<P> The Italians have lost six shoot - outs in major championships, notably being eliminated from three consecutive World Cups (1990--1998) and the Euro 2016 quarter - finals on penalties . However, they have also won three shoot - outs, including the Euro 2000 semi-final against the Netherlands, the Euro 2012 quarter - final against England, and the 2006 World Cup Final against France . </P> <P> On 16 November 2005, a place in the World Cup was directly determined by a penalty shoot - out for the first time . The 2006 FIFA World Cup qualifying playoff between Australia and Uruguay ended 1--1 on aggregate, with Uruguay winning the first leg 1--0 at home and Australia winning the second leg at home by the same score . A scoreless 30 minutes of extra time was followed by a shoot - out, which Australia won 4--2 . </P> <P> During the 2006 FIFA World Cup in Germany, Switzerland set an unwanted new record in the round of 16 shoot - out against Ukraine by failing to convert any of their penalties, losing 3--0 . The goalkeeper Oleksandr Shovkovsky (Ukraine) became the first not to concede a single goal in the penalty shoot - out, saving two of the Swiss attempts, with another shot hitting the crossbar . The result meant that Switzerland became the first nation to be eliminated from the World Cup without conceding any goals (and, moreover, the only nation to participate in a World Cup finals tournament without conceding a goal). </P> <P> The same competition featured a shoot - out between Germany and Argentina, the two most successful teams up to that point in terms of World Cup finals penalty shoot - outs: each team had competed in 3 shoot - outs and won all of them . Germany won this shoot - out, leaving Germany alone with a 4--0 record in World Cup finals . </P>

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