Fun FIFA World Cup Facts

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WORLD CUP

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BRAZIL

IS THE ONLY COUNTRY TO HAVE COMPETED IN ALL 22 WORLD CUPS

COUNTRIES HAVE WON THE WORLD CUP TITLE

MOST GOALS SCORED BY AN INDIVIDUAL – MIROSLAV KLOSE, GERMANY

MEXICO

HAS MADE THE MOST WORLD CUP APPEARANCES WITHOUT WINNING THE CUP

10.8 SECONDS

HAS MADE THE MOST WORLD CUP APPEARANCES WITHOUT WINNING THE CUP KICK OFF (TURKEY, 2002)

THE 1954 EDITION IN SWITZERLAND WAS THE FIRST TO BE SHOWN ON

THE 2014 TOURNAMENT
WAS THE FIRST TO USE

GOAL LINE TECHNOLOGY

THE 2006 EDITION IN GERMANY FEATURED THE MOST SENDING OFFS IN A SINGLE TOURNAMENT WITH

28 RED CARDS IN 64 GAMES!

EGYPTIAN GOALKEEPER,

ESSAM EL HADARY

IS THE OLDEST PLAYER TO EVER PLAY IN THE WORLD AT THE AGE OF

45 YEARS 161 DAYS

HAVING PLAYED AT THE 2018 RUSSIAN WORLD CUP

THE 2002 EDITION HOSTED BY

SOUTH KOREA & JAPAN

WAS THE FIRST EVER FIFA WORLD CUP TO BE HOSTED BY TWO DIFFERENT NATIONS

MEXICO

HAVE THE MOST LOSSES IN FIFA WORLD HISTORY, HAVING LOST 27 DIFFERENT MATCHES SINCE THE WORLD CUP STARTED

WITH 8 APPEARANCES

CAMEROON

HAS QUALIFIED FOR THE WORLD CUP MORE THAN ANY OTHER AFRICAN NATION

THE HIGHEST EVER SCORING IN A WORLD CUP MATCH WAS WHEN AUSTRIA DEFEATED SWITZERLAND 7 – 5 WHEN SWITZERLAND HOSTED THE

1954 WORLD CUP

NO COUNTRY OUTSIDE

EUROPE & SOUTH AMERICA

HAS EVER WON THE FIFA WORLD CUP

HONDURAS

HAVE PLAYED THE MOST MATCHES IN FIFA WORLD CUP HISTORY (9) WITHOUT A WIN

THE WORLD CUP TROPHY WENT MISSING BEFORE THE START OF THE

1966 TOURNAMENT

THE WORLD CUP WAS SKIPPED IN 1942 AND 1946 DUE TO

WORLD WAR II

NO TEAM HAS EVER WON THE TOURNAMENT UNDER THE GUIDANCE OF A

FOREIGN COACH

NETHERLANDS

IS THE MOST SUCCESSFUL TEAM TO HAVE NEVER WON THE WORLD CUP, WITH 3 RUNNER-UP FINISHES AND ONCE PLACED FOURTH

THE FOOTBALL CLUB THAT HAS PROVIDED THE HIGHEST NUMBERS OF PLAYERS IN THE HISTORY OF THE WORLD CUP IS

JUVENTUS WITH 128

OLEG SALENKO

OF RUSSIA HAS SCORED THE MOST GOALS DURING A SINGLE WORLD CUP MATCH, WHEN HE SCORED 5 AGAINST CAMEROON BACK IN THE 1994 EDITION

MOST NUMBER OF GOALS SCORED IN FIFA WORLD CUP HISTORY IS

BRAZIL WITH 229

MOST NUMBER OF GOALS CONCEDED IN FIFA WORLD CUP HISTORY IS

GERMANY WITH 125

MOST MATCHES PLAYED IN FIFA WORLD CUP HISTORY IS

LOTHAR MATTHÄUS WITH 25

THE 1954 EDITION FEATURED A WHOPPING

8 HAT-TRICKS

THE MOST TREBLES EVER RECORDED IN A SINGLE EDITION

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