Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, Emir of Qatar, visited the main headquarters of the FIFA World Cup in the Doha Exhibition Center, a few days before the start of the competitions, from next Sunday until December 18th.
The Emir of Qatar has met with a number of senior officials from the Supreme Committee for Surrender and Legacy and FIFA.
Sheikh Tamim was accompanied by Sheikh Jassim bin Hamad Al Thani, Personal Representative of the Emir, Sheikh Khalid bin Khalifa bin Abdulaziz Al Thani, Prime Minister and Interior Minister, Gianni Infantino, FIFA President, and several Sheikhs, ministers and senior officials officials of various relevant authorities.
Stats and numbers..
The world is holding its breath, with just days left before the 2022 World Cup kicks off, which will host Qatar, and as sport is a numbers game, we will review, in the following lines, the most important statistics seen in the previous 21 editions.
The World Cup has been held every four years since its inception in 1930, with the exception of the 1942 and 1946 versions, which were canceled due to World War II.
The World Cup has not escaped the grip of South American and European teams, and the title has not been taken away from these two continents since the start of the tournament, in fact no team from outside the two continents has managed to qualify for the final match.
8 teams managed to win the title, namely Brazil, who won it 5 times in 1958, 1962, 1970, 1994 and 2002, followed by the Italian team 4 times in 1934, 1938, 1982 and 2006 and the German team 4 times . also in 1954, 1974, 1990 and 2014. Argentina have won the title twice, 1978 and 1986, Uruguay 1930 and 1950, France 1998 and 2018, England 1966 and Spain 2010.
Only two teams managed to win the championship twice in a row, first Italy in the 1934 and 1938 editions, then Brazil in 1958 and 1962.
3 teams were able to take the title outside their continent, which is Brazil in the 1958 World Cup in Sweden, then in Asia 2002 in South Korea and Japan, Spain in South Africa 2010 and Germany in South America in the 2014 World Cup in Brazil.
5 countries have hosted the World Cup twice, namely Italy 1934 and 1990, France 1938 and 1998, Mexico 1970 and 1986, Germany 1974 and 2006 and Brazil 1950 and 2014. All these teams have won the title at least once, except of Mexico and 6 teams managed to win the title at home, namely Uruguay in 1930. Italy in 1934, England in 1966, Germany in 1974, Argentina in 1978 and France in 1998.
Penalties have only decided the title on two occasions, the first time at the 1994 World Cup when the Brazilian national team beat Italy (2-3) and the second time was in the 2006 finals when Italy beat France 5 -3.
The German national team is the most qualified team for the World Cup final 8 times, followed by the Brazilian national team with 7 times, and the German team is considered the most qualified for the World Cup semi-finals 13 times.
Brazil have a unique record, as they are the most successful team in the history of the World Cup, making 73 wins, 18 draws, 18 defeats and the team that scored the most goals with 229 goals.
The player with the most goalscorer in the World Cup is the German Miroslav Klose with 16 goals in the 2002-2014 tournaments, followed by the Brazilian phenomenon Ronaldo who scored 15 goals for the Selecao in 1998 and 2006, while the player with the most goalscorer in a tournament c ‘is Frenchman Just Fontaine with 13 goals in the 1958 finals.
Russian Oleg Salenko is the player who has scored the most goals in one match, having visited the Cameroon net 5 times in the 1994 World Cup.
