Number of played matches : 22
Number of players : 484
Number of differents players : 192
Number of differents strikers : 45
Number of penalties : 3
Total of goals 1950 : 88
Average 1950 : 4 goals by match
Better attack 1950 : Brazil with 22 goals
Better striker 1950 : Ademir (Brazil) 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
The 2nd turn of the world cup of 1950 (Brazil) constituted a quadrangular tournament and this one excluded a final. But the last match Uruguay-Brazil (2-1) of Sunday July 16, 1950 was regarded as the final since the 2 teams were ensured of the first 2 places
Two players gained a world cup by marking in all the matches : A Ghiggia (Uruguay) at the time of the world cup of 1950 (Brazil) marked in each of the 4 matches and Jaïrzinho (Brazil) at the time of the world cup of 1970 (Mexico) marked in each of the 6 matches
Titleholders eliminated in the 1st turn of the following competition : Italy (1950), Brazil (1966), France (2002), Italy (2006), Spain (2014) and Germany (2018)
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