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World Cup: Largest Margin of Victory Record Broken?

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World Cup: Largest Margin of Victory Record Broken?

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Note: Current record 9 goals (Hungary 10-1 El Salvador, 1982). This market will resolve “Yes” if any team wins a match by 10 or more goals during the 2026 FIFA World Cup. Otherwise, this market will resolve to “No”. Extra time goals count. Penalty shootouts do not count. If the 2026 FIFA World Cup is cancelled, postponed after August 2, 2026, 11:59 PM ET, or it cannot be determined whether the record was broken within that timeframe, this market will resolve to “No”. The resolution source for this market will be official information from FIFA; however, a consensus of credible reporting may also be used.The trader consensus favoring no new record largely reflects the historical rarity of double-digit margins in modern World Cups, where the nine-goal benchmark set by Hungary and Yugoslavia has held since 1982 despite periodic mismatches. Expanded 2026 field and 104 matches create more group-stage opportunities for lopsided results, yet improved global standards, better-prepared underdogs, and tactical discipline have capped recent blowouts at seven or eight goals, as seen in 2022. Stronger minnows from expanded qualifying and FIFA development programs reduce the extreme talent gaps that fueled past records, while top sides typically ease off once results are secure.

Note: Current record 9 goals (Hungary 10-1 El Salvador, 1982).

This market will resolve “Yes” if any team wins a match by 10 or more goals during the 2026 FIFA World Cup. Otherwise, this market will resolve to “No”.

Extra time goals count. Penalty shootouts do not count.

If the 2026 FIFA World Cup is cancelled, postponed after August 2, 2026, 11:59 PM ET, or it cannot be determined whether the record was broken within that timeframe, this market will resolve to “No”.

The resolution source for this market will be official information from FIFA; however, a consensus of credible reporting may also be used.
Volume
$92
End Date
Jul 20, 2026
Market Opened
Jun 8, 2026, 3:06 PM ET

Resolver

0x65070BE91...
 Note: Current record 9 goals (Hungary 10-1 El Salvador, 1982). This market will resolve “Yes” if any team wins a match by 10 or more goals during the 2026 FIFA World Cup. Otherwise, this market will resolve to “No”. Extra time goals count. Penalty shootouts do not count. If the 2026 FIFA World Cup is cancelled, postponed after August 2, 2026, 11:59 PM ET, or it cannot be determined whether the record was broken within that timeframe, this market will resolve to “No”. The resolution source for this market will be official information from FIFA; however, a consensus of credible reporting may also be used.
Note: Current record 9 goals (Hungary 10-1 El Salvador, 1982). This market will resolve “Yes” if any team wins a match by 10 or more goals during the 2026 FIFA World Cup. Otherwise, this market will resolve to “No”. Extra time goals count. Penalty shootouts do not count. If the 2026 FIFA World Cup is cancelled, postponed after August 2, 2026, 11:59 PM ET, or it cannot be determined whether the record was broken within that timeframe, this market will resolve to “No”. The resolution source for this market will be official information from FIFA; however, a consensus of credible reporting may also be used.The trader consensus favoring no new record largely reflects the historical rarity of double-digit margins in modern World Cups, where the nine-goal benchmark set by Hungary and Yugoslavia has held since 1982 despite periodic mismatches. Expanded 2026 field and 104 matches create more group-stage opportunities for lopsided results, yet improved global standards, better-prepared underdogs, and tactical discipline have capped recent blowouts at seven or eight goals, as seen in 2022. Stronger minnows from expanded qualifying and FIFA development programs reduce the extreme talent gaps that fueled past records, while top sides typically ease off once results are secure.

Note: Current record 9 goals (Hungary 10-1 El Salvador, 1982).

This market will resolve “Yes” if any team wins a match by 10 or more goals during the 2026 FIFA World Cup. Otherwise, this market will resolve to “No”.

Extra time goals count. Penalty shootouts do not count.

If the 2026 FIFA World Cup is cancelled, postponed after August 2, 2026, 11:59 PM ET, or it cannot be determined whether the record was broken within that timeframe, this market will resolve to “No”.

The resolution source for this market will be official information from FIFA; however, a consensus of credible reporting may also be used.
Volume
$92
End Date
Jul 20, 2026
Market Opened
Jun 8, 2026, 3:06 PM ET

Resolver

0x65070BE91...
 Note: Current record 9 goals (Hungary 10-1 El Salvador, 1982). This market will resolve “Yes” if any team wins a match by 10 or more goals during the 2026 FIFA World Cup. Otherwise, this market will resolve to “No”. Extra time goals count. Penalty shootouts do not count. If the 2026 FIFA World Cup is cancelled, postponed after August 2, 2026, 11:59 PM ET, or it cannot be determined whether the record was broken within that timeframe, this market will resolve to “No”. The resolution source for this market will be official information from FIFA; however, a consensus of credible reporting may also be used.

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