Top 7 Little Known Facts about This Super Bowl

Every year the Super Bowl day is one of the most happening days in USA. Not only football fans but many others too look forward to this day with anticipation as this day is generally spent in the fun filled manner with the near & dear ones. This Super Bowl is the ultimate form of entertainment for many as it is filled with sport, fun, music & food. More than the game, this Super Bowl was all about experience. Here are the top 7 little known facts about Super Bowl 50.

1. The game between the New York Jets and the Baltimore Colts in 1969 was the first time the league used Roman numerals and the official Super Bowl name. This is the first time a number, not a roman numeral will be used to designate the super bowl.

2. Every year there will be a lot of talk and hype about the super bowl commercials. Ever wondered how much would it cost for a slot during this super bowl? Hold your breath, the average 30-second commercial spot is $5million. That’s $166666 per second. That’s huge amount on any standards.

3. Did you know that the FAA puts a flight restriction over stadiums during every regular-season and postseason NFL game? It might come as a surprise for you but it’s true.

4. Miss universe Pia Wurtzbach was the correspondent for “Inside edition” who analyzed the game was a hit at the Super Bowl 50.

5. This super bowl is broadcasted in around 200 countries and in two dozen languages.

6. According to some info from various sources, more than 300 million gallons of beer is being drunk and more than 10 million pounds of chips and 10 million slices of pizza are being consumed on this super Sunday.

7. Super Bowl 50 was only the fourth game between teams with animals as nicknames; earlier instances were Seahawks – broncos in ’14, Colts-Bears in ’07, and Broncos-Falcons in ’99.

Top 3 Qualities of Lionel Messi which make him one of the best football players

We all know what Lionel Messi is capable of doing on the football field. Many players score goals but Messi at times mesmerizes you with his skills with the football. It appears as though he has just performed a magic trick out there. He possesses this awesome skill which enthralls his fans. There are few qualities which make Lionel Messi one of the greatest football players ever. Let’s take a look at them,

1. Dribbling
Messi is simply the best when it comes to dribbling. He is fast on the field and usually has immense control over the ball. This unique characteristic of speed and control in his dribbling enables him deceive the defenders with ease. He has shown his dribbling skills ample number of times and they are to be seen to be believed.

2. Balance
Very few players can come close to Messi in terms of having balance on the field. Messi’s height comes to his advantage in this regard. He has strong legs & can turn around, deviate, run never losing his balance. This unique feature enables him display some breathtaking football skills.

3. Control
If you ask the best of defenders who have played against Messi, they all have one thing in common what they about Messi. That is his control over the football when attacking. He runs quickly, dribbles it with both legs, deceives easily and is capable of scoring from any corner/place of the football field. The basic reason why is capable of doing all the said stuff is because of his ability to not to lose control over the ball at any given time.

All said, Messi is truly among the all time greats of the game and we are blessed to be able to see his game.

A Lookback at 2014 Football World Cup Semi-finals and Finals

Right from the very beginning of the 2014 football world cup, many people expected Brazil, Germany, Argentina, Spain and Netherlands to do well. Four out of these five teams, except Spain, lived up to the expectations by reaching semi finals.  The 2010 world champions, Spain’s early exit from the tournament came as a rude shock to every football fan. But, one must agree that they didn’t play to their potential which has resulted in Spain’s exit without even reaching the second round.

                         Remaining teams which include Brazil, Germany, Argentina and Netherlands played some very good football throughout the tournament.  Just before the semi-final match against Germany, Brazil lost two of its main players to injury which resulted in a complete one-sided semi final. Germany handed over a humiliating defeat to Brazil in that match. At the start of that semi final match, not many expected Brazil to win it but at the same time, not many would have expected Brazil to put up such a poor show on the field. It seemed as if, the Brazil players were clueless about what is happening on the field. They were completely out of the sink. This defeat would go down as Brazil’s worst in the history. This was on display again against Netherlands, in the match held to decide the 3^rd team.

                      The second semi-final match between Argentina and Netherlands was a close game. Both played some amazing game and didn’t concede even a single goal to the opposition in the specified time. As there was no goal scored by either team in the extra time as well, the match went onto the penalty shootout. Argentina won the match and entered the final. Netherlands beat Brazil in the match held for 3^rd team and settled at 3^rd place.

                    In the final between Germany and Argentina, many expected Germany to win it. Argentina too had great support, but pundits predicted it would be Germany’s game.  Even in this match, no goal was scored by either team in the time so the match went to the extra time. It is here that Germany managed to score a goal, which ultimately resulted crowning them as world champions. Argentina players and fans were disappointed but they must feel proud of themselves for reaching so far.

                               One thing is sure. Argentina had Messi, Brazil had Neymar but Germany had team, which resulted in Germany winning the world cup. Congrats Germany, the 2014 football world cup champions.

              

Biggest Disappointments of 2014 Football World Cup

Before the start of 2014 fifa world cup, many people expected some top teams and top players to perform exceedingly well. But, as and when the tournament started a lot of unexpected things and events occurred on the football field. Current world champion Spain’s early exit from the tournament came as a shocker to not only their fans but also for all football fans across the globe.  Many people expected Spain to perform way better than what it actually did. But what is life if everything turnout according to our wishes.

                       2014 world cup in Brazil started off with a bang. The opening ceremony was nothing short of spectacular or mesmerizing.  Everyone who follows football keenly knows that, all these glitters before the games can only draw the attention of the world but for the tournament to be a success there has to be some really interesting and hard-fought games on the football field.

             In the initial stages of the tournament, Spain’s loss to Netherlands was a big disappointment.  Every football fan knows that, on a given day, a game can be anybody’s. But the manner in which Spain lost the game to Netherlands, 5-1, was humiliating. Then another loss has led the way for Spain’s early exit from the 2014 football world cup. The Next big disappointment was the exit of England team from the tournament. Before the start of the tournament, not many have believed that this England team would win the world cup but they expected it to play well & just hoped for some miracle to happen. That didn’t happen and they too had to leave the tournament with their heads held low.

                          Coming to the players’ performance, many star players who were riding high on expectations didn’t perform to their caliber. This once again goes on to prove that, no matter how good your form is in club level, it takes a lot of hard work to convert it into at international level. Some of the big names which were the reason for the disappointment of many fans were Cristiano Ronaldo of Portugal, Wayne Rooney of England, Iker Casillas of Spain, Pepe of Portugal, Diego Costa of Spain.  A lot was expected from these but except for few glimpses of stunning show every now and then, here and there, all they could offer to their fans and football fans was disappointment.  Tournament hasn’t finished yet, so let’s just hope the remaining lot continues to do the good work on the field.

TOP Three Most popular players of 2014 Football world cup

For every football player, football world cup tournament is such a big event that it gives an opportunity to him to prove himself on the world's biggest arena. Play to the best of your ability, score for your team and help them win a match and the entire world recognizes your talent in no time.  Millions will be praising you and loving you.  An ordinary football player can become a super star in overnight. But, there are some players who command huge fan following irrespective of how their performance is going to be in 2014 football world cup. This doesn’t mean that they will not perform to their potential in the tournament, but they have already proved themselves in other big football arenas.  Lionel Messi of Argentina, Cristiano Ronaldo of Portugal and Neymar of Brazil are the three most popular football players in this 2014 worldcup tournament. By the end of the tournament, if a list of most popular football players of 2014 world cup is made, then these three players are sure to find a place in that.

                                               If the trends in social media are anything to go by, these three players are way ahead of other footballers in terms of popularity. During this world cup, each of these player’s name is mentioned thousands of times in tweets and facebook posts. This is just an indication of how popular these players are in the eyes of football fans. Each of these players enjoy fan base across the nations. Lionel Messi, Cristiano Ronaldo and Neymar are sure to raise heartbeats in this tournament. They are raring to go out there and give their best performance every time they step in the field.   Just wish that these top three most popular football players keep doing, what they do best, I.E. score impeccable goals.   After all, for a football player, no money in the world can match the admiration and love shown by the crowd after scoring a goal.    

                                            

Players like these can change the course of the game in no time. watch out for them.

Football World Cup Trivia quiz Answers

The following are the correct answers to the football world cup trivia quiz questions asked in the previous post of this blog. A brief factoid is also provided to each question for football world cup trivia enthusiasts.

Answers and Factoids:

1. Ronaldo

Ronaldo represented Brazil in 1998, 2002 and 2006 FIFA world cups and scored a total of 15 goals. He scored 4 goals in 1998, 8 goals in 2002 and 3 goals in 2006.

2.Gabriel Batistuta

Gabriel Batistuta represented Argentina in 3 world cups and scored 10 goals. He scored 4 goals in 1994 world cup, 5 goals in 1998 world cup and 1 goal in 2002 world cup.

3. Ronaldo

Ronaldo represented Brazil in 1998, 2002 and 2006 FIFA world cups and scored a total of 15 goals. He scored 4 goals in 1998, 8 goals in 2002 and 3 goals in 2006.

4.Just Fontaine

Just Fontaine scored 13 goals in FIFA World Cup finals tournament in 1958. It is a record for most number of goals scored in a single world cup tournament & it still stands a record today.

5.Just Fontaine

Just Fontaine of France scored 13 goals in FIFA World Cup tournament in 1958. This record  holds good still  today.

6. 12

Pele scored 12 goals for Brazil in the 4 world cups he played between 1958 and 1970. Pele is regarded as the best player of all time by many. His full name is Edson Arantes do Nascimento. 

7.8

Diego Maradona scored 8 goals for Argentina in the 4 world cups he played. He captained Argentina and led them to victory in 1986 tournament. Also won the Golden Ball award in the same tournament.

8.Diego Maradona

Diego Maradona played 21 matches for Argentina in the 4 world cups he played. Mario Kempes comes next in this list having played 18 matches.

9.Lothar Matthaus

Lothar Matthaus played  for Germany in five world cups. In those five world cups, he played 25 games which remains a record till today.

10.Norman Whiteside

Norman Whiteside of Northern Ireland was just 17Y-01M-10D old when he played his first world cup match. He played in 1982 and 1986 editions of world cup.

11.Roger Milla

Roger Milla of Cameroon was 42Y-01M-08Days old when he played his last world cup match. He played in 3 world cups, I.e. 1982, 1990 and 1994 editions. 

12.Hakan sukur

Hakan sukur of Turkey scored fastest goal in the history of world cup. In 2002 edition of world cup, he scored a goal against Korea Republic in 11 seconds from the kickoff time.

13. Cafu

Cafu (Marcos Evangelista de Moraes) of Brazil has been given 6 yellow cards in the 20 matches he played in 1994, 1998, 2002 and 2006 world cups.

14.Cafu (Marcos Evangelista de Moraes)

Cafu (Marcos Evangelista de Moraes) has played in 20 matches for Brazil in the four world cups he played in 1994, 1998, 2002 and 2006. Ronaldo comes second in the list having played in 19 matches for Brazil.

15.Geoff Hurst

Geoff Hurst of England  is the only player to score a hat-trick in a World Cup final as England recorded a 4-2 victory over West Germany in 1966. He also holds the record for Most goals scored in all final matches along with Pele, Vava and Zinedine Zidane.

16.Pele

Pele is the only player who had been part of a world cup winning side 3 times. He was a member of Brazil football team which won world cups in 1958, 1962 and 1970.

17.Pele

Pele was 17 years and 239 days old when he scored a goal for Brazil against wales in 1958 world cup.

18.Pele

Pele was 17 years and 244 days old when he scored a hat-trick for Brazil against France in 1958 world cup semi final match. Brazil won that match 5-2.

19.Ernest Wilimowski

Ernest Wilimowski of Poland scored 4 goals in a match against Brazil in 1938 world cup. Brazil won this match 6-5.

20.Pele

Pele was 17 years and 249 days when he scored a goal for Brazil in 1958 world cup final against Sweden.

21.Roger Milla

Roger Milla was 42 years and 39 days old when he scored a goal in a world cup match against Russia in 1994 world cup.

22.Johan Neeskens

Johan Neeskens of Netherlands scored a goal in 90 seconds against West Germany on 7 July 1974.

23. Ernie Brandts

Ernie Brandts of Netherlands scored a own goal in the 18th minute and a goal in the 50th minute in the match against Italy in 1978 world cup. Netherlands finally won the match 2-1.

24. 4

4 is the maximum number of own goals scored in a single world cup. But the interesting fact is that it happened 3times overall. I.e. in 1954, 1998 and 2006 world cups respectively.

25. 2

2 is the maximum of own goals scored in a world cup match. It occurred in a match played between United States and Portugal in 2002 world cup. Jorge Costa of Portugal and Jeff Agoos of USA scored the self goals.

26.70

70 is the fewest number of goals scored in a single edition of world cup. It happened twice. In 1930 and 1934 editions of world cup, only 70 goals were scored in total.

27. Luis Guevara Mora

Luis Guevara Mora of El Salvador conceded 10 goals in a match against Hungary in 1982 world cup.

28. Hong Deok-young

Hong Deok-young of South Korea conceded 16 goals in 1954 world cup edition. After retiring, he was an international football referee from 1957 to 1967.

29.Helmut Schon 

Helmut Schon of West Germany acted as a coach for 25 matches in world cups between 1966 and 1978.

30.Helmut Schon 

Helmut Schon of West Germany, as a coach has won 16 matches between 1966 and 1977. This record still holds good.

31.Carlos Alberto Parreira

Carlos Alberto Parreira has led national teams to world cup 6 times. He coached 5 different national teams to world cup so far. Kuwait in 1982, United Arab Emirates in 1990, Brazil in 1994 and 2006, Saudi Arabia in 1998 and South Africa in 2010. 

32. Luiz Felipe Scolari

Luiz Felipe Scolari  had won 11 consecutive games of which 7 games were won by Brazil in 2002 and the next 4 were won by Portugal in 2006. After  this 11, Portugal won its next match, the quarterfinal against England, by penalty kicks, which technically counts as a draw.

33.Luiz Felipe Scolari

Luiz Felipe Scolari had a period with 12 consecutive matches without a loss between 2002 and 2006. This record holds good still today.

34.Juan Jose Tramutola

Juan Jose Tramutola of Argentina was 27 years and 267 days  old in 1930 when he was assigned this job.

35. Otto Rehhagel

Otto Rehhagel was 71 years and 317 days old when was the coach of Greece in 2010.

36. 1950

This particular Uruguay vs Brazil match played on 16 July 1950 at Maracana Stadium in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil in1950 edition of world cup witnessed a whopping 199,854 attendance. Till today no other world cup match had witnessed better turnout.

37. 1994

1994 edition of world cup had highest attendance in a tournament, ie  3,570,000 whereas 1934 edition of world cup had lowest attendance in a tournament, I.e. 390,000.

38. 1930

This Romania vs Peru match played on 14 July 1930 at Estadio Pocitos, Montevideo, Uruguay in World Cup 1930 had the lowest attendance of just 300.

39. Jose Nasazzi

Jose Nasazzi of Uruguay won the golden ball award in 1930 while Guillermo Stabile of Argentina won the silver ball and Jose Leandro Andrade of Uruguay won the bronze ball.

40. Giuseppe Meazza

Giuseppe Meazza of Italy won the golden ball award in 1934 while Matthias Sindelar of Austria won the silver ball and Oldrich Nejedly of Czechoslovakia won bronze medal.

41. Leonidas

Leonidas of Brazil won the golden ball award in 1938 while Silvio Piola of Italy won the silver ball and Gyorgy Sarosi of Hungary won the bronze ball.

42.Zizinho

Zizinho of Brazil won the golden ball award in 1950 while Juan Schiaffino of Uruguay won the silver ball and Ademir of Brazil won the bronze ball.

43.Ferenc Puskas

Ferenc Puskas of Hungary won the golden ball award in 1954 while Sandor Kocsis of Hungary won the sliver ball and Fritz Walter of West Germany won the bronze ball.

44.Didi

Didi of Brazil won the golden ball award in 1958 while Pele of Brazil won the sliver ball and Just Fontaine of France won the bronze ball.

45. Garrincha

Garrincha of Brazil won the golden ball award in 1962 while Josef Masopust Czechoslovakia won the silver ball and Leonel Sanchez of Chile won the bronze ball.

46.Bobby Charlton

Bobby Charlton of England won the golden ball award in 1966 while Bobby Moore of England won the silver ball and Eusebio of Portugal won the bronze ball.

47. Pele

Pele of Brazil won the golden ball in 1970 while Gerson of Brazil won the silver ball and Gerd Muller of Germany won the bronze ball.

48. Johan Cruyff

Johan Cruyff of Netherlands won the golden ball in 1974 while Franz Beckenbauer of West Germany won the sliver ball and Kazimierz Deyna of Poland won the bronze ball.

49. Mario Kempes

Mario Kempes of Argentina won the golden ball in 1978 while Paolo Rossi of Italy won the sliver ball and Dirceu of Brazil won the bronze ball.

50. Paolo Rossi

Paolo Rossi of Italy won the golden ball in 1982 while Falcao of Brazil won the silver ball and Karl-Heinz Rummenigge of Germany won the bronze ball.

51. Diego Maradona

Diego Maradona of Argentina won the golden ball in 1986 while Harald Schumacher of West Germany won the silver ball and Preben Elkaer Larsen of Denmark won the bronze ball.

52. Salvatore Schillaci

Salvatore Schillaci of Italy won the golden ball in 1990 while Lothar Matthaus of Germany won the sliver ball and Diego Maradona of Argentina won the bronze ball.

53. Romario

Romario of Brazil won the golden ball in 1994 while Roberto Baggio of Italy won the silver ball and Hristo Stoichkov of Bulgaria won the bronze ball.

54. Ronaldo

Ronaldo of Brazil won the golden ball in 1998 while Davor suker of Croatia won the silver ball and Lilian Thuram of France won the bronze ball.

55.Oliver Kahn

Oliver Kahn of Germany won the golden ball in 2002 while Ronaldo won the silver ball and Hong Myung-Bo of South Korea won the bronze ball.

56. Zinedine Zidane

Zinedine Zidane of France won the golden ball in 2006 while Fabio Cannavaro of Italy won the silver ball and Andrea Pirlo of Italy won the bronze ball.

57. Diego Forlan

Diego Forlan of Uruguay won the golden ball in 2010 while Wesley Sneijder of Netherlands won the silver ball and David villa of Spain won the bronze ball.

58.Davor Suker

Davor Suker of Croatia who scored 6 goals in 1998 world cup won the golden boot award. Gabriel Batistuta and Christian Vieri scored 5 goals each won the sliver boot.

59. Ronaldo

Ronaldo of Brazil scored 8 goals in 2002 world cup and won the golden boot award. Miroslav Klose and Rivaldo scored 5 goals each and won the silver boot.

60. Miroslav Klose

Miroslav Klose of Germany scored 5 goals in 2006 world and won golden boot award. Hernan Crespo of Argentina won the silver boot by scoring 3 goals. Ronaldo of Brazil won the bronze boot by scoring 3 goals.

61. Thomas Muller

Thomas Muller of Germany won the golden boot in 2010 world cup by scoring 5 goals while David Villa of Spain won the silver boot by scoring 5 goals and Wesley Sneijder won the bronze boot by scoring 5 goals.

62. Iker Casillas

Iker Casillas of spain won the golden glove award in 2010. This award was earlier called as Yashin Award. It was renamed in 2010.

63. Uruguay

The inaugural FIFA World Cup was hosted by Uruguay. It was played between 13 July and 30 July in 1930 and 13 teams participated in it.

64. Uruguay

Uruguay won the inaugural FIFA world cup by beating Argentina in the final. The score was 4-2.

65. Brazil

Brazil won 5 out of 7 times they reached finals. Brazil won in   1958, 1962, 1970, 1994, 2002. Italy, which comes next, has won world cup 4 times.

66. Brazil

Brazil reached world cup finals 7 times while Italy comes close with 6 times.

67.Netherlands

Netherlands has reached finals in 1974, 1978 and 2010 but did not win even once.

68. 19

From the inaugural tournament in 1930 to the latest in 2010, this tournament has been conducted 19 times. It was held every four years except in 1942 and 1946 (because of world war II).

69. 8

Only 8 nations have won world cup so far. Brazil  5 times, Italy 4 times, Germany 3 times, Argentina and Uruguay 2 times each and France, England and Spain 1 time each.

70. Russia

This 21st World Cup will be held in Russia in 2018 between 8 June and 8 July. Russia won the right to host the 2018 world cup in 2010.

71. Qatar

This 22nd FIFA world cup will be hosted in Qatar. Qatar is the smallest nation by area ever to have been awarded a FIFA World Cup.

72. Brazil

Brazil is the only national team to have played in every World Cup and with five titles, they are also the most successful team in the history of FIFA world cup so far.

73. Italy

Italy hosted this tournament.16 teams participated in it and  Italy won the title by defeating Czechoslovakia in the final.

74. Italy

Italy won this 1934 world cup which it hosted. Italy won the title by defeating  Czechoslovakia 2-1 in the final.

75. Brazil

Brazil has played in all the world cups so far. Italy and Germany share the second place in this regard.

76. 76

So far 76 national teams have appeared a tleast once in world cup finals. Every World Cup played so far has had at least one team appearing for the first time

77. Brazil

Brazil has won 67 matches of the 97 matches it played. It has lost 15 and drawn 15.

78. Brazil

Brazil has scored 210 goals and allowed only 88 goals to be scored against them in 97 matches they have played so far.

79. Italy

Italy has appeared in 21 drawn matches so far. Germany and England come second with 19 such appearances each.

80. Mexico

Mexico has lost 24 matches out of 49 matches it has played. It has won 12 matches and drawn 13 matches.

81. Germany (West Germany)

Germany (West Germany) has played 99 matches in the 17 world cups it has appeared so far. Brazil comes second with 97 matches in 19 world cup appearances. 

82. Germany (West Germany)

Germany (West Germany) has allowed opposition teams to score 117 goals against them in the 99 matches they played so far. Brazil comes second in this list by conceding 88 goals in 97 matches.

83. Vittorio Pozzo

Vittorio Pozzo is the only manager whose team has won world cup twice. He was the manager of Italy when it won the world cups in 1934 and 1938.

84. Vicente del Bosque

Vicente del Bosque was the manager of Spain when it won it's first world cup title in 2010. He is a former Spanish footballer and is currently the manager of the Spanish national football team.

85. Marcello Lippi

Marcello Lippi was the manager of Italy when it won it's 4th world cup title. He was named the world's best football manager by the IFFHS both in 1996 and 1998, and world's best National coach in 2006. In 2007, The Times included him in its list of the top 50 managers of all time.

86. Luiz Felipe Scolari

Luiz Felipe Scolari was the manager of Brazil team when it won world cup title in 2002. He is a former defender. He is the current manager of brazil national team and in the past he managed many teams, chelsea and portugal being noted ones among them.

87. Gonzalo Higuain 

Gonzalo Higuain of Argentina was the only player to score a hat-trick in 2010 edition of FIFA world cup. He scored this against South Korea in the first round match which Argentina won 4-1.

88. 0

No player was able to score to a hat-trick in 2006 FIFA world cup. This 2006 edition of world cup remains the only edition so far in which a hat-trick hasn't been scored.

89. Gabriel Batistuta 

Gabriel Batistuta OF Argentina was the only player to a score a hat-trick in 1998 FIFA world cup. He scored this against Jamaica, a game which Argentina won by 5-0.

90. 1954

In 1954 FIFA world cup, a total of 8 hat-tricks were scored, which is double the next highest, ie of 4 hat-tricks which occurred thrice, each in 1938, 1982 and 1986.

91. 1

Pele scored a hat-trick only once in his FIFA world cup career. It was in a semi-final match against France in 1958 world cup.

92. 0

Diego Maradona who is considered as one of the best football players of all-time hasn't scored a hat-trick in his FIFA world cup career. He played in 4 world cups.

93. Oleg Salenko

Oleg Salenko of Russia scored a record number of five goals in a group stage match in the 1994 World Cup. He also earned the Golden Shoe as joint-top tournament goal scorer in that edition of world cup.

94. Hungary

Hungary scored 10 goals in a match against El Salvador in  1982 world cup. This still remains as a record.

95. 12

12 goals were scored in a match between Austria and Switzerland in 1954 world cup. Austria won that match with score reading 7-5.

96. Brazil

Brazil scored 5 goals in the world final match against Sweden in 1958 which it won comprehensively in the end. Sweden managed to score only 2 goals.

97. 7

7 goals were scored in the 1958 world cup final match between Brazil and sweden. Brazil won this match with scoreboard reading 5-2.

98. Hungary

Hungary scored a total of 27 goals in 1958 edition of FIFA world cup. It remains a record till today as no other team was able to score more goals than this in any world cup tournament. France comes second in the list with 23 goals.

99. 1998

In 1998 world cup tournament, a total of 171 goals were scored by all teams. This record still remains intact.

100. Argentina

In the first edition of world cup in 1930, Argentina scored 18 goals thereby becoming the top-scoring team of the tournament but did not win the world cup.

101. Italy

In the second edition of football world cup in 1934, Italy became the top goal scoring team in the tournament by scoring 12 goals. They also went on to win the world cup in this edition.

102. Hungary

In this third edition of world cup in 1938, Hungary was the top goal scoring team. It scored 15 goals but did not win the world cup.

103. Brazil

In this fourth edition of world cup in 1950, Brazil emerged as top goal scoring team in the tournament with 22 goals but did not win the world cup.

104. Hungary

In this fifth edition of world cup in 1954, Hungary scored a record number of 27 goals in the tournament. This remains as a record till date for maximum number of goals scored by a team in single world cup.

105. France

France was the top goal scoring team in this sixth edition of world cup in 1958. France scored a total of 23 goals but did not win the world cup.

106. Brazil

Brazil was the top goal scoring team in this seventh edition of world cup in 1962 with 14 goals. Brazil also won this edition of world cup.

107. Portugal

In this 8th edition of world cup in 1966, Portual team emerged as the top goal scoring team of the tournament with 17 goals. Portugal did not win this world cup.

108. Brazil

In this 9th edition of football world cup in 1970, Brazil scored a total of 19 goals there by becoming the leading goal scoring team of the tournament and winning championship too.

109. Poland

In this 10th edition of football world cup in 1974, Poland emerged as the top goal scoring team of the tournament with 16 goals. Poland did not win this world cup.

110. Argentina

In this 13th edition of world cup in 1986, Argentina was the top goal scoring team in the tournament with 14 goals and eventually they won the championship.

111. West Germany

In the 1990 world cup which was the 14th edition, west Germany emerged as the leading goal scoring team of the tournament with 15 goals and also won the championship.

112. Sweden

In this 15th edition of world cup in 1994, Sweden emerged as the leading goal scoring team of the tournament with 15 goals but did not win the world cup.

113. France

In this 16th edition of world cup in 1998, France was the leading goal scoring team with 15 goals and also won the world cup title. 

114. Brazil

In this 17th edition of world cup in 2002, Brazil was the leading goal scoring team with 18 goals and also won the world cup title.

115. Germany

In this 18th edition of world cup in 2006, Germany was the top goal scoring team in the tournament with 14 goals.

116. Germany

In this 19th edition of world cup in 2010, Germany was the top goal scoring team in the tournament with 16 goals.

117. 6

Out of 19 world cups so far, host nations have managed to win the world cup title only 6times. Uruguay (1930), Italy (1934), England (1966), Germany (1974), Argentina (1978) and France (1998) have done it.

118. South Africa

South Africa in 2010 became the first host to be eliminated in the first round. Their W-D-L record was 1-1-1.

119. 1994

The Golden Glove Award is given to the best goalkeeper of the tournament. Before 2010, the award was named the Yashin Award in honor of the late Soviet goalkeeper Lev Yashin. This award was first awarded in 1994.

120. 2006

The Best Young Player Award was first awarded in 2006. Lukas Podolski of Germany was the first player to win it.

So, those are the answers to the football world cup trivia questions. Hope you people had a wonderful time going through these questions and answers. Thanks for your time.