Top 10 Fun Facts you need to know about the World Cup

With the World Cup right around the corner, we needed to share some of the top fun facts that we found about the World Cup over the years.

1. This year’s world cup in Qatar is the first to ever be held in winter

2. Qatar is spending a total of $200 billion on construction for the world cup

3. The winning team of the final in Qatar will win $42 million

4. The world cup trophy is made of 18 karat gold

5. Out of the 79 national teams that have competed in the world cup - only 8 countries have won

6. The highest scoring world cup game in history was in 1954 when Austria defeated Switzerland by a score of 7-5

7. The longest unbeaten goalkeeper in a world cup history is Walter Zenga of Italy who went 517 minutes in the 1990 tournament without allowing a goal

8. France soccer player Just Fontaine holds the record for most goals scored in a single world cup with 13 goals in 1958

9. The Indian team qualified for the 1950 world cup but withdrew because they had only ever previously played barefoot and shoes were a requirement in the tournament

10. During the 2010 South Africa world cup over 3,170,064 beers were sold within the stadiums

There you have it! Some fun facts that you can impress your mates with whilst you’re watching this years World Cup at Sports Bar and Grill.

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