Spain conquer World Cup with record low goals

Spain became the eighth country to win the World Cup despite scoring a record low eight goals in seven matches.

Spain became the eighth country to win the World Cup despite scoring a record low eight goals in seven matches, three fewer than Italy (1938), England (1966) and Brazil (1994).

Full record of World Cup winners (played, won, drawn, lost, goals for, goals against):

1930 Uruguay P4 W4 D0 L0 F15 A3

1934 Italy P5 W4 D1 L0 F12 A3

1938 Italy P4 W4 D0 L0 F11 A5

1950 Uruguay P4 W3 D1 L0 F15 A5

1954 West Germany P5 W4 D0 L1 F18 A12

1958 Brazil P6 W5 D1 L0 F16 A4

1962 Brazil P6 W5 D1 L0 F14 A5

1966 England P6 W5 D1 L0 F11 A3

1970 Brazil P6 W6 D0 L0 F19 A7

1974 West Germany P7 W6 D0 L1 F13 A4

1978 Argentina P7 W5 D1 L1 F15 A4

1982 Italy P7 W4 D3 L0 F12 A6

1986 Argentina P7 W6 D1 L0 F14 A5

1990 West Germany P7 W5 D2 L0 F15 A5

1994 Brazil P7 W5 D2 L0 F11 A3

1998 France P7 W6 D1 L0 F15 A2

2002 Brazil P7 W7 D0 L0 F18 A4

2006 Italy P7 W5 D2 L0 F12 A2

2010 Spain P7 W6 D0 L1 F8 A2

Note: No tournament in 1942 nor 1946 because of World War 11




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