Eight times in a row
Germany has maintained this negative run since their World Cup triumph
June 21, 2026 – 1:13 a.mReading time: 1 min.
Germany is behind after 30 minutes in its second World Cup game. This means that the team failed to end a negative run in its eighth attempt.
The German national team has not finished a World Cup game without conceding a goal since the 2014 triumph. After the 1-0 victory over Argentina on July 8, 2014, the DFB team conceded both WM At least one goal conceded in Russia in 2018 and Qatar in 2022. After two games at the XXL tournament in the USA, Mexico and Canada, the negative run is still not over.
First, Germany lost 1-0 to Mexico in the opening game of 2018. This was followed by a 2-1 win over Sweden and a 0-2 defeat against South Korea. The German selection failed for the first time in the group phase of a World Cup. Just four years later a similar picture: 1:2 against Japan, 1:1 against Spain and a 4:2 win against Costa Rica. Germany was eliminated again in the preliminary round.