2026
What is the highest ranked country on the FIFA rankings NOT to qualify?
Italy (12th)
Which is the only country to feature in every single World Cup?
Brazil
Which country has most coaches represented at the 2026 World Cup?
Argentina (with 6)
Which country has appeared in most finals?
Germany (including West Germany)
"Wavin' Flag" is one of the most famous World Cup songs, but wasn't actually an official one. Instead it was part of a company's ad campaign. Which company?
Coca-cola
What was the last time a host country won the World Cup?
France, 1998
There are four players who played at the 2006 World Cup who are also playing this year. Who?
Messi, Ronaldo, Modric and Ochoa.
The record for most goals scored in a tournament by a single team sits at 27 in 1954. Which country achieved that?
Hungary
Greece hasn't qualified for the World Cup, but there is a Greek manager present, Georgios Donis. Who does he manage?
Saudi-Arabia
Two players have scored a hattrick in the final. Who?
Kylian Mbappé (2022) and Geoff Hurst (1966)
What is the name of the instrument famously used by fans in South Africa?
Vuvuzela
Which World Cup was the first to be hosted in multiple countries?
Two countries are making their first World Cup appearence in 54 years, having both last appeared in 1974. Which?
Haiti and DR Congo (then Zaire)
Which country has appeared at most World Cups without ever winning?
Mexico
Vittorio Pozzo ('34 & '38)
How many of the last five finals went to extra-time?
Four. Only France-Croatia in 2018 was won in regulation.
What is the nickname given to the game between Portugal and the Netherlands in 2006, which is famous for being the game with most cards given in World Cup history?
The Battle of Nürnburg
Which player was dismissed from the France squad in 2010 by coach Raymond Domenech, which caused the rest of the team refusing to participate in the next training session?
Nicolas Anelka
Outside of Argentina, there are five players to have won the World Cup before. Name at least four of them.
Neuer (Germany 2014) and Mbappe, Dembele, Kante and Lucas Hernandez (France 2018)
Who holds the record for most goals in a single World Cup tournament?
Just Fontaine, 13 (1958)
Which three men have won the World Cup both as players and as managers?
Mário Zagallo, Franz Beckenbauer and Didier Deschamps.
Three countries have won 100% of the finals they played in. Which?
Uruguay, Spain and England.
What's the name of the Shakira and Burna Boy song, which is the official song of the 2026 World Cup?
Dai Dai
Miroslav Klose
Which is the lowest ranked country in the FIFA rankings that have qualified for the World Cup?
New Zealand (85th)
Who holds the record for the quickest scored goal, taking 11 seconds?
Hakan Sukur of Turkey.
Which coach holds the records for most games at the World Cup?
(only as coach, not counting eventual games played as a player)
Helmut Schön
Netherlands, Hungary and Czechoslovakia.
What was the first World Cup to have an official song?
Italy 1990, with "Un'estate italiana"
Croatia's Josip Šimunić is the only person to achieve this feat, which he did in a game against Australia in 2006. What was it?
He got three yellow cards before being sent off, as the referee forgot he had already booked him.
Which musical artists are headlining the half-time show?
Madonna, Shakira and BTS
Manuel Rosas of Mexico in 1930 became the first player to do what in World Cup history?
Score an own goal in a match against Chile in 1930.
Bora Milutinović is the only manager to appear in five consecutive tournaments, which he did with five different countries. Name at least three of them.
Mexico ('86), Costa Rica ('90), USA ('94), Nigeria ('98) & China (2002)
While five players have made the World Cup final three times, only one player actually played in all three of those finals. Who?
Cafu
Maple, Zayu and Clutch are the names of the three mascots at the 2026 World Cup. Which animals are they?
Moose, Jaguar and Bald Eagle.
Rigobert Song and Zinedine Zidane share a record, but which?
The only players to receive two red cards at the World Cup.