Has a World Cup game ever ended 5-1?
It has. 5-1 has been a World Cup final 117 times in 9,839 games. The first was Latvia beat Lithuania on September 3, 1937; the latest was Belgium beat New Zealand on June 26, 2026.
That makes 5-1 the 15th most common final score out of 53 that have ever occurred in World Cup. One point away, 6-1 has happened 66 times and 5-2 has happened 48 times.
Every 5-1 in World Cup history
| Date | Result | Season | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-06-26 | Belgium over New Zealand | 2026 | |
| 2026-06-20 | Netherlands over Sweden | 2026 | |
| 2026-06-14 | Sweden over Tunisia | 2026 | |
| 2025-09-05 | Greece over Belarus | 2025 | |
| 2025-06-10 | Curaçao over Haiti | 2025 | |
| 2025-06-09 | Croatia over Czech Republic | 2025 | |
| 2025-03-25 | Algeria over Mozambique | 2025 | |
| 2025-03-24 | Romania over San Marino | 2025 | |
| 2025-03-20 | Qatar over North Korea | 2025 | |
| 2025-03-20 | Australia over Indonesia | 2025 | |
| 2024-06-08 | Gambia over Seychelles | 2024 | |
| 2024-03-26 | Kyrgyzstan over Taiwan | 2024 | |
| 2023-11-16 | Iraq over Indonesia | 2023 | |
| 2023-10-12 | Myanmar over Macau | 2023 | |
| 2023-09-08 | Brazil over Bolivia | 2023 | |
| 2022-03-27 | United States over Panama | 2022 | |
| 2021-11-13 | Wales over Belarus | 2021 | |
| 2021-09-07 | Norway over Gibraltar | 2021 | |
| 2021-06-15 | Japan over Kyrgyzstan | 2021 | |
| 2021-06-07 | Australia over Taiwan | 2021 | |
| 2021-03-25 | Canada over Bermuda | 2021 | |
| 2019-06-11 | Malaysia over Timor-Leste | 2019 | |
| 2017-11-14 | Denmark over Republic of Ireland | 2017 | |
| 2017-10-08 | Germany over Azerbaijan | 2017 | |
| 2017-09-05 | Ghana over Congo | 2017 | |
| 2017-09-04 | Azerbaijan over San Marino | 2017 | |
| 2017-08-31 | Portugal over Faroe Islands | 2017 | |
| 2016-09-04 | Scotland over Malta | 2016 | |
| 2016-03-29 | Australia over Jordan | 2016 | |
| 2015-09-08 | Uzbekistan over Philippines | 2015 | |
| 2015-09-03 | Iraq over Taiwan | 2015 | |
| 2014-06-13 | Netherlands over Spain | 2014 | |
| 2013-11-13 | Mexico over New Zealand | 2013 | |
| 2013-10-15 | Serbia over North Macedonia | 2013 | |
| 2013-09-10 | Poland over San Marino | 2013 | |
| 2013-09-10 | Hungary over Estonia | 2013 | |
| 2013-06-18 | Uzbekistan over Qatar | 2013 | |
| 2011-11-15 | DR Congo over Eswatini | 2011 | |
| 2011-10-11 | Panama over Nicaragua | 2011 | |
| 2009-09-09 | England over Croatia | 2009 | |
| 2009-06-06 | Belarus over Andorra | 2009 | |
| 2009-04-01 | Belarus over Kazakhstan | 2009 | |
| 2008-10-11 | England over Kazakhstan | 2008 | |
| 2008-06-22 | DR Congo over Djibouti | 2008 | |
| 2007-11-21 | Ecuador over Peru | 2007 | |
| 2007-11-17 | Paraguay over Ecuador | 2007 | |
| 2007-10-28 | North Korea over Mongolia | 2007 | |
| 2005-11-12 | Spain over Slovakia | 2005 | |
| 2005-10-08 | Russia over Luxembourg | 2005 | |
| 2005-10-08 | Nigeria over Zimbabwe | 2005 | |
| 2005-09-07 | Finland over North Macedonia | 2005 | |
| 2005-03-26 | Guatemala over Trinidad and Tobago | 2005 | |
| 2005-02-09 | Morocco over Kenya | 2005 | |
| 2004-10-10 | Trinidad and Tobago over Saint Kitts and Nevis | 2004 | |
| 2004-09-08 | Romania over Andorra | 2004 | |
| 2004-03-31 | Oman over India | 2004 | |
| 2001-10-06 | Ecuador over Bolivia | 2001 | |
| 2001-09-05 | Paraguay over Bolivia | 2001 | |
| 2001-09-05 | Finland over Greece | 2001 | |
| 2001-09-01 | England over Germany | 2001 | |
| 2001-06-11 | New Zealand over Solomon Islands | 2001 | |
| 2001-05-13 | China over Indonesia | 2001 | |
| 2001-05-04 | Syria over Philippines | 2001 | |
| 2001-03-04 | Qatar over Malaysia | 2001 | |
| 2000-11-15 | Paraguay over Peru | 2000 | |
| 2000-10-07 | Switzerland over Faroe Islands | 2000 | |
| 2000-03-19 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines over United States Virgin Islands | 2000 | |
| 2000-03-05 | Bermuda over British Virgin Islands | 2000 | |
| 1997-11-08 | Japan over Kazakhstan | 1997 | |
| 1997-10-18 | South Korea over Uzbekistan | 1997 | |
| 1997-08-24 | Uzbekistan over Yemen | 1997 | |
| 1996-10-30 | Mexico over Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 1996 | |
| 1996-10-09 | Germany over Armenia | 1996 | |
| 1996-06-02 | DR Congo over Mauritius | 1996 | |
| 1996-06-01 | Sweden over Belarus | 1996 | |
| 1996-05-05 | Saint Kitts and Nevis over Saint Lucia | 1996 | |
| 1993-09-22 | Spain over Albania | 1993 | |
| 1993-08-01 | Brazil over Venezuela | 1993 | |
| 1993-05-24 | Yemen over Pakistan | 1993 | |
| 1992-10-11 | Tunisia over Benin | 1992 | |
| 1992-08-23 | Costa Rica over Panama | 1992 | |
| 1992-07-23 | El Salvador over Nicaragua | 1992 | |
| 1992-05-20 | Romania over Wales | 1992 | |
| 1990-06-15 | Germany over United Arab Emirates | 1990 | |
| 1990-06-10 | Czechoslovakia over United States | 1990 | |
| 1988-12-03 | Australia over Fiji | 1988 | |
| 1986-06-18 | Spain over Denmark | 1986 | |
| 1985-10-16 | Denmark over Norway | 1985 | |
| 1985-10-05 | New Zealand over Taiwan | 1985 | |
| 1985-04-30 | Germany over Czechoslovakia | 1985 | |
| 1985-04-06 | Hong Kong over Brunei | 1985 | |
| 1982-06-22 | Poland over Peru | 1982 | |
| 1981-11-11 | German DR over Malta | 1981 | |
| 1981-06-17 | Austria over Finland | 1981 | |
| 1981-04-29 | Yugoslavia over Greece | 1981 | |
| 1981-04-24 | South Korea over Thailand | 1981 | |
| 1978-06-14 | Netherlands over Austria | 1978 | |
| 1976-05-23 | Denmark over Cyprus | 1976 | |
| 1976-03-07 | Sierra Leone over Niger | 1976 | |
| 1973-06-06 | German DR over Finland | 1973 | |
| 1972-07-02 | Ghana over Benin | 1972 | |
| 1972-03-12 | Guinea over Algeria | 1972 | |
| 1969-10-10 | Poland over Luxembourg | 1969 | |
| 1969-06-04 | Yugoslavia over Finland | 1969 | |
| 1969-02-09 | Ethiopia over Libya | 1969 | |
| 1965-01-24 | Portugal over Turkey | 1965 | |
| 1961-10-08 | Yugoslavia over South Korea | 1961 | |
| 1961-09-28 | France over Finland | 1961 | |
| 1957-09-01 | France over Iceland | 1957 | |
| 1957-06-22 | Canada over United States | 1957 | |
| 1957-05-08 | England over Republic of Ireland | 1957 | |
| 1954-03-07 | South Korea over Japan | 1954 | |
| 1954-01-24 | Italy over Egypt | 1954 | |
| 1953-11-22 | Germany over Norway | 1953 | |
| 1950-04-02 | Spain over Portugal | 1950 | |
| 1938-06-16 | Hungary over Sweden | 1938 | |
| 1937-09-03 | Latvia over Lithuania | 1937 |