Number of played matches : 32

Number of players : 704

Number of differents players : 256

Number of differents strikers : 47

Number of penalties : 7

Total of goals 1966 : 89

Average 1966 : 2,78 goals by match

Better attack 1966 : Portugal with 17 goals

Better striker 1966 : Eusebio (Portugal) with 9 goals

4 goals in the same match : E Willimowski (Poland): 1st round Brazil-Poland (6-5) Sunday, June 5, 1938, Ademir (Brazil): 2nd turn Brazil-Sweden (7-1) Sunday, July 9, 1950, S Kocsis (Hungary): 1st turn Hungary-Frg (8-3) Sunday, June 20, 1954, J Fontaine (France): Little final France-Frg (6-3) Saturday, June 29, 1958, Eusebio (Portugal): Quarterfinal North Korea -Portugal (3-5) Saturday, July 23, 1966 and E Butragueno (Spain): Round of 16 Denmark-Spain (1-5) Wednesday, June 18, 1986

Titleholders eliminated in the 1st turn of the following competition : Italy (1950), Brazil (1966), France (2002), Italy (2006) and Spain (2014)

Pelé (Brazil), U Seeler (Frg) et M Klose (Germany) took part in 4 world cups of continuation and marked in each one of it : 6 (1958), 1 (1962), 1 (1966), 4 (1970) for Pelé, 2 (1958), 2 (1962), 2 (1966), 3 (1970) for U Seeler and 5 (2002), 5 (2006), 4 (2010), 2 (2014) for M Klose

G Hurst (England) is the only player to date to have marked 3 goals (including 2 during the extra time) at the time of a final: England-Frg (4-2) saturday July 30, 1966

Saturday July 23, 1966 in Liverpool in England into quarterfinal against the North Korea which led 3 to 0 after 25 minutes of play, Eusebio registered 4 goals for Portugal and José Augusto one and the North Korea lost 5 to 3 a little more than one half an hour later