Number of played matches : 26

Number of players : 572

Number of differents players : 231

Number of differents strikers : 63

Number of penalties : 7

Total of goals 1954 : 140

Better average : 5,38 goals in 1954 in Switzerland for 26 matches (record always in progress)

Hungary in 1954 (Switzerland) is the team which marked the most goals in a world cup with 27 goals including 11 goals of S Kocsis which finishes better striker of the Football World Cup

Télévision : if it is considered that the first matches were televised in 1936, it is only at the time of the world cup of 1954 in Switzerland that the first televiewers could enjoy eight matches on line

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 quarterfinal Austria-Switzerland (7-5) of Saturday June 26, 1954 in Lausanne (Switzerland) constitutes the to date highest score: 12 goals. Three matches finished with 11 goals : 1st turn Brazil-Poland (6-5) of Sunday June 05,1938 in Strasbourg in France (including 4 goals of E Willimowski - Poland),1st turn Hungary-Frg (8-3) of Sunday June 20,1954 in Basle in Switzerland (including 4 goals S Kocsis - Hungary) and the 1st turn Hungary-El Salvador (10-1) of Tuesday June 15,1982 in Elche in Spain

In the world cup 1954 in Switzerland, 5 teams met 2 times, Frg and Hungary, Frg and Turkey and Italy and Switzerland

Match of support : it should be noted that the 2 points of the matches of support were not count in the table of the classification after the 1st turn

Puskas.F has played for 2 different teams : Hungary-3 matches in 1954, Spain-3 matches in 1962

Santamaria.J has played for 2 different teams : Uruguay-5 matches in 1954, Spain-2 matches in 1962