Now that Spain has lost their first match, I want to know how many times a team has come back to win it all.
Now that Spain has lost their first match, I want to know how many teams have lost a match in the first round and still gone on to win the cup. I know Italy tied one last world cup before winning, but has anyone lost?



July 23rd, 2010 at 8:57 pm
It’s never happened.
July 23rd, 2010 at 9:52 pm
No team in WC History has ever won the WC after losing the first game
July 23rd, 2010 at 10:05 pm
None. no team has lost a game in the round of 32 to go on to win the cup. But tjhere could always be a first time……….. Spain set records for the longest unbeaten run on the way to South Africa.