After 92 years of history, one of world sport’s great coincidences comes to a close – The FIFA World Cup host WAS unbeaten through 21 editions (16 wins, 6 draws when you remember Japan & South Korea were co-hosts).

1930: Uruguay defeated Peru 1-0

1934: Italy defeated the United States 7-0

1938: France defeated Belgium 3-1

1950: Brazil defeated Mexico 4-0

1954: Switzerland defeated Italy 2-1

1958: Sweden defeated Mexico 3-0

1962: Chile defeated Switzerland 3-1

1966: England drew 0-0 with Uruguay

1970: Mexico drew 0-0 with the Soviet Union

1974: West Germany defeated Chile 1-0

1978: Argentina defeated Hungary 2-1

1982: Spain drew 1-1 with Honduras

1986: Mexico defeated Belgium 2-1

1990: Italy defeated Austria 1-0

1994: United States drew 1-1 with Switzerland

1998: France defeated South Africa 3-0

2002: South Korea defeated Poland 2-0, Japan drew 2-2 with Belgium

2006: Germany defeated Costa Rica 4-2

2010: South Africa drew 1-1 with Mexico

2014: Brazil defeated Croatia 3-1

2018: Russia defeated Saudi Arabia 5-0

2022: Qatar lose 0-2 against Ecuador.

Oh who are we kidding, we saw this coming.