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) and Spain (2014)