1. Argentina has faced the most number of penalty shootouts in the history of the tournament, they have been successful four out of the five times in such situation. Interestingly their only loss has come against Germany in 2006 who have been invincible in penalty shootouts as they have a cent percent record winning all four times.

2. 1998 was Croatia's first appearance as an independent nation and got a podium finish for themselves, edging out Netherlands in the place playoff by 2-1. The best victory came against the Germans as they thumped 3 goals to none in the quarters. Davor Suker, the golden boot winner of the tournament sealed the glorious victory with the third goal, overall the then-Real Madrid striker scored six goals from seven matches.