HOSTS
WINNERS/LOSERS
PLAYERS
TEAMS
MISCELLANEOUS
100
Uruguay
Where were the first finals held?
100
West Germany, Italy, Argentina, England and Uruguay.
Which host countries have won the competition?
100
Lucien Laurent
Who scored the first World Cup finals' goal? (A 19th minute volley in France's 4-1 victory over Mexico on 13 July 1930.)
100
The first African team to play at the World Cup finals.
What is Egypt? (At Italy '34)
100
174 000
What is the record crowd at a World Cup finals game? (Brazil vs Uruguay in the Maracana, 1950)
200
The only countries to host the finals twice
What are Italy, France, Brazil, Mexico and Germany?
200
Italy at USA '94
Who were the first team to lose the World Cup on penalties? (The score was 0-0 after 120 minutes, Brazil won 3-2 on penalties)
200
The oldest player ever to score in a World Cup finals match.
Who is Roger Milla? (Scored the only goal for Cameroon in a 6-1 group stage defeat by Russia)
200
Germany (99 as of 2010)
Which team has played the most World Cup finals' games?
200
The French sculptor Abel Lafleur
Who made the first 'Coupe du Monde' "The Goddess of Victory"?
300
Mario Zagallo and Franz Beckenbauer
Who are the only two men to win the World cup as player and manager? (Zagallo, '58 and '70; Beckenbauer, '74 and '90)
300
Cafu (of Brazil)
Who is the only man to play in three final matches? (1994 [as a substitute], 1998 and 2002)
300
Mexico ('90), Chile ('90, '94), Germany, Scotland and Japan ('50) and South Africa ('62-'90)
Which teams have been banned from taking part in the World Cup finals?
300
The first finals to be televised?
What is Switzerland '54?
400
The first World Cup for which the previous winner had to qualify.
What is Germany 2006?
400
The Netherlands and West Germany.
Which two nations have lost the most finals? (3 each)
400
Miroslav Klose and Gerd Muller.
Who have scored the second highest number of goals in World Cup finals? (14 each for Germany and West Germany respectively)
400
North Korea at England '66
Which was the first non-European/American team to get into the second round at a World Cup finals?
400
A dog named 'Pickles'.
Who found the World Cup after it was stolen in 1966?
500
Columbia.
Where should the 1986 finals have been played?
500
The only competition winners who didn't play in a final.
Who are Uruguay? (Brazil '50 had no 'final' only a group stage with the first placed team as champions)
500
The Uruguayan who holds the record for the quickest red card in World Cup finals.
Who is Jose Batista? (56 seconds into the game against Scotland at Mexico '86)
500
The team that reportedly didn't go to Brazil '50 because they didn't want to wear boots.
What is India?
500
The only manager to win consecutive World Cups.
Who is Vittorio Pozzo? (Won with Italy in '34 and '38)