Misc. World Cup information

Past World Cup winners
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                                                         Fin.  Final   Final
Year    Host            Champion        Runner-up        Res.  Attend. City 
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1930:   Uruguay         Uruguay         Argentina        4-2   90,000  Montevideo
1934:   Italy           Italy           Czechoslovakia   2-1   55,000  Rome
1938:   France          Italy           Hungary          4-2   65,000  Paris
1950:   Brazil          Uruguay         Brazil           2-1  200,000  Rio de Janerio
1954:   Switzerland     West Germany    Hungary          3-2   55,000  Berne
1958:   Sweden          Brazil          Sweden           5-2   49,737  Stockholm
1962:   Chile           Brazil          Czechoslovakia   3-1   69,068  Santiago
1966:   England         England         W. Germany       4-2   93,000  London
1970:   Mexico          Brazil          Italy            4-1  110,000  Mexico City
1974:   West Germany    West Germany    Netherlands      2-1   80,000  Munich
1978:   Argentina       Argentina       Netherlands      3-1   77,000  Buenos Aires
1982:   Spain           Italy           W. Germany       3-1   90,000  Madrid
1986:   Mexico          Argentina       W. Germany       3-2  114,800  Mexico City
1990:   Italy           Germany         Argentina        1-0   73,600  Rome
1994:	USA		Brazil		Italy		 3-2*  94.194  Los Angeles
1998:	France		France		Brazil		 3-0   75.000  Paris

* The match ended 0-0 the result of the penalty shootout was 3-2

Attendance and Goals
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Team Records
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• Most Goals
  
  In a final-round match: 10, Hungary vs El Salvador, 1982
  For both teams in a final-round match: 12, Austria 7, Switzerland 5, 1954
• Most consecutive games without defeat final rounds: 13
  Brazil, 1958 (6), 1962 (6) and 1966 (1).

  Most goals in a final-round tournament: 27, Hungary, 1954

  Most appearances in a final-round tournament: 16, Brazil, 1930-1938, 1950-1998

  Most appearances in a final match: 6
  

  Germany: 1954, 1966, 1974, 1982, 1986, 1990
  Brazil: 1950, 1958, 1962, 1970, 1994, 1998

Individual Records
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• Most Goals
  In a final-round match: 5
  Oleg Salenko, Russia vs Cameroon 1994.
  Following players have scored 4 goals in a match:
  Leonides, Brazil vs Poland, 1938;
  Ernest Willimowski, Poland vs Brazil 1938;
  Gustav Wetterstrom, Sweden vs Cuba, 1938;
  Juan Schiaffino, Uruguay vs Bolivia, 1950;
  Ademir, Brazil vs Sweden, 1950;
  Sandor Kocsis, Hungary vs W.Germany, 1954;
  Just Fontaine, France vs W.Germany, 1958;
  Eusebio, Portugal vs N.Korea, 1966;
  Emilio Butragueno, Spain vs Denmark, 1986.
  
  In a final match: 3
  Geoff Hurst, England vs W.Germany, July 30, 1966.
  In final tournament rounds: 13
  Just Fontaine, France, 1958.
  In final rounds, career: 14
  Gerd Muller, W.Germany, 1970-1974.
• Most Consecutive Shutout Minutes: 517
  Walter Zenga, Italy, 1990
• Most tournament appeared: 5
  Antonio Carbajal, Mexico, 1950-1966
  Lothar Matthäus, Germany, 1982-1998
• Fastest goal in a game:
  1. 1962: Vaclav Masek - 15 seconds (Czechoslovakia vs Mexico)
  2. 1982: Bryan Robsen - 27 seconds (England vs France)
  3. 1934: Ernst Lehner - 30 Seconds (Germany vs Austria)
  4. 1966: Jose Ayugusto - 30 seconds (Portugal vs Hungary)
  5. 1978: Bernard Lacombe - 31 seconds (France vs Italy)
  

Historic WC goals
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Goal	Scorer			Country		Opponent	Place		Year
   1	Lucien Laurent		France		Mexico		Montevideo	1930
 100	Angelo Schiavio		Italy		USA		Rome		1934
 200	Tore Keller		Sweden		Cuba		Antibes		1938
 300	Francisco Chico		Brazil		Spain		Rio de Janeiro	1950
 400	Max Morlock		West Germany	Turkey		Zürich		1954
 500	Robert Collins		Scotland	Paraguay	Norrköping	1958
 600	Drazan Jerkovic		Yogoslavia	Uruguay		Arica		1962
 700	Pak Zeung Zin		North Korea	Chile		Middlesbrough	1966
 800	Gerd Müller		West Germany	Bulgaria	Leon		1970
 900	Hector Yazalde		Argentina	Haiti		München		1974
1000	Rob Rensenbrinck	Holland		Scotland	Mendoza		1978
1100	Sergej Baltasja		USSR		New Zealand	Malaga		1982
1200	Jean-Pierre Papin	France		Canada		Leon		1986
1300	Gary Lineker		England		Paraguay	Mexico City	1986
1400	Johnny Ekström		Sweden		Costa Rica	Genoa		1990
1500	Claudio Caniggia	Argentina	Nigeria		Boston		1994