What is the longest a World Cup game has lasted?

With an additional +13 minutes of added time in the second half, the total length of added time was 27 minutes. This took the actual playing time of the game to a staggering 117 minutes - almost the same amount of time as a standard game with extra time.

What was the longest game in the World Cup?

What's the longest world cup game? Giroud scored his 52nd goal for France, a record for the team. But when England pulverised Iran 6-2, the match set a more obscure FIFA record: It was the longest World Cup group stage match. By the time the final whistle blew, both sides had played 117 minutes.

What is the longest soccer match in history?

The longest competitive football match in recorded history was the showdown between English clubs Stockport County and Doncaster Rovers at Edgeley Park on March 30, 1946. The duration of the match was a remarkable three hours and 23 minutes and the world record has stood for over half a century.

What has been the longest World Cup?

Why matches at the 2022 Qatar World Cup are the longest in history.

What is the biggest loss in FIFA history?

Australia 31–0 American Samoa.

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Who has never lost a World Cup game?

There are three teams who have reached the final and never lost. They are Uruguay (1930 and 1950), England (1966) and Spain (2010).

What was the shortest World Cup game?

"One team in Tallinn" refers to a football match scheduled for 9 October 1996 in World Cup qualifying European Group 4 between the national teams of Estonia and Scotland. The match was abandoned after three seconds because the Estonian team were absent from the Kadrioru Stadium due to a dispute over its floodlights.

Has anyone played in 6 World Cups?

Lionel Messi is the player with the most games played at the FIFA World Cup, and one of only six along with German Lothar Matthäus, Portuguese Cristiano Ronaldo and Mexicans Antonio Carbajal, Andrés Guardado, and Rafael Márquez to have entered the field in five different tournaments.

What is the most 0 0 draws in the World Cup?

The record number of 0-0 draws at a World Cup is seven, now shared by five different editions of the tournament. That tally was reached in 1982, 2006, 2010, 2014 and now 2022.

Has anyone ever scored a hat trick of own goals?

Stan Van Den Buys, Germinal Ekeren, 1995

The only player to ever score a hat-trick of own goals in one match. When Germinal Ekeren faced RSC Anderlecht in the Belgian League, Van Den Buys managed to score not one, not two but three goals in the opposition's net.

Who has the farthest goals in soccer?

The current record is 96.01 meters, set by Tom King in 2021 during a match between Newport County and Cheltenham Town in England's fourth tier.

Why is 2 0 the worst lead in soccer?

Concept. The underlying concept is that, a team which is leading 2–0 will be complacent and have a 'false sense of security' in their lead. If the trailing team then scores to make it 2–1, the leading team can panic and concede further, resulting in a draw, or even a win for the other team.

Who scored 9 goals in one match?

Watch Erling Haaland Score NINE Goals In One Game

Arguably his most outrageous scoring feat came in May 2019 when, aged 18, he hit NINE goals in one game to help Norway beat Honduras 12-0 in the FIFA U-20 World Cup.

Has anyone ever won every game at a World Cup?

1930 (Uruguay)

Uruguay were the first winners of the World Cup and won it on home soil. Just 13 teams took part in the competition, with the hosts the only side unbeaten in the tournament.

Has anyone ever scored in every World Cup game?

The only players to have scored in every match including the final are Jairzinho of Brazil, who did this in the 1970 World Cup and Alcide Ghiggia of Uruguay in 1950. However, Ghiggia only played four games whereas Jairzinho played six.

Has anyone got 2 World Cups?

Pelé has won the most FIFA World Cups as an individual player, with a total of three. He won all three World Cups with Team Brazil in 1958, 1962, and 1970. Pelé is the only player to have won three World Cups. After Pelé, 20 other players have won two World Cups.

Has a World Cup game ever ended 0 0?

The record number of 0-0 draws at a World Cup is seven, now shared by five different editions of the tournament. That tally was reached in 1982, 2006, 2010, 2014 and now 2022.

Has anyone lost the first game of the World Cup and won?

Argentina beat France in a penalty shootout, after the game ended in 3-3 in the FIFA World Cup final at the Lusail Stadium on Sunday to become the second team to win the title after losing its first game. Spain had achieved the feat in 2010, when it won the title after losing to Switzerland in the tournament opener.

What is the lowest score in one day World Cup?

Zimbabwe were bundled out for a paltry 35 runs —the lowest ODI total, with Vaas taking four wickets and Maharoof grabbing three.

Why is 7 1 called a Brazil?

In Brazil, the result, "7–1" (Portuguese: sete a um), has become a metaphor for a devastating and crushing defeat, while "Goal for Germany" (Portuguese: gol da Alemanha) is used as an exclamation after a mishap.

What was the deadliest soccer match?

Hillsborough disaster, incident in which a crush of football (soccer) fans ultimately resulted in 97 deaths and hundreds of injuries. The crushing occurred during a match at Hillsborough Stadium in Sheffield, England, on April 15, 1989.

Who has the biggest World Cup upset odds?

And in the biggest upset in a World Cup knockout match this century, Morocco beat Portugal on December 10th for a place in the semi-finals. Bookies had given them just a 16% chance of winning. Despite much criticism of Qatar's World Cup, the football is captivating fans.

Has the World Cup ever gone missing?

The Jules Rimet Trophy, awarded to the winner of the football World Cup, was stolen in 1966 prior to the 1966 FIFA World Cup in England. The trophy was later recovered by a dog named Pickles who was later commended and gained a cult following for his heroism.