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The Russian World Cup became the one that offered the most penalties in the round of 16, with three qualifying rounds solved by this system.
Russia's qualifications against Spain (1-1 and 4-3 in the shootout), Croatia before Denmark (1-1 and 3-2) and England before Colombia (1-1 and 4-3) were decided by the system of maximum penalties.
Up to now, the record was held by the last World Cup, played in Brazil 2014. The host team beat Chile 3-2 after finishing the match with a draw 1 -1, same result that was recorded in Costa Rica- Greece, in which the table "tico" went to the maximum penalty (5-4).
In the first World Cup under the current system, that of Mexico 86 there was no round in this round, and in the following there was always a: in Italy & # 39; 90 in Ireland-Romania (0-0 and 5-4), in the USA. 94 in Mexico-Bulgaria (1-1 and 1-3), in France in 1998 in Argentina-England (2-2 and 4-3), in Korea / Japan 2002 in Spain-Ireland (1-1 and 3-2 ), in Germany 2006 in Switzerland-Ukraine (0-0 and 0-3) and in South Africa 2010 in Paraguay-Japan (0-0 and 5-3).
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