Most football (soccer) FIFA World Cup matches played consecutively without scoring

The most World Cup matches played consecutively without a single goal scored is five and was first achieved by Bolivia, between 1930-1994. It was equalled by Algeria between 1986-2010 and Honduras between 1982-2014. Bolivia lost both games at the 1930 World Cup 4-0 (vs Yugoslavia and Brazil) before losing 8-0 to Uruguay in 1950, they lost the 1994 World Cup opener 1-0 and had a goalless draw against South Korea in the next match before finally ending their drought against Spain in the final group game with Erwin Sánchez scoring in a 3-1 defeat. Algeria's drought began at the 1986 World Cup losing their final two group games 1-0 and 3-0 to Brazil and Spain respectively, in their next appearance in 2010 they failed to score in all three group games losing 1-0 to Slovenia and USA with a 0-0 draw with England sandwiched in between those matches. Honduras failed to score in their final game of the 1982 World Cup against Yugoslavia. Having failed to qualify for another World Cup until 2010, they failed to register a goal in their three group matches during the tournament in South Africa. They then equalled the record with a 3-0 defeat to France in their opening match of the 2014 World Cup.