The current World Cup in Qatar has broken all previous records. The tournament exceeded all previous finals with the eighth 0-0 after 90 minutes in the quarter-finals between Croatia and Brazil.
The tallies were 0-0 seven games beyond the regular ending of the game at the World Cups in 1982, 2006, 2010, and 2014.
Croatia also drew goalless matches with Belgium and Morocco prior to the first quarterfinal encounter. Denmark and Tunisia, Mexico and Poland, and England and the United States all had scoreless matches.
Furthermore, Uruguay and South Korea tied 0-0. In the round of 16 encounter between Spain and Morocco, it was likewise deadlocked at 0-0 after 90 minutes.
The first 0-0 at a World Cup was a long time coming for the football world. There were two games without a goal after 90 minutes just once, in the sixth round of the 1958 tournament. After 90 minutes of play at the 2018 World Cup in Russia, the score remained 0-0. Denmark and the eventual world winners France were separated without scoring in the group stage. Even after Qatar, the current World Cup record for fewest goals scored will continue.
After 58 games, 154 goals were scored – 2.75 per game. The 1990 World Cup in Italy holds the negative record. Only 115 goals were scored throughout the tournament – an average of 2.21 goals per game. The record for the highest goal average at a World Cup will probably not be beaten either. When Germany became world champions for the first time in 1954, the ball landed in the net 140 times in 26 games – an average of 5.38 goals per game.