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Think you know everything about the world's greatest football tournament? Test your knowledge on the surprising history, quirky records, and famous moments of the FIFA World Cup!
Warm-up Sub 0–4 · Tactical Master 5–8 · World Cup Legend 9–10
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Brazil has never missed a men's World Cup. Germany did not travel to the first tournament in Uruguay in 1930 and was not allowed to take part in 1950. Brazil's famous yellow shirts were born after the shock home defeat in the 1950 final, when a newspaper competition chose a new design in 1953.
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Italy plays in Savoy blue, or 'Azzurro', which is why the team is nicknamed the Azzurri. This color was chosen to honor the House of Savoy, the royal dynasty that unified Italy in 1861, even though the modern Italian flag is green, white, and red.
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Shakira performed the global hit 'Waka Waka' for the 2010 tournament in South Africa. The song's chorus is adapted from a popular Cameroonian military song called 'Zangalewa', which had been a hit in Africa decades earlier.
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Footix was a blue rooster, which is the national symbol of France. His name is a portmanteau of 'football' and the suffix '-ix', inspired by the beloved French comic book character Asterix the Gaul.
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Uruguay hosted and won the inaugural tournament in 1930, defeating their neighbors Argentina 4-2 in the final. To make things fair, the teams actually used two different balls during the match: Argentina provided their own ball for the first half, and Uruguay supplied theirs for the second half.
Photo: Guillermo Laborde (1886–1940), Wikimedia Commons, Public domain.
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Just months before the 1966 tournament, the trophy was stolen from an exhibition in London. It was found wrapped in newspaper at the bottom of a garden hedge by a heroic mixed-breed dog named Pickles, who became an instant national celebrity.
Photo: Djuradj Vujcic, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 2.0.
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Morocco made history at the 2022 World Cup in Qatar by defeating Spain and Portugal to reach the semi-finals. Along the way, they conceded only one goal before the semi-final stage, and that was an unfortunate own goal.
Photo: Кирилл Венедиктов, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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In the 1986 quarter-final in Mexico City, Argentina's Diego Maradona punched the ball into the net with his hand and the referee missed it. Just four minutes later he dribbled past half the English team to score what was voted the 'Goal of the Century'. Argentina went on to win the whole tournament.
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Yellow and red cards were introduced in 1970 to overcome language barriers between referees and players. Even though the cards were available, not a single player was actually sent off with a red card during the entire 1970 tournament.
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While a popular urban legend claims India withdrew because FIFA would not let them play barefoot, the real reasons were travel expenses, lack of practice time, and the Indian Football Association valuing the Olympics much more than the World Cup at the time.
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