The numbers from today's World Cup, 11 December.
0: the points obtained by Qatar, always defeated and with only one active goal and seven passive.
Worst ever performance for a host country national team.
3: it is the third time that formations from three different confederations are among the top four.
It had happened in 1930 with Uruguay, Argentina (South America), the USA (North Central America) and Yugoslavia (Europe) and in 1994 with Brazil (South America), Germany and Turkey (Europe) and South Korea (Asia).
5: consecutive editions without Brazil in the final (2006-2022), a streak that equals the negative one of the five-time world champions between 1974 and 1990.
5: the editions in which Cristiano Ronaldo scored, the only player to hold this record in the history of the tournament.
6: Bayern Munich players in the squads of the semi-finalists.
The German formation is the most represented, followed by Atletico Madrid and Sevilla with five.
12: Louis van Gaal's games without defeat on the bench at the World Cup, who remained unbeaten between the 2014 and 2022 editions with his Netherlands always eliminated only on penalties.
14: players playing in the Italian leagues in the top four, of the ten clubs Juventus with three (Di Maria, Paredes and Rabiot) is the most represented.
16: the number of referees who have directed matches in three editions, a list enriched in this edition with the Iranian Alireza Faghani and Bakary Gassama of Gambia.
158: goals scored before the semi-finals.
Since France in 1998, when the tournament passed to 32 teams, the maximum number of achievements has been 171 (1998 and 2014).
