Spain had conceded 1 goal through the 2026 World Cup semi-finals.
That single goal came in Spain’s 2–1 quarter-final victory over Belgium. Spain kept clean sheets in its other matches through the semi-final stage, including the 2–0 semi-final win over France.
The statistic covers Spain’s matches up to and including the semi-final, before the final against Argentina. It is not the same as Spain’s total goals scored, nor does it count goals conceded by opponents in penalty shoot-outs, because no such shoot-out affected Spain’s route to the final.
The defensive record was especially striking in the expanded 2026 tournament. Spain reached the final after eight matches, conceding only once in the entire competition. That made the team’s defensive performance one of the defining statistical features of its championship campaign.