15 Amazing Things You Didn't Know about the FIFA World Cup

15tH Amazing Things You Didn't Know About The FIFA World Cup Oracle-topus An octopus in Germany named Paul was used as an oracle to predict matches during the 2010 world cup. His predictions had a success rate of 85%, predicting the outcome of 11 out of 13 matches accurately. Golden Boot Just Fontaine holds the record for having the highest number of goals ever scored by a single player in the World Cup tournament. The French striker scored 13 goals in just six matches when playing the world cup in 1958. The Maracanazo One of the biggest upsets in FIFA history was the final between Uruguay and Brazil in 1950's World Cup final when Uruguay defeat- ed the host 2-1. The match, dubbed Maracanazo (The Maracana Blow) had the largest stadium attendance on record in FIFA history with 199,854 attendees. Billions of eyes watching The last world cup was viewed by nearly 3.2 billion people around the world, nearly half the entire world's popu- lation! Biggest Scoreline In 1982, Hungary beat HUNGRIA 1O EL SALVADOR El Salvador 10-1 in Elche, Spain marking the record for having the biggest scoreline in the World Cup finals. The Crown Jule In 1970, Brazil became the first country ever to win the World Cup competition three times in a row and was thus awarded the enti- tlement to keeping their trophy forever. The name of the trophy was Jules Rimet, after the president of FIFA back in 1946. Silent Quarter Finals During the 1958 world cup, every single losing team in the quarter finals lost their games without scoring any goals at all. ZERO! Fastest Final Goal In the 1962 World Cup finals, the fastest goal ever scored was by Vaclav Masek which was done in just 15 seconds! Four times the charm Zagallo is the only player to have won a World Cup medal 4 times. Twice as a player (Sweden 1958 and Chile 1962) and also as Coach and Assistant Coach (Mexico 1970 and USA 1994 respectively). ZASA No Expense Spared The 2014 World Cup in Brazil is going to be the most expensive World Cup ever hosted with an estimated cost of between 14-16 BILLION US DOLLARS! By Contrast, here are t the previ- ous World Cup costs: 1994 USA: USS 30 million 1998 France: US$340 million 2002 Japan/South Korea: US$ 5 billion 2006 Germany: US$ 6 billion 2010 South Africa: US$ 4 bil- lion Hand of God In the 1986 FIFA world cup quarter finals, Diego Mara- dona scored what went on to be known as the goal of the century according to Fi- fa.com polls - and went on to win the World Cup. The goal was scored using his hand and was decisive in the 2-1 victory against England. Golden Goalie Oliver Kahn of Germany is the only goalkeeper in the history of FIFA World to have won the Golden Ball trophy. VIVA LA Brazil Brazil is the only coun- try to have appeared in every finals tourna- ment. They have ap- peared for the last 18 tournaments, won five of them and will be ap- pearing in the 2010 World Cup as well. Ultimate All rounder Legendary cricketer Sir Viv Richards is the only sportsman to have ever played both the football and Cricket World Cups in his career. Temper Temper During the 1930 World Cup semifinal between the United States and Argenti- na, an American trainer ran inside the field to argue with the referee. In a fit of rage, he threw the medical bag to the ground, unknow- ingly breaking a bottle of chloroform and ended up fainting from the fumes. 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