This is a record World Cup!
The World Cup final between Argentina and France set a record in the number of spectators. More people watched the Qatar World Cup final than any previous World Cup final. 1.5 billion people watched the Messi-Mbappe final in Lusail.
FIFA released this information a month after the final was held on December 18. 1.12 billion people watched the 2018 World Cup final.
5 billion people have seen or been associated with the World Cup in Qatar. This number was 3 billion 572 million in Russia World Cup.
Lucille's breathtaking final was watched by 88,966 spectators sitting in the gallery. The number of spectators watching the game sitting on the field in the entire World Cup is 3.4 million. The Qatar World Cup has surpassed the 2018 Russia World Cup here as well. At the World Cup in Russia, three million spectators sat in the gallery and watched the game.
World Cup Qatar has seen the most goals in World Cup football history. 172 goals were scored in Qatar World Cup. Earlier, the highest goals were scored in 1998 and 2014 World Cups. 171 goals were scored in both World Cups.
According to Nielsen, an American organization for information and analysis, there were 93.6 million posts on social media about the World Cup. These posts received 595 million responses.
The fastest goal of the World Cup came from Alphonso Davies. He scored in 68 seconds against Croatia. Spain's young Turk Gavi is the youngest goalscorer at the World Cup in Qatar. He is, however, the youngest goal scorer in the World Cup after Pele. This Spanish footballer scored against Costa Rica.
Both Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo had a different World Cup in Qatar. Messi returned with the World Cup trophy, but Ronaldo had to return empty-handed. However, Ronaldo has made a great achievement in this World Cup. He became the first footballer to score in five World Cups. On the other hand, Messi is the first since the addition of the last sixteen in the World Cup , who has scored in four consecutive knockout matches.
Qatar is the first to have three female referees at the World Cup together. Asia had three countries represented in the last sixteen. This also happened for the first time in the history of the World Cup. Morocco became the first African country to qualify for the semi-finals.
20,000 volunteers from 150 countries worked to make Qatar World Cup a success. People of all ages—18 to 77—were in this volunteer group.