Tournament data
This page contains a record of the penalty shoot-outs that have taken place in the World Cup and the four major continental tournaments: European Championships, Copa América, African Cup of Nations and the Asian Cup. Sadly we have a few gaps in the dataset. If you can help us fill in the blanks, please don't hesitate to contact us.
The underlined data links to YouTube or BBC video of the match or shoot-out. Just click the link. Sorry, but this doesn't work too well on dial-up/narrowband.
World Cup
To date, there have been twenty penalty shoot-outs in the final stages of the World Cup and one penalty shoot-out in the qualifying tournament.
Year | aStageab | Winner | abdLoserabd | Match Score | Shoot-out Score | Number of Penalties Taken |
1982 | West Germany | France | 3-3 | 5-4 | 6 each | |
1986 | QF | West Germany | Mexico | 0-0 | 4-1 | 4 & 3 |
1986 | QF | France | Brazil | 1-1 | 4-3 | 5 each |
1986 | QF | Belgium | Spain | 1-1 | 5-4 | 5 each |
1990 | Last 16 | Republic of Ireland | Romania | 0-0 | 5-4 | 5 each |
1990 | QF | Argentina | Yugoslavia | 0-0 | 3-2 | 5 each |
1990 | SF | Argentina | Italy | 1-1 | 4-3 | 4 & 5 |
SF | West Germany | England | 1-1 | 4-3 | 4 & 5 | |
1994 | Last 16 | Bulgaria | Mexico | 1-1 | 3-1 | 4 each |
1994 | QF | Sweden | Romania | 2-2 | 5-4 | 6 each |
1994 | Brazil | Italy | 0-0 | 3-2 | 4 & 5 | |
Last 16 | Argentina | England | 4-3 | 5 each | ||
1998 | QF | France | Italy | 0-0 | 4-3 | 5 each |
1998 | SF | Brazil | Netherlands | 1-1 | 4-2 | 4 each |
2002 | Last 16 | Spain | Republic of Ireland | 1-1 | 3-2 | 5 each |
2002 | QF | South Korea | Spain | 0-0 | 5-3 | 5 & 4 |
2006 | Australia | Uruguay | 0-1 1-0 | 4-2 | 5 & 4 | |
2006 | Ukraine | Switzerland | 0-0 | 3-0 | 4 & 3 | |
2006 | Germany | Argentina | 1-1 | 4-2 | 4 each | |
2006 | Portugal | England | 0-0 | 3-1 | 5 & 4 | |
2006 | Italy | France | 1-1 | 5-3 | 5 & 4 |
European Championship
There have been eleven penalty shoot-outs in the European Championship, which was formally known as the European Nations' Cup.
Year | aStageab | Winner | abdLoserabd | Match Score | Shoot-out Score | Number of Penalties Taken |
1976 | Czechoslovakia | West Germany | 2-2 | 5-3 | 5-4 | |
1980 | 3/4 | Czechoslovakia | Italy | 1-1 | 9-8 | 9-9 |
1984 | SF | Spain | Denmark | 1-1 | 5-4 | 5-5 |
1992 | SF | Denmark | Netherlands | 2-2 | 5-4 | 5-5 |
QF | England | Spain | 0-0 | 4-2 | 4-4 | |
1996 | QF | France | Netherlands | 0-0 | 5-4 | 5-5 |
1996 | SF | Czech Republic | France | 0-0 | 6-5 | 6-6 |
SF | Germany | England | 1-1 | 6-5 | 6-6 | |
2000 | SF | Italy | Netherlands | 0-0 | 3-1 | 4-4 |
2004 | QF | Portugal | England | 2-2 | 6-5 | 7-7 |
2004 | QF | Netherlands | Sweden | 0-0 | 5-4 | 6-6 |
2008 | Turkey | Croatia | 1-1 | 3-1 | 3-4 | |
2008 | Spain | Italy | 0-0 | 4-2 | 5-4 |
Copa América
There have been fourteen penalty shoot-outs in the Copa América.
Year | aStageab | Winner | abdLoserabd | Match Score | Shoot-out Score | Number of Penalties Taken |
1993 | QF | Colombia | Uruguay | 1-1 | 5-3 | 5-4 |
1993 | QF | Argentina | Brazil | 1-1 | 6-5 | 6-6 |
1993 | SF | Argentina | Colombia | 0-0 | 6-5 | 6-6 |
1995 | QF | Colombia | Paraguay | 1-1 | 5-4 | 5-5 |
1995 | QF | Brazil | Argentina | 2-2 | 4-2 | 5-4 |
1995 | QF | USA | Mexico | 0-0 | 4-1 | 4-3 |
1995 | Final | Uruguay | Brazil | 0-0 | 5-3 | 5-4 |
1997 | QF | Mexico | Ecuador | 1-1 | 4-3 | 6-6 |
1999 | QF | Mexico | Peru | 3-3 | 4-2 | 4-4 |
1999 | QF | Uruguay | Paraguay | 1-1 | 5-3 | 5-4 |
1999 | SF | Uruguay | Chile | 1-1 | 5-3 | 5-4 |
2001 | 3/4 | Honduras | Uruguay | 2-2 | 5-4 | 5-5 |
2004 | SF | Brazil | Uruguay | 1-1 | 5-3 | 5-4 |
2004 | Brazil | Argentina | 2-2 | 4-2 | 4-4 | |
2007 | SF | Brazil | Uruguay | 2-2 | 5-4 | 7-7 |
African Cup of Nations
There have been twenty penalty shoot-outs in the African Cup of Nations including two epics in which every player took at least one penalty.
Year | aStageab | Winner | abdLoserabd | Match Score | Shoot-out Score | Number of Penalties Taken |
1980 | SF | Algeria | Egypt | 2-2 | 4-2 |
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1982 | F | Ghana | Libya | 1-1 | 7-6 |
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1984 | SF | Nigeria | Egypt | 2-2 | 8-7 |
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1984 | SF | Cameroon | Algeria | 0-0 | 5-4 |
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1986 | F | Egypt | Cameroon | 0-0 | 5-4 |
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1988 | SF | Nigeria | Algeria | 1-1 | 9-8 |
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1988 | 3/4 | Morocco | Algeria | 1-1 | 4-3 |
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1992 | SF | Ivory Coast | Cameroon | 0-0 | 3-1 |
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1992 | F | Ivory Coast | Ghana | 0-0 | 11-10 |
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1994 | SF | Nigeria | Ivory Coast | 2-2 | 4-2 |
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1996 | QF | Tunisia | Gabon | 1-1 | 4-1 |
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1998 | QF | Burkina Faso | Tunisia | 1-1 | 8-7 | 10-10 |
1998 | QF | Egypt | Ivory Coast | 0-0 | 5-4 | 5-5 |
1998 | 3/4 | DR Congo | Burkino Faso | 4-4 | 4-1 | 4-3 |
2000 | 3/4 | South Africa | Tunisia | 1-1 | 4-3 | 6-6 |
2000 | F | Cameroon | Nigeria | 2-2 | 4-3 | 5-5 |
2002 | F | Cameroon | Senegal | 0-0 | 3-2 | 5-5 |
2006 | QF | Ivory Coast | Cameroon | 1-1 | 12-11 | 12-12 |
2006 | QF | Nigeria | Tunisia | 1-1 | 6-5 | 8-8 |
2006 | F | Egypt | Ivory Coast | 0-0 | 4-2 | 5-4 |
Asian Cup
There have been thirteen penalty shoot-outs in the Asian Cup, including one in a preliminary round between South Korea and Iraq, which was the first penalty shoot-out played in a major international tournament.
Year | Stage | Winner | Loser | Match Score | Shoot-out Score | Number of Penalties Taken |
1972 | PR | South Korea | Iraq | 0-0 |
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1972 | SF | South Korea | Thailand | 1-1 | 2-1 |
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1972 | 3/4 | Thailand | Khmer Republic | 2-2 | 5-3 |
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1984 | SF | Saudi Arabia | Iran | 1-1 | 5-4 |
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1984 | 3/4 | Kuwait | Iran | 1-1 | 5-3 |
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1988 | 3/4 | Iran | China | 0-0 | 3-0 |
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1988 | F | Saudi Arabia | South Korea | 0-0 | 4-3 |
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1992 | 3/4 | China | United Arab Emirates | 1-1 | 4-3 |
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1996 | 3/4 | Iran | Kuwait | 1-1 | 3-2 |
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1996 | F | Saudi Arabia | United Arab Emirates | 0-0 | 4-2 |
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2004 | QF | Bahrain | Uzbekistan | 2-2 | 4-3 | 5-5 |
2004 | QF | Japan | Jordan | 1-1 | 4-3 | 7-7 |
2004 | SF | China | Iran | 1-1 | 4-3 | 5-5 |
2007 | Korea | Iran | 0-0 | 4-2 | 4-4 | |
2007 | Japan | Australia | 1-1 | 4-3 | 5-5 | |
2007 | Iraq | Japan | 0-0 | 4-3 | 4-5 | |
2007 | Korea | Japan | 0-0 | 6-5 | 6-6 |
Note
You will have noticed that we have some gaps in our data. If you can help us fill in any of the gaps in the data (African Cup of Nations 1980-1996; Asian Cup 1972-1996), please don't hesitate to contact us.