia1990
1990-06-21Spain over Belgium1990
1990-06-20Costa Rica over Sweden1990
1990-06-19Austria over United States1990
1990-06-16Scotland over Sweden1990
1990-06-14Cameroon over Romania1990
1990-06-10Brazil over Sweden1990
1986-06-22Argentina over England1986
1986-06-08Belgium over Iraq1986
1986-06-08Germany over Scotland1986
1986-06-07Spain over Northern Ireland1986
1986-06-03Mexico over Belgium1986
1982-07-02Germany over Spain1982
1982-06-29Italy over Argentina1982
1982-06-20Spain over Yugoslavia1982
1982-06-16Algeria over Germany1982
1982-06-14Brazil over Russia1982
1978-06-24Brazil over Italy1978
1978-06-21Netherlands over Italy1978
1978-06-06Argentina over France1978
1978-06-03Austria over Spain1978
1978-06-02Italy over France1978
1978-06-02Argentina over Hungary1978
1974-07-07Germany over Netherlands1974
1974-07-03Sweden over Yugoslavia1974
1974-06-30Poland over Yugoslavia1974
1974-06-30Brazil over Argentina1974
1974-06-23Poland over Italy1974
1970-06-06Romania over Czechoslovakia1970
1970-06-03Germany over Morocco1970
1966-07-28Portugal over Russia1966
1966-07-26England over Portugal1966
1966-07-25Germany over Russia1966
1966-07-23Russia over Hungary1966
1966-07-20Germany over Spain1966
1966-07-20Russia over Chile1966
1966-07-15Spain over Switzerland1966
1966-07-15Uruguay over France1966
1966-07-13Argentina over Spain1966
1962-06-10Chile over Russia1962
1962-06-06Russia over Uruguay1962
1962-06-06Brazil over Spain1962
1962-06-03Germany over Switzerland1962
1962-05-31Hungary over England1962
1962-05-30Uruguay over Colombia1962
1958-06-17Wales over Hungary1958
1958-06-17Northern Ireland over Czechoslovakia1958
1958-06-15France over Scotland1958
1958-06-12Sweden over Hungary1958
1954-06-17Switzerland over Italy1954
1950-07-16Uruguay over Brazil1950
1950-07-02Switzerland over Mexico1950
1938-06-16Italy over Brazil1938
1938-06-14Brazil over Czechoslovakia1938
1938-06-09Cuba over Romania1938
1938-06-05Italy over Norway1938
1934-06-10Italy over Czechoslovakia1934
1934-05-31Germany over Sweden1934
1934-05-31Austria over Hungary1934
1934-05-27Czechoslovakia over Romania1934
1930-07-14Yugoslavia over Brazil1930

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