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Tuesday, May 21, 2024
WATCH: Israeli teams set soccer world record with 56 penalty kick shootout
Israel’s SC Dimona and Shimshon Tel Aviv set a world record for the longest ever penalty shootout with 56 kicks.
Their semi-final promotion playoff in the third tier finishes 2-2 after extra time, leading to penalties.
Dimona wins the shootout 23-22 after each side took 28 penalties in the city of Dimona in the Negev desert.
The previous record of 54 penalty kicks was set in March 2022 in England when Washington beat Bedlington 25-24 during a first-round tie in the Ernest Armstrong Memorial Cup.
A new world record was set tonight in Israel. M.S. Dimona beat Shimshon Tel Aviv 23:22 in a penalty shootout in the third league playoff semifinal. In the historic duel, 56 penalties were kicked, more than the 54 penalties kicked in March 2022, when Washington beat Bedlington in… pic.twitter.com/U2v7DikKT6
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