The final numbers of FIFA World Cup 2022

Manos Staramopoulos • 20 de diciembre de 2022

Stats and final dates of Qatar 2022, a World Cup for the history

The FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022

The Argentina national team returned to the top of the world after 36 years, and the World Cup in Mexico in 1986, defeating France 4-2 on penalties (2-2 at 90'/3-3 at 120') at the Lusail Stadium, in the final of the 22nd World Cup, winning her third star (1978, 1986, 2022).


In the 64 matches of the World Cup, which began on November 20, a total of 172 goals were scored, the most in the tournament's history, surpassing the 171 achieved by France in 1998 and Brazil in 2014.


These are the numbers of the top football competition:

 

Total number of goals scored: 172

Average goals per game: 2.69

Total number of hat-tricks: 2 (Gonzalo Ramos, Kylian Mbappe)

Total number of penalties awarded: 23

Total number of penalties scored: 17

Own goals scored: 2 (Nayef Aguerd, Enzo Fernandes)

First goal of the tournament: Ener Valencia (with Ecuador against Qatar)

First hat-trick: Gonzalo Ramos (for Portugal v Switzerland)

Fastest goal in a match since kick-off: 2nd minute (Alphonso Davies for Canada v Croatia)

Fastest goal in a match after coming on as a substitute: 1st minute (Marcus Rashford for England v Iran and Radal Kolo Mounai for France v Morocco)

Last goal in a match without extra time: 90+13th minute (Medy Taremi for Iran v England)

Last goal in extra time: 118th minute (Kylian Mbappe for France v Argentina)

Shortest time difference between two goals scored by the same team in a match: 1 minute, 36 seconds (Marcus Rashford and Phil Foden for England v Wales)




Teams


Most goals scored by one team: 16 (France)

Fewest goals scored by a team: 1 (Belgium, Denmark, Qatar, Tunisia, Wales)

Most goals conceded by a team: 11 (Costa Rica)

Fewest goals conceded by a team: 1 (Tunisia)

Best goal difference: +9 (England)

Worst goal difference: −8 (Costa Rica)

Most goals scored in one match by both teams: 8 (England 6-2 Iran)

Most goals scored in one match by one team: 7 (Spain vs Costa Rica)

Most goals scored in a game by a losing team: 2 (Iran vs England, Ghana vs Portugal, South Korea vs Ghana, Costa Rica vs Germany, Serbia vs Switzerland)

Biggest goal difference in a win: 7 goals (Spain - Costa Rica 7-0)

Most matches without conceding a goal by a team: 4 (Morocco)

Fewest matches without a team conceding a goal: 0 (Canada, Germany, Ghana, Japan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Serbia, Wales)

Most consecutive matches without a goal by one team: 3 (England)

 

Players

 

Most goals scored by one player: 8 (Mbappé)

Most assists by one player: 3 (Bruno Fernandes, Antoine Griezmann, Harry Kane, Lionel Messi, Ivan Perisic)

Most goals and assists produced by the same player: Kylian Mbappe (8 goals and 2 assists) Lionel Messi (6 goals, 3 assists)

Most matches without a goal by a goalkeeper: 3 Yassin Bunou, Emiliano Martinez, Jordan Pickford

Most consecutive matches without a goal by a goalkeeper: 3 Jordan Pickford

Most goals scored by one player in one match: 3 (Gonzalo Ramos for Portugal v Switzerland, Kylian Mbappe for France v Argentina)

Oldest goalscorer: 39 years, 283 days (Pepe for Portugal v Switzerland)

Youngest goalscorer: 18 years, 109 days (Gavi for Spain v Costa Rica)

 

Wins and losses


Most wins: 5 (France)

Fewest wins: 0 (Canada, Denmark, Qatar, Serbia, Wales)

Most losses: 3 (Canada, Qatar)

Fewest defeats: 0 (Netherlands)

Most draws: 4 (Croatia)

Fewest draws: 0 (Australia, Canada, Costa Rica, France, Ghana, Iran, Portugal, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Switzerland)

Most points in group stage: 7 (England, Morocco, Netherlands)

Fewest points in group stage: 0 (Canada, Qatar)


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