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Has a World Cup game ever ended 9-2?

Exactly once. On November 16, 1949, England beat Northern Ireland 9-2, and no World Cup game before or since has ended that way. When it happened it was a scorigami, the first 9-2 in league history.

Where 9-2 sits among nearby World Cup scores. Deeper blue means a score has happened more often; the outlined cell is the new one.

That makes 9-2 the 43rd most common final score out of 53 that have ever occurred in World Cup. One point away, 10-2 has happened never and 9-3 has happened 1 times.

Every 9-2 in World Cup history

DateResultSeason
1949-11-16England over Northern Ireland1949

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