World Cup Scorigami
In 964 matches across every FIFA World Cup since 1930, only 33 unique scorelines have occurred. This is every final score in World Cup history.
What is scorigami?
A scorigami is a final score that has never happened before in the history of a competition. Coined by Jon Bois for American football, it can be applied to any sport. In football, the score space is unsurprisingly small: most matches end somewhere in a 6×4 box.
Reading the grid
Each cell represents a unique scoreline. The x-axis is the winning team's goals, the y-axis is the losing team's goals. Draws sit on the diagonal. Darker = happened more often. Empty (black) cells are scorelines that have never occurred: potential future scorigami.
About the data
- Data covers every FIFA World Cup from Uruguay 1930 to the present tournament, sourced from openfootball.
- Scores are the final score after extra time where it was played. Penalty shootouts never count towards the scoreline — the 2022 final lives in the 3-3 cell.
- West Germany's record is merged into Germany, following FIFA convention. Other historical teams (Soviet Union, Yugoslavia, Czechoslovakia) are kept distinct.
- The modern era starts with France 1998, when the tournament expanded to 32 teams.
- In the default view, scorelines are normalised: a 3-1 win is the same cell regardless of which team won. Switch to Home / Away view to unfold the grid (the "home" team is the first-named side).
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