world cup trivia

Istenem · Post by **Istenem** » Mon May 08, 2006 1:00 pm

hello gents, in my magazine i'm doing an article on the world cup.

anyone got any good world cup trivia/facts i could use? the more the merrier.

if anyone fancies writing the article that would be good too

Cardinal Sin · Post by **Cardinal Sin** » Mon May 08, 2006 3:59 pm

I made a post in the quiz section about Scotland being the only unbeaten team in the 1974 finals (as W Germany lost a match to E Germany in the first round)... has there been any other team who have gone out the WC unbeaten ? (i guess you were looking for answers rather than questions!)

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1958 was certainly remarkable, cos (I think) that England, Wales and N. Ireland all got to the quarter finals.

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i'll keep thinking ...

tka · Post by **tka** » Mon May 08, 2006 8:10 pm

Bert Patenaude scored the first World Cup hat-trick in 1930 and three days later Guillermo Stábile scored one too.

Istenem · Post by **Istenem** » Tue May 09, 2006 9:40 am

thanks, keep 'em coming.

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Tue May 09, 2006 1:24 pm

The current combination of 32 teams has never played in the World Cup final stages before.

The odds of a 32 team recurrence are just under 1 in 3 trillion (equivalent to building 12,000 Empire State Buildings to Mercury and back).

The teams will munch their way through over 500,000 flapjacks over the course of the tournament.