Did you Know?

21 interesting things about

Football World Cup

FIFA World Cup started in 1930 under the stewardship of International Federation of Association Football also called "Fédération Internationale de Football Association“ which is the international governing body of association football, futsal and beach soccer who is responsible for the organization of football's major international tournaments, notably the World Cup.

At the 2002 FIFA World Cup, Oliver Kahn became the first and only goalkeeper in the tournament's history to win the Golden Ball trophy.

India withdrew from the 1950 World Cup when they realized that according to FIFA regulations players had to wear football boots and would not be allowed to play barefoot.

Did you know that Soccer is played on every continent and the soccer World Cup is the most viewed event in the world.

The first international football game or match was between Scotland and England

Sir Viv Richards is the only person to have played both World Cup Football and World Cup Cricket.

Norman Whiteside was 17 when he played in the 1982 FIFA World Cup making him the youngest player to play in the world cup.

42-year-old Roger Milla in 1994 became the oldest goal scorer and the oldest player in World Cup history.

The first World Cup 1930 was the only one without qualification.

One of the two soccer balls were used in the first 1930 World Cup final between Argentina and Uruguay as both teams wanted to use their own 'home-made' ball in the Final. Argentina's ball was used for the first half, and Uruguay's ball was used for the second half.

Host Country Uruguay won the first world cup tournament in 1930 against Argentina.

After winning , the Uruguayan players were treated as national heroes, and each player was presented with a plot of land and a new house by the municipality of Montevideo.

An unexpected consequence of Argentina's defeat in the 1930 Final was that the Argentinian president was overthrown in a military coup flamed by the deeply disappointed citizens for several days after the Final.

• Brazil's Pele is the only player to win three World Cups in 1958, 1962 and 1970.

• Brazil is the country to have appeared for every finals tournament. They have appeared for the last 19 tournaments, won five of them.

• Out of the 19 world cups, European nations have won ten titles; South American teams have won nine. No other continent has produced a world champion.

• The next World Cup will be held in Brazil in 2014 and in Russia in 2018 and Qatar in 2022.

• Host country South Africa won their first ever match in a FIFA World Cup 2010 tournament. South Africa is the first host country in history to be knocked out in the first round of a FIFA World Cup tournament.

 • New Zealand was the only unbeaten team in the 2010 FIFA World

Cup. They played to a draw in all 3 of their group matches against Italy, Paraguay and Slovakia. 

• It’s the first time European teams have won consecutive FIFA World Cup tournaments since Italy retained the title in 1938. It was also the first new winner and the first new finalist since then 1998 FIFA World Cup tournament in France and the first new winner without home advantage since Brazil in 1958. And it’s the first time the winning team lost their opening match in a tournament. A team from Europe has also won the FIFA World Cup for the first time on a different continent.

• Germany Thomas Müller was awarded with the FIFA Golden Boot award, Uruguay Diego Forlán was awarded with the FIFA Golden Ball award, Spain Iker Casillas was awarded the Golden Glove award and Spain were awarded the FIFA Fair Play trophy for their outstanding performances in the 2010 FIFA World.

Content produced by http://kridangan.com

Thank you