The Interesting Records Throughout World Cup History
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VIVA – The 2022 World Cup matches will take place soon in Qatar from November 20 to December 18, 2022. This is the first edition of the World Cup to be held in the Arabian Peninsula. The organizing time is also different, this time, the World Cup is held during the winter or when the European league is still ongoing.
As reported by various sources, the World Cup could be said to be identical to the Brazilian National Team. It is known, the Brazilian National Team has a record that is currently difficult for other teams to pursue.
Brazil is the only team that always participates in the World Cup finals. From 22 editions, from 1930 in Uruguay to 2022 in Qatar, this team has never been absent. In addition, Brazil is also listed as the team that wins the most often, namely champions in 1958, 1962, 1970, 1994, and 2002.
Throughout World Cup history, only two confederations have won. They are Europe (UEFA) and South America (CONMEBOL). Europe has won the world 12 times. While the other 9 titles belong to South America.
Europe's dominance can be seen in the last four editions of the World Cup. Italy, Spain, Germany, and France took turns becoming champions. The last time South America won was in 2002 in South Korea and Japan. At that time, Brazil became the best after beating Germany 2-0 in the final.
Miroslav Klose's goal record
Bomber Timnas Jerman, Miroslav Klose saat beraksi di Piala Dunia 2010
The current World Cup top scorer record is still held by German bomber Miroslav Klose. Klose scored 16 goals from 2002 to 2014. The record is only one goal ahead of Ronaldo. Ronaldo scored 15 goals in World Cup participation.
Meanwhile, for one tournament record, the top scorer in French bomber Just Fontaine. Fontaine scored 13 goals in just 6 matches at the 1958 World Cup.
Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi are still far from catching up with Klose's record. Cristiano Ronaldo has only scored 7 goals in the World Cup while Messi has 6 goals. They still have a chance to catch the record at the 2022 World Cup.
Meanwhile, the record for the player who won the most times was Pele. The Brazilian legend won three times in 1958, 1962, and 1970.
Lionel Messi also has a record at the World Cup. He is the player who most often gets man of the match in one tournament, namely at the 2014 World Cup four times.
List of World Cup champions - top scorers - best players
1930 - Uruguay - Guillermo Stabile (8 goals) - Jose Nasazzi
1934 - Italy - Oldrich Nejedly (5 goals) - Giuseppe Meazza
1938 - Italy - Leonidas (7 goals) - Leonidas
1950 - Uruguay - Ademir (9 goals) - Zizinho
1954 - West Germany - Sandor Kocsis (11 goals) - Ferenc Puskas 1958 - Brazil - Just Fontaine (13 goals) - Didi
1962 - Brazil - Garrincha, Vava, Leonel Sanchez, Florian Albert, Valentin Ivanov, Drazan Jerkovic (4 goals) - Garrincha
1966- England - Eusebio (9 goals) - Bobby Charlton
1970 - Brazil - Gerd Mueller (10 goals) - Pele
1974 - West Germany - Grzegorz Lato (7 goals) - Johan Cruyff
1978 - Argentina - Mario Kempes (6 goals) - Mario Kempes
1982 - Italy - Paolo Rossi (6 goals) - Paolo Rossi
1986 - Argentina - Gary Lineker (6 goals) - Diego Maradona
1990 - West Germany - Salvatore Schillaci (6 goals) - Salvatore Schillaci
1994 - Brazil - Hristo Stoickov, Oleg Salenko (6 goals) - Romario
1998 - France - Davor Suker (6 goals) - Ronaldo
2002 - Brazil - Ronaldo (8 goals) - Oliver Kahn
2006 - Italy - Miroslav Klose (5 goals) - Zinedine Zidane
2010 - Spain - Thomas Mueller, Wesley Sneijder, David Villa, Diego Forlan - (5 goals) - Diego Forlan
2014 - Germany - James Rodriguez (6 goals) - Lionel Messi
2018 - France - Harry Kane (6 goals) - Luka Modric
