Defending champion Germany being out from the group stage

Germany out of Group stage is the 5th defending champion

In the final league match of Kazan.Group F, South Korea overturned a major, defeating current champion Germany 2-0. With this defeat Germany's journey in the World Cup ended. This happened in the third World Cup in a row, when the champion team got out of the tournament in the first round. Earlier in 2010 Italy and 2014 Spain were out of the stage. South Korea against Germany has done both goals in time. Meanwhile, in the second match of Group F, Sweden defeated Mexico 3-0 and made it to the last 16 after 12 years.

For the first time in the World Cup in South Korea Germany Germany: Against South Korea, Germany has played 3 matches in the World Cup. Now in two Germany and 1 in South Korea have won. Earlier, South Korea had won in a friendly match played against Germany in 2004 alone. Germany defeated them in the 1994 World Cup by 3-2 and a 1-0 margin in the 2002 semi-final. Not only this, it is Germany's first defeat in the World Cup against any Asian team. Earlier, in the 3 fixtures, Germany did not allow the Asian teams to score any goal.