Penalty shootouts: World Cup history

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The 2010 football World Cup kicks off in South Africa on June 11th, and many matches could be decided by penalty shootouts. Since the format was introduced in 1982 there have been 20 shootouts in seven tournaments.

The following is the success rates for countries in past World Cup penalty shootouts, and results from the previous 20 shootouts (source: Fifa.com):

COUNTRY P W L SCORE %

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