Interesting Facts About the World Cup

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In this article, we will look at some of the most interesting facts about the FIFA World Cup that few people know about.

1. The history of the FIFA World Cup dates back to 1928, when Jules Rimet, the president of FIFA decided to hold it in 1930 in Uruguay. And no matter how symbolic it is, the first winner in history was the national team of Uruguay, which beat the team of Argentina with a score of 4:2.
2. The national team of Uruguay and Argentina in the 1930 match could not agree in any way whose ball to use (they were made by different spheres), so half of the match was played with one ball, the other half of the match with another.
3. The fourth final goal in this match was scored by Hector Castro. He was and remains the only football player in the history of the championship with a serious physical disability – he did not have one arm up to the elbow.
4. Brazil, in turn, has collected the largest number of titles, they have only 5 World Cup victories in their piggy bank, which is one more victory than the German and Italian national teams.
5. But Germany has been to the final the most – 8 times.
6. In the entire history of the FIFA World Cup, the best scorer was and remains Miroslav Klose from the German national team, who scored 16 goals against the opponent in 4 championships.
7. But in 1958, a Frenchman named Just Fontaine set a record that no one has managed to repeat yet. He scored 13 goals against the opponent in 6 matches.
8. As a coach and a player, 2 football players won – the Brazilian Mario Zagallo and the German Franz Beckenbauer.
9. The most unlucky team can be recognized as the Dutch national team, which reached the final 3 times and lost all 3 times.
10. The football legend Maradona, known to all fans, scored one of his goals with his hand at the 1986 World Cup, but the referee did not notice it and the goal was counted. 
11. African national teams have never reached the final of the FIFA World Cup.
12. But the Asian national teams reached the semifinals at most. The South Korean national team reached the semifinals at the 2002 World Cup.
13. The fastest goal was scored in 2002 in a match between Turkey and Korea. Already on the 11th second, Hakan Shukur opened the account.
14. The World Cup in Russia is being held for the first time in history.

We hope that you enjoyed our selection of interesting facts about the FIFA World Cup and you learned something new for yourself.