Better attack 1930 : Argentina with 18 goals
Better striker 1930 : G Stabile (Argentina) with 8 goals (better striker of Argentina also)
Better attacks 1978 : Argentina and the Netherlands with 15 goals
Better striker 1978 : M A Kempes (Argentina) with 6 goals
Better attack 1986 : Argentina with 14 goals
The end of the match Argentina-France (1-0) of Tuesday July 15, 1930 was whistled 6 minutes before the end. Following many protests, the match take back but the majority of the Argentinian players had left the ground
The 1st final of the world cup of football in 1930 in Uruguay (Uruguay-Argentina : 4-2) was held in front of nearly 100 000 people Wednesday July 30, 1930 in Estadio Centenario in Montevideo
De.Maria.A has played for 2 different teams : Argentina-1 match in 1930, Italy-1 match in 1934
Monti.L has played for 2 different teams : Argentina-4 matches in 1930, Italy-5 matches in 1934
Altafini.J has played for 2 different teams : Brazil-3 matches in 1958, Italy-2 matches in 1962
2 triplets in the World Cup : G Batistuta (Argentina): 1st turn Argentina-Greece (4-0) Tuesday, June 21, 1994, 1st turn Argentina-Jamaica (5-0) Sunday, June 21, 1998 and G Müller (Frg) 1st turn Bulgaria-Frg (2-5) Sunday, June 7, 1970, 1st turn Frg-Peru (3-1) Wednesday, June 10, 1970
The final of 1990 (Italy) gathered the 2 same teams as 4 years earlier in Mexico (Argentina-Frg: 3-2) but with a victory for Frg this time, which becomes the 3rd country (after Brazil and Italy) to gain one 3rd world cup of football
In 1994, at the time of the 1st turn, Bulgaria and Argentina (Group 4), the Irish Republic and Italy (Group 5), the Netherlands and Saudi Arabia (Group 6) perfectly ex-aequo at the time of the 1st turn, were decided between by the match which opposed them but Argentina, Italy and Saudi Arabia were qualified all the same, belonging to best the 3rd
The 100th goal of Argentina in the world cup was marked by C Lopez at the 17' saturday July 04, 1998 in Marseille in France during the quarterfinal Netherlands-Argentina (2-1)
For the first time in 2010, neither Argentina, Brazil, Frg or Italy were in the final
D A Maradona (Argentina) took part in 4 world cups of continuation (1982-1986-1990-1994) and marked in 3 among (1 in 1982, 5 in 1986, 1 in 1994)
L Matthäus (Frg and Germany) : 2 (1982), 7 (1986), 7 (1990), 5 (1994) and 4 (1998) is the player to have taken part in greatest number of meetings out of world cup : 25 front M Klose (Germany) 24 : 7 (2002), 7 (2006), 5 (2010) and 5 (2014), P Maldini (Italy) 23 : 7 (1990), 7 (1994), 5 (1998) and 4 (2002), U Seeler (Frg) 21 : 5 (1958), 4 (1962), 6 (1966) and 6 (1970), W Zmuda (Poland) 21 : 7 (1974), 6 (1978), 7 (1982) and 1 (1986) and D A Maradona (Argentina) 21 : 5 (1982), 7 (1986), 7 (1990) and 2 (1994)
Number of participations in the world cup : Brazil: 21, Italy: 18, Argentina: 17
Number disputed matches : Brazil: 109, Italy: 83, Argentina: 81
Number gained matches : Brazil: 73, Italy: 45, Argentine: 43
Number of matches lost : Mexico: 27, Argentina: 23, Uruguay : 20
Number of marked goals : Brazil: 229, Argentina: 137 and Frg: 131
Number of boxed goals : Brazil: 105, Mexico: 98 and Argentina: 93
The greatest number of matches played with extra time : England and Italy: 10, Argentina: 9 and Brazil, France and Spain: 7
Batistuta.G (Argentina) took part in 3 world cups of continuation and marked in each one of them (4 in 1994, 5 in 1998, 1 in 2002)
L Messi (Argentina) took part in 4 world cups of continuation (2006-2010-2014-2018) and marked in 3 among (1 in 2006, 4 in 2014, 1 in 2018)
J Mascherano (Argentina) took part in 4 world cups (2006-2010-2014-2018)