few fun facts about football world cups

Few Fun Facts About Football World Cups

For the first time ever, all eight group winners have made it to the quarter finals of the same world cup…

• Group A

Brazil

• Group B

Netherlands

• Group C

Colombia

• Group D

Costa Rica

• Group E

France

• Group F

Argentina

• Group G

Germany

• Group H

Belgium

World Cup World Record For Saves

Tim Howard, US Goal keeper, has set a World Cup World Record by making 16 saves in a knockout game against Belgium!

The

Super

Man!

Lost 300k Twitter Followers

Luis Suarez, Forward from Uruguay, has lost more than 300k Twitter followers since biting Giorgio Chiellini in a match against Italy

Bad Boy!

Win all 3 Man of the Matches

Lionel Messi, Forward from Argentina, is the first player ever to win all 3 Man of the Matches in Group Stage games in a World Cup

The Legend!

Goal Line Technology

This is the first World Cup ever with Goal Line Technology. 6 cameras around the Goal track the ball and system software creates 3D image which capture the position of the ball in relation to the Goal line. As the ball crosses the Goal line, the system sends message to referee within half a second.

Three Brothers Made HistoryThree Brothers Jerry, Jhony and Wilson Palacios made history as the first three brothers ever to play in same squad, for Honduras

Bears and Hot Dogs

Bears750 000

Hot Dogs400 000

Fans drank,

And ate

Highest Viewership

The World Cup screened in every single country and territory on Earth including Antarctica and the Arctic C.ircle

3.2 billion i.e. 46% of total population fo-cused on South Africa

The only host country

South Africa is the only host country to LOSE in the 1st Round

Team

TeamTeam

The only World Cup Hosted by two nations

Japan

South Korea

The Fastest Goal…

The fastest Goal in the World Cup history took place in a match between Turkey and South Korea. South Korean had the ball first and passed it back to the defence, but the ball was stolen by Turkey and then Hakan Sukur…

GoalJust 11 SecondsGame Start

19 World CupOver 200 Countries Participated

Only Eight Winners

Brazil5

Italy4

Germany3

Argentina2

Uruguay2

France1

Spain1

England1

The Host Country Has Won Six time

Uruguay in 1930

Italy in 1934

England in 1966

Germany in 1974

Argentina in 1978

France in 1998

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