Nobody has retained the trophy since Brazil in 1962, while four of the past five champions have been eliminated in the group stage
From champs to chumps! Following Wednesday's shock loss to South Korea, Germany have become the latest victims of the curse of the World Cup winners.
Three of the past four champions had bowed out at the group stage, and Joachim Low's side joined that unwanted list with their second defeat of an awful attempt to defend their trophy.
Germany started their campaign in the worst fashion, going down to Mexico in a 1-0 shock loss that could have been even more convincing if El Tri showed more cutting edge in front of goal.