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What would happen if
Posted by Poster from the past on 14/6/2026, 22:50:44
Every single game at a World Cup was a 1-1 draw and every team had 2 yellow cards every game? And then when it goes to extra time no-one scores and then when it goes to penalties no-one ever misses, ever. Would the games go on forever? And would everyone just share the World Cup eventually?outlaws is not the barometer of sanity. You're either Luton full tilt or you are nothing. We have spunked way too much money on shite. The end.
This is one of those wonderfully cursed football thought experiments where the rules start to break down.
Short answer: **No, the games would not go on forever, and no, everyone would not eventually share the World Cup.** FIFA has tie-breakers specifically to prevent exactly this kind of infinite loop.
Here's how it would play out.
### Group stage: all games end 1–1, everyone gets 2 yellow cards
Suppose every team in the tournament:
* Draws every match 1–1 * Receives exactly 2 yellow cards in every match
Then every team in a group would have identical:
* Points * Goal difference * Goals scored * Head-to-head record * Fair play score (same yellow cards)
At that point FIFA uses **drawing of lots**—essentially a random selection conducted officially by tournament organizers.
So teams would literally advance by luck.
Imagine flipping a coin to decide who reaches the Round of 16.
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### Knockout stage: 1–1 forever, no missed penalties
Now things get even stranger.
If a knockout match ends:
* 1–1 after normal time, * 1–1 after extra time, * and **nobody ever misses a penalty**,
then the shootout becomes impossible to finish normally.
Penalty shootouts work by continuing into **sudden death** after the first five kicks each. The shootout only ends when one team scores and the other doesn't in the same round.
But if nobody ever misses:
* Team A scores. * Team B scores. * Repeat forever.
Theoretically, the shootout never ends.
There is **no rule in football saying "after 100 penalties we flip a coin."**
So under your impossible assumption of "nobody ever misses, ever," the match would indeed become infinite.
Players would eventually all have taken penalties:
* Goalkeepers * Substitutes * Coaches aren't allowed, but every eligible player would shoot.
After everyone has taken one, the order simply repeats.
So you'd get:
* Penalty #437: still 437–437 * Penalty #10,000: still 10,000–10,000 * Penalty #1,000,000: still level
The final would literally never end.
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### Would everyone share the World Cup?
No.
The tournament would get stuck before a winner could be declared.
For example, if the final reached this impossible eternal shootout:
* There would be no champion. * FIFA would probably suspend or abandon the match. * The rules do **not** currently provide for co-champions of the men's World Cup.
In reality, of course, someone eventually misses a penalty because humans get tired, goalkeepers save shots, or pressure wins.
Your scenario creates a true mathematical paradox in the rules: an event with **zero probability under your assumptions of ever ending**.
So the most accurate answer is:
* **Group stage:** decided by lots. * **Knockout stage:** infinite penalty shootouts. * **World Cup winner:** none unless FIFA invents an emergency rule on the spot.
Football wasn't designed for perfectly symmetric universes.
They did away with drawing lots a few World Cup’s ago. So you won’t get mid tournament draws anymore, like we had in 1990 for example. If 2 teams finish level in all criteria up to and including fair-play, then it will go down to FIFA rankings (which of course are known by all teams in advance).
I want to see this happen now.outlaws is not the barometer of sanity. You're either Luton full tilt or you are nothing. We have spunked way too much money on shite. The end.
I know, any tournament in the future World Cup or Euros I mean.outlaws is not the barometer of sanity. You're either Luton full tilt or you are nothing. We have spunked way too much money on shite. The end.
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on 14/6/2026, 22:50:44
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