Biggest knockout-phase wins in World Cup history

1st) Sweden 8-0 Cuba (1938)
2nd) Italy 7-1 USA (1934)
2nd) Brazil 1-7 Germany (2014)
2nd) Hungary 6-0 Dutch East Indies (1938)
5th) Argentina 6-1 USA (1930)
5th) Uruguay 6-1 Yugoslavia (1930)
5th) West Germany 6-1 Austria (1954)
5th) Portugal 6-1 Switzerland (2022)
9th) Hungary 5-1 Sweden (1938)
9th) Denmark 1-5 Spain (1986)
9th) France 4-0 Northern Ireland (1958)
9th) West Germany 4-0 Uruguay (1966)
9th) Brazil 4-0 Poland (1986)
9th) Sweden 4-0 Bulgaria (1994)
9th) Argentina 0-4 Germany (2010)

Sweden 8-0 Cuba

Quarter-finals | France 1938

Sweden team: Henock Abrahamsson, Erik Almgren, Harry Andersson, Ivar Eriksson, Sven Jacobsson, Sven Jonasson, Olle Kallgren, Tore Keller, Arne Nyberg, Kurt Svanstrom, Gustav Wetterstrom.

Sweden scorers: Andersson (9), Wetterstrom (22), Wetterstrom (37), Wetterstrom (44), Keller (80), Andersson (81), Nyberg (84), Andersson (89).

What happened next: Sweden lost 5-1 to Hungary in the semi-finals and 4-2 to Brazil in the third-place play-off.

Italy 7-1 USA

Last 16 | Italy 1934

Italy team: Giampiero Combi, Luigi Allemandi, Luigi Bertolini, Giovanni Ferrari, Anfilogino Guarisi, Giuseppe Meazza, Luis Monti, Raimundo Orsi, Mario Pizziolo, Virginio Rosetta, Angelo Schiavio.

Italy scorers: Schiavio (18), Orsi (20), Schiavio (29), Ferrari (63), Schiavio (64), Orsi (69), Meazza (90).

What happened next: After a 1-1 draw with Spain after extra time, Italy edged a replay the following day, before stunning Austria’s venerated ‘Wunderteam’ two days after that. Nine minutes away from defeat to Czechoslovakia in the final, Italy rallied to win 2-1 after extra time.

Brazil 1-7 Germany

Semi-finals | Brazil 2014

Germany team: Manuel Neuer, Philipp Lahm, Jerome Boateng, Mats Hummels (Per Mertesacker), Benedikt Howedes, Sami Khedira (Julian Draxler), Toni Kroos, Bastian Schweinsteiger, Thomas Muller, Mesut Ozil, Miroslav Klose (Andre Schurrle).

Germany scorers: Muller (11), Klose (23), Kroos (24), Kroos (26), Khedira (29), Schurrle (69), Schurrle (79).

What happened next: Brazil were beaten soundly, 3-0 by the Netherlands, in the third-place play-off, while Germany outlasted Argentina over 120 minutes to win their fourth title.

Hungary 6-0 Dutch East Indies

Last 16 | France 1938

Hungary team: Jozsef Hada, Sandor Biro, Lajos Koranyi, Istvan Balogh, Gyula Lazar, Jozsef Turay, Ferenc Sas, Gyorgy Sarosi, Gyula Zsengeller, Geza Toldi, Vilmos Kohut.

Hungary scorers: Kohut (13), Geza Toldi (15), Sarosi (28), Zsengeller (35), Zsengeller (76), Sarosi (89).

What happened next: Hungary beat Switzerland 2-0 and Sweden 5-1 to reach the final, before falling 4-2 to Italy.

Argentina 6-1 USA

Semi-finals | Uruguay 1930

Argentina team: Juan Botasso, Jose Della Torre, Fernando Paternoster, Juan Evaristo, Luis Monti, Rodolfo Orlandini, Carlos Peucelle, Alejandro Scopelli, Guillermo Stabile, Manuel Ferreira, Mario Evaristo.

Argentina scorers: Monti (20), Scopelli (56), Stabile (69), Peucelle (80), Peucelle (85), Stabile (87).

What happened next: Argentina lost 4-2 to arch-enemies Uruguay in the final.

Uruguay 6-1 Yugoslavia

Semi-finals | Uruguay 1930

Uruguay team: Enrique Ballestrero, Jose Nasazzi, Ernesto Mascheroni, Jose Andrade, Lorenzo Fernandez, Alvaro Gestido, Pablo Dorado, Hector Scarone, Peregrino Anselmo, Pedro Cea, Santos Iriarte.

Uruguay scorers: Cea (18), Anselmo (20), Anselmo (31), Iriarte (61), Cea (67), Cea (72).

What happened next: Uruguay reversed a half-time deficit to down Argentina 4-2 in the final.

West Germany 6-1 Austria

Semi-finals | Switzerland 1954

West Germany team: Toni Turek, Jupp Posipal, Werner Liebrich, Werner Kohlmeyer, Horst Eckel, Karl Mai, Helmut Rahn, Max Morlock, Ottmar Walter, Fritz Walter, Hans Schafer.

West Germany scorers: Schafer (31), Morlock (47), F. Walter (54), O. Walter (61), F. Walter (64), O. Walter (89).

What happened next: West Germany, who had lost 8-3 to Hungary in the group stage, came from two goals down to stun the same side 3-2 and win their first World Cup.

Portugal 6-1 Switzerland

Last 16 | Qatar 2022

Portugal team: Diogo Costa, Diogo Dalot, Pepe, Ruben Dias, Raphael Guerreiro, Otavio (Vitinha), William Carvalho, Bernardo Silva (Ruben Neves), Bruno Fernandes (Rafael Leao), Joao Felix (Cristiano Ronaldo), Goncalo Ramos (Ricardo Horta).

Portugal scorers: Ramos (17), Pepe (33), Ramos (51), Guerreiro (55), Ramos (67), Leao (90+2).

What happened next: Portugal were upset 1-0 by tournament sensations Morocco in the quarter-finals.

Hungary 5-1 Sweden

Semi-finals | France 1938

Hungary team: Antal Szabo, Sandor Biro, Lajos Koranyi, Antal Szalay, Gyula Lazar, Jozsef Turay, Ferenc Sas, Gyorgy Sarosi, Gyula Zsengeller, Geza Toldi, Pal Titkos.

Hungary scorers: Jacobsson own-goal (19), Titkos (37), Zsengeller (39), Sarosi (65), Zsengeller (85)

What happened next: Hungary went into the final having scored 13 goals at the tournament and conceded just one, while Italy had netted seven and leaked three, but La Nazionale successfully defended their crown with a 4-2 victory.

Denmark 1-5 Spain

Last 16 | Mexico 1986

Spain team: Andoni Zubizarreta, Tomas, Victor, Andoni Goikoetxea, Jose Antonio Camacho, Michel (Francisco), Ricardo Gallego, Ramon Caldere, Julio Alberto, Julio Salinas (Eloy), Emilio Butragueno.

Spain scorers: Butragueno (43), Butragueno (57), Goikoetxea (68), Butragueno (80), Butragueno (89).

What happened next: Spain lost on penalties to Belgium in the quarter-finals.

France 4-0 Northern Ireland

Quarter-finals | Sweden 1958

France team: Claude Abbes, Raymond Kaelbel, Andre Lerond, Armand Penverne, Robert Jonquet, Jean-Jacques Marcel, Maryan Wisniewski, Raymond Kopa, Just Fontaine, Roger Piantoni, Jean Vincent.

France scorers: Wisniewski (44), Fontaine (55), Fontaine (63), Piantoni (68).

What happened next: France, at a numerical disadvantage for much of the game, lost 5-2 to Brazil in the semi-finals, but rebounded to defeat West Germany 6-3 in the battle for bronze.

West Germany 4-0 Uruguay

Quarter-finals | England 1966

West Germany team: Hans Tilkowski, Horst-Dieter Hottges, Willi Schulz, Wolfgang Weber, Karl-Heinz Schnellinger, Helmut Haller, Franz Beckenbauer, Wolfgang Overath, Lothar Emmerich, Uwe Seeler, Sigi Held.

West Germany scorers: Haller (11), Beckenbauer (70), Seeler (75), Haller (83)

What happened next: Beckenbauer’s glorious winner past Soviet Union goalkeeper Lev Yashin put West Germany in the final, where they lost a thriller 4-2 to hosts England after extra time.

Brazil 4-0 Poland

Last 16 | Mexico 1986

Brazil team: Carlos, Josimar, Edinho, Julio Cesar, Branco, Socrates (Zico), Elzo, Alemao, Junior, Muller (Silas), Careca.

Brazil scorers: Socrates (30), Josimar (55), Edinho (79), Careca (83).

What happened next: Brazil lost on penalties to France in the quarter-finals after one of the most thrilling games in World Cup history.

Sweden 4-0 Bulgaria

Third-place play-off | USA 1994

Sweden team: Thomas Ravelli, Roland Nilsson, Patrik Andersson, Joachim Bjorklund, Pontus Kamark, Stefan Schwarz, Hakan Mild, Klas Ingesson, Tomas Brolin, Henrik Larsson (Anders Limpar), Kennet Andersson.

Sweden scorers: Brolin (8), Mild (30), Larsson (37), Andersson (40).

What happened next: N/A.

Argentina 0-4 Germany

Quarter-finals | South Africa 2010

Germany team: Manuel Neuer, Philipp Lahm, Per Mertesacker, Arne Friedrich, Jerome Boateng (Marcell Jansen), Sami Khedira (Toni Kroos), Bastian Schweinsteiger, Thomas Muller (Piotr Trochowski), Mesut Ozil, Lukas Podolski, Miroslav Klose.

Germany scorers: Muller (3), Klose (68), Friedrich (74), Klose (89)

What happened next: A commanding Carles Puyol header downed Germany in the semi-finals, before they came from behind to beat Uruguay 3-2 for bronze.